The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen

Alberta voters are headed toward an October 19 ballot that could begin the legal path to a binding independence referendum. Austin Petersen breaks down the verified petition signatures, Alberta's economic leverage, and the argument for becoming a new country—or even joining the United States.

Economist Phil Magness then challenges JD Vance's case against the dollar's reserve-currency status and explains why federal spending, not King Dollar, is the deeper problem. Finally, Sam Brown explains how assassination conspiracy claims pushed him to reexamine his anti-Israel views, visit Israel, and publicly call himself a Zionist.

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Austin Petersen and Steffi Petersen open with a blunt debate over parenting, public shame, and modesty before turning to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's decision to freeze her eggs and what it says about relationships, ambition, and family planning.

Then they unpack fast-food workers' confessions about the menu items they would never order themselves—from kitchen shortcuts and nightmare customers to the McRib, buffets, and Golden Corral.

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Austin Petersen breaks down the WNBA fight that followed DiJonai Carrington's flagrant foul on Sophie Cunningham—including the ‘white privilege’ accusation, Caitlin Clark's impact, player safety, and a league struggling to turn attention into growth.

Camellia Peterson then joins Austin for a pointed debate over Massachusetts' new abortion law after Dobbs. New York Post columnist Kirsten Fleming closes the edition with her analysis of Cunningham, Carrington, Caitlin Clark, and the WNBA's activist culture.

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Austin Petersen confronts his own 2016 presidential-debate positions on Donald Trump, immigration, government, education, and foreign policy—and explains what changed.

Judge Andrew Napolitano then breaks down how Flock license-plate cameras enable warrantless mass surveillance and why the Fourth Amendment was written to prevent it. Erika Donalds closes the edition with a practical argument for rebuilding patriotism, civic education, parental rights, and school choice.

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Canada now records roughly one in twenty deaths through medical assistance in dying, and Austin argues that a program sold for the terminally ill has expanded toward disability, poverty, loneliness, and mental illness.

Camellia Peterson of Americans for Prosperity-Missouri joins the show on America's reading decline, whole books disappearing from classrooms, literature for boys, and why reading and handwriting still matter. Then Tim Golding of Michigan AFP explains Abdul El-Sayed's socialist agenda, why Republicans lost their edge on the economy, and the case for education, energy, and regulatory reform.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez filmed herself taking an egg-freezing injection and called it resistance. Austin examines what the spectacle says about delayed family formation and demographic politics.

Tom Pappert of The Tennessee Star joins the conversation on AOC, Abdul El-Sayed, socialism, and the Democratic Party's hard-left turn. Then Jeremy Kauffman debates the twenty-dollar burrito, food affordability, inflation, welfare, and whether the right still believes in free markets.

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Austin opens with the story of a woman detained by ICE while trying to renew her immigration status, then turns to the day's most combustible question: when does fear of a dog breed become an unfair stereotype?

Joe Trotter joins the discussion on immigration, citizenship, household surveillance, robot vacuums, and AI. The audio edition also gets into pregnancy energy gels, supply chains, and why seemingly ordinary products become part of larger political arguments.

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A growing number of young workers are bringing parents into job interviews, salary talks, workplace conflicts, and even calls to the boss. Austin Petersen digs into helicopter parenting, Gen Z's struggle with independence, and what employers say is happening in the workplace.

He also examines a major campus free-speech survey and the widening tolerance gap between students. Camilia Peterson joins the show to explain why Missouri voters overwhelmingly rejected an income-tax phaseout, how unions and ballot language shaped the result, and whether reformers will try again.

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Judge Andrew Napolitano joins Austin Petersen for a sharp disagreement over President Trump's war in Iran, constitutional war powers, Israel, and how both parties change their principles when control of the White House changes.

Austin also examines proposed restrictions on high-caffeine energy drinks and the Democratic Party's effort to win back religious voters. Megan Novak of Americans for Prosperity Wisconsin closes the edition with a look at Francesca Hong, the governor's race, taxes, energy policy, and the stakes for Wisconsin families.

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ARE YOU RACIST FOR NOT LIKING PIT BULLS?

Actor Jon Bernthal says being afraid of pit bulls is “dog racism”—the same as judging someone by race or sexual orientation. Austin breaks down why that comparison collapses, what the attack data shows and why parents should not be shamed for recognizing breed-specific risk. Then we examine a quieter national crisis: Americans are speaking thousands fewer words than they did two decades ago as smartphones, self-checkout lanes, remote work and app-based life replace ordinary human contact. Camellia Peterson joins us ahead of Missouri’s August 4 vote on Amendment Five, a proposal to phase out the state income tax and prevent future lawmakers from restoring it. We debate the “everything tax” argument, its impact on seniors and working families, and what voters need to know before heading to the polls. Finally, United States Cattlemen’s Association President Justin Tupper explains why the American cattle herd has fallen to its lowest level since 1951 and what that means for ranchers and beef prices.

🐕 Are pit-bull fears “dog racism”? — Jon Bernthal compares fear of pit bulls to racial prejudice. Austin examines breed history, attack statistics and the difference between human identity and selectively bred animal traits.

📱 The death of small talk — Americans are speaking far fewer words than they did in 2005. We explore how technology and isolation weakened everyday community—and how to rebuild it.

🗳️ Camellia Peterson on Missouri Amendment Five — Missouri voters will decide whether to begin eliminating the state income tax. We debate sales-tax warnings, government revenue and what the proposal means for working families.

🐄 Justin Tupper on America’s shrinking cattle herd — The national herd is at its lowest level since 1951. Tupper explains how consolidation, imports and production costs are affecting ranchers and grocery prices.

GUESTS THIS EPISODE: Camellia Peterson @Rarecamellia | Justin Tupper @uscattlemen

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