The Blindspot
This is my podcast, the Blindspot.
Episodes
“Today on The Blindspot, a Trump administration national security memo kicks off a long discussion about European and U.S. strategic failure in the Ukraine war.”
In this episode of The Blind Spot, host Jason Polaski tears through political hypocrisy like a buzzsaw—dragging Trump's evasions on the Epstein files into the spotlight, torching performative outrage from both parties, and dissecting Greene's sudden pivot from MAGA loyalist to apostate. It’s raw, profane, and brutally lucid—an hourlong firewalk through scandal, strategy, and the lies we tell ourselves to stay on the team. If you wa...
Today on The Blindspot, Tucker Carlson’s decision to interview Mexican white supremacist Nick Fuentes gets dragged through the fire. Jay tears into Carlson with his usual savage flair—calling out the BS, exposing the rot, and asking the one question no one else is asking: what the hell did Fuentes and Kanye even talk about? It’s sharp, filthy, and completely unfiltered. If you want honesty at full volume and comedy with teeth, this...
Zohran Mamdani
Today on the Blindspot I try to answer the following. Now that Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire in the Gaza strip, what happens next, to Gaza, to Israel, and to the mostly dead but still reflexively kicking idea of a two state solution. I give my thoughts on these matters at length. Enjoy.
Today on The Blindspot, I give my thoughts on why the Democrats were correct to shut down the government. I also discuss some related issues. Enjoy.
In a sprawling, expletive-laced monologue, Jason Polaski dissects the impotence of European foreign policy and the illusion of moral posturing in global affairs, focusing on two central crises: Russia’s unchecked drone incursions into European airspace and the hollow gesture of European nations recognizing a Palestinian state. Polaski savages Europe’s strategic stagnation—its failure to rapidly rearm, its reliance on the U.S. for d...
More thoughts on the aftermath of the assassination of Charley Kirk.
Jason Polaski’s monologue on The Blind Spot is furious, sprawling, and unsparing. Across 90 minutes, he makes one point relentlessly clear: justifying political assassination is a moral and strategic failure—no matter who gets shot. Polaski loathed Kirk’s politics—reactionary, theocratic, anti-democratic—but insists those views must be defeated in public, not silenced by bullets. He turns his rage on the American left, mocking its ...
Today on The Blindspot, I discuss the aftermath of the heads of several European countries traveling to Washington to strengthen the leverage of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in his meeting with President Trump, which broadens out into complaints about European and American foreign policy. Enjoy.
Today on The Blindspot, Jason Pilaski breaks down Trump’s latest meeting with Putin—and tears into the stupidity of ceasefire culture, the moral vacancy at the heart of MAGA foreign policy, and the paralyzed impotence of Europe’s endless conferences. From Ukraine’s grinding battlefield math to the global stakes of letting Putin win, this episode is a flamethrower aimed at wishful thinking, isolationist cowardice, and the idea that ...
Jason Pilaski opens The Blind Spot by introducing “Big Balls” (Edward Coriston), a young tech whiz with a shady résumé who improbably landed high-level roles in the Trump administration and got carjacked in D.C. He uses the incident to pivot into a blistering critique of Trump’s recent move to seize control of D.C.’s police and deploy the National Guard under the pretext of fighting crime—something Pilaski opposes mainly because it...
Today on The Blind Spot, we zero in on Trump’s firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics — a petty, thin-skinned move straight out of the authoritarian playbook that shreds the credibility of every jobs report going forward. I walk through how the numbers actually work, why revisions are normal, and how this stunt poisons the well for business, government, and anyone who needs real data. From there we rip apart the flims...
Jason Pilaski opens his rambling, profanity-laced podcast The Blind Spot with self-deprecation and disgust at his decaying surroundings before launching into a wide-ranging monologue skewering both left-wing moral panic and Democratic Party incompetence. He dismantles the backlash against a Sydney Sweeney jeans commercial, mocking claims of white supremacist propaganda as emblematic of a broader intellectual rot. He then shifts to ...
Today on The Blindspot, I unload on the fantasy that Hunter Biden deserves redemption—and the left’s deranged meltdown over Sydney Sweeney’s jeans ad. This isn’t a both-sides rant. It’s a forensic autopsy of how liberals lost the ability to call out real rot (Hunter) while freaking out over imaginary sins (a pun about denim). I’m not here to coddle anyone. I’m here to speak the truth we all see and no one says. Enjoy!
Today on The Blindspot, Jason drills into the Epstein files mess: why Trump and House Republicans are blocking their release, why that makes no political sense if he's clean, and how the MAGA base keeps swallowing contradictions to protect their guy. He covers the failed discharge petition from Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie, the House’s early recess to avoid a vote, and the Wall Street Journal’s unsettling Epstein birthday letter sup...
Today on The Blindspot, I discuss—somewhat manically—my first experiences using autonomous AI agents powered by ChatGPT. I describe the experience in its immediate aftermath and share my thoughts on what this might mean for the future. Enjoy.
On today’s episode of The Blindspot, I break down the Epstein conspiracy theory—how it connects to MAGA, President Trump, and the state of American life itself. Tune in. You’re not gonna want to miss this one.
Today on The Blindspot, I talk about Trump launching a trade war, aain, and what the fallout might be, although God knows, and also about his change of attitude towards Ukraine, in the Russia Ukraine war. As always, enjoy!
Today on The Blindspot, Jay returns hot and bothered, torching through the fog of political apathy to rip open the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill”—a thousand-page Republican fever dream that slashes taxes for corporations and the wealthy while setting up quiet, compounding cuts to Medicaid and food stamps. He drags Elon Musk for pretending to be shocked, skewers lazy pundits, and gets brutally honest about welfare incentives—includi...
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