Ep. 120 - Phil Mauriello Jr | Is California Being Governed or Experimented On?

California feels like a shoreline at dusk. Beautiful on the surface. Unsettled underneath. The tide keeps pulling back, exposing questions most people are told not to ask.

In Episode 120 of ALLSMITH, Bryce sits down with Phil Mauriello Jr., attorney and host of California Underground, for a wide ranging conversation exploring power, policy, conspiracies, and the patterns shaping modern life.

This is not a conversation about left versus right.
It is a conversation about awareness versus autopilot.

Together, Bryce and Phil explore California as a microcosm for the world. A state that often feels less governed and more tested. Policies roll out like experiments. Narratives change faster than outcomes. Citizens are left trying to reconcile intention with impact.

Like standing inside a maze where every wall is painted with good intentions, this episode asks a simple but unsettling question.
Are we being led, or are we being studied?

From California politics to global power structures, this conversation moves through some of the most controversial topics of our time, not to provoke fear, but to sharpen discernment.

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Topics Explored

• The lingering unanswered questions surrounding 9/11.
• The cultural flashpoint moments and assassination narratives surrounding Charlie Kirk.
• The relationship between the United States and Israel, and how foreign policy shapes domestic life.
• Antarctica, and why powerful nations are deeply interested in what lies beneath the ice.
• Venezuela as a case study in government control, collapse, and currency manipulation.
• The JFK files and what delayed truth reveals about institutions.
• The COVID pandemic and how emergency powers reshape society long after the crisis fades.
• Cloud seeding, weather modification, and where science ends and speculation begins.
• George Soros and Bill Gates as symbols of influence, philanthropy, and fear.
• The Epstein files and the erosion of public trust in accountability.
• The Diddy trials and the intersection of celebrity, power, silence, and leverage.

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Episode Time Stamps

• 00:00 Opening reflections and why this conversation matters now.
• 06:12 California as a political testing ground.
• 14:45 Power, incentives, and narrative control.
• 24:30 9/11, JFK files, and delayed truth.
• 35:10 COVID, emergency powers, and long term consequences.
• 46:20 Global influence, Israel, Venezuela, and Antarctica.
• 58:40 Epstein, celebrity power, and institutional silence.
• 01:10:15 Mindset, discernment, and personal responsibility.
• 01:22:00 Final reflections on truth seeking and sovereignty.

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