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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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00:12:01

CWT575: Ty Segall (2008): The Birth of a Fuzzed-Out...

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2025/11/15

Rewinding to 2008 — the moment Ty Segall officially stepped into the spotlight with his self-titled debut. It’s loud, it’s messy, it’s short — and it’s the spark that lit one of the most relentless creative streaks in garage rock.

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00:15:54

CWT574: Chat w/ 'Serious People' Filmmakers Pasqual...

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2025/11/14

Can you spot the part where I edited out a spoiler?Anyway, this is my conversation with Pasqual Gutierrez and Ben Mullinkosson about their film "Serious People." Pasqual Gutierrez has co-directed music videos for artists Bad Bunny, Rosalia, J Balvin, Madonna, Travis Scott, The Weeknd, and others."Blurring the line between fiction and reality, Serious People follows a music video director who, overwhelmed by fatherhood and creative burnout, hires a doppelganger to take over his work

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00:08:08

🎙️ CWT573: Michigan — The Great Lakes State

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2025/11/14

I provide tourist propaganda for the state of Michigan in this episode.

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00:37:17

Dimwits, Dipsh*ts, Dufuses, and Dullards (E. 45);...

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2025/11/13

Who is “that dog that hasn’t barked”? Jeffrey Epstein's e-mail has the answer!

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00:08:27

🎙️ CWT572: The Rolling Stones’ 'Exile on Main St.', a...

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2025/11/09

The Rolling Stones’ 'Exile on Main St.'

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00:16:12

🎙️ CWT571: How Cultures Evolve — The Four Phases of...

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2025/11/07

Today, I'm talking about something that’s both ancient and ever-present: cultural evolution — how societies change, grow, and pass their values from one generation to the next.

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00:10:19

🎙️ CWT570: Def Leppard — Pour Some Sugar On Your Rock

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2025/11/07

Basic biography of Def Leppard. + some of my thoughts.

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00:31:52

🎙️ CWT569: w/Guest Kyle Weingart, director of...

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2025/11/07

I speak with Kyle Weingart about his quirky comedy "Cuisine de la 'Pocalypse."That movie's premise: "After the world ends, one aspiring chef refuses to give up on his dreams and creates the apocalypse's first cooking show."Stars: Kevin Jack, Nelo Butler, Zuzu Weingart, Natasha Leggero, and Kevin Sorbo.

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00:28:50

Dimwits, Dipsh*ts, Dufuses, and Dullards (E. 44);...

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2025/11/06

I look at the Trump administration's love of death and destruction, as well as the death of the plainly villainous and corrupt Dick Cheney, who was another purveyor of mass death and destruction...who I am supposed to respect right now just because he kicked the bucket.

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00:10:00

🎙️ CWT568: The Lifeless Machine vs. the Resilient...

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2025/11/04

Corporate monopolies fund political agendas.Political decrees protect corporate interests.It’s a feedback loop that amplifies itself:the wealth of the few becomes the law of the land,and the law of the land preserves the wealth of the few.

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00:13:19

🎙️ CWT567: Breast-shaped Hills; Check Out That...

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2025/11/03

I probably make a fool of myself talking about the profound nature of boob-shaped hills and mountain ranges.

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00:10:17

Dimwits, Dipsh*ts, Dufuses, and Dullards (E. 43);...

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2025/11/01

Trump is playing with nukes.

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00:39:35

🎃 CWT566: How to Enjoy 'Halloween: Resurrection'...

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2025/10/31

My brother Ryan joins me to discuss ways to better enjoy the much-maligned "Halloween: Resurrection." In the process, we also discuss plot holes in horror, multiverses, the iffy nature of Freddy and Pennywise's powers, gasoline in The Walking Dead, and the importance of suspension of disbelief.

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00:17:00

🎙️CWT565: The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Granada,...

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2025/10/31

Today we’re revisiting the Granada Television series The Return of Sherlock Holmes, beginning with Season 1, Episode 1: “The Empty House.”

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00:14:38

CWT564: 'Phantasm' (1979) REVIEW - You Play a Good...

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2025/10/31

Talking about Phantasm — the 1979 cult horror film that might be the strangest franchise starter of its era.

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00:09:55

CWT563: REVIEW: 'In the Heart of the Sea' (2015) AKA...

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2025/10/28

In 1820, a whaling ship set sail from Nantucket, chasing profit and prestige into the far reaches of the South Pacific.What its crew found instead… was terror in the shape of a 90-foot monster from the deep.This is In the Heart of the Sea — the true story that inspired Moby-Dick, brought to the screen by Ron Howard in 2015.

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00:08:43

CWT562: Lessons from Little Red Riding Hood🧺➡️👵🏠🐺🛏️

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2025/10/26

Today we’re diving into one of the most well-known tales in the world — Little Red Riding Hood.

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00:21:52

🎙️ CWT561: The Hook!🪝 — I Know What You Did Last...

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2025/10/25

It’s the Fourth of July. A dark coastal highway. Four friends, a secret, and a man with a hook.I apologize for veering off into so many tangents in this review, but this movie and nostalgia are such a winding road! Let me know if my rambling review is too confusing.

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00:14:57

🎙️ CWT560: REVIEW of 'I Care a Lot' (2023) — The...

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2025/10/24

You ever watch a movie that feels like it could actually happen — and that’s the scariest part?Today, we’re talking about I Care a Lot, a 2020 dark comedy thriller from J Blakeson, starring Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Eiza González, and Dianne Wiest.

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00:34:27

Dimwits, Dipsh*ts, Dufuses, and Dullards (E. 42);...

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2025/10/24

(IMAGE: File photo of Stephen Miller...okay, it's actually from the movie "Salem's Lot," but still reminds me of Stephen Miller, even though Miller is nowhere near as cool as an actual vampire...)EPISODE PREMISE: Robert De Niro didn’t mince words when he said of Stephen Miller: “He’s a Nazi, yes he is, and he’s Jewish. He should be ashamed of himself…”In turn, Miller replied on fascist propaganda network FOX News with: “Robert De Niro is a sad, bitter, broken old man who is mostly

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