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Where There's Woke
Every single time the right, or even center-left, goes ballistic over a "woke" controversy, the slightest bit of investigation shows the scandal is almost entirely bogus. This is not a new phenomenon; it dates back decades. It's an intentional tool used to protect the powerful and preserve the status quo, while further scapegoating and otherizing those who push for political progress. This podcast digs into not just today's fake scandals, but those of yesterday and yesteryear. The terminology…
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WTW35: When 'The College Fix' Attacks
A sequel! Dr. Kenneth Mayer, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor, was publicly blasted by a student - first in an article on The College Fix, and then…
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WTW34: When CampusReform Attacks
In 2017, political science professor Dr. Albert Ponce was targeted by right-wing media because of a lecture he gave at Diablo Valley College regarding white…
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WTW33: America - Where Even Bread is Racist
It's Bread Week here at WTW! King Arthur Baking Company is in the hot seat with the Right over an accelerator opportunity that is *racist against white…
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WTW32: Best of the Worst of the Woke Awards!
Yayyyy final episode of 2023! We noticed there were a few anti-woke outlets doing "worst of the woke" awards. So, we decided to do the WTW Best of the Worst of…
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WTW31: [youth pastor voice] You Know Who Else... Hated The Woke Mind Virus
Ayaan Part 2: Maybe the real Christianity was the Western values we made along the way. We, and Heath Enwright, are back for more analysis/roasting of the…
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WTW30: Ayaan Hirsi Ali Converts to Christianity to Fight the Woke
If you were a part of the New Atheism movement at all, you likely remember the person many called the 5th horse-person of atheism, Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Welp. She…
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WTW29: Christmas's Last Stand
3 War 3 Christmas The woke are coming for your stories of bullied reindeer who are only treated well once they can be of some use to Santa's bottom line. Also…
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WTW28: The War On Christmas Continues
SANTA IS A WHITE MAN. Oh, does that trigger you, lib? Read a book. The war on Christmas continues. The woke have taken Santa, and now they have lain siege to…
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Bill O'Reilly Tells Us Why We Hate Christmas
Hey folks, please enjoy this free preview of the December bonus! The OG Defender of Christmas himself gives us some deep psychological insight into why we all…
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WTW27: The War On Christmas
Ho Ho Ho? Or Ho Ho... NO! That's right, it's almost Christmas which means GRAB YOUR GUNS LIBS LET'S HUNT. Lydia takes us through the history of this extremely…
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WTW26: The Final Stennisode
Part 7 of We Shouldn't Name Anything for John Stennis Brewer was victorious at the Supreme Court. So... hurray? Kemper County throws a parade for our freed…
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WTW25: Be An Earl Brewer, Not A John Stennis
Part 6 of We Shouldn't Name Anything for John Stennis We meet our hero! And he kicks ass. How in the world did he beat all the odds and take this case to the…
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WTW24: Perverse and Illogical
Part 5 of We Shouldn't Name Anything for John Stennis Our last stop in present-ish time before we go back to 1930s Mississippi. In researching the ways our…
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WTW23: Innocence Is Not Enough
Part 4 of We Shouldn't Name Anything for John Stennis The trial has ended. We start the aftermath. The Kemper Trio are due to be murdered by racists as fast as…
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WTW22: The Defendants Testify
Part 3 of We Shouldn't Name Anything for John Stennis At long last, we hear the real story from the defendants themselves. And we meet Satan. Content warning…
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WTW21: Stennis Makes His Case
Part 2 of We Shouldn't Name Anything for John Stennis. What really happened in the trial of Ed Brown, Yank Ellington, and Henry Shields? Well, since this is…
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WTW20: Kemper Proves Itself
This line of research has turned up SO much. Have we got a series for you! This goes so many places. First, we look at John Stennis's pre-Senate life. He…
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WTW19: Fox News vs. Halloween Costumes
It's a SPOOKTACULAR!!! Lydia takes us through an evolution of Fox News vs. Halloween costumes over the last several years. They're for sure having a normal…
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WTW18: #renameStennisCenter
And you thought we were done campaigning to get stuff at NASA renamed! Well, so did we, to be honest. But then one line in Space Karen's emails we FOIAed…
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WTW17: Our First FOIA Results Are In!
WTW submitted its first FOIA related to the Jelliscope Welliscope a while back, and we received responses from NASA to share with you all! Thomas cluing in on…
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WTW16: Unmarried Woman Posts Happy TikTok. Fox News Loses It
You might have seen the recent viral TikTok of an unmarried, child-free woman spontaneously deciding to make shakshuka for breakfast after sleeping in a bit…
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WTW15: A Scandalous Chapter of Kilborn's Past Uncovered
Jason Kilborn Part 6: The Grand Finale Folks. You must listen. Seriously. This is too good. It's too good. I can't believe I found this. Kilborn has an…
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WTW14: thefire.org Is an Absolute Joke
In this penultimate part, we go through why thefire.org is a fucking joke. Sorry, why they are a joke in relation only to THIS case. There are about a billion…
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WTW13: The "Settlement" That Wasn't
Jason Kilborn Part 4: Hey Maybe He's Just An Asshole? It just keeps getting so much worse. Just wait until you hear unfiltered Kilborn and his Jesus complex…
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WTW12: It Wasn't About the Exam Question
Jason Kilborn Part 3: Fucking Duh. Here's What He Really Got In Trouble For In this part, which was FIVE HOURS PLUS of raw audio, I go through the…
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WTW11: Artisanal Coffee Comment Causes Firestorm?
Jason Kilborn Part 2: A Sally Sitwell Side Quest Lydia takes us through the Sally Satel artisanal coffee fiasco. It's a story that was referenced by Jason…
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WTW10: Law Professor BANNED from Campus for Exam Question
Part 1: Anatomy of a Bull Shit We begin a new series at last! UIC Law Prof Jason Kilborn was BANNED from campus due to the woke left not being able to handle…
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August Bonus: WTW DESTROY Ben Shapiro DESTROYS Barbie
It's an Ample Sample (tm)(butnotreally) of the August Bonus which goes out to 2nd tier patrons and above! Pledge at that level to get the whole thing, but I…
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WTW9: Powell's Title IX Story, Part 2: IT GETS SO MUCH WORSE
This is the second (and final!) part on Michael Powell's first NYT story, which left out crucial context and fundamentally misled people about Title IX and…
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WTW8: Michael Powell's First NYT Piece Also Was Terrible
Michael Powell is the (former) NYT journalist who completely botched the JWST coverage, as previously discussed at length here. But did you know before that he…
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WTW7: Is Wokeness a Religion? Two Old Men Yell at Cloud
It's a Woke Monster of the Week! Jordan Peterson and Richard Dawkins take turns giving each other public handies while they debate the most important question…
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WTW6: The Woke Are Coming For Your Pizza Ovens!
Oh god this one was so much fun. Join me, Lydia, and my brother Sam Smith as we debunk and roast a delightfully stupid but pathologically dishonest Fox News…
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WTW5: Houston Won't Admit There's A Problem
It's the 4th and final part of the #RenameJWST series! In this episode, we finally delve into the actual history of James Webb and the Lavender Scare. How much…
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WTW4: NASA's Damned Emails
This is part 3 in the NASA James Webb Telescope naming controversy! Make sure you've listened to the first two! When NASA decided to keep the name James Webb…
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WTW3: Ok I'll Bite Why Is It Named After James Webb Anyway?
It's part 2 of when the woke came for James Webb. Featuring Lydia Smith! If NASA higher ups are willing to defend the status quo tooth and nail, you'd think…
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WTW2: NYT Does Anti-woke Advocacy Instead of Journalism in James Webb Telescope Story, Part 1
This is the big one. The thing that pissed me off so effing much that it spawned an entire new project. Ok fine I admit it, Where There's Woke is a spite…
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WTW1: An Elevatorgatewaydrug To Anti-Wokeness
Welcome to Where There's Woke! This first episode is about the time a woman expressed an opinion on the internet and throngs of men never got over it. Wait…