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Critical Wade Theory

I"ll talk about everything from politics to entertainment and philosophy. I"m also a part-time entertainment writer and working-class from the UP of Michigan, so that might come up occasionally. Oh, and I make weird experimental music and sometimes host a college radio show.

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00:08:16

CWT517: Dog Whistles Became Bullhorns: Trump,...

Critical Wade Theory ·

2025/08/18

Over the past decade, America has witnessed the re-emergence of something many hoped had been buried with history books: the mainstreaming of white nationalist rhetoric. And at the center of this storm? Donald Trump.

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00:04:18

🎙️ CWT516: The 'Sacred' Lies of God and State

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2025/08/17

...Because when patriotism and piety are woven together, they reach into the deepest, most primal parts of who we are — our need to belong, our hunger for meaning, our instinct to trust authority.And if you can control those instincts… you can control almost everything.

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00:11:41

🎙️ CWT515 – America: Riding the Ventura Highway On a...

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2025/08/16

Today, we’re talking about a band that captured the easygoing, sun-drenched vibe of the 1970s better than almost anyone else. Their sound was soft rock at its finest—gentle harmonies, polished acoustic guitars, and lyrics that felt like open highways and lazy afternoons.This is the story of America.

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00:09:01

CWT514🎙: Def Jam Recordings

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2025/08/15

Let’s rewind to 1984. Rick Rubin, a punk-loving NYU student, starts producing hip-hop tracks out of his dorm room.

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00:20:52

Dimwits, Dipsh*ts, Dufuses, and Dullards (E. 32);...

Critical Wade Theory ·

2025/08/15

Israel’s land grabbing, and the darkness of Smotrich and Ben-Gvir.

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00:06:28

CWT513🎙: Emma Goldman Was Right! 'Patriotism is Too...

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2025/08/13

Emma Goldman once said: “Thinking men and women the world over are beginning to realize that patriotism is too narrow and limited a conception to meet the necessities of our time.”That was over a century ago. And she was right — maybe even more right today than she could have imagined.

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00:09:34

CWT512🎙: I Came By (2022) MOVIE REVIEW

Critical Wade Theory ·

2025/08/12

Today, we’re talking about I Came By — a tense British crime thriller from 2022 that mixes political edge, creeping dread, and the most unsettling Hugh Bonneville performance you’ll probably ever see.

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00:05:28

CWT511: Gentle style of Mississippi John Hurt

Critical Wade Theory ·

2025/08/10

Today, we’re traveling (figuratively) to the heart of Avalon, Mississippi — home to one of the most beloved and quietly revolutionary figures in American music: Mississippi John Hurt.

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00:14:42

CWT510: 'Sacred' Stories and the Weight of...

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2025/08/09

When we canonize certain books — when we elevate some stories above all others — we risk building a wall. Not just between “high” and “low” art, but between cultures, languages, perspectives. Between who gets to tell stories and who we’re willing to listen to.

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00:07:42

CWT509: Deerhunter – Ambient Punk, Southern Grit

Critical Wade Theory ·

2025/08/09

Today we’re diving into Deerhunter — a band that calls Atlanta, Georgia home, but whose music belongs to no single place or time. Formed in 2001, they’ve carved out a space all their own in the indie rock universe, stitching together elements of punk, ambient, garage, shoegaze, and noise to create, as they once described it, “ambient punk.”

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00:02:57

CWT508: Sydney Sweeney 'superior jeans' ad

Critical Wade Theory ·

2025/08/09

I have thoughts on this...

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00:08:29

CWT507: Iran's Fordow, Fallout, and the Fog of...

Critical Wade Theory ·

2025/08/08

War stuff

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00:36:39

Dimwits, Dipsh*ts, Dufuses, and Dullards (E. 32);...

Critical Wade Theory ·

2025/08/08

Abbott’s threats are likely symbolic. The state constitution allows members to deprive a chamber of quorum. A 2021 Texas Supreme Court ruling affirmed legislative walkouts are not illegal—they may even be compelled back in-state, but removal from office or censorship has no clear precedent ...

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00:15:56

CWT506:So You Wanna Write About Music? — Just Say It...

Critical Wade Theory ·

2025/08/02

Today, I'm taking a deep dive — not into a band, not into a genre— but into you. Specifically, your voice as a potential music journalist, or music reviewer.

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00:18:04

CWT505: 🔬 Truth in the Age of Noise (+ Organizations...

Critical Wade Theory ·

2025/08/01

How, in an age overflowing with scientific progress, are we still so vulnerable to misinformation?Plus, I give a list of organizations promoting science.

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🎙️ CWT504: 'The Upsetter' 1969 Album Review — Lee...

Critical Wade Theory ·

2025/08/01

Today we’re rewinding all the way back to 1969 for a look at The Upsetter, the groundbreaking album by one of reggae’s wildest visionaries — Lee “Scratch” Perry.

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00:14:29

🎙️ CWT503: AFTER (2019) 🎬 REVIEW – Wattpad Romance or...

Critical Wade Theory ·

2025/08/01

After is a 2019 romantic drama directed by Jenny Gage and adapted from Anna Todd’s viral Wattpad story — which, fun fact, originally started as One Direction fan fiction.

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00:30:33

Dimwits, Dipsh*ts, Dufuses, and Dullards (E. 31);...

Critical Wade Theory ·

2025/07/31

Tariffs / Trump's Creepy Aliases / Ivana's Iffy Death

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00:14:57

🎙️ CWT502: Against the Machine: Rudolf Rocker on...

Critical Wade Theory ·

2025/07/30

Rudolf Rocker. His 1938 work, Anarcho-Syndicalism, opens with a clear-eyed critique of modern power — economic and political — and a call for something radically different.

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00:16:42

🎙️ CWT501: 'Homeland Security' Posts White...

Critical Wade Theory ·

2025/07/28

If they want us to stop calling them fascists, they should stop doing fascist crap.

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