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Jon Herold welcomes back Ghost for a deep geopolitical breakdown, replaying an old clip of Ghost's David's Corridor prediction before diving into the Mecca Accords, a Saudi Arabia and Pakistan and Turkey defense pact he calls bigger than the Abraham Accords, and a web of new oil pipeline deals connecting Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Iran. Ghost also unpacks a reported Tulsi Gabbard back channel with IRGC leadership, the timing behind Assad's in absentia death sentence, and his theory on where the Syria nuclear material narrative actually originated. Jon separately covers a former Fauci advisor's guilty plea, new US sanctions on ICC officials, a Trump and Canada tariff pause tied to reviving the Keystone pipeline, and a Moderna cancer vaccine breakthrough he views with some skepticism. Sponsor reads, market updates, and a preview of tonight's Power Hour round out a busy Wednesday show.

CannCon and Ashe kick off with a stunning DSA steering committee clip where a member openly says the group is famous for its hatred of the US Constitution, setting up a wider discussion about which political coalition, the DSA or America First, actually represents the bigger threat to the old guard establishment. They dig into Florida's primary results, where Alex Vindman suffers a genuinely shocking upset loss to a lesser known challenger despite massive fundraising and national attention. There is also a painful pair of clips from a South Carolina debate where one candidate seems to have no answers when finally given the floor. They close with Texas and Minnesota's governors trading barbs over an extradition fight tied to voter fraud repayment, plus a lingering Nevada US Attorney vacancy nobody can explain. Plenty of banter and a healthy dose of disbelief throughout.

Alpha Warrior and Josh Reid go big picture this week, laying out what they call the war of economic attrition and how the great reset, Trump's economic overhaul, and the quiet global power struggle are all colliding at once. Special guests Kurt and Cristin from Pet Club 247 join for a segment on cellular health and autophagy before the guys shift back into accountability talk, indictments, and where elections stand heading into the fall. There is a deep dive into a video clip most people have never seen involving Scott Bessent, plus more discussion tying recent posts and comms theories together following up on a General Flynn thread from a few episodes back. Expect the usual mix of sourced reporting, speculation, listener questions, and hat banter, all packed into another loaded Tuesday night on DEFCON ZERQ.

A double-guest night for CannCon and Ashe in America. First up is Mark Mitchell, the honest pollster, who explains why you really cannot trust most of the polling industry, how everyone gets captured in different ways, and what the LA Times poll story and the Frank Luntz Midwest numbers actually reveal once you read the cross tabs. Then Michigan attorney Kevin Kijewski joins to detail his fresh lawsuit against Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson over a rule ordering clerks to delete electronic poll books within seven days, a rule that collides head-on with the 22-month federal retention law and leaves clerks like Michelle McQueer told to basically pick a crime. He also revisits defending the Trump alternate electors against Dana Nessel and the Lawfare he saw up close. Plus Zuckerbucks, battery-swap shenanigans, and cautious hope that justice, not just being right, is finally on the table.

Jon Herold breaks down a newly declassified 2020 NSA memo showing a deputy director delayed a foreign election targeting report for over a year out of fear it would brand the agency as "deep state," then replays what he calls his favorite Trump clip on the weaponized intelligence community to tie it all together. He questions why these releases seem to route exclusively through journalist John Solomon rather than being dumped raw like the JFK or Epstein files, and touches on last minute US-Canada tariff talks, a judge blocking the FBI's planned headquarters move, and a fake Los Angeles mayoral poll a firm admitted was a "social experiment." Other highlights include a rundown of odd primary season shenanigans across several states, some personal back to school stories, and a preview of tonight's Power Hour. Sponsor reads and a lively chat session round out a dense Tuesday show.

CannCon flies solo again on the now permanent Tuesday format and opens with a genuinely wild polling scandal, where a brand new firm openly admits to running what it calls a social experiment after getting caught pushing wildly inflated numbers for a socialist candidate that ended up losing by half a point. He connects that to Rasmussen quietly getting booted from a major polling aggregator despite years of accuracy. From there he digs into a fresh CBS poll on how Democrats increasingly favor socialism over capitalism, breaking down the branding gap between what Republicans and Democrats think the word even means, and framing the whole thing as a widening civil war between the DSA and the old guard establishment. He closes with a fascinating C SPAN caller clip that has to be seen to be believed. Plenty of economic theory and political speculation packed into a solo Tuesday.

Jon Herold and Zak Paine kick things off with fresh Fang Fang document drops, digging into some genuinely eyebrow raising details about a certain congressman's staff interviews and just how much got quietly swept under the rug when that whole scandal wrapped up.
Then the guys settle in for the night's main event, a decades old theory claiming horror novelist Stephen King was secretly behind one of the most infamous assassinations in music history. It's got hidden codes in magazine covers, mismatched glasses, a self published pamphlet, and a level of commitment from its original author that even Jon and Zak can't help but admire, even as they pick apart just how far the logic actually holds up. Buckle up for one of the more unhinged deep dives the show has done in a while, complete with the usual sponsor breaks and banter to keep things grounded.

Ashe in America welcomes former Miss Colorado, Senate and House candidate Deborah Flora for a wide ranging conversation on what it actually means to be "post partisan" in a state where most voters are unaffiliated. The two dig into Colorado's caucus system, why it can both empower grassroots candidates and shut them out, and whether the two party structure still reflects how people actually vote. Deborah shares her own experience running outside the caucus process and what that taught her about power, primaries, and party gatekeeping. Ashe also plays a clip highlighting just how radical Colorado's political landscape has become, drawing a hard line between the Democrat establishment and the Democratic Socialists of America. Later in the show, Ashe promises a China rant once Deborah wraps up. Expect a mix of personal story, Colorado politics deep dive, and a genuinely optimistic case for organizing outside the usual party lines.

Fresh off last week's fallout, Matthew Ehret dives straight into the deep end of internet conspiracy lore: the Khazarian empire. If you've ever heard someone blame the world's problems on "Khazarian mafia" bloodlines, this episode traces that idea back to its unlikely source, including a certain shape shifting lizard theorist from the late 90s, and asks how much of the popular Khazarian narrative actually holds up against the historical record. Ehret builds on his prior conversation about chivalric orders, Templar banking networks, and the Hofjuden families, and pushes back on accusations that he is running interference for anyone. Expect a wander through the 8th century alliance between Charlemagne and Harun al Rashid, a Jewish diplomat who helped broker peace between Christian and Muslim worlds, and a broader argument about who benefits when history gets reduced to a single villainous bloodline. Buckle up for another dense one.

Football season has arrived, and the crew wastes no time debating whose game day schedule reigns supreme (East Coast breakfast kickoffs versus West Coast five-beers-deep mornings) before diving into a coffee-warmer appreciation segment that somehow doubles as a good-brew sponsor read.
The meat of this episode is ESPN's three-year future power rankings, and the guys tear into them team by team. Expect a genuinely heated defense of Jordan Love as a tier-one quarterback, shots at the "emerging tier two" label, Herbert-over-Tua takes, and Alpha absorbing blow after blow as the entire NFC West gets ranked around him. Along the way, CannCon addresses the online mystery of whether he served in the Army or the Marines, and the trio gets sincere about aging, back injuries, and gym redemption arcs, including Alpha's raw story of restarting at rock bottom.
It closes with a "real conversation" between men and women, illustrated with cartoons nobody can quite explain. Sports, self-improvement, and locker room honesty.