There are better ways to raise money. This was not one of them.

On this episode of At the Mic: Friday Happy Hour, Keith Malinak is joined by Brad Staggs, Rebecca Mistereggen, and Kelly Smith for an unscripted roundtable that begins with a fundraiser and quickly veers into chaos. Donkeys are discussed early. Norcs become a recurring theme. Logic struggles to keep up.

The conversation drifts through fundraising schemes, cosmetic surgery culture, groupthink, parenting realities, cultural absurdities, government overreach, AI-generated videos, bizarre animal facts, and the strange confidence that forms when bad ideas go unchallenged. Along the way, TSA rants, Christmas song hatred, postpartum stories, and viral clips fuel a fast-moving, free-form discussion.

This episode captures Friday Happy Hour at its core. Loose structure, sharp humor, real-life tangents, and the kind of conversations that only happen when the week is over and nobody is pretending to be responsible.

Chapters:

• 00:00 Friday Feels and RC Cola Nostalgia
• 11:00 Wardrobe Roasts and Show Intros
• 22:00 Whipped Cream Jokes and TSA Rage
• 33:00 Christmas Songs We Absolutely Hate
• 44:00 Wombats, Windmills, and Weird Facts
• 55:00 Frozen Spit and the Balloon Boy Story
• 1:06:00 Postpartum Chaos and Trampoline Terrors
• 1:17:00 Bathroom Germs and Lazy Cleaning Robots
• 1:28:00 Pronouns, Leaf Fines, and Government Absurdity
• 1:39:00 Piggy Banks, GoFundMe Culture, and No-Arms Moms
• 1:50:00 Moose, AI Videos, and Is It Real
• 2:01:00 Foot Fetishes and Year-End Mayhem

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January 6 exposed more than prosecutions. It revealed how whistleblowers inside the FBI are punished for telling the truth.

In this Thursday Deep Dive, Keith Malinak sits down with former FBI agent and whistleblower Steve Friend for a two-hour, unfiltered examination of political prosecution, institutional retaliation, and the slow collapse of accountability inside federal law enforcement.

What begins as a commitment to justice turns into a battle over loyalty, media narratives, and survival. As investigations stall and internal credibility erodes, the line between law enforcement and political enforcement grows dangerously thin.

The conversation explores counterterrorism entrapment schemes, internal power struggles, and high-level legal maneuvering involving figures such as James Comey, Kash Patel, and Dan Bongino. Careers are destroyed. Trust fractures. And the central question becomes unavoidable:

Can the FBI be reformed, or has it crossed a point of no return.

Chapters:

• 00:00 The Moment Everything Breaks
• 03:22 From FBI Agent to Liability
• 12:31 How Retaliation Actually Works
• 21:17 Trapped in Legal No Man’s Land
• 28:06 The Lie About Whistleblower Protection
• 39:24 Inside a Bureau Nobody Trusts
• 45:46 Epstein, Silence, and Missing Truth
• 01:01:04 When Law Enforcement Becomes Political
• 01:12:30 January 6 Changed the Rules
• 01:20:28 The Pipe Bomber Mystery Nobody Solved
• 01:31:57 Kash Patel and the Illusion of Reform
• 02:01:13 The Cost of Telling the Truth

If accountability disappears when it’s needed most, what’s left to protect the truth.

If conversations like this matter to you, please subscribe to At The Mic, share this episode, and join us each week for long-form discussions that don’t flinch from uncomfortable realities.

New Thursday Deep Dives every week.

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Steve Friend

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A Waffle House menu shouldn’t feel like time travel, but here we are. What starts as light Friday chaos quickly turns into a very Gen X conversation about rising prices, parenting, and how reality seems to shift without warning.

Keith Malinak is joined by Brad Staggs and Rebecca Mistereggen as the conversation moves from sleep-deprived parenting and Christmas traditions to cultural differences, inflation shock, and the moment a Waffle House menu suddenly feels like time travel.

From rising prices and national debt to Gen X humor, near-death stories, and the strange calm that comes from having lived through enough to notice when reality shifts, this episode covers a lot of ground without trying to solve everything.

It’s a loose, funny, honest conversation about family, money, life, and what happens when the week finally lets go.

Chapters:

• 00:00 Something Is Already Going Wrong
• 01:52 Life Updates and No Sleep
• 07:45 Christmas Traditions That Don’t Make Sense Anymore
• 13:10 Cultural Differences That Catch You Off Guard
• 20:05 When Food and Advertising Get Weird
• 24:30 The Waffle House Menu That Broke Reality
• 30:50 Inflation, Debt, and “Explain This to Me”
• 42:15 Parenting Advice Nobody Agrees On
• 49:50 Nature Is Brutal and Doesn’t Care
• 56:00 The Most Gen X Thing You’ll Hear Today
• 01:01:45 Michael Jackson, Marvel, and a Wild What-If
• 01:12:10 Near-Death Stories That Escalated Fast
• 01:28:20 How This Conversation Ends Up Here

Subscribe if your reaction to rising prices is sarcasm instead of panic. Friday Happy Hour might be your kind of show.

What’s something that used to be cheap that still shocks you now?

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Long before satellites circled the planet, strange objects appeared in Earth’s skies—metallic, intelligent, and impossible to categorize. This Deep Dive untangles the conspiracy theories, photographic anomalies, and geopolitical motives buried inside decades of UFO reports. Keith Malinak, Brad Staggs, and Kelly Smith track the pattern intelligence agencies ignored: Cold War secrecy, 1950s sky plates, underwater UAP sightings, the Washington Flap, and the troubling correlation between UFO activity and nuclear testing.

With humor, skepticism, and uncomfortably good research, the team pulls threads through the Age of Disclosure, the rise of modern UAP reporting, and the lingering questions surrounding major historical flashpoints, including moments from the WTC timeline that still divide audiences. Even Baby Nostradamus shows up at Barfly 8 with his scroll—because apparently the universe wanted a witness.

If UFOs really are watching nuclear sites, the question becomes: Why now?

If this episode makes you rethink the official story, share the Deep Dive with someone who still trusts the paperwork.

Chapters:

• 00:00 The UFO Pattern Begins
• 03:27 Pop Culture’s Warnings
• 06:16 Politics Can’t Explain This
• 09:16 The Story You Can’t Unhear
• 12:16 After Disclosure. Then What?
• 31:08 UFOs at Nuclear Sites
• 42:27 Health Spikes & Unknowns
• 55:21 Agencies & Hidden Agendas
• 01:01:00 Evidence That Shouldn’t Exist
• 01:07:16 Mandela Effect Moments
• 01:15:27 The Timeline That Divides
• 01:20:23 Narratives People Don’t Trust
• 01:30:41 Encounters That Change Minds
• 01:40:54 Space. Fungi. Experiments
• 01:47:50 Paranoia & Stranger Things
• 01:51:16 Spy Tech You Weren’t Told About
• 01:53:50 Cloning. Robotics. Red Lines
• 02:01:25 Money Systems on Edge

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The holiday rush hits differently when AI recommends your gifts, the World Cup keeps buzzing in the background, and everyone quietly agrees not to open the news app. This week’s Friday Deep Dive settles into that space between festive distraction and December overload. Keith and Brad unwrap algorithmic Christmas chaos, cultural noise, and the comedy that shows up when we all pretend nothing strange is happening.

Light, satirical, and seasonally self-aware, the conversation drifts from unexpected shopping logic to global sports timing and why the headlines feel louder precisely when we tune them out.

If December had a personality, it would sound like this.

Chapters:

• 00:00 Welcome to Friday Deep Dive
•  04:12 AI Christmas shopping gets bold
•  11:20 World Cup energy rolls into December
•  18:40 Holiday cheer versus news fatigue
•  25:05 When the algorithms know your gifts
•  33:55 Maximal shopping, minimal awareness
•  41:48 Sports as end-of-year escapism
•  49:30 Cultural timing and December denial
•  58:02 Credit, cost, and holiday cheer
•  01:06:45 When joy goes on payment plan
•  01:18:22 Headlines no one wants to click
•  01:29:40 Festive distraction as coping mechanism
•  01:41:55 The slow exit into holiday quiet
•  01:52:30 Final reflections on seasonal overload
•  01:59:18 Sign-off and next week’s tease

When do you personally stop checking headlines and just lean into holiday mode?

If this episode felt like the exact December mix of selective news avoidance, late shopping, and seasonal chaos, hit Like and Subscribe. The next Friday Deep Dive lands right as the year tips over, and the holiday logic only gets stranger from here.

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It starts with hives, panic, ER visits, and confusion. Then the truth hits. One Lone Star tick has rewritten guest Kerry Toms’ immune system and turned everyday foods into a threat.

Alpha-Gal Syndrome begins with a single bite and ends with a shocking reality. Beef, pork, dairy, and gelatin suddenly trigger violent reactions. In this At The Mic Thursday Deep Dive, Keith Malinak sits down with Kerry Toms to uncover years of misdiagnosis, fear, and the moment she learned that one tick had changed everything.

Keith expands the story to the larger questions, the spread of the Lone Star tick, unusual research programs, and the rising concern over what is driving this hidden allergy. If you have unexplained reactions after meals or symptoms that no doctor has been able to solve, this episode may finally connect the dots.

Stay through the end for practical insights, ingredient warnings that catch people off guard, and a real look at life with Alpha-Gal Syndrome.

Chapters

• 00:35 Alpha-Gal, the meat allergy no one sees coming
• 02:54 Kerry’s story, misdiagnosis, panic and finally an answer
• 11:28 Living in fear of food, the daily cost of Alpha-Gal
• 19:06 Why your body reacts hours later, the science behind the shock
• 27:21 The Lone Star tick, its spread, and why cases keep rising
• 34:55 Doctors still miss it, the mental toll of being “allergic to existing”
• 42:32 Tick experiments, strange programs and engineered insects
• 50:18 Government labs, military research and long unanswered questions
• 58:19 Can we prevent this, and what Alpha-Gal means for public health

If this episode helped you finally make sense of symptoms, subscribe so you never miss a Deep Dive with Keith Malinak.

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An Islamic-driven genocide is unfolding in Nigeria, and the world refuses to look. In this tense Deep Dive, Keith Malinak and Larry Taunton uncover how Islamist strategy, political manipulation, and global networks collide to fuel a hidden war against Christians.

What starts as a report from Nigeria expands into a larger operation powered by extremist ideology, demographic warfare, and coordinated political pressure across continents. Taunton draws from on-the-ground encounters and hostile government pushback to reveal how Islamists advance their goals through both terror and political influence.

This episode plays like a classified briefing, exposing a pattern already spreading across the West. The threat isn’t distant. It’s accelerating.

Chapters:

• 00:00 — The Crisis No One Will Name
• 03:27 — USAID and the Migration Pipeline
• 06:43 — Inside Nigeria’s Silent War Zone
• 09:38 — The Caliphate Strategy Unmasked
• 12:29 — Western Governments Look Away
• 15:44 — When Faith Meets Force
• 18:44 — The Ideology Behind the Violence
• 21:29 — A Call to Resistance

Question for listeners:

Do you think this crisis is isolated to Nigeria, or part of a global strategy unfolding right now?

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A buried detail from Epstein’s past shows up out of nowhere and blows up the entire Thanksgiving warm-up. One second it’s holiday chatter, the next it’s the lemon detail nobody wanted resurfacing and derailing the room instantly.

From that moment on, the episode just snowballs. Reactions get louder, tangents get stranger, and every joke lands harder than the last. It’s pure Friday Happy Hour chaos, the kind where one ridiculous moment fuels another until you’re deep into a two-hour spiral of “how did we get here?”

Chapters:

• 00:00 Thanksgiving Plans And Immediate Regret
• 10:12 Pilgrims, Potatoes, And Historical Gaslighting
• 19:40 Modern Thanksgiving: Extra Chaos Edition
• 28:55 Ground Beef Prices Trigger A Breakdown
• 38:21 Kids + Phones = Apocalypse Starter Pack
• 46:10 Church Chatbots And The AI Anti-Christ
• 56:45 Podcast Money: Please Don’t Laugh
• 01:05:58 AI Wants Your Job And Your Leftovers
• 01:18:44 Society Crumbles But The Vibes Are Great
• 01:27:50 Pets Doing Felonies On Camera
• 01:38:33 Women Gladiators And Google Regrets
• 01:50:12 Machetes, Migration, And Why We’re Tired

If the episode made you laugh or question reality, follow the show and send it to a friend who shouldn’t hear the lemon story.

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Saudi Arabia’s influence over U.S. strategy runs deeper than most people realize, and Colonel Roxane Towner-Watkins returns to map out the hidden pressure points shaping today’s geopolitical landscape. She and Keith Malinak explore the unspoken leverage that keeps the U.S.–Saudi relationship locked in place, even as global alliances shift and domestic institutions crack under their own weight.

This conversation breaks down:

• How Saudi oil, military dependency, and historical power shape a quiet influence on Washington
• Why global alliances are shifting faster than the public sees
• How Venezuela’s instability connects to CIA operations, cartels, and regional pressure
• Why exploding drug boats signal something deeper than “drug enforcement”
• How institutional failures inside the FBI weaken American leverage abroad
• Why do global players like China use these fractures to accelerate their own strategy
• And how all these pressure points sit on one interconnected geopolitical board

Rather than walking through headlines, this episode connects the forces driving them: state power, covert influence, resource battles, and the hidden negotiations that shape the modern world.

Chapters:

• 00:00 – Thanksgiving, Headlines, and a Chaotic Week
•  02:33 – Arctic Frost and Surveillance Tech Concerns
•  08:18 – Venezuela’s Crisis and Regional Fallout
•  11:34 – CIA Influence and Power Players Inside Venezuela
•  18:16 – Drug Routes, Raids, and Hidden Operations
•  27:41 – Chemical Warfare Framed as “Drug Policy”
•  35:12 – Saudi Arabia’s Past and Violent Power Foundations
•  40:23 – Middle East Power Games and Shifting Deals
•  49:22 – MBS, Influence, and the Modern Saudi Equation
•  56:47 – FBI Failures and the Institutional Breakdown
•  01:24:46 – China, Colombia, Venezuela, and the Next U.S. Strategy Shift

Creators & Guests:

• Keith Malinak – Host
• Colonel Roxane Towner-Watkins – Guest
• Produced by 2nd Floor Studios (Dallas, TX)

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AI just got a lot weirder,has it crossed the line into digital resurrection? This week on At The Mic: Deep Dive, Keith Malinak is joined by Brad Staggs, Kelly Smith, and a sleep-deprived Rebecca Mistereggen calling in from Norway, to unpack one of the wildest mixes of tech, culture, and chaos we’ve seen yet.

From engagement ring internet wars and newborn parenting truths to ghostly voices and AI-induced mental breakdowns, this episode spirals hilariously (and at times uncomfortably) into the weird world we're all living in.

We dig into:

• The strange possibility of AI bringing back the dead
• The emotional toll of digital consciousness
• Postpartum reality checks
• Fake food, climate narratives, and butter conspiracies
• Rooftop Koreans, free speech fears, and viral internet derailments

Episode Chapters:

• 00:00 — Cold Open: Digital Resurrection
• 06:45 — Rebecca Checks In From Norway (Newborn Exhaustion Begins)
• 15:22 — Engagement Ring Drama: The Internet Has Opinions
• 26:10 — AI Consciousness & Mental Health
• 35:40 — Ghost Voices & the “Mommy” Moment
• 48:15 — Fake Food, Climate Narratives & the Carbon-Butter Debate
• 59:05 — Pop Culture Meltdowns & Wild Internet Clips
• 1:12:40 — Rooftop Koreans & Forgotten History Lessons
• 1:25:18 — Parenting in a Digital World
• 1:37:55 — The Deep Dive Derails (As Always)
• 1:51:20 — Final Thoughts & Viewer Questions

You’ll laugh, you’ll cringe, you might even question reality. Just another Deep Dive.

What moment shocked you most: the AI talk, ghost voices, or ring drama? Drop us your take!

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