Welcome back to the Pirate Wires pod! The gang is back together for your favorite weekly pod covering tech, politics & culture. PW alum, Sanjana Friedman, returns to the show with Mike Solana in Riley Nork. Today on the pod,  25th anniversary of 9/11 and how the old world feels so ancient, the brain rot phone addiction that led to the decision of the Lindsay Clancy case, another AI doomer has sprung to life from the the bowels of Anthropic, we ponder if we're all in a simulation, and Solana gives us a deep dive into immigration and H1B's. 

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Featuring Mike Solana, Riley Nork, Sanjana Friedman

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - WE'RE BACK!

2:55 - 9/11 25th Anniversary & Gen Z Irony Posting

8:50 - THANK YOU MONACO!

9:25 - Lindsay Clancy Trial Highlights Phone Addiction Brain Rot

40:45 - AI Death Cult - Anthropic Employee Warns Of AI Doom

1:06:46 - White Pill - Are We In A Simulation - Sponsored By Eight Sleep

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1:32:00 - Wrapping Up

1:34:00 - We're Back For Good! See You Every Friday at 4pmET

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Mike Solana & Producer Matt give a send off message. Thanks for being apart of the podcast these past few years! We appreciate every one of you.

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EPISODE #97: This past week, the U.S. found itself on the brink of WWIII due to the Iran/Israel crises. Will Trump get us involved in another war? To be honest, none of us want to talk about this, but it’s present in every part of our culture right now. To cope, we get into the viral clip of Tucker calling out Ted Cruz. Elsewhere in the news, the hottest new trend for Dems is to get arrested, and the March To Gaza ends at the hands of Egyptian police. Finally, we make the case why every American needs to be in shape, and Solana gives us his white pill, why we are truly living in amazing times right now.

Featuring Mike Solana, Riley Nork, Brandon Gorell, Simone Collins, Malcolm Collins

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Welcome Back To The Pod!

1:30 - Simone & Malcolm's YT Channel - Based Camp

3:30 - Israel/Iran - WWIII?? Or Are We Just Tired Of Talking About The Middle East..

9:50 - Tucker Carlson Gets Ted To Fumble On Iran Population

17:50 - Democrats Love Getting Arrested

34:55 - The March To Gaza

56:20 - ADQUICK! Thank you AdQuick For Sponsoring The Pod!

57:20 - Make America Jacked Again: he Case for Government Fat Camps

1:10:20 - The White Pill - Solana Tells Us Why He's So Optimistic Right Now In Tech

1:24:00 - Thanks For Listening! Like & Subscribe!

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EPISODE #96: Welcome back to the pod! Time to party like it’s 2020 with some “fiery, but mostly peaceful protests”. We get into the riots in Los Angeles and all the insanity on the internet. The Waymos have become a victim in this destructive society. Should we arm the Waymos? Did they die for our sins? People like Katy Perry are now rewriting the history of California and America, and the protest extend to multiple cities. Finally, Greta makes it to Israel on her selfie yacht.

Featuring Mike Solana, Riley Nork, Blake Dodge, Liv Boree, George Hotz

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TIMESTAMPS:

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Welcome Back To The Pod!

1:00 - ICE Protests In LA Turn Into Riots

13:30 - Re-Writing American History

25:30 - The Waymos Are On Fire, Burning Down Cities

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1:01:30 - Greta Watch - Greta Gets 'Kidnapped' By Israel

1:14:00 - Thanks For Watching! Like & Subscribe

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EPISODE #95: We go a huge pod for you guys this week! We were reporting on the Trump Elon story during our Thursday recording, then all hell broke loose. Solana and producer Matt had to step in and record a Friday morning emergency pod. We break down the latest on the break up of the century. Then, we get into your regularly scheduled podcast! Bridget Phetasy and the PW crew join us to get into the Elon/Trump relationship, the downfall, and what exact is in the Big Beautiful Bill? Also on this episode: Nucleas released a new product that has cause controversy over eugenics, Palantir wants to steal your data? and Greta goes to Gaza while Dave Portnoy says that free speech is not allowed when discussing Jewish people.

Featuring Mike Solana, Riley Nork, Blake Dodge, Matt Marlinski, Bridget Phetsay, 

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Welcome Back To The Pod!

0:40 - Emergency Pod! The Latest On Trump/Elon

23:00 - Why The Break Up Happened? What Exactly Is In BBB? w/Bridget Phetasy and the PW crew

44:10 - Super Babies - Nucleus Genomics Summons Eugenics Discourse 

1:13:00 - Palantir Will Steal Your Data?!

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1:25:00 - Greta Goes To Gaza, Dave Portnoy Bans Free Speech

1:39:45 - Breaking Elon News As It Happened! 

1:42:00 - Thanks For Watching! Like & Subscribe! 

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EPISODE #94: Welcome back to the pod! This week we have special guests Kelsey Piper & Patri Friedman joining Mike Solana to chat about our government’s inability to build anything today, and the solutions that are being built. We discuss the history of seasteading, the evolution of charter cities, build vs. exit, the “Abundance” movement, Trump's 'Golden Age' and if we’ll ever be able to fix the legislative branch.

Featuring Mike Solana, Kelsey Piper & Patri Friedman

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Welcome Kelsey Piper & Patri Friedman To The Pod

2:00 - Charter Cities & Economic Freedom

8:20 -The Origins and Evolution of Seasteading

12:55 - Shenzen & Notable Seasteading Projects and Challenges

21:15 - Charter Cities: Esmeralda, California Forever, Prospera in Honduras.

28:50 - Ezra Klein & 'Abundance' Movement - Will It Work? 

34:00 - Freedom Cities & The Trump 'Golden Age'

42:00 - DOGE Failures

47:45 - ADQUICK - Thanks For Sponsoring The Pod!

48:48-  Local Government and Political Reform

50:36 - Meritocracy and Government Hiring

52:28 - Democratic Values and Affirmative Action

01:04:39-  AI and the Future of Democracy

01:05:42 - The Role of AI in Governance

01:12:07 - Aesthetics in Urban Development

01:21:42 - Exit or Build: The Future of America

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EPISODE #93: Hi friends, we're back! Lot's to catch up on. First up, we discussing the awful state of air travel that Solana reported on this week. Next up, your tech news round up! Everything from Golden Domes, to dating apps, to 4-in-1 d*ck pills. Sam Altman & Jony Ive combine forces. What will the aesthetic of the future look like? Finally, the Dems continue to pick up the pieces as Biden's health cover up was exposed last week. Will they ever find their Joe Rogan?

Featuring Mike Solana, Brandon Gorrell, Riley Nork, Blake Dodge

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Welcome Back To The Pod!

1:20 - Say Hi To Our New Writer, Blake!

1:50 - Infrastructure Is Collapsing In America - Air Travel Is A Mess

18:00 - Tech In DC - Is The Optimism Still There? Golden Dome

24:00 - HIMS 4-in-1 D*ck pills

29:00 - The State Of Dating Apps

37:00 - The Aesthetic Of The Future -  Sam Altman & Jony Ive combine forces

54:00 - ADQUICK! Thanks For Sponsoring The Pod

55:10 - The Search For The "Liberal Joe Rogan"

1:08:40 - The Joe Biden Health Cover Up

1:23:00 - Thanks For Watching! Like & Subscribe

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EPISODE #92: This Atlantic’s bombshell report exposes the clownish nature of Trump admin. Snow White bombs at the box office after woke controversy from it’s star, Rachel Zegler. Tech Hating NPR CEO, Katherine Maher, testified before Congress and denied her previous tweets. Texas Representative Jasmine Crockett calls Governor Abbott "Hot Wheels." And everything is Ghibli, X feed gets taken over by Ghibli art, depicting some of the most famous moments in meme history.

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Featuring Mike Solana, Brandon Gorrell, Riley Nork, Molly O'Shea

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Welcome Back To The Pod!

1:00 - Announcement - The Pod Is Taking A Hiatus 

2:00 - The Atlantic's Bombshell Report On Trump Admin's Signal Chat - Exposing A Deeper Rot? Or Just A F*ck Up?

16:45 - Woke Snow White Fail - only $40M on opening weekend with a $270M budget

36:05 - AdQuick! Thank You For Sponsoring The Podcast!

38:45 - Tech Hating NPR CEO, Katherine Maher, testified before Congress

54:15 - Hot Wheels -  Texas Representative Jasmine Crockett calls Governor Abbott "Hot Wheels"

1:02:30 - Ghibli Takeover Of X - A Rare Moment Of Singularity On Social Media? Or Just More Internet Slop?

1:22:00 - Thanks For Watching! Like And Subscribe - See You Soon..

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EPISODE #91: The Telsa and Elon saga continues for yet another week as the derangement continues to ramp up. A group on the internet is doxxing Tesla Owners, and major figures on the left cheer on the terrorism of their fellow citizens. Internet slop is everywhere, what can we actually believe? We dive into the latest slop controversy involving Democrat cheerleader Harry Sisson. Also this week, Gavin Newsom is learning, JFK files were revealed, and what is actually going on with Ilhan Omar and the “fact checkers” at Snopes?

Featuring Mike Solana, Brandon Gorrell, Riley Nork, Bridget Phetasy, Kartik Sathappan, Ashley Rindsberg

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Welcome Bridget Back To The Pod!

1:50 - The Tesla Attacks Continue - Is It Terrorism?

27:15 - Slop World - Is It All An Op? Harry Sisson Controversy 

38:20 - Gavin Newsom Is Learning..

41:30 - How Much Culture Has Changed In The Last 20 Years

47:30 - AdQuick! - Thank You For Sponsoring The Podcast!

48:20 - JFK Files Released - Was Anything Actually Revealed? 

54:10 - Cultural Memetics - Peter Thiel Clip

58:55 - How Snopes Buried the Truth About Ilhan Omar's Father

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EPISODE #90: Welcome back to the pod! Elon took hits from all angles this week. Tesla cars & chargers are being attacked, the stock is down, X went down on Monday, and the people are protesting. The good news? Trump will take one of those Teslas! Our president seemed very impressed with the car, proclaiming “Wow… everything’s computer”. A battle of citizenship is underway as Federal immigration authorities detained Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian graduate student who played a prominent role in anti-Israel protests at Columbia University. Are we abusing free speech rights? In the latest tech news, Sam Altman & ChatGPT release a new model that is going after creative writing.. but is it actually any good? Finally.. the pod bros competition. On one side, Gavin Newsom interviewed Steve Bannon (what?) and on the other side, Michelle Obama's new podcast can barely crack 20k subscribers on YT. The media landscape has changed and it looks like Gavin understands the game better than anyone on the left.

Featuring Mike Solana, Brandon Gorrell, Riley Nork, Molly O'Shea, Kartik Sathappan

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Welcome Back To The Pod!

1:30 - Everything's Computer - Elon & Tesla's crazy week. Trump buys a Tesla

6:30 - Unhinged Protests

13:45 - Canadians Want To Revoke Elon's Citizenship - Should elected officials have dual citizenship?

18:15 - Citizen Hamas - Columbia University Protestor Detained by ICE

31:45 - Thank You AdQuick For Sponsoring The Show!

32:30 - The newest ChatGPT Creative Writing AI - Is It Any Good? What Does The AI Future Look Like?

52:40 - Pod Bros - Gavin Newsom Interviews Steve Bannon - Michelle Obama Can Barely Get 20k Subscribers

1:14:00 - Thanks For Watching/Listening! Like & Subscribe - Tell Your Friends!

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