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October 23, 20261 hr 22 min

They Want Elon Musk In Jail | Pirate Wires Podcast ft. Mike Solana & Bridget Phetasy

Welcome back to the pod! Bridget Phetasy joins us this week. Elon Musk became an enemy in the political sphere as pundits, like Kara Swisher, stated that Elon would likely be in jail if Kamala was elected. This was said on the same week that Elon pledged to give every child in America one share of SpaceX, and introduced a flying car with the Tesla Roadster. We then break down the California Wealth Tax vote that is coming soon and if Ilhan Omar really did commit immigration fraud. Thankfully, we end on a high note with a white pill, discussing flying cars, the tech optimist future, and how and how to remove stress when scrolling social media. -Thank you to our PRESENTING sponsor Monaco! https://www.monaco.com/?utm_source=piratewires&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=2026_piratewires -Get $500 off your Eight Sleep pod: https://www.eightsleep.com/piratewirespodcast -Check Out Our Pirate Wires FLAGSHIP fund on Autopilot: https://marketplace.joinautopilot.com/landing/5890/1390461?referrer=AP Featuring: Mike Solana, Riley Nork, Bridget Phetasy Sign Up For The Pirate Wires Daily! 3 Takes Delivered To Your Inbox Every Morning: https://get.piratewires.com/pw/daily Pirate Wires On X: https://twitter.com/PirateWires Mike Solana On X: https://twitter.com/micsolana TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Welcome back to the pod 2:00 - They want Elon Musk in jail 29:00 - Culture Fights Back At Shane Gillis Cancellation 31:20 - THANK YOU MONACO 32:20 - California Wealth Tax vote 46:30 - THANK YOU AUTOPILOT 47:30 - Ilhan Omarr: citizen or deportation? 1:05:30 - White Pill! We have flying cars 1:20:30 - THANK YOU EIGHT SLEEP 1:21:30 - Wrapping - See you next Friday! #podcast #technology #politics #culture #tech #ai

October 16, 20261 hr 29 min

City Defends Criminals, AI Has Feelings, & Woke 2 Is Here | Pirate Wires Pod ft. Mike Solana & Liv Boeree

This week on the pod. Liv Boeree is back! We discuss how NYC is protecting illegal criminals, while prioritizing getting rid of horse carriages in Central Park, why you can no longer be mean to Claude, the cyber attack on a French grocery store, and why we should be pushing to d/acc. Also, woke continues to make a comeback.. the ladies get mad at Shane Gillis' SNL monologue about how women dress as 'whores' in the gym, Metallica frontman James Hetfield receives hate online for not saying the thing everyone wants him to say, and Kelly Clarkson battles with a small business in Brooklyn. Finally, Liv and Solana compare algos to demonstrate just how we all live in different universes online. -Thank you to our PRESENTING sponsor Monaco! https://www.monaco.com/?utm_source=piratewires&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=2026_piratewires -Get $500 off your Eight Sleep pod: https://www.eightsleep.com/piratewirespodcast -Check Out Our Pirate Wires FLAGSHIP fund on Autopilot: https://marketplace.joinautopilot.com/landing/5890/1390461?referrer=AP Featuring: Mike Solana, Riley Nork, Liv Boeree Sign Up For The Pirate Wires Daily! 3 Takes Delivered To Your Inbox Every Morning: https://get.piratewires.com/pw/daily Pirate Wires On X: https://twitter.com/PirateWires Mike Solana On X: https://twitter.com/micsolana TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Welcome back to the pod! 0:45 - Thank you Monaco for sponsoring the pod! 1:30 - NYC protects illegal criminals 17:30 - Horse-drawn carriages are banned 30:30 - Thank you Eight Sleep! 31:30 - Don't be mean to Claude 45:30 - Thank you Autopilot! 46:30 - Should we d/acc? Cyber attack at grocery store 56:00 - Metallica frontman James Hetfield controversey 1:00:30 - Shane Gillis joke on women at gyms 1:09:00 - Kelly Clarkson vs. Art Of Play 1:14:00 - Comparing X algorithms 1:28:00 - See you next Friday! #podcast #technology #politics #culture #tech #ai

October 9, 20261 hr 34 min

Macron: “Free Speech Is BS”, France Riots, AI Apocalypse, Aliens & more!

Welcome back to the pod! This week, Pirate Wires reported on the State Department's fight against censorship abroad. At the same time, French President, Emmanuel Macron, took the stage to denounce America's version of free speech. Sanjana Friedman joins us to discuss free speech maximalism and how Europe's model of speech is seeping into how American's view speech. Also in today's episode, an AI doomer battle! Steven Pinker & Scott Alexander go at it over our favorite discourse.. the AI apocalypse. Should our p(doom) continue to rise? or are we actually looking at the greatest leap in human lifespan? We're then joined by PW write, Nicole Wizman, to discuss California in disarray, and we close the episode debating aliens and Fermi's Paradox (or the newly created.. Solana's Paradox) -Thank you to our PRESENTING sponsor Monaco! https://www.monaco.com/ -Get $500 off your Eight Sleep pod: https://www.eightsleep.com/piratewirespodcast -Check Out Our Pirate Wires FLAGSHIP fund on Autopilot: https://marketplace.joinautopilot.com/landing/5890/1390461?referrer=AP Featuring: Mike Solana, Riley Nork, Sanjana Friedman, Nicole Wizman Sign Up For The Pirate Wires Daily! 3 Takes Delivered To Your Inbox Every Morning: https://get.piratewires.com/pw/daily Pirate Wires On X: https://twitter.com/PirateWires Mike Solana On X: https://twitter.com/micsolana TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Welcome Back To The Pod! 1:45 - Free Speech Wars between America & Macron 4:45 - What Defines Freedom 12:40 - Macron’s Wife Controversy 18:00 - France Riots 22:50 - THANK YOU MONACO 23:30 - AI Doomer Battle Between Steven Pinker & Scott Alexander 53:55 - THANK YOU AUTOPILOT 54:35 - California In Disarray 1:13:00 - Aliens! Debating Fermi’s Paradox 1:33:20 - THANK YOU EIGHT SLEEP 1:34:15 - Wrapping Up #podcast #technology #politics #culture #tech #ai

October 2, 20261 hr 26 min

The AI Boys Hug It Out, The Doomers Want It Banned | PW Pod w/ Mike Solana & Liv Boeree

This week on the pod, we’re joined by the great @Liv_Boeree! We’re breaking down another crazy week in the AI tech space. From Trump inviting all the tech leaders to DC, to renaming AI to “Super Intelligence”, to Bernie’s AI bill endorsed by doomer groups. We also discuss the infamous data center party in DC that our own Jonas Du put together. Next up, we have @katrosenfield join us to discuss the controversial “Cornell 7” SI case that is taking over the discourse. Kat provides us with insights from her piece that she just wrote in The Free Press. Finally, a white pill! The government made a website that actually doesn’t suck. Are we in a new age of government efficiency? -Thank you to our PRESENTING sponsor Monaco! https://www.monaco.com/ -Get $500 off your Eight Sleep pod: www.eightsleep.com/piratewirespodcast - Check Out Our Pirate Wires FLAGSHIP fund on Autopilot: https://marketplace.joinautopilot.com/landing/5890/1390461?referrer=AP Featuring Mike Solana, Riley Nork, Liv Boeree, Kat Rosenfield Sign Up For The Pirate Wires Daily! 3 Takes Delivered To Your Inbox Every Morning: https://get.piratewires.com/pw/daily Pirate Wires On X: https://twitter.com/PirateWires Mike Solana On X: https://twitter.com/micsolana TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Welcome Liv to the pod! 1:40 - A Week in Super Intelligence 3:30 - Bernie Sanders AI Bill 10:00 - AI Doom vs. AI Optimism 30:45 - THANK YOU MONACO 31:30 - The Viral Data Center Party In DC 47:55 - THANK YOU AUTOPILOT 48:30 - The Cornell 7 Story - Welcome Kat Rosenfield 11:00 - White Pill - The New America dot gov site that actually doesn’t suck 1:25:10 - THANK YOU EIGHT SLEEP 1:26:00 - Thanks For Watching! See You Next Week #podcast #technology #politics #culture #tech #ai

September 25, 20261 hr 16 min

Trump won't stop Al despite doomer tantrums | PW Pod ft. Mike Solana & Bridget Phetasy

Welcome back to the pod! Today we're talking abundance. After Trump's deal with Greenland this week, we break down that, despite the flaws of the administration, Trump has positioned himself as the abundance president when it comes to American advancement (while the Democrats' abundance agenda has fallen apart.) Also on the show, a NYT writer virtue signals her way into sending her kid to a terrible public school, woke is so back as a lesbian bar breaks the internet for removing their mask mandate, and we have a white pill in human brain development side of science! -Thank you to our PRESENTING sponsor Monaco! https://www.monaco.com/ -Get $500 off the NEW Eight Sleep Pod 6: https://www.eightsleep.com/piratewirespodcast - Check Out Our Pirate Wires FLAGSHIP fund on Autopilot: https://marketplace.joinautopilot.com/landing/5890/1390461?referrer=AP Featuring Mike Solana, Bridget Phetasy, Riley Nork Sign Up For The Pirate Wires Daily! 3 Takes Delivered To Your Inbox Every Morning: https://get.piratewires.com/pw/daily Pirate Wires On X: https://twitter.com/PirateWires Mike Solana On X: https://twitter.com/micsolana Riley On X: https://x.com/rylzdigital Bridget On X: https://x.com/BridgetPhetasy TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Welcome Back To The Pod! THANK YOU MONACO 1:30 - Is Trump The Abundance President? 11:15 - What Happened To The Dems Abundance Movement? 20:30 - The Public School System is Broken 32:35 - THANK YOU AUTOPILOT 33:20 - What Exactly Is Happening With Hangings Around The Country? 44:50 - Woke Is Back & Better Than Ever! Lesbian Mask Bar Breaks The Internet 50:21 - Macklemore Cancels Ed Sheeran 1:07:50 - White Pill! Huge Advancements In Brain Science! 1:15:10 - THANK YOU EIGHT SLEEP 1:16:15 - Go See Bridget live! See You Next Week #podcast #technology #politics #culture #tech #ai

September 18, 20261 hr 34 min

The AI Apocalypse Is Here To K*ll Us All.. Maybe?

Welcome back to the pod! Bridget Phetasy returns to the Pirate Wires podcast as one of our esteemed cohosts. This past week, the internet was consumed by the AI doomerism conversation. The tech people are supporting AI at all costs, the doomers are making their opinions heard, and we at Pirate Wires.. are unsure. We dive into all of the discourse, how Peter Thiel predicted the AI antichrist, the white pill of AI, and we even get into Sydney Sweeney's boobs. We have it all! -Thank you to our PRESENTING sponsor Monaco! https://www.monaco.com/ -Get $500 off your Eight Sleep pod: www.eightsleep.com/piratewirespodcast - Check Out Our Pirate Wires FLAGSHIP fund on Autopilot: https://marketplace.joinautopilot.com/landing/5890/1390461?referrer=AP Featuring Mike Solana, Riley Nork, Bridget Phetasy Sign Up For The Pirate Wires Daily! 3 Takes Delivered To Your Inbox Every Morning: https://get.piratewires.com/pw/daily Pirate Wires On X: https://twitter.com/PirateWires Mike Solana On X: https://twitter.com/micsolana Bridget on X: https://x.com/BridgetPhetasy Riley On X: https://x.com/rylzdigital TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Welcome Back To The Pod - Welcome Back Bridget Phetasy! 0:30 - The AI Apocypse - Is It All Over? 24:35 - THANK YOU @MonacoGTM 25:33 - Breaking Down The AI Discourse 40:00 - Did Peter Thiel Predict The AI Antichrist?! 50:05 - Sydney Sweeney's Controversial Boobs 10:40 - White Pill - How AI Leads To More Creativity - PW Writer Vibe Coded A Viral Video Game 21:40 - THANK YOU @eightsleep 1:22:20 - AirBnB Wants To Fix The Housing Crises 1:32:15 - THANK YOU @joinautopilot 1:32:55 - Wrapping Up - Go See Bridget Live in Austin! #podcast #technology #politics #culture #tech #ai

September 11, 20261 hr 34 min

WE'RE BACK | From 9/11 To Lindsay Clancy - How The Internet Has Gone INSANE

Welcome back to the Pirate Wires pod! The gang is back together for your favorite weekly pod covering tech, politics & culture. PW alum, Sanjana Friedman, returns to the show with Mike Solana in Riley Nork. Today on the pod, 25th anniversary of 9/11 and how the old world feels so ancient, the brain rot phone addiction that led to the decision of the Lindsay Clancy case, another AI doomer has sprung to life from the the bowels of Anthropic, we ponder if we're all in a simulation, and Solana gives us a deep dive into immigration and H1B's. -Thank you to our PRESENTING sponsor Monaco! https://www.monaco.com/ ---- -Get $500 off your Eight Sleep pod: www.eightsleep.com/piratewirespodcast -Check Out Our Pirate Wires FLAGSHIP fund on Autopilot: https://marketplace.joinautopilot.com/landing/5890/1390461?referrer=AP Featuring Mike Solana, Riley Nork, Sanjana Friedman Sign Up For The Pirate Wires Daily! 3 Takes Delivered To Your Inbox Every Morning: https://get.piratewires.com/pw/daily Pirate Wires On X: https://twitter.com/PirateWires Mike On X: https://twitter.com/micsolana TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - WE'RE BACK! 2:55 - 9/11 25th Anniversary & Gen Z Irony Posting 8:50 - THANK YOU MONACO! 9:25 - Lindsay Clancy Trial Highlights Phone Addiction Brain Rot 40:45 - AI Death Cult - Anthropic Employee Warns Of AI Doom 1:06:46 - White Pill - Are We In A Simulation - Sponsored By Eight Sleep 1:12:25 - THANK YOU EIGHT SLEEP! 1:13:08 - The Truth About Immigration & H1Bs - Sponsored By Autopilot 1:31:00 - THANK YOU AUTOPILOT 1:32:00 - Wrapping Up 1:34:00 - We're Back For Good! See You Every Friday at 4pmET #podcast #technology #politics #culture #tech #ai

June 27, 20252 min

An Important Update..

Mike Solana & Producer Matt give a send off message. Thanks for being apart of the podcast these past few years! We appreciate every one of you. Subscribe to Pirate Wires to keep up with the latest: https://get.piratewires.com/pw/daily It's goodbye for now. But you never know when we may raise the pirate flag again 🏴‍☠️

June 20, 20251 hr 24 min

Israel/Iran, Tucker and Ted Cruz, & The Dems Love Getting Arrested (ft. Simone & Malcolm Collins)

EPISODE #97: This past week, the U.S. found itself on the brink of WWIII due to the Iran/Israel crises. Will Trump get us involved in another war? To be honest, none of us want to talk about this, but it’s present in every part of our culture right now. To cope, we get into the viral clip of Tucker calling out Ted Cruz. Elsewhere in the news, the hottest new trend for Dems is to get arrested, and the March To Gaza ends at the hands of Egyptian police. Finally, we make the case why every American needs to be in shape, and Solana gives us his white pill, why we are truly living in amazing times right now. Featuring Mike Solana, Riley Nork, Brandon Gorell, Simone Collins, Malcolm Collins We have partnered with AdQuick! They gave us a 'Moon Should Be A State' billboard in Times Square! https://www.adquick.com/ Sign Up For The Pirate Wires Daily! 3 Takes Delivered To Your Inbox Every Morning: https://get.piratewires.com/pw/daily Topics Discussed: https://www.piratewires.com/p/operation-jacked-nation?f=home Pirate Wires On X: https://twitter.com/PirateWires Mike On X: https://twitter.com/micsolana Brandon On X: https://x.com/brandongorrell Riley On X: https://x.com/rylzdigital Simone & Malcolm Collins On X: https://x.com/SimoneHCollins TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Welcome Back To The Pod! 1:30 - Simone & Malcolm's YT Channel - Based Camp 3:30 - Israel/Iran - WWIII?? Or Are We Just Tired Of Talking About The Middle East.. 9:50 - Tucker Carlson Gets Ted To Fumble On Iran Population 17:50 - Democrats Love Getting Arrested 34:55 - The March To Gaza 56:20 - ADQUICK! Thank you AdQuick For Sponsoring The Pod! 57:20 - Make America Jacked Again: he Case for Government Fat Camps 1:10:20 - The White Pill - Solana Tells Us Why He's So Optimistic Right Now In Tech 1:24:00 - Thanks For Listening! Like & Subscribe! #podcast #technology #politics #culture

June 13, 20251 hr 14 min

LA Riots & The Waymos Are Set On Fire (Ft. Liv Boeree & George Hotz)

EPISODE #96: Welcome back to the pod! Time to party like it’s 2020 with some “fiery, but mostly peaceful protests”. We get into the riots in Los Angeles and all the insanity on the internet. The Waymos have become a victim in this destructive society. Should we arm the Waymos? Did they die for our sins? People like Katy Perry are now rewriting the history of California and America, and the protest extend to multiple cities. Finally, Greta makes it to Israel on her selfie yacht. Featuring Mike Solana, Riley Nork, Blake Dodge, Liv Boree, George Hotz We have partnered with AdQuick! They gave us a 'Moon Should Be A State' billboard in Times Square! https://www.adquick.com/ Sign Up For The Pirate Wires Daily! 3 Takes Delivered To Your Inbox Every Morning: https://get.piratewires.com/pw/daily Topics Discussed: https://www.piratewires.com/p/free-mexico https://www.piratewires.com/p/it-was-chaos-the-la-riots-a-first-hand-account?f=home https://www.piratewires.com/p/what-does-waymo-mean?f=home Pirate Wires On X: https://twitter.com/PirateWires Mike On X: https://twitter.com/micsolana Brandon On X: https://x.com/brandongorrell Riley On X: https://x.com/rylzdigital Blake On X: https://x.com/dodgeblake Liv On X: https://x.com/Liv_Boeree George On X: https://x.com/realGeorgeHotz TIMESTAMPS: TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Welcome Back To The Pod! 1:00 - ICE Protests In LA Turn Into Riots 13:30 - Re-Writing American History 25:30 - The Waymos Are On Fire, Burning Down Cities 1:00:15 - ADQUICK - Thank You AdQuick For Sponsoring The Pod 1:01:30 - Greta Watch - Greta Gets 'Kidnapped' By Israel 1:14:00 - Thanks For Watching! Like & Subscribe #podcast #technology #politics #culture