Current Waves Podcast

WE DID IT!...Somehow, we survived the 2020 election season. Listen in as Ben, Jake, Jay, and Ethan share their thoughts on all of the ripple effects. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. They also check in on everyone's favorite topic - the pandemic.

It's that time of year! Join us for our spooky Halloween special. We creep through some of the scariest true horror tales out there. From a couple getting lost and freezing to death, to a man slaying his demon mother, and a missing woman who ends up in a very unfortunate place, join us as we discuss these true horrors!

In this episode Ethan, Jake, and Jay explore the wild life of Fritz Stammberger, the mysterious circumstances surrounding his disappearance, and his wife's unbelievable journey to find the truth.

A comedic journey through history of the mid-20th century using Billy Joel's 1989 single "We Didn't Start the Fire" as a guide. A song that is very bad but also may be the greatest piece of art ever created.

This episode, the boys take a look at one of the most notorious stories in Sports, the life of Tim Donaghy. We explore how a corrupt official rises to the highest ranks of the NBA, and how his story intertwines with the FBI, the mob, and a rabid pack of degenerate gamblers coined "The Animals".

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The world seems to be coming to an end here in 2020, so we thought y'all could use a laugh. In this bonus episode we chuckle our way through two of the craziest races in history... the 1904 Summer Olympic Marathon and the 1908 New York to Paris Automobile Race.

In this the final part of our series on the American Prison Industrial Complex, the boys of the Current Waves Podcast outline the laws, politics, and popular culture that have increased the current state of the country's swelling prison system. From Reagan to the present how has America become the most incarcerated country in the world? What is it like living in an American prison? And why are recidivism rates so high? Tune in to part 3 of the Prison Industrial Complex to find out.

We are back with part two of our series diving into America's Prison Industrial Complex. We pick up at the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement to discuss some of the most prolific figures to lead the movement as well as the United States government's attempt to quell their progress and the creation of the Law and Order ideology by the Nixon Administration. We also touch on how the movement ultimately helped shed light on the issues embedded in the prison system.

In part one of this three-part mini-series on the American Prison Industrial Complex. The boys will get into why America is home to only 5% of the world's population but imprisons 25% of the world's prison population. This episode covers topics on Slavery, Jim Crow, and the Police State. How Capitalism and the creation of cooperation helped fueled the need for cheap prison labor through convict leasing and the loophole in the 13th Amendment that allows slavery to still legally exist in the United States of America to the present.

The boys discuss some of the latest happenings in the U.S. over the holiday weekend including but not limited to the recent Supreme Court rulings, Betsy DeVos' attempt to destroy public education, and the fear-mongering and race-baiting that flowed out of Donald Trump's Independence Day speech.