July 17, 2025 • 18 mins
Some weeks feel like satire is just a transcription service. I sat down to record this episode and realized I wasn’t writing a show — I was taking notes on a meltdown.
There’s a moment when a political party turns inward, jaws wide open, and starts chewing its own. That moment isn’t just noise — it’s a warning siren dressed like a press release. And in this episode, I couldn’t ignore what it says about where we are… and where we’re headed.
I’m not recycling headlines or regurgitating takes you’ve already heard coming from other popular podcasts. I’m pulling at the threads no one wants to touch — the ones that reveal how performance has replaced principle, and how outrage is now a loyalty test with no answer key.
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This episode is for anyone watching the headlines and thinking: “Wait… am I the only one seeing this?” No, you’re not. And no, you’re not crazy. You’re just living in a world gone mad.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is a world gone mad.
This is a world gone mad, mad,mad, mad mad.
It's Wednesday, the middlechild of the week, too far from
Friday to exhale.
Too deep in the madness to fakeoptimism with a straight face.
This is a world gone mad andI'm Jeff Allen Wolfe, your
(00:24):
sleep-deprived observer of theAmerica's Nervous Breakdown.
If you're still here, stilllistening, you're either a
glutton for punishment orsomeone who keeps yelling at
your TV what the hell ishappening?
What the hell is happening.
Either way, you're my kind ofperson.
Either way, you're my kind ofperson Because, while most
(00:46):
podcasts spend today recyclingheadlines like junk mail, I'm
going after what they skip thestuff that's dull on purpose,
complicated by design, dangerousif left in the dark.
You deserve better than deja vu, news cycles and editorial nap
time.
So grab your fire extinguisherbefore the Republicans hold
(01:10):
another hearing titled Oops, weDeregulated Everything.
Now you'd think, after seizingthe House, hijacking the courts
and bending the truth intoballoon animals, the MAGA
machine would take a breath.
But no, they've moved on tocannibalism and somehow
(01:33):
Epstein's name is back in themix.
Speaker Mike Johnson just walkedinto a buzzsaw and Donald Trump
already repackaging thewreckage and calling it
leadership.
Johnson, under pressure frommoderates and terrified of a
2026 bloodbath, dared to touchthe third rail, publicly
(01:56):
endorsing the full release ofEpstein-related documents.
24 hours later, the base washowling documents.
24 hours later, the base washowling.
Marjorie Taylor Loonball Greenstarted dry heaving Bible verses
on X.
Steve Bannon declared in an actof war against our side.
So this episode I'm crackingopen the screaming match behind
(02:19):
closed doors, the Epstein filetug of war, and why even Trump
loyalists are starting to flinch.
Because when Marjorie TaylorGreene becomes your voice of
reason, you know the universehas slipped a disc.
Here's what just blew upbetween Speaker Mike Johnson and
(02:40):
Donald Trump and why it matters.
So let's get this straight.
Donald Trump, and why itmatters, so let's get this
straight.
Speaker of the House MikeJohnson, a man who looks like he
was created in a lab to sellBibles door to door while
lobbying for fetal personhoodlaws, finally decides to do one
thing vaguely resembling publictransparency.
(03:00):
Not health care, not climate,not campaign reform.
(03:20):
Nope, jeffrey, freaking Epstein.
He walks out, mike Johnson,chin up, spine stiff, and says
let's release the full Epsteinclient list.
Whoa, hold the phone.
Someone in the GOP just didsomething that might
accidentally benefit the public.
That must have set off alarms.
In Mar-a-Lago Sirens SmokeBannon emerging from a tanning
bed screaming.
It's a trap.
He's trying to kill us allBecause within 24 hours, hours,
(03:43):
the Republican base went fromchanting where's the list?
Where's the list?
To burn the heretic.
And here's the part wherereality snaps like a rubber band
across your face.
Donald Trump, a man who oncesaid Epstein was a terrific guy
and whose name might show up onone of those blacked out flight
(04:06):
logs, allegedly, allegedly shutup legal department, immediately
starts rebranding Johnson'smove as a deep state ploy.
The same Johnson who thoughtmarriage meant a man, a woman
and a Chick-fil-A drive-thru onSunday, which, ironically, is
closed.
And somehow he becomes thevillain in MAGA World.
(04:30):
Why?
Because he touched the Epsteinfiles.
Because somewhere deep in thefestering belly of this party,
the new rule is thou shalt notexpose the secrets.
That keep the donors nervous.
And now Marjorie Taylor,loonball Green, who's basically
(04:51):
a Facebook comment sectionwrapped in CrossFit gear, is
quoting scripture like she'scasting out demons.
And Steve Bannon?
Steve Bannon called it abetrayal of the movement.
Hey, buddy, you were justpraising Victor Orban for
outlawing press freedom.
(05:12):
What exactly is the movementanymore?
Because if the bar is lowerthan maybe let's see who
trafficked kids.
I'm not sure you're leading amovement.
You're curating a crime spree.
Let's be clear this isn't aboutEpstein, it's about control.
It's about protecting thecarefully curated illusion that
(05:37):
everyone outside the cult is apedophile and everyone inside is
a patriot.
And if you actually open thefiles, the illusion crumbles
Suddenly.
It's not just Bill Clinton andthe liberal cabal, it's hedge
fund guys, it's billionaires,it's a few golf buddies, it's
(05:59):
maybe one or two family friends,and God forbid that narrative
collapse right before midterms.
So now we've got SpeakerJohnson publicly flogged by his
own party because he tried togive the American people the
very transparency they've beenscreaming about for years.
And Trump, trump, is alreadyshaping it into a loyalty test.
(06:23):
You're either with me or out inthe daylight squinting and
pretending you're not lost, whena party can't even agree that
releasing the names of peoplewho flew on a pedophile's jet
might be a good thing.
We've gone beyond dysfunctionthing.
We've gone beyond dysfunction.
We've entered the phase ofcircular fire squad governance,
(06:54):
where truth is treason and basicdecency is a liberal plot.
Meanwhile, matt Gaetz issuddenly tweeting about witch
hunts and Lauren BobbleheadBobbert is hosting a Save the
Secrets fundraiser at a Bass ProShop, because this isn't
politics anymore, it'sprofessional gaslighting,
wrapped in a flag, sold with apromo code and sealed with a
kiss from the Florida Swamp.
(07:16):
Welcome to the Cannibal Buffet,where the only rule is eat
before you're eaten.
So guess what time it is?
That's right.
It's time for another round of.
Let's pretend we're fixing thestudent loan crisis while
quietly screwing everyone again,because nothing says bold
(07:39):
reform like rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic and
handing the bill to peoplealready struggling to stay
afloat.
This week, the administrationrolled out a shiny new student
loan overhaul, and on paper,sure, it looks like progress
more income driven repaymentplans, some forgiveness tweaks,
(08:02):
fewer people getting set on fireby interest rate but in reality
, the system is still a flamingvending machine that eats your
paycheck, spits out a diplomaand then tells you to apply for
a second job at Arby's.
And let's not forget, we've gotan entire generation paying
(08:23):
$700 a month for the privilegeof working remote jobs that
don't come with health insurance, just a sticker that says
you're doing great.
But sure, go ahead and dropanother acronym-filled program
that requires a calculator, aspreadsheet and a minor in tax
law to understand.
(08:43):
The financial squeeze is real,the relief still theoretical.
So my question is who actuallywins in this new student loan
overhaul and why it still feelsless like help and more like the
same old pile of crap, justreheated.
(09:04):
So here's the deal Eightmillion borrowers.
On August 1st they startbleeding interest again, the
save plan, toast Hope Optional,and the government's basically
handing student loan borrowers abill.
You had dreams That'll be$3,500 extra per year.
(09:28):
Thanks, this isn't a policyshift.
This is a financial mugging inbroad daylight, and the guy
pulling the ski mask off isPresident Trump, smiling, waving
and calling it a beautiful fix.
You now get to choose betweenthe standard plan, which is like
(09:48):
being slowly waterboarded withyour own tears, or the brand new
repayment assistant plan, rap,which is ironic because the only
beats you're hearing are theones pounding in your head, as
you realize.
Wait, my loan goes for 30 years.
And guess what?
(10:08):
If you're broke tough, theminimum is $10 a month, even if
you're surviving on ramen andrage.
And oh, deferments forunemployment Gone.
Deferments for unemploymentGone.
Hardship programs Gone.
You have to be not justdrowning but legally dead for
(10:29):
them to pause interest now.
Meanwhile, trump's people arecalling this simplification,
which is rich, coming from aparty that thinks empathy is
Marxist.
It's like they looked at thebroken machine and said let's
give it fewer buttons, make eachbutton cost more, and then set
(10:50):
the whole damn thing on fire.
And behind the scenes, evenRepublicans are quietly sweating
because nobody wants to run forre-election.
On, we turned the Department ofEducation into a call center
that's closed on Mondays.
So yeah, this isn't just badpolicy.
It's cruelty dressed in a capand gown, marketed as efficiency
(11:13):
, and while the people it'ssupposed to help are buried in
impossible debt, ridiculousdeadlines, vanishing hope and
the kind of stress that shows upearly, stays late and eats at a
student's brain cells onesynapse at a time.
If you got student loans,august 1st is coming and it's
(11:35):
not fucking around.
Next up, the Trumpadministration just fired over a
dozen immigration judges.
Why?
Because they weren'tconservative enough.
Forget the backlog, forget dueprocess.
This is a political purge inrobes and the message is clear
Get in line or get out of thecourt.
(11:58):
Hope you like chaos.
Because immigration just goteven more broken 17 immigration
judges fired.
Not because they broke the law,not because they screwed up a
ruling, not because they showedup drunk with a mariachi band
and a bottle of mezcal.
They were fired because theydidn't kiss his ring, they
(12:21):
didn't pledge allegiance to apolitical movement in black
robes.
This is happening during theworst backlog in US immigration
court history 3.5 million cases.
They could have hired morejudges.
They were funded to hire morejudges.
Instead, they fired the onesalready doing the job because
(12:42):
they weren't in alignment.
You know what that is.
That's not reform.
That's a purge.
It's the judicial version ofyou're either with us or you're
gone, bye bye.
You want due process.
Get in line behind ideology.
You want fair courts.
Better check your politics atthe door or you're next to go.
(13:05):
This isn't about making thesystem better.
It's about making it obedient.
They're not interested inimmigration justice.
They're interested inimmigration control political,
permanent and personal.
You want to talk about law andorder?
Fine, start with the people inpower firing judges for not
(13:27):
being loyal enough.
That's not immigration reform.
That's how fascism grows, onepolicy at a time.
Let me talk about TikTok.
Tiktok, the app that knows whatyou want before you do and then
shoves something else down yourthroat anyway.
(13:49):
Some voices get pushed, somedisappear, and the choice was
never yours.
It's not social media anymore.
It's a propaganda machine withno rules, no editors, no
accountability, but 100% bias.
So let's talk about TikTok,because apparently we now live
(14:14):
in a country where the mostpowerful media force on earth is
a scrollable dopamine drip runby a black box algorithm.
Written by who exactly?
Engineers, governments, anunderpaid intern with a God
complex?
No one knows.
And that's the point.
(14:34):
Tiktok isn't a platform, it's anunregulated influence weapon
disguised as a toy, marketed asa vibe and downloaded like crack
on prom night.
And the worst part, it's notjust addictive, it's biased as
hell, shadow banning certainpolitical views I know, I've
(14:56):
been shadow banned promotingothers, throttling dissent, all
without explanation,transparency or consent.
You could be watching a videoon climate change, for an
example, and suddenly you'rethree swipes deep into some guy
screaming that libraries areMarxist Psyops.
Creators are being buriedbecause their content didn't
(15:20):
perform.
Which is code for didn't align,didn't align with what?
Doesn't matter, you'll neverknow.
The algorithm doesn't leavereceipts, it just edits reality
in real time.
And here's the punchline thisapp is shaping elections.
(15:41):
Tiktok shaping elections.
It's manufacturing identity.
It's feeding curated ragedirectly into the bloodstream of
a generation raised to believefacts are a vibe and truth is
whatever came with the mostlikes.
You want to know who's winning2026?
Check TikTok's back end,because it's not about the
(16:04):
candidate, it's about who thealgorithm decides is engaging
enough to exist.
This isn't freedom of speech.
This is freedom of reach On aleash held by someone who will
never show their face.
So, yeah, call it what it is Apropaganda machine with emoji
(16:31):
filters.
So you think you're choosingwhat you want on tick tock.
That's so adorable.
The algorithm decided threeswipes ago.
Welcome to the feed.
Hope you brought your ownthoughts.
Okay, let me recap something foryou if you didn't listen to my
last episode, if you want achance to win $50, I asked the
(16:53):
listeners of that episode aquestion.
So go back, listen to thatepisode and email me your answer
by email only, not a text.
I can easily track it.
That way, your email willofficially enter you in to the
contest I have running.
Others have entered.
This is meant to be fun.
(17:15):
Please join them.
You have until Monday, july21st, at 3 pm Eastern Time.
I will announce the winner ofthe Amazon gift card on Monday's
episode, next Monday's episode.
So go back, look for theepisode that says $50 giveaway
in the title.
You can reach me at mad worldtalk at gmailcom.
(17:38):
It's my new, improved, shortemail address to make things
easier.
A lot of people said theiremails weren't getting through
and the email was too long.
So it's mad, mad world.
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I'll be back again Friday, ofcourse, unless the world ends
(17:59):
before then.
I'm Jeff Alan wolf.
This is a world gone mad.
Stay sharp, stay vocal, staysane, but most of all, stay
hopeful.
This is a world gone mad.
(18:22):
This is a world gone mad.
This is a world gone mad.
This is a world gone mad, mad,mad, mad mad.
It's Wednesday, the middlechild of the week, too far from
Friday to exhale.
Too deep in the madness to fakeoptimism with a straight face.
This is a world gone mad andI'm Jeff Allen Wolfe, your
(00:24):
sleep-deprived observer of theAmerica's Nervous Breakdown.
If you're still here, stilllistening, you're either a
glutton for punishment orsomeone who keeps yelling at
your TV what the hell ishappening?
What the hell is happening.
Either way, you're my kind ofperson.
Either way, you're my kind ofperson Because, while most
(00:46):
podcasts spend today recyclingheadlines like junk mail, I'm
going after what they skip thestuff that's dull on purpose,
complicated by design, dangerousif left in the dark.
You deserve better than deja vu, news cycles and editorial nap
time.
So grab your fire extinguisherbefore the Republicans hold
(01:10):
another hearing titled Oops, weDeregulated Everything.
Now you'd think, after seizingthe House, hijacking the courts
and bending the truth intoballoon animals, the MAGA
machine would take a breath.
But no, they've moved on tocannibalism and somehow
(01:33):
Epstein's name is back in themix.
Speaker Mike Johnson just walkedinto a buzzsaw and Donald Trump
already repackaging thewreckage and calling it
leadership.
Johnson, under pressure frommoderates and terrified of a
2026 bloodbath, dared to touchthe third rail, publicly
(01:56):
endorsing the full release ofEpstein-related documents.
24 hours later, the base washowling documents.
24 hours later, the base washowling.
Marjorie Taylor Loonball Greenstarted dry heaving Bible verses
on X.
Steve Bannon declared in an actof war against our side.
So this episode I'm crackingopen the screaming match behind
(02:19):
closed doors, the Epstein filetug of war, and why even Trump
loyalists are starting to flinch.
Because when Marjorie TaylorGreene becomes your voice of
reason, you know the universehas slipped a disc.
Here's what just blew upbetween Speaker Mike Johnson and
(02:40):
Donald Trump and why it matters.
So let's get this straight.
Donald Trump, and why itmatters, so let's get this
straight.
Speaker of the House MikeJohnson, a man who looks like he
was created in a lab to sellBibles door to door while
lobbying for fetal personhoodlaws, finally decides to do one
thing vaguely resembling publictransparency.
(03:00):
Not health care, not climate,not campaign reform.
(03:20):
Nope, jeffrey, freaking Epstein.
He walks out, mike Johnson,chin up, spine stiff, and says
let's release the full Epsteinclient list.
Whoa, hold the phone.
Someone in the GOP just didsomething that might
accidentally benefit the public.
That must have set off alarms.
In Mar-a-Lago Sirens SmokeBannon emerging from a tanning
bed screaming.
It's a trap.
He's trying to kill us allBecause within 24 hours, hours,
(03:43):
the Republican base went fromchanting where's the list?
Where's the list?
To burn the heretic.
And here's the part wherereality snaps like a rubber band
across your face.
Donald Trump, a man who oncesaid Epstein was a terrific guy
and whose name might show up onone of those blacked out flight
(04:06):
logs, allegedly, allegedly shutup legal department, immediately
starts rebranding Johnson'smove as a deep state ploy.
The same Johnson who thoughtmarriage meant a man, a woman
and a Chick-fil-A drive-thru onSunday, which, ironically, is
closed.
And somehow he becomes thevillain in MAGA World.
(04:30):
Why?
Because he touched the Epsteinfiles.
Because somewhere deep in thefestering belly of this party,
the new rule is thou shalt notexpose the secrets.
That keep the donors nervous.
And now Marjorie Taylor,loonball Green, who's basically
(04:51):
a Facebook comment sectionwrapped in CrossFit gear, is
quoting scripture like she'scasting out demons.
And Steve Bannon?
Steve Bannon called it abetrayal of the movement.
Hey, buddy, you were justpraising Victor Orban for
outlawing press freedom.
(05:12):
What exactly is the movementanymore?
Because if the bar is lowerthan maybe let's see who
trafficked kids.
I'm not sure you're leading amovement.
You're curating a crime spree.
Let's be clear this isn't aboutEpstein, it's about control.
It's about protecting thecarefully curated illusion that
(05:37):
everyone outside the cult is apedophile and everyone inside is
a patriot.
And if you actually open thefiles, the illusion crumbles
Suddenly.
It's not just Bill Clinton andthe liberal cabal, it's hedge
fund guys, it's billionaires,it's a few golf buddies, it's
(05:59):
maybe one or two family friends,and God forbid that narrative
collapse right before midterms.
So now we've got SpeakerJohnson publicly flogged by his
own party because he tried togive the American people the
very transparency they've beenscreaming about for years.
And Trump, trump, is alreadyshaping it into a loyalty test.
(06:23):
You're either with me or out inthe daylight squinting and
pretending you're not lost, whena party can't even agree that
releasing the names of peoplewho flew on a pedophile's jet
might be a good thing.
We've gone beyond dysfunctionthing.
We've gone beyond dysfunction.
We've entered the phase ofcircular fire squad governance,
(06:54):
where truth is treason and basicdecency is a liberal plot.
Meanwhile, matt Gaetz issuddenly tweeting about witch
hunts and Lauren BobbleheadBobbert is hosting a Save the
Secrets fundraiser at a Bass ProShop, because this isn't
politics anymore, it'sprofessional gaslighting,
wrapped in a flag, sold with apromo code and sealed with a
kiss from the Florida Swamp.
(07:16):
Welcome to the Cannibal Buffet,where the only rule is eat
before you're eaten.
So guess what time it is?
That's right.
It's time for another round of.
Let's pretend we're fixing thestudent loan crisis while
quietly screwing everyone again,because nothing says bold
(07:39):
reform like rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic and
handing the bill to peoplealready struggling to stay
afloat.
This week, the administrationrolled out a shiny new student
loan overhaul, and on paper,sure, it looks like progress
more income driven repaymentplans, some forgiveness tweaks,
(08:02):
fewer people getting set on fireby interest rate but in reality
, the system is still a flamingvending machine that eats your
paycheck, spits out a diplomaand then tells you to apply for
a second job at Arby's.
And let's not forget, we've gotan entire generation paying
(08:23):
$700 a month for the privilegeof working remote jobs that
don't come with health insurance, just a sticker that says
you're doing great.
But sure, go ahead and dropanother acronym-filled program
that requires a calculator, aspreadsheet and a minor in tax
law to understand.
(08:43):
The financial squeeze is real,the relief still theoretical.
So my question is who actuallywins in this new student loan
overhaul and why it still feelsless like help and more like the
same old pile of crap, justreheated.
(09:04):
So here's the deal Eightmillion borrowers.
On August 1st they startbleeding interest again, the
save plan, toast Hope Optional,and the government's basically
handing student loan borrowers abill.
You had dreams That'll be$3,500 extra per year.
(09:28):
Thanks, this isn't a policyshift.
This is a financial mugging inbroad daylight, and the guy
pulling the ski mask off isPresident Trump, smiling, waving
and calling it a beautiful fix.
You now get to choose betweenthe standard plan, which is like
(09:48):
being slowly waterboarded withyour own tears, or the brand new
repayment assistant plan, rap,which is ironic because the only
beats you're hearing are theones pounding in your head, as
you realize.
Wait, my loan goes for 30 years.
And guess what?
(10:08):
If you're broke tough, theminimum is $10 a month, even if
you're surviving on ramen andrage.
And oh, deferments forunemployment Gone.
Deferments for unemploymentGone.
Hardship programs Gone.
You have to be not justdrowning but legally dead for
(10:29):
them to pause interest now.
Meanwhile, trump's people arecalling this simplification,
which is rich, coming from aparty that thinks empathy is
Marxist.
It's like they looked at thebroken machine and said let's
give it fewer buttons, make eachbutton cost more, and then set
(10:50):
the whole damn thing on fire.
And behind the scenes, evenRepublicans are quietly sweating
because nobody wants to run forre-election.
On, we turned the Department ofEducation into a call center
that's closed on Mondays.
So yeah, this isn't just badpolicy.
It's cruelty dressed in a capand gown, marketed as efficiency
(11:13):
, and while the people it'ssupposed to help are buried in
impossible debt, ridiculousdeadlines, vanishing hope and
the kind of stress that shows upearly, stays late and eats at a
student's brain cells onesynapse at a time.
If you got student loans,august 1st is coming and it's
(11:35):
not fucking around.
Next up, the Trumpadministration just fired over a
dozen immigration judges.
Why?
Because they weren'tconservative enough.
Forget the backlog, forget dueprocess.
This is a political purge inrobes and the message is clear
Get in line or get out of thecourt.
(11:58):
Hope you like chaos.
Because immigration just goteven more broken 17 immigration
judges fired.
Not because they broke the law,not because they screwed up a
ruling, not because they showedup drunk with a mariachi band
and a bottle of mezcal.
They were fired because theydidn't kiss his ring, they
(12:21):
didn't pledge allegiance to apolitical movement in black
robes.
This is happening during theworst backlog in US immigration
court history 3.5 million cases.
They could have hired morejudges.
They were funded to hire morejudges.
Instead, they fired the onesalready doing the job because
(12:42):
they weren't in alignment.
You know what that is.
That's not reform.
That's a purge.
It's the judicial version ofyou're either with us or you're
gone, bye bye.
You want due process.
Get in line behind ideology.
You want fair courts.
Better check your politics atthe door or you're next to go.
(13:05):
This isn't about making thesystem better.
It's about making it obedient.
They're not interested inimmigration justice.
They're interested inimmigration control political,
permanent and personal.
You want to talk about law andorder?
Fine, start with the people inpower firing judges for not
(13:27):
being loyal enough.
That's not immigration reform.
That's how fascism grows, onepolicy at a time.
Let me talk about TikTok.
Tiktok, the app that knows whatyou want before you do and then
shoves something else down yourthroat anyway.
(13:49):
Some voices get pushed, somedisappear, and the choice was
never yours.
It's not social media anymore.
It's a propaganda machine withno rules, no editors, no
accountability, but 100% bias.
So let's talk about TikTok,because apparently we now live
(14:14):
in a country where the mostpowerful media force on earth is
a scrollable dopamine drip runby a black box algorithm.
Written by who exactly?
Engineers, governments, anunderpaid intern with a God
complex?
No one knows.
And that's the point.
(14:34):
Tiktok isn't a platform, it's anunregulated influence weapon
disguised as a toy, marketed asa vibe and downloaded like crack
on prom night.
And the worst part, it's notjust addictive, it's biased as
hell, shadow banning certainpolitical views I know, I've
(14:56):
been shadow banned promotingothers, throttling dissent, all
without explanation,transparency or consent.
You could be watching a videoon climate change, for an
example, and suddenly you'rethree swipes deep into some guy
screaming that libraries areMarxist Psyops.
Creators are being buriedbecause their content didn't
(15:20):
perform.
Which is code for didn't align,didn't align with what?
Doesn't matter, you'll neverknow.
The algorithm doesn't leavereceipts, it just edits reality
in real time.
And here's the punchline thisapp is shaping elections.
(15:41):
Tiktok shaping elections.
It's manufacturing identity.
It's feeding curated ragedirectly into the bloodstream of
a generation raised to believefacts are a vibe and truth is
whatever came with the mostlikes.
You want to know who's winning2026?
Check TikTok's back end,because it's not about the
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candidate, it's about who thealgorithm decides is engaging
enough to exist.
This isn't freedom of speech.
This is freedom of reach On aleash held by someone who will
never show their face.
So, yeah, call it what it is Apropaganda machine with emoji
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filters.
So you think you're choosingwhat you want on tick tock.
That's so adorable.
The algorithm decided threeswipes ago.
Welcome to the feed.
Hope you brought your ownthoughts.
Okay, let me recap something foryou if you didn't listen to my
last episode, if you want achance to win $50, I asked the
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listeners of that episode aquestion.
So go back, listen to thatepisode and email me your answer
by email only, not a text.
I can easily track it.
That way, your email willofficially enter you in to the
contest I have running.
Others have entered.
This is meant to be fun.
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Please join them.
You have until Monday, july21st, at 3 pm Eastern Time.
I will announce the winner ofthe Amazon gift card on Monday's
episode, next Monday's episode.
So go back, look for theepisode that says $50 giveaway
in the title.
You can reach me at mad worldtalk at gmailcom.
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It's my new, improved, shortemail address to make things
easier.
A lot of people said theiremails weren't getting through
and the email was too long.
So it's mad, mad world.
W?
O r l d talk t a l?
K can't get any simpler.
Bad world.
Talk at gmail.
I'll be back again Friday, ofcourse, unless the world ends
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before then.
I'm Jeff Alan wolf.
This is a world gone mad.
Stay sharp, stay vocal, staysane, but most of all, stay
hopeful.
This is a world gone mad.
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This is a world gone mad.
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