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Aug 25, 2023 ⢠1h 5min
WTF Is Happening In Canada?! & Meet "The Rainmaker" | PIRATE WIRES EP#11 đ´ââ ď¸
EPISODE ELEVEN: The Pirate Wires staff welcomes "Rainmaker" CEO Augustus Dorickoto to brainstorm possible reasons the entire country of Canada seems to have gone insane, why American culture is one of decline (and how to fix that), geo-engineering, and Augustus' cloud seeding company Rainmaker.
Featuring Mike Solana , Brandon Gorrell, River Page, Augustus Doricko
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Topics Discussed:
https://www.theindustry.pw/p/pay-me-mark-zuckerberg
https://www.whitepill.pw/p/the-rainmaker
Pirate Wires Twitter: https://twitter.com/PirateWires
Mike Twitter: https://twitter.com/micsolana
Brandon Twitter: https://twitter.com/brandongorrell
River Twitter: https://twitter.com/river_is_nice
Augustus Twitter: https://twitter.com/ADoricko
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:30 - Welcome Augustus To The Pod! CEO of Rainmaker
1:00 - Blame Canada - WTH Is Going On?!
13:45 - The Dumbest Country On The Planet??
21:40 - How The Rain Is Mishandled By Government
36:15 - No Progress
40:30 - How America Can Progress Forward - Give Us Back Our Moon!
42:30 - How We Can Control The Weather
48:50 - Cloud Seeding
1:04:45 - The Truth About Castro
1:05:05 - Check Out The Full Interview With Augustus On White Pill
1:05:25 - See You Next Week! Pirate Wires Podcast Every Friday!

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Aug 19, 2023 ⢠1h 4min
Snow White Went Woke & Plane Lady Isn't Real?! | PIRATE WIRES EP#10
The Pirate Wires staff discusses Snow White controversies, the plane lady's authenticity, San Francisco homelessness crisis, and corruption in the Maui wildfire story.

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Aug 11, 2023 ⢠52min
Military Defense Has Taken Over The Tech Industry | PIRATE WIRES EP#9
EPISODE NINE: In this episode, Mike is joined by John Coogan and the Founder of Anduril Trae Stephens. We discuss the history of defense companies, how the tech startup Anduril became a player in the defense industry, the shift in opinion working with the government, and what the future of tech defense holds.
Featuring Mike Solana , John Coogan, Trae Stephens.
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Topics Discussed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI4l-o4AcHs&t=1s&ab_channel=JohnCoogan
Pirate Wires Twitter: https://twitter.com/PirateWires
Mike Twitter: https://twitter.com/micsolana
John Twitter: https://twitter.com/johncoogan
Trae Twitter: https://twitter.com/traestephens
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:25 - Welcome John & Trae to the show! Preview of John's documentary on YT - Link in Description
2:55 - History Of Defense Companies
8:35 - What Does The Defense Industry Look Like Today?
12:40 - Competing With The Big Companies As A Startup
21:15 - Talking To Congress
23:20 - Will There Be New Players In The Space?
26:30 - Changes At Founders Fund To Accommodate Anduril
28:30 - Project Maven
37:15 - Tech Industry Has Zero Power In San Francisco
40:15 - The Dream Team Needed To Make Anduril A Success
45:45 - What's Next For Defense Industry?
51:30 - Go Watch John's Documentary on YouTube! And Follow John & Trae On Twitter (X)
51:50 - See You Next Week! Pirate Wires Podcast Every Friday!!
#defense #tech #defenseindustry #lockheedmartin #boeing #war #anduril

Aug 3, 2023 ⢠59min
There's A War On Self Driving Cars | PIRATE WIRES EP#8
EPISODE EIGHT: The battle of self driving rages on. While companies like Waymo are producing their highest safety scores, politicians & unions are actively fighting to create anti-self driving propaganda. We review Sanjana's article "Laborâs Shadow War With Self-Driving Cars" and Lee Edwards joins us to break down all of the clown world discourse.
Featuring Mike Solana, Brandon Gorrell, Sanjana Friedman and special guest Lee Edwards
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Topics Discussed:
https://www.piratewires.com/p/labors-shadow-war-self-driving-cars
Pirate Wires Twitter: https://twitter.com/PirateWires
Mike Twitter: https://twitter.com/micsolana
Brandon Twitter: https://twitter.com/brandongorrell
Sanjana Twitter: https://twitter.com/metaversehell
Lee Twitter: https://twitter.com/terronk
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:30 - Welcome Lee Edwards To The Pod!
2:18 - Everything Self Driving Cars - Trolling & Discourse
5:25 - Sanjana's Article On Pirate Wires On Self Driving Cars
10:30 - The True Stats On Waymo Safety
18:00 - Traffic Fatalities In SF
19:15 - The People Involved In Anti-Self Driving Policies
22:20 - Why Do Unions Hate Self Driving?
29:30 - Gaslighting
31:10 - How The SF Fire Chief Is Involved
34:50 - How Unions Control Everything
41:45 - Apology
47:00 - Scooter Ban - Why Do Politicians Ruin Everything Good
51:30 - Response To Our Article
54:00 - ESG Lies and Racist Undertones
58:20 - Self Driving Isn't Going Anywhere
58:45 - Follow Lee On Social Media - PW Podcast Every Friday!! See You Next Week

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Jul 24, 2023 ⢠1h 5min
Thank God For The Atom Bomb | PIRATE WIRES EP#7
EPISODE FOUR: In this episode, Mike is joined by Kmele Foster and Trae Stephens. We break down the movie Oppenheimer, the aftermath of dropping nuclear weapons, and the discourse surrounding the film.
Featuring Mike Solana , Kmele Foster, Trae Stephens
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Pirate Wires Twitter: https://twitter.com/PirateWires
Mike Twitter: https://twitter.com/micsolana
Kmele Twitter: https://twitter.com/kmele
Trae Twitter: https://twitter.com/traestephens
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro - Welcome Kmele & Trae
1:48 - SPOILER ALERT If You Don't Know The Ending To WWII
2:25 - Christopher Nolan's Past Movies We Liked
3:23 - Review Of Oppenheimer
13:30 - Creating A Doomsday Device To End All Wars
20:13 - Controversy Around The Name Oppenheimer - Accountability For Actions - We're Missing This Today
29:20 - Famous Physicist Who Worked On Manhattan Project
32:45 - McCarthyism
35:32 - Was The Movie Too Pessimistic?
38:00 - No Nuclear Bombs Have Been Dropped After WWII
39:18 - "Thank God For The Atom Bomb" - Why We Needed To Drop The Nuke
55:23 - Preventing Other Countries From Getting Atom Bombs
56:52 - What's More Dangerous? Dropping The Nuke or Not?
59:50 - Depravity For The American Project
1:03:58 - No One Wants War
1:05:00 - Thanks For Joining For This Special Episode! Pirate Wires Podcast Every Friday!

Jul 21, 2023 ⢠58min
Based and Microchipped: How RFK Took Over Politics | PIRATE WIRES EP#6
EPISODE SIX: In this Episode, Mike & River are joined by Liz Wolfe from Reason. Liz has been deep into uncovering everything about Robert F. Kennedy's rise in the 2024 presidential election. We discuss his ascension, media censorship, where he's right about vaccines and where he goes way off the rails, why people are seeking alternative candidates, and if he's a viable candidate for the Democratic Party.
Featuring Mike Solana ,River Page, and Liz Wolfe
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Topics Discussed:
https://reason.com/video/2023/06/29/rfk-jr-the-reason-interview/
Pirate Wires Twitter: https://twitter.com/PirateWires
Mike Twitter: https://twitter.com/micsolana
River Twitter: https://twitter.com/river_is_nice
Liz Twitter: https://twitter.com/LizWolfeReason
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro - Welcome Liz Wolfe To The Show!
2:10 - Liz and Reason's YT Video on RFK - The Backlash Liz Has Faced
10:30 - Rewriting History - 2020 Lockdown Gaslighters
13:45 - RFK's Real Stance On V**cines
18:30 - Claims On Autism, Xanax, Child V**cinations
26:35 - Media Censorship
35:45 - RFK's Actual Political Stances As A Democratic Candidate
41:09 - The Church River Was Raised In
44:25 - Why Is RFK's Anti-Establishment Message Resonating? C*vid Aftermath & Dems Losing Liberals
48:20 - Where RFK Loses The Plot - Conspiracy Sloppiness
53:00 - Immigration
55:55 - Final Thoughts On RFK - Why He's Compelling & Why People Are Seeking Alternatives
57:54 - See You Next Friday! Go Follow Liz and Watch Reason's Video On RFK - Link In Description

Jul 14, 2023 ⢠55min
A Fiery, But Mostly Peaceful Conversation About The Media | PIRATE WIRES EP#5
EPISODE FIVE: On this week's Pirate Wires Podcast, Mike is joined by Kmele Foster and Ben Smith to discuss the death of new media. We get into the unrealized hope for new media, how Trump changed the media landscape, "disagreements" over mostly peaceful protestors, the death of BuzzFeed and straightening of the New York Times, and the future of the media.
Featuring Mike Solana , Kmele Foster, Ben Smith
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Topics Discussed:
New Media Is Dead: https://www.piratewires.com/p/new-media-is-dead-long-live-new-media
Pirate Wires Twitter: https://twitter.com/PirateWires
Mike Twitter: https://twitter.com/micsolana
Kmele Twitter: https://twitter.com/kmele
Ben Twitter: https://twitter.com/semaforben
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro - Welcome Kmele & Ben To The Show!
3:15 - The Death Of New Media - What Went Wrong??
10:50 - How Subscription Services Took Over
14:10 - How To Build Subscriptions, Homogenization Of Everything1
5:15 - Trump & Facebook - Is FB To Blame?
23:00 - How Trump Changed Everything
26:50 - Daily Wire's Rise, NYT Dominance
28:00 - Elon Takes Over Twitter - Future Of Twitter
34:00 - Will Threads Succeed?
35:30 - Censorship On Twitter (C*ovid, H**ter B*d*en)
41:00 - Jan 6th & Riots
45:00 - The Future Of Media - Fragmentation of Media
53:50 - Will Mike & Kmele Be Future Writers For The NYT?!
54:28 - Listen To The "Fifth Movement" Podcast! Read "Traffic" By Ben Smith and "Semafor"
54:55 - See You Next Week! Pirate Wires Podcast Every Friday!!

Jul 7, 2023 ⢠56min
A.I. Lies & WTF is a Digital Land Acknowledgement?! | PIRATE WIRES EP#4
EPISODE FOUR: Breaking down the discource around A.I. and what everyone is getting wrong with special guest John Luttig. The insane concept of digital land acknowledgement, and the people shaping our A.I. policies in DC.
Featuring Mike Solana and River Page
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Topics Discussed:
Hallucinations in AI: https://www.piratewires.com/p/hallucinations-in-ai
DCâs DEI âExpertsâ Shaping AIâs Future: https://www.piratewires.com/p/dcs-dei-experts-shaping-ais-future
Pirate Wires Twitter: https://twitter.com/PirateWires
Mike Twitter: https://twitter.com/micsolana
Brandon Gorrell: https://twitter.com/brandongorrell
River Twitter: https://twitter.com/river_is_nice
John Luttig: https://twitter.com/absoluttig
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro - John Luttig Joins The Show! Special Guest Article In This Weeks Pirate Wires
1:30 - Everything You Need To Know About A.I. Discourse
22:40 - Bye John!
22:55 - DCâs DEI âExpertsâ Shaping AIâs Future - Reviewing River's Article
29:10 - A Digital Land Acknowledgment?! LAND TURTLES?!31:15 - Stolen Land Virtue Signaling
34:25 - More On Digital Land Acknowledgment
38:00 - How History Gets Turned Upside Down4
4:00 A.I. Is Racist
46:15 - Woman Claims Credit Card Denial Over Gender
55:00 - See You Next Friday! Pirate Wires Podcast Every Friday!

Jun 30, 2023 ⢠59min
We Need To Talk About Pride Month | PIRATE WIRES EP#3
EPISODE THREE, THE PRIDE ISSUE: "We're coming for your children," nudity at Pride events, the politicization of the Pride flag, the forever-changing history of Stonewall, the purpose of drag, how Pride has changed over the years, and more.
Featuring Mike Solana and River Page
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Topics Discussed:
A Roundup Of All Pride Month News: https://www.piratewires.com/p/bad-week-for-esg
Pirate Wires Twitter: @piratewires
Mike Twitter: @micsolana
River Twitter: @river_is_nice
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro To Pride Month
3:00 - Summary Of All Major Events During Pride Month
5:25 - River & Mike's Previous Experiences At Pride
11:45 - "We're Coming For Your Children" Insanity
15:05 - Jake Shields' Ridiculous Tweet About Gay Men - Questionable Sources
20:20 - Naked Bike Riders In Front Of Children - What Are Parents Doing?
23:00 - Drag Culture
32:30 - Old Man Twerking In Front Of Children
38:45 - Open Letter From GLAAD To Stop Hate - Includes Biggest Celebrities
43:30 - Stonewall - Misunderstandings and History Is Being Changed
52:45 - What Happened To The Culture And Where Do We Go From Here?

Jun 23, 2023 ⢠1h 6min
Everyone Lost Their Minds Over Titanic Sub, Joe Rogan & RFK Jr. Debate Science | Pirate Wires EP #2
This week in Pirate Wires: We discuss the Titanic submersible that was destroyed in a catastrophic implosion. We dig into the insane discourse surrounding the event, the de-humanization of the victims, and overwhelming hatred of the rich on the left. We also discuss the Science debate between Joe Rogan, RFK Jr. and Peter Hotez.
Featuring Mike Solana, Sanjana Friedman, and Brandon Gorrell.
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Topics Discussed:
Titanic Sub & The Insane Discourse: https://www.piratewires.com/p/pirate-...
Joe Rogan & RFK Jr. vs. Peter Hotez: https://www.piratewires.com/p/pirate-...
Pirate Wires Twitter: @piratewires
Mike Twitter: @micsolana
Sanjana Friedman: @metaversehell
Brandon Twitter: @brandongorrell
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro - Introducing Sanjana!
0:40 - Titanic Submersible
5:30 - Unhinged Discourse
12:30 - James Cameron Has Been To Titanic 33 Times
13:30 - Dehumanizing The Victims
18:55 - We Want Humans To Take Risks
19:30 - What About The Migrants?!
24:15 - Tech Bros In San Fransisco
37:00 - Rogan vs. Hotez - Media Loses It Over Science Debate
57:40 - RFK Jr. Claims WiFi Causes Cancer