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Peasants Perspective

Taylor Johnatakis

Peasants Perspective: A Voice from the Edge of Freedom Join Taylor Johnatakis, a self-proclaimed “peasant” turned podcaster, on an unfiltered journey through family, faith, and the fight for American ideals. From the depths of DC Jail—where he recorded during a 14-month sentence tied to January 6—to his triumphant return home after a Trump clemency in 2025, Taylor delivers raw, heartfelt commentary for the common man. Expect a mix of gritty storytelling, reflections on liberty lost and reclaimed,

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98:25

When Data Defies Dogma And Streets Test The State

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2026/01/09

Send us a text The numbers shouldn’t look like this—and yet they do. A projected trade deficit gets sliced nearly in half, imports fall, exports rise, and we’re left asking whether tariffs and domestic substitution are quietly reshaping the real economy. We take that momentum into the mortgage market, where a proposed $200B purchase of mortgage bonds by Fannie and Freddie could pull rates down and, more importantly, tweak the way new money enters the system. If housing finance is a primary en...

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107:13

We Flipped The Food Pyramid And Somehow Set Minnesota...

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2026/01/08

Send us a text What happens when ideology fuses with identity? We dig into the steep cost of that merger—how it breeds bubbles, moralizes disagreement, and turns truth into a jersey color. From there, the story runs through the week’s biggest pivots: the food pyramid flip that elevates whole foods and protein while declaring war on added sugar, and the Minnesota shooting where a “legal observer” label collided with a moving vehicle, an officer in front of it, and a narrative machine already i...

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92:10

So We’re Taking Greenland Now?

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2026/01/07

Send us a text Start with a story and you can move a nation—pair it with money and timing, and you can redraw the map. We dig into how the new J6 website and sweeping pardons try to lock a narrative that facts alone never secured, then follow the consequences into immigration pipelines, sanctuary policies, and open-air drug zones that rearrange labor markets and public safety. The thread is leverage: who holds it, who loses it, and how it’s used to turn culture into policy. From there, we wa...

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97:23

From McRib Myths To Venezuela’s Realpolitik

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2026/01/06

Send us a text A rib-shaped patty, a glossy daycare with an empty lot, and a president who reads like a cartel boss—different stories, same thread. We dig into how power dresses itself up as something palatable, why the little guys keep paying, and what it takes to rebuild trust when institutions choose narrative over truth. The hour runs from the McRib lawsuit and vaccine schedule reset to the hard edge of realpolitik in Venezuela, where stability, oil infrastructure, and who commands the ar...

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102:53

Venezuela’s Power Flip

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2026/01/05

Send us a text A fortress door half-closed, a city’s radar gone dark, and a head of state in cuffs by midday. That’s how our Monday began—and from there, the real story started: not boots on the ground, but hands on the oil valve. We walk through the covert capture of Nicolás Maduro and why the aftermath is the strategy. Control the tankers and court-ordered seizures, and you control the incentives of every ministry and general in Caracas without toppling trash pickup, payroll, or airports. ...

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85:44

Why Killing The Filibuster Might Be The Only Way To...

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2026/01/02

Send us a text What happens when the only way to fix broken systems is to break a few norms? We wade into the fight over the Senate filibuster and ask whether conservatives should narrow or nuke it to pass immigration, election, and welfare reforms while they still can. The stakes feel immediate: budgets dictate reality, and appropriations are where the rules of daily life are written. From there we trace how incentives drive behavior, spotlighting alleged childcare and welfare fraud mechani...

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143:39

Two Former Inmates Explain Why Accountability Can’t Wait

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2026/01/01

Send us a text A peaceful protest, a bullhorn, and a prison bus—our story starts there, but it doesn’t end in a cell. We bring you a candid, unvarnished conversation with our friend Doug about what it felt like to go from the Capitol steps to solitary confinement, and what that journey revealed about the FBI, the DOJ, and a justice system that seems to prize narrative over facts. If you’ve ever wondered why “accountability is coming” keeps getting pushed into the future, this one will sit wit...

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60:07

Inside Alleged Daycare Scams, AI Crackdowns, And...

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2025/12/31

Send us a text Doors locked, phones silent, blinds drawn—and yet the checks keep clearing. We chase a swelling trail of alleged fraud from Minnesota daycares to assisted living homes in Washington and Massachusetts, where residential addresses appear on state dashboards as publicly funded care providers. What starts as a viral video turns into a wider inquiry: Who’s auditing enrollment? Who’s verifying capacity? And why do the payouts continue when basic facts on the ground don’t add up? We ...

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85:42

Minnesota Nice Meets A Mafia State

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2025/12/30

Send us a text Start with a simple question: if taxpayers fund a full daycare, why are the rooms empty? We dig into Minnesota’s sprawling allegations of childcare and healthcare fraud, the mechanics that let shell entities thrive, and the finger-pointing that starts the moment anyone asks for receipts. From on-the-ground video to oversight letters and whistleblowers, we connect the dots between weak audits, fast name changes, and clustered businesses running millions through the same addresse...

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76:17

Zoomer Accelerationism, Institutional Trust, And The...

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2025/12/29

Send us a text The spark was a silver margin call rumor, but the fire is bigger: a generation that demands results and a system that keeps asking for patience. We open with the fragile math of paper markets and why counterparty risk has become a metaphor for trust across politics, media, and law enforcement. If promises are paper, outcomes are metal—and more listeners want to hold the bar. From there we unpack the rise of Zoomer accelerationism: the fitness‑and‑aesthetics ethos, the meme eco...

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116:38

Why Division, Censorship, And Mass Surveillance Are...

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2025/12/26

Send us a text One minute we’re laughing about Christmas morning and getting called “peasants,” the next we’re staring down a million “new” Epstein documents and asking why institutions keep moving the goalposts. This episode dives straight into the uneasy space where surveillance, censorship, and lawfare shape what we’re allowed to see—and how we’re allowed to think. We pull on the DOJ’s shifting Epstein timeline, then zoom out to the blackmail logic that grows when intelligence power becom...

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100:53

From Gulag To Garage: A Christmas Broadcast On Fraud,...

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2025/12/25

Send us a text A Christmas show without autopilot or replays—just lived experience and the systems that shape it. We open with a satirical Santa vignette, then drop into a raw conversation about Christmas in the DC jail: the frigid cold, a busted boiler, and the unlikely miracle that came when supporters flooded the phones and forced action. From there, we track a straight line from cell blocks to policy levers: the SAVE Act’s proof-of-citizenship standards that protect ballot anonymity, cour...

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136:53

When Reality Stops Correcting Bad Ideas, Societies...

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2025/12/24

Send us a text Start with a hard moment: Christmas Eve in prison feels like any other day. From there, we pull on threads that keep unspooling—why CPS too often beats context, why business and engineering correct bad ideas while certain departments drift, and how a missing civics education leaves voters fluent in vibes and illiterate in structure. The point isn’t to score culture points; it’s to reconnect cause and effect so policy stops breaking people. We weigh the data and the lived reali...

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139:29

Why Persistent Citizens, Not Institutions, Still Hold...

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2025/12/23

Send us a text A booming GDP headline, a hot price index, and a sober question: who gets to define reality when institutions write the score and audit themselves afterward? We start with the data, then chase the incentives that shape what we’re told to believe—robots walking into restaurants to do dishes, SNAP dollars flowing through corporate balance sheets, and career bureaucrats leveraging process to overrule elected decisions. It’s less conspiracy than calculus: pay structures and pervers...

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89:29

Why Liberty Loses When Security Becomes The Excuse...

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2025/12/22

Send us a text A quiet Christmas ritual can tell you a lot about power. We start with a familiar holiday service and follow the thread into a week where conservative leaders spar onstage, media plays referee, and policy choices carry real costs for families trying to live, work, and raise kids. The question that keeps surfacing: when does repetition anchor us, and when does it turn into control? We break down the TPUSA dustups, why gatekeeping weakens coalitions, and Tulsi Gabbard’s sharp wa...

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105:03

From Fusion Hype To FBI Doubts: A Candid Rundown;

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2025/12/19

Send us a text Sirens, permits, and patience—that’s how we kick off a fast-moving hour where disaster recovery meets red tape and we ask whether safety rules protect people or block them from mending their lives. From there, we step into a tougher question: when surveillance tools go dark in the name of privacy, do we accept more risk after shootings, or can cities set smarter, audited rules that balance liberty and safety? The energy conversation heats up with bold fusion claims—private fun...

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87:22

When Laws Are Paper And Cops Are Power

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2025/12/18

Send us a text Flooded streets, overwhelmed culverts, and aerial footage of whole valleys under water set the tone for a bracing tour through how systems fail when the baseline is already soaked. We walk through Washington’s flooding in detail—what storm ponds at capacity really mean for neighborhoods, why state and national coverage diverge, and how the true costs show up weeks later in insurance, work, and school disruptions. From there, we zoom into a signature-table confrontation that tu...

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109:42

Younger Voters Want Action, Not Speeches

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2025/12/17

Send us a text A Pacific storm can wash out more than roads. We open with relentless flooding across the Northwest—levees failing, highways buried, and landslides on deck—and ask the bigger question: what happens when physical infrastructure and civic trust erode at the same time? From saturated soil to saturated institutions, the pressure is real and rising. We dig into polling that shows a sharp generational break: under-40 voters have little patience for performative politics and want act...

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98:52

Floods, Lawsuits, And Fentanyl Declared A Weapon Of...

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2025/12/16

Send us a text A windstorm knocks out power, highways vanish under floodwater, and looters paddle through neighborhoods in kayaks—then the news cycle pivots to a single incendiary post. We open with the chaos at home and ask a harder question: are we so fixated on words that we miss the deeds reshaping the country? We dig into Trump’s $10B lawsuit against the BBC and the power of edited narratives, especially when those clips become the scaffolding for impeachment and lawfare. From there, we...

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107:59

From Washed-Out Highways To Power Brokers, We Trace...

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2025/12/15

Send us a text A flooded highway, a shaky bridge, and a mislabeled suspect—this week’s headlines weren’t just dramatic, they were revealing. We connect the dots between washed‑out infrastructure in the Pacific Northwest, a terror attack abroad, and a campus shooting that spiraled into a wrongful “person of interest,” and we ask the question that frames the hour: who actually runs the show, and how do their choices land on regular people? We unpack the “club, not conspiracy” dynamic—shared sc...

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