MTV Is Dead, Epstein Isn’t, and Nobody Trusts the System | 12/24/25
MTV didn’t just stop playing music. It marked the beginning of a fractured shared culture.In this special edition of At the Mic with Keith Malinak, Keith Malinak is joined by Brad Staggs on Christmas Eve for a wide-ranging reflection that begins with nostalgia and ends somewhere far less comfortable.What starts with memories of MTV, childhood Christmases, and a time when culture felt shared slowly opens into deeper questions. The unresolved case of Jeffrey Epstein, voter confidence, surveillance pricing, healthcare costs, and institutional failure all surface as symptoms of something larger…
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