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Jon Herold and Zak Paine bring back Mandela effect subject matter expert Josh Reid for round two, picking up a thread they didn't have time to finish last time. Josh steps into the role of true believer while Jon plays skeptic in chief, and the two go back and forth all night with genuine friction and mutual respect.
Expect a deep cut Philip K. Dick speech that gets treated as something close to prophecy, a Terence McKenna clip about "novelty theory" that has aged strangely well, and a fresh batch of reality glitches that longtime viewers of the effect will want to weigh in on. It's a smorgasbord of misremembered logos, altered history, and the kind of confident reasoning that makes you second guess your own memory by the end of the hour, all wrapped in the usual studio banter and sponsor breaks.

Ashe in America is joined by regular Wednesday cohost Burning Bright for part two of their "Weapons of the Enemy" conversation, picking up from a discussion that started the night before on "The Narrative." This round digs into what MAGA actually is at this point, whether it can be co opted, and why it has become nearly impossible for pollsters to measure. From there the two turn to political parties, PACs, and NGOs, tracing how much money and influence flows through the nonprofit and NGO world and whether some of these institutions have outlived their usefulness. Expect a candid, sometimes irreverent back and forth (the two have clearly worked together a while) that mixes big picture theory with sharp, specific examples. There is also a fair bit of banter about their shared podcast history and a video Ashe insists Burning Bright needs to see. A solid pick for anyone tracking how movements get built, co opted, and weaponized.

Back to school season gets the full White House treatment, complete with a heliport and ballroom construction update squeezed in for good measure. Trump runs through a sweeping education agenda: ending critical race theory and "transgender ideology" in schools, expanding school choice through the Education Freedom Tax Credit, doubling 529 savings caps, and rolling out Trump savings accounts for newborns. Real families take the mic too, a homeschooling dad reflecting on three decades of change and a father whose kids use an Opportunity Scholarship for special needs support, before Secretary Linda McMahon closes with a rundown of test scores, state waivers, and parental rights battles with places like California. There's also a headline grabbing detour into vaccine scheduling recommendations tied to autism concerns. It's part policy briefing, part campaign trail energy, with genuinely emotional family stories woven between the statistics, and Trump ends by inviting the crowd to tour the new White House construction site.

Ashe, Christy, and Jackie are back with sponsors, laughs, and one of the most unhinged mom group chat sagas you will hear all year. It starts with a simple lunchbox complaint about Oreos and somehow spirals into accusations, escalations to the school, and a five year old accused of running the whole operation. The ladies cannot stop laughing at how far it goes.
From there, Christy shares a viral video of exaggerated, technologically confused Facebook comments read exactly as written, complete with random selfies, mystery loud booms, and one truly unforgettable colonoscopy typo. It is a perfect send up of a very specific corner of the internet.
The crew also heads into the mainframe for another round of tech and content banter, and closes out talking date night plans, a friendly wager over the Battle of the Sexes, and the usual shoutouts to the shows sponsors keeping the lights on.

CannCon kicks things off with a genuinely sweet detour, sharing his 17th anniversary and the tribute video his wife made, before the guys steer hard back into manly territory with talk of keeping your nuts warm in a fifty dollar coffee mug.
Football is nearly here, so the crew serves up a tightly curated highlight reel: Harrison Butker launching a 69-yard field goal with room to spare, a debate over where field goals are actually measured from, and a jaw-dropping one-handed high school grab that draws a celebration flag but no pass interference. There is also fatherly wisdom about sons leaving the nest and Alpha's contingency plan for his kid crossing the southern border.
The centerpiece is a Marine Corps slang quiz with Cam playing the clueless civilian, decoding scuttlebutt, pogue, Smokey Bear, and Semper Gumby. It wraps with a "video games are getting too realistic" segment and a wildly un-PC vintage commercial someone wants clipped for Badlands Daily.

Jon Herold calls it a boring Monday news cycle but still digs into Trump's newly announced 50 percent tariffs on Canadian autos, parts, and steel starting in 2027, reading through the Truth Social post accusing Canada of running up a 60 billion dollar trade deficit. He plays clips from Treasury Secretary Bessent's rollout of "Operation Economic Outcast," a sweeping sanctions campaign aimed at cutting Iran off from the global economy, and a JD Vance clip on socialism that Jon thinks echoes past comments a little too closely. Other topics include a massive 13.7 billion dollar AI chip deal for Rumble Group, a viral Spencer Pratt rant about "mommy sleuth" TikTok conspiracy culture around Charlie Kirk's death, and a look at USAID fraud reporting. Sponsor reads, chat banter, and some personal football coaching stories round out a slower Monday show.

CannCon and Zak Paine open Monday with highlights from the Freedom 250 race in DC before digging into a measles outbreak story where the actual death numbers do not match the panic, with a detour into obesity and food policy nobody seems to want to talk about. From there they cover Brandon Gill making the case for testing the legality of auto pen pardons in court, and why the Fauci prosecution might be the perfect vehicle to do it, alongside the escalating Eric Swalwell investigation. The back half includes a New York Times story on a private Jeffries and Kushner meeting fueling midterm speculation, the Postal Service quietly tightening mail in ballot requirements despite a court block, and Gavin Newsom signing a bill critics say targets investigative reporting. Plenty of tangents and easy Monday banter throughout.

Burning Bright welcomes Ashe in America, whom he cheekily introduces as the perfect guest for this topic since she is a "sometimes enemy" who knows a lot about the weapons of the enemy. First order of business: an executive decision to stay on YouTube tonight, because Burning Bright refuses to besmirch "our Lord and savior, JRR Tolkien" by skipping his Lord of the Rings clips.
The core question is one he says lives rent free in his head. Can the weapons of the enemy be used to defeat the enemy? Rather than treating it as a passing aside, the two go full bore into it.
Expect a thoughtful back-and-forth on power itself, whether absolute power corrupts absolutely, what separates Trump from the so-called enemy, and why narrative weapons keep proving effective at frustrating change and keeping people locked in team-versus-team battles.

This Week's Guest: Colton Kelley from Unicity
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Jon Herold is so sold on unimate that he shows up to this interview clutching his branded water bottle. In this episode of the sponsor spotlight series, he sits down with Colton Kelley of Unicity, the company behind the yerba mate extract Jon swears replaced his coffee habit. Colton traces Unicity's roots back to a century-old pharmacy, then breaks down what actually makes yerba mate tick: chlorogenic acid, theobromine, and mate saponins, plus why one scary-sounding study about the drink is, in his words, bogus. From there the conversation widens into the bigger question of why over 60 percent of American adults are on a prescription every year, and how the flagship pairing of unimate and balance aims at metabolic health rather than symptoms. It is friendly, product-heavy, and genuinely curious about the science. None of this is medical advice, but it is a solid look at the company behind the tea. Where to buy comes up too.

Jon Herold and Chris Paul kick off with the usual banter (t-shirts, a broken ice maker) before getting into the mainstream media's sudden admission that election polls might be, in fact, fake, which segues nicely into growing chatter about a possible second Trump impeachment attempt. From there the conversation lands on the actual centerpiece of the episode: the new White House ballroom construction and what it might mean beyond just a fancy new event space.
The guys dig into the history of continuity of government planning, why underground infrastructure tied to presidential safety has been a recurring theme for decades, and whether the ballroom project fits into that pattern or if they're reading too much into a construction project. There's a tie in to the impeachment talk too, exploring what a Democrat controlled Congress pursuing impeachment might actually accomplish politically versus legally.