It's our Halloween Special!With less than a week until this election and the reality of either a real ghoul or real goblin moving into the White House to kick out the crypt keeper, we thought we’d talk about absolutely anything else.We decided to dig through the archives and resurrect some of the childhood urban legends that we used to trade with e…

It's just about two weeks until the election, so we're discussing how the candidates are stacking up against each other, Kamala Harris' recent appearances, and why she has such a hard time stringing three words together. We also talk about the Democrats taking a few more steps to the Right, how they've abandoned the Left, and why they're never comi…

This has been a rough few weeks for people dealing with climate and weather emergencies.The good news is that the shock of these two hurricanes and the revelation of the weaknesses of our relief mechanisms has gone a long way toward convincing many conspiracy theorists and a lot of Republicans that climate change is in fact a reality.Unfortunately,…

We're back with archaeologist Steph Halmhofer to talk about how White supremacists are co-opting archaeology, history, and the achievements of ancient civilizations all to help them feel less insecure about not being special.Get extra premium only episodes with a free trial on Patreon.patreon.com/wetwiredPseudoarchaeology has been an almost bottoml…

Netanyahu tries to get crowdfunding for the Greater Israel plan, Iran retaliates, and Biden vows to keep bailing them out from every scrape they cause.Subscribe on Patreon to listen to this episode and every premium only episode for $5 a month.patreon.com/wetwiredעל ידי Julian Paul Butt & Sean Ondes

It’s just a little over two weeks now after Trump announced during a livestream on X (the everything app) while he was promoting his latest crypto project that “Crypto is one of those things we have to do. Whether we like it or not, I have to do it.” Now, today, we’re happy to be joined by the author of the very recently published Crypto Confidenti…

We’re here today with the directors of the 2023 movie Failed State, Christopher Bell and Mitch Blummer.Listeners will recognize Chris from the episode when we talked about his George W miniseries, Miss Me Yet?This is an unlocked premium episode. Get extra episodes every month, and get access to all of our past subscriber only episodes for $5 a mont…

We’re talking Kim Stanley Robinson today! And that means we’re talking about a lot of the things Kim Stanley Robinson talks about.Joining us are some KSR experts, Matt Hauske and Hilary Strang, the hosts of Marooned! On Mars.We get into some fan love of his writing, ingredients to make a utopia, and forcefully separating billionaires from their mon…

It’s the usual Sean and Jules here, and we’re also joined by long-time guest Karl Mamer.Karl is back with us to talk about the 1970s, Gold Bugs, and forces that birthed the survivalist movement.This is an unlocked premium episode. Get extra episodes every month, and get access to all of our past subscriber only episodes for $5 a month.patreon.com/w…

As a long time lover of maps, this conversation was a huge treat! Support us on Patreon and get extra premium only episodes for $5 a month.patreon.com/wetwired**Giovanni's audio got a little wonky a couple of times but it's all totally listenable.**It’s easy to look at the national borders that we draw on those maps and forget how they got there—or…

Jules and Sean take a step back to process some things. Walz, Vance, and the fact that Harris would be a terrible president.Support us on Patreon to listen to this episode and get extra premium only episodes for $5 a month.patreon.com/wetwiredעל ידי Julian Paul Butt & Sean Ondes

There's gold in them thar podcasts, I tell ya, GOLD! Talking this time about Part Five of New York 2140, "Escalation of Commitment." We get what could be an ending--finding gold, rescuing Mutt & Jeff, confronting Henry Vinson--but isn't! Our characters are getting together and scheming how they might save the building by ignoring the law, even if t…

It’s been 15 years since Bitcoin was created. After around a decade and a half, there’s still not anything really useful to do with it outside of paying for illegal arms and mail order drugs. Even though it’s basically useless, Bitcoin and crypto in general has a made a few people extremely rich. Worldwide, the crypto sector is valued at around $2.…

In this episode (recorded a few days after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, hence the opening discussion), we talk about Part Four of New York 2140, "Expensive or Priceless?" Our (long) wide-ranging conversation takes a rather critical view of the novel, or at least this part of it. We're trying to suss out what the rest of the world ou…

The Democrats have discovered the "one weird trick" guaranteed to leave heir enemies speechless—name calling.Support us on Patreon to listen to this episode and get extra premium only episodes for $5 a month.patreon.com/wetwiredNever mind their complete failure to even try to devise policies that might improve the average voter's life, such as redu…

Biden’s out and Kamala’s in charge (maybe). Still a couple of weeks until the Dem convention but she’s the odds on favorite to get the nomination. We take a look at how some blue-blooded Dems are reacting and give you the Wetwired VP picks for the Harris ticket.Support us on Patreon and get extra premium only episodes for $5 a month.patreon.com/wet…

In this episode we discuss "Liquidity Trap," Part Three of Kim Stanley Robinson's New York 2140. We talk about the citizen chapters and think about where to locate an authorial consciousness in this book, meditate on the difficulty of locating ourselves in a possibly ungraspable present between the "past" and "future," speculate on the explanatory …

We said in our last ep that nothing was happening right now with Biden and Trump but anything could happen. Well, it happened and the reactions from the media and pundits to the attempted assassination of Trump have been nothing short of electric!Support us on Patreon to listen to this episode and get extra premium only episodes for $5 a month.patr…

As American democracy recedes as the beacon of democracy for the rest of the world (lol), we’re looking this week at a couple of other elections from across the pond. France and England both tossed out their parliaments and held snap elections. Support us on Patreon and get extra premium only episodes for $5 a month.patreon.com/wetwiredSome reading…

Hello! This week we continue our conversation of New York 2140, talking about Part Two, "Expert Overconfidence," in which our various experts get in over their heads (some more literally than others--actually, all of them do it literally, since this is literature...anyway, we don't have time to sort this out right now). We talk about the nature of …

Dems in disarray! Advisors and Biden supporters are freaking out after his terrible performance in last week's debate with Trump.Calls for Biden to step down from Democrat insiders who three weeks ago were saying all the clips of him confused and flubbing were all cheap MAGA fakes.Support us on Patreon to listen to this episode and get extra premiu…

Hawk Tuah girl brings back blow jobs, Chiquita Banana hired a death squad in Colombia and Israel is targeting state governments with their anti-Semitism PR.We talked a few weeks ago about Israel’s incredibly sophisticated lobbying machine in Washington.Just a couple of days ago, an LA synagogue hosted a sale for stolen Palestinian land. The protest…

In this episode we declare there's not much to say, this is just a table-setting section of the novel, we won't discuss each and every subchapter, but then we talk for nearly two hours, starting with Matt and Hilary's Garden Round-Up. Then it's a shallow dive into Part One of NY2140, "The Tyranny of Sunk Costs." Hope you enjoy and we'll be back soo…

The two least popular candidates in history are days away from their first on stage showdown, and one of them is terrified of sharks.And in France, shit is wild in the lead up to replacing their entire national assembly.Support us on Patreon to listen to this episode and get extra premium only episodes for $5 a month.patreon.com/wetwiredMusic:Airgl…

Section 230 is not a special privilege for big tech, it enables third party participation in communication that even big tech, with its deep pockets, wouldn't risk liability to host, let alone smaller platforms, which couldn't afford one lawsuit.Section 230 also doesn't encourage platforms to have no community guidelines, with a wild west of social…

We're back from a long work- and life-related absence to fart around for a couple minutes trying to log in to our old accounts, and then we're off and running with the kind of meandering, half-baked musings you've all been missing lo these many months. That's right, New York 2140 is the topic of our next season (series?) and we spend this episode r…

The question I had going into this episode was about the asymmetrical reactions between the pro-Palestinian protesters and the pro-Israel and Zionist protesters. (Those seem to be subtly distinct groups so I’m trying to think of them as separate but related.)Support us on Patreon to listen to this episode and get extra premium only episodes for $5 …

We’re talking about the kids. A lot of people have ideas about the kids.And some people think that we should be having a whole lot of them.Support Wetwired by subscribing on Patreon for $5 a month, get extra episodes every month, and access to all of our past subscriber only episodes. patreon.com/wetwiredSome reading:https://aeon.co/essays/why-long…

We're teaming up with Bradley Plaisier and Robert Skvarla to talk about the show that 30 years ago introduced the normies to alien abductions, secret government programs, and global conspiracies. Somehow, the X-Files was exactly the right show for its time. It harnessed the untapped cynicism and suspicion of the 1990s and assured us that there real…

Someone is radicalizing our kids. Who is behind this? What are their motives? There appears to be an unidentified individual or an entire group of them who are actively working to radicalize our precious, vulnerable students. This is a serious issue that requires immediate investigation and action to protect our youth and ensure their safety.Or it …

We're talking far-right extremism with Teddy Wilson. Teddy is an investigative journalist based in Texas. He covers extremism in the US and abroad.Teddy gives us an overview of extremism in the US, how J6 rioters are being portrayed as political prisoners, and a preview of his upcoming projects.Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/wetwiredFind Teddy …

We’re talking about Max Azzarello, who on April 19th set himself on fire outside the Manhattan Criminal Court where jury selection was concluding for Trump’s Stormy Daniels/hush money trial.In the final post on his Substack titled "I have set myself on fire outside the Trump Trial," Max Azzarello explained that “[t]his extreme act of protest is to …

Sean here with historian Thomas Lecaque to talk about everything wrong with Alex Garland's incoherent movie Civil War. Jesse Plemons is NOT one of those things.Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/wetwiredThomas on Twitter:https://twitter.com/tlecaqueSean's review of Civil War on Letterboxd:https://letterboxd.com/sondes/film/civil-war-2024/Mu…

Maybe a crack in the up until now unquestioned US support of Israel's genocidal campaign in Gaza. All it took was the deaths of 7 people connected to a celebrity chef. Israel murdering 30,000 civilians didn't do it.Israel has somehow managed to be the top recipient of US foreign aid for the last few decades. It was only bumped from the number one s…

Maybe a crack in the up until now unquestioned US support of Israel's genocidal campaign in Gaza. All it took was the deaths of 7 people connected to a celebrity chef. Israel murdering 30,000 civilians didn't do it.Israel has somehow managed to be the top recipient of US foreign aid for the last few decades. It was only bumped from the number one s…

The drugs, parties, hip-hop, sex workers, P Diddy episode.Following the raid on his homes by Homeland Security as part of a sex trafficking investigation, we're talking about P Diddy and the recent lawsuit alleging that he and Cuba Gooding Jr. sexually abused at least one producer who worked for him. And that he shot somebody.Support us on Patreon:…

Up until now, for different reasons, we've avoided talking about both Israel and AI. We haven't talked about the ongoing Palestinian genocide because there are much better voices to listen to than us to help you understand the extent of the horror in Gaza. We haven't talked about the AI bubble because arguing with marketers and hypemen is boring.Th…

Bitboy, once a top crypto influencer, has further defiled himself. We're talking about his recent "karate fight" in Mexico. We get into some of his career highlights and give some background on his challenger, shit coin creator, More Light.We also have a run down of the speakers at CPAC 2024. We learn how Florida Rep Byron Donalds feels about wind …

For our special Wetwired Valentine's Day episode, we’re talking about that special feeling you get in the deep, dark recesses of your sinful heart. In a holiday orchestrated by Big Chocolate, there are plenty of other opportunists looking to cash in on your loneliness or your crumbling relationship.An old southern pastor has ideas about how you sho…

Christ’s cryptocurrency is on trial in Colorado. Eli and Kaitlyn Regalado have been accused of creating a worthless crypto coin and exchange, with Jesus-themed branding, that took about 3.4 million dollars from “investors” and left them holding the bag.With a hearing scheduled in Colorado for Feb 5, instead of showing up, Regalado decided to hit th…

DeSantis’ CRT and DEI presidential campaign might be over, but there are still plenty of people willing to throw down dollars to fight against DEI and woke capitalism.We’re talking about the brave elites who’re willing to put their money down for a good cause. And in the truest American way any of us know, that cause is based land speculation.Some …

Today we’re asking the question, "what if a zany mismatched group of three liberal Gen-Xers, one Millennial and two Zoomers were thrown into a house reno’d by Chip and Joanna Gaines just as the world was ending?"We’re going to peek into the blue pilled minds who can’t help but wonder if maybe all those MAGA, QAnon conspiracists might be on to somet…

We hope you all made it through the holidays intact! We're launching into 2024 with the promised part 2 of our conversation with Karl Mamer from the Conspiracy Skeptic podcast.There's plenty about Douglas MacArthur, deadbeat sovereign citizen dads, and the Grifeter Queen herself, Romana Didulo.Find Karl on Mastodonmas.to/@skepticsbookoflists@c.imBu…

In the hallowed tradition of Anna Sorokin and former US representative George Santos, and all the other people claiming to be something they’re not, there’s a thriving class of people claiming to have royal blood.Like the guy from Colorado who claimed to be the King of England, or the other guy from Maryland who claims to be King of the Isle of Man…

Our review of Ridley Scott's Napoleon. Email us at maroonedonmarspodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter @podcastonmars Leave us a voicemail on the Anchor.fm app Rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you listen to your podcasts! Music by Spirit of Space

A few weeks ago a paper was published in the journal Archaeological Prospection that the Gunung Padang site in Indonesia is not, as is generally believed, around 2 thousand years old. And that it is actually closer to 20,000 years old.For $5 a month, you can help support the show and listen to our full premium episodes. You'll also get access to al…

We're still here! Grumpier than ever, complaining about things we probably shouldn't be, reading books, talking. And you're still listening! Thank you. We've been away for a long time for...reasons. But we are momentarily back, and maybe we'll be back again soon to talk about Napoleon and Ridley Scott. But this time we chat about the impossibilitie…

We’re joined again today by Darren Drda!We talked last time about his most recent book, New Age Wasteland. We spent some time with a few ghosts and ghouls operating in the New Age space and then dug into the Woo to Q pipeline.Today we’ll spend some time on a few of the more recent influencers in the New Age movement. We also want to shed some light…

Happy Halloween everybody! For a special treat, we're watching one of the absolute worst films ever made, the 2020 cinematic abortion, Trump vs the Illuminati.For $5 a month, you can help support the show and listen to our full premium episodes. You'll also get access to all of our past subscriber only episodes, which is pretty cool.https://www.pat…

We're taking a break this week, so we thought we'd re-release a timeless episode from the archives. This one is about the amorphous dimensions of what we call QAnon, some thoughts about why it's so hard to categorize, and the implications for detecting disinformation.------We’ve been trying to figure out how many people actually buy into QAnon idea…