Spellbreakers Ep. 181: 250 Years Since September 11, 1776

Badlands Media · Sep 12, 2026 · 1h 21m

Recording on the 25th anniversary of 9/11, host Matt Trump opens with a haunting cover of "Mad World" and admits he dreaded this anniversary, then found he had more to say than expected. Rather than re-litigate what happened that day, he sits with the harder question: what exactly did the country lose, and why does 25 years feel like an emotional watershed. As a former New Yorker who lived on Staten Island, he gets personal, honoring the Rescue 5 firefighters from his old neighborhood.

Then comes the clever pivot promised in the title. Exactly 250 years earlier, on September 11, 1776, Staten…