September 25, 2025 • 19 mins
The world is heating up with stories that matter. From NATO’s warning to Moscow to Trump’s latest performance on the global stage, this WTF Wednesday edition of A World Gone Mad does not pull punches. Get ready for a ride through the madness of politics, power, and public pressure.
This episode is packed with energy, sarcasm, and sharp commentary. You will hear about alliances under strain, leaders stumbling in the spotlight, nations making bold declarations, and a battle for free speech that has Hollywood and Washington buzzing.
NATO is sending a message to Russia that the skies are no longer a playground. What happens when words at the podium turn into challenges in the air.
Trump steps up at the United Nations and delivers a performance that leaves allies shaking their heads and enemies grinning. Which version of him shows up this time?
Palestine gets a boost from major Western nations. For decades recognition has been dangled as a bargaining chip. Why did several countries decide now is the moment to change the game?
Climate Week in New York turns into a global callout. Promises are cheap but the planet is burning. What happens when leaders say one thing and do another?
Hollywood collides with politics in a fight over comedy and free speech. A network pulls the plug and the backlash is massive. Stars, unions, and fans step into the ring.
The headlines are absurd, the spin is Olympic level, and the Wolfpack gets the full story with sarcasm, caffeine, and clarity.
This is not the evening news. This is not a press release. This is my blunt, unfiltered voice that says what others will not.
Welcome to WTF Wednesday on A World Gone Mad.
Send me your comments:
WolfPackTalks@gmail.com
AWorldGoneMadPodcast@gmail.com
Mark as Played
Transcript
Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is a World Gone Mad.
This is a World Gone Mad, mad,mad, mad, mad.
Hello, I'm Jeff Allen Wolfe.
Welcome back to A World GoneMad.
And it's time for another WTFWednesday, where the week starts
off heavy, so I make it lighterfor you by throwing it back in
(00:21):
Washington's face.
The headlines are absurd, thespin Olympic level, and I'm here
to call it out With sarcasm,caffeine and just enough sanity
to get us all through Wednesday.
Also wanted to let thelisteners know you're not crazy.
You did not get a Mondayepisode from me.
(00:43):
The Monday fallout from me wasnot recorded due to some health
issues I'm dealing with, so Idon't know if this is going to
be a long episode tonight or ashort one.
And I have a cough drop in mymouth, so I do apologize for
that, to keep from coughing andannoying you, but I'm going to
(01:06):
plow through with this WTFWednesday edition and hopefully
I can get back on course.
And again, I do apologize tothe wolfpack who are looking for
a Monday show.
Okay, with that being said,here we go.
So the first thing on the WTFagenda comes straight out of
Europe and let me tell you, it'snot small potatoes.
(01:29):
The British Foreign Secretarystood up this weekend and said
the UK will confront Russianplanes if Moscow keeps buzzing
across Alliance airspace.
Now this was after Russian jetsreportedly dipped into Estonian
skies.
And here's the thing Estonia isnot some random patch of land,
(01:53):
estonia is NATO, and that meansone wrong move and suddenly
every member of that alliance ison the hook.
Think about how close that getsus to something nobody wants.
You have Putin sending hispilots to poke the bear and the
UK saying poking me one moretime and seeing what happens.
(02:13):
This is not a video game, thisis not Top Gun.
This is the kind ofbrinkmanship that can flip from
headlines to history books inone bad afternoon.
And here's where the insanitycomes in.
Russia is not flying intoEstonian airspace because they
need a shortcut.
They are doing it because theywant to show the West they can.
(02:39):
It's chest thumping from Putin.
It is the international versionof drunk guys at a bar bumping
shoulders and waiting to see whoswings first.
Now the difference is that whendrunk guys swing, you get a
broken nose.
When nuclear powers swing, youcould get World War III.
Now NATO has to walk that fineline between deterrence and
(03:02):
disaster Too soft, and Russiathinks it can keep pushing Too
hard and suddenly you have jetsscrambling, missiles on standby
and the world one radar blipaway from a headline.
Nobody survives to read.
Britain throwing down thatwarning is a reminder that this
game of chicken is not just forshow.
(03:23):
Somebody hits the gas, we allgo over the cliff, and that
Wolfpack is the madness of themoment.
A 21st century standoff thatlooks a lot like the 20th
century Cold War, only louder,faster and scarier.
Welcome to your WTF Wednesday.
(03:48):
And with what Donald Trump justpulled, it's time to talk about
his circus act at the UnitedNations.
So here is Donald at the UnitedNations and I swear to God, the
man has the attention span of agoldfish on Red Bull.
Picture it the UN GeneralAssembly, flags lined up,
(04:08):
delegates in their suits,cameras pointing at the podium,
the entire world in the room,and there's Donald chest out,
chin high, like he is giving acampaign rally in front of the
world's diplomats.
First he was Mr Red, white andBlue standing with Ukraine.
Brave talk, we will stand withKiev.
(04:30):
Cue the flags, cue the applause.
Then he turns on a dime, goesafter Zelensky right there in
the White House.
We all saw it, with the camerasrolling and the press hanging
on every word.
This is not some private huddle.
This is the global stage.
The world is watching.
Zelensky is sitting there likea man who has Russian bombs
(04:52):
falling on his country and Trumpdecides to cut him down in that
meeting.
Again, that's past historyQuestions his honesty.
Trump does.
Treats him like a streethustler who just walked into
Mar-a-Lago.
He makes him squirm in front ofthe media.
Vance goes after him under thelights, like the United States
is auction auditioning forPutin's approval.
(05:13):
And now at the United Nations,trump in front of every Ally,
every rival, every lens on theplanet.
He follows it up by blastingNATO, not Putin, not Russia.
Nato, the alliance that haskept Europe from sliding into
war for decades.
He calls out allies asfreeloaders.
Trump scolds them about oil,about defense spending, as if
(05:38):
the enemy in Paris or Berlin isthere instead of Moscow.
And you know who's grinning earto ear when he does it Vladimir
Putin, because Trump's tantrumis the best propaganda real
Russia could ask for.
And now here he is this week,trump swinging back again saying
I swear to you people, if youhaven't heard this, saying with
(06:00):
a straight face, that Ukrainecan win back all its territory
before Russia invaded if NATOjust holds together All of it,
crimea included.
This from the guy Trump whohumiliated Zelensky in public,
gave Putin rhetorical coverthree months ago.
What the fuck is Trump doing?
(06:24):
Pick a side.
You cannot be pro-Ukraine onMonday, putin's best buddy on
Tuesday, screaming at NATO onWednesday, and then, by Friday,
you're the great liberator ofEurope.
This is not foreign policy.
This is a clown spinning platesuntil they all crash on the
floor, and the damage is notjust to him.
Allies do not know if Trump isin their corner or putting them
(06:48):
in a corner.
Enemies are watching thewhiplash and loving every second
of it, and the rest of us areleft staring at the TV,
wondering what the fuck Donaldis talking about this time.
One week he's Churchill, thenext week Trump is Chamberlain,
and by the weekend he is back tobeing Trump Incoherent,
(07:11):
dangerous, playing both sidesuntil someone gets burned.
And while Trump is busy turningforeign policy into a three-wing
circus, the rest of the worldis not sitting still, and, with
Britain staring down Moscow inthe skies, britain's also making
waves on the ground.
Not just Britain either, though.
A handful of Western nationsjust made a move that is
(07:35):
rattling the entire Middle Eastthe United Kingdom, canada,
portugal and Australia all justsaid it out loud Palestine is a
state, four Western powers notfence-sitters, not backbenchers
stepping in with recognition andjoining more than 140 countries
(07:55):
worldwide.
This is not a polite diplomaticnote, that is a signal flare.
And the question is what doesit mean?
On paper it sounds historic.
In real life it does notbulldoze checkpoints, it does
not stop bombs, it does noterase blockades, but it does
(08:15):
change the narrative.
Now.
For decades, the West hastreated recognition like a
carrot dangled at the end of thepeace process.
These four countries just saidscrew it, the carrot is now on
the table.
These four countries just saidscrew it, the carrot is now on
the table.
Critics are screaming reckless.
They say this rewards Hamas.
Mainly Israel says this.
It undermines Israel, itdestabilizes the region.
(08:38):
Supporters are saying what hasbeen waiting to be delivered
except body bags?
They argue.
Recognition is the only way topush this frozen conflict into a
new gear.
Both sides are furious.
That alone tells you how bigthe move is.
Now look at the timing.
This is not landing in a calmchapter.
(08:58):
Gaza is on fire.
The West Bank is boiling.
Israel is led by one of themost hawkish governments in its
history.
Dropping recognition now is nota coincidence, it is a shot
across the bow.
It is the West saying theendless waiting game is done.
So what happens next?
Well, israel is not going tohand over land because Portugal
(09:18):
signed a document.
Netanyahu is not going to packup settlements because Australia
spoke up, but it changes thepressure.
It tells Israel the circle ofunconditional Western support is
smaller tonight than it wasyesterday.
And it tells Palestinians thateven if Washington keeps
stalling, other Western capitalsare willing to say the word
(09:42):
state Now.
This is why this matters, notbecause peace breaks out
tomorrow, but because theconversation shifts.
And when you are stuck in thesame cycle for 50 years, even a
shift in language callingPalestine a state can be
dynamite.
It will not solve the war, butit rattles the cage of the
(10:03):
people who pretend the war isunsolvable.
And in this world gone mad,rattling the cage might be the
only way to make anyone payattention.
And while diplomats areredrawing maps with words, the
planet itself does not give adamn about recognition papers.
It is burning, it is flooding,it is screaming, which brings us
(10:28):
to New York, where the UnitedNations just threw down a
challenge at Climate Week.
So, while the Middle East isshaking from diplomatic
earthquakes here in New York,the planet itself is sending a
different kind of shockwave.
Climate Week had kicked off andthe United Nations climate chief
stepped up to the microphoneand basically told world leaders
(10:48):
to knock it off.
Enough with the promises,enough with the lofty speeches.
Show me action, show me proof.
Now, on the surface, there isgood news.
Clean energy investment lastyear hit nearly $2 trillion.
That's a record.
10 years ago, those numberswere not even close.
(11:08):
Wind, solar, electric vehicle,batteries all of it has surged.
But here's the catch Scientistssay it's still not enough, not
even close.
The gap between what leaderspromise and what they actually
deliver is wide enough to drivean oil tanker through, and those
tankers are still sailing everysingle day.
And this is the insanity.
(11:30):
Politicians fly into New York.
They talk about green dreams,they pose with activists, they
take selfies under banners thatsay net zero.
Then they hop back on privatejets and approve another
pipeline or another drillinglease because somebody in their
district whined about gas prices.
This is not hypocrisy light.
This is full-scale global gaslighting.
(11:54):
They talk about saving theworld, but the world is
literally on fire.
Now look at the headlines.
Just in the past year, heatrecords shattered in Europe, the
United States, asia, citiesdrowning from flash floods,
whole regions choking inwildfire smoke.
We're not talking about warningsfor 2050.
We are talking about disastersright now and still leaders pat
(12:17):
themselves on the back forspending trillions, while
refusing to cut the fossil fuelsthat caused the problem in the
first place.
It's like bragging about buyingfire extinguishers while you
keep pouring gasoline on thefloor.
So the UN is calling theirbluff action or nothing.
And here's the truth.
The planet does not care aboutyour promises.
(12:39):
The atmosphere does not givepoints for effort, it reacts to
carbon period and leaders do notbridge the gap between their
shiny speeches and the dirtymath of reality.
We are all going to learn thatlesson the hard way.
The world is burning and thepeople in charge are still
(13:01):
fiddling with press releases.
Okay, we've covered wars,borders and a planet on fire,
but sometimes the Wednesday whatto TF you know does not come
from governments or armies.
Sometimes it comes from acomedian with a microphone and
the wave of support pouring inis unlike anything we've seen in
(13:21):
years.
Abc, we all know, had pulledJimmy Kimmel in case you haven't
heard, all of us pretty muchknow off the air after his
monologue about Charlie Kirk'sdeath set off outrage.
Next, the focus shifted to thebacklash against that decision,
with Hollywood and the musicworld rallying around Kimmel in
force.
More than 400 names had signedon to an open letter organized
(13:45):
by the ACLU Jennifer Aniston,tom Hanks, meryl Streep, ben
Affleck, selena Gomez, the listgoes on.
That is not a few tweets.
That is the cultural A-listsaying enough is enough.
It is not just signatures.
Sarah McLaughlin and Jewelpulled out of Disney events in
protest.
Other actors are calling forpeople to cancel Disney+, hulu
(14:10):
and ESPN.
They are saying hit Disneywhere it hurts in the wallet.
Writers Guild, sag-aftra,unions across the industry are
speaking up.
Damon Littleoff, the guy whoco-created Lost, said he will
not work with Disney untilKimmel was reinstated.
That's not Hollywood gossip,that's serious pressure from
(14:31):
these people.
So let us pause in this for asecond.
We know what happened, but thisis not about whether you agree
with Kimmel's joke.
This is about whether corporatemedia can be shoved around by a
political pressure every time ahost crosses a line.
If the answer is yes, then latecomedy is dead.
Not just comedy, commentary,satire, truth-telling, hell, my
(14:53):
podcast, not putting myself onthat level, but anybody who has
a critique about Trump, thedelusional one, the whole damn
ecosystem.
Lets people speak truth, thepower gets choked.
Think about who is celebratingthis suspension.
It is not people who love freespeech.
It is politicians who wouldsilence critics tomorrow if they
(15:14):
could.
And now they see they can callup a metric, throw a tantrum,
get a voice yanked off the air.
That should scare the hell outof everyone, left or right.
So here we are Comedian gotpulled and suddenly you have
megastars, musicians, unions,even everyday fans rallying in
defense, not because they allworship Jimmy Kimmel, but
(15:36):
because they know what is reallyat stake.
And here's the truth.
Free speech does not survivebecause the government protects
it.
It survives because peoplerefuse to let it be taken away.
It survives because peoplerefuse to let it be taken away.
Right now, these people wererefusing loudly, and that is
worth paying attention to.
And because of all this, withthe support for Jimmy and from
(15:59):
all the public outrage, thebreaking news most of you have
heard this, but in case youhaven't, jimmy Kimmel Live would
return to the air on ABC.
Yesterday night, tuesday night,the network had announced this
in a statement.
Listen to the statement fromthem.
Last Wednesday we made thedecision to suspend production
(16:22):
on the show to avoid furtherinflaming a tense situation and
an emotional moment for ourcountry.
A spokesperson for the WaltDisney Company, which owns ABC,
said in a statement to CNN it isa decision we made because we
felt some of the comments wereill-timed and thus insensitive.
We have spent the last dayshaving thoughtful conversations
(16:42):
with Jimmy and after thoseconversations we reached a
decision to return to the showon Tuesday.
By the way, some backstoryApparently they wanted Jimmy to
apologize to Trump, to the worldI don't know and pay a fine.
So Kimmel's back and the restof us can breathe slightly
(17:03):
better, knowing that free speechwon this round.
But will this hold?
Will this be the norm?
Maybe someone is finallyshowing some balls to stand up
to Donald.
What next?
Any other pushback in thiscountry against Donald the
dictator?
I'm talking to you Republicans.
(17:27):
All right, wolfpack, here's thedeal.
I need to hear from you.
You can email me, you can dropme a voicemail.
You know the drill.
These are the two lanes.
Now I'll be straight with you.
Only a few of you have done itin the last couple of months and
I'm grateful for those that didright.
But the rest of you.
You listen, you nod, you shakeyour head, you laugh and then
(17:47):
you disappear.
This is your chance to jump in.
Send me an email, leave amessage.
Do not overthink it.
A couple of sentences, 30seconds of your voice that's all
it takes, because this is notjust me talking at you.
This show is a world gone madand it works best when the
Wolfpack is part of it.
So make some noise.
(18:08):
I want to know you're out there.
Wolfpack is part of it, so makesome noise.
I want to know you're out there.
Wolfpacktalks at gmailcom or833-399-9653, 24-7 toll free.
Okay, the episode turned out tobe a full episode.
I plowed through.
Thank you for your indulgenceand again, apologies for missing
the Monday episode and thecough drop in my mouth.
(18:33):
If you hear sounds, that's justme sucking on a cough drop.
I'm going to go relax.
This has been a World Gone Mad.
Wtf Wednesday edition.
I'm Jeff Allen Wolf.
Hopefully I'll be back Friday,because someone has to say the
shit that no one else will, andapparently that job's mine.
Until then, wolfpack listeners,stay skeptical, stay focused.
Most of all, stay hopeful.
(18:55):
There is chaos in the world,can't you see?
And we need to stand up andpreserve Our democracy.
This is a world gone mad.
This is a world gone mad, mad,mad, mad.
This is a World Gone Mad.
This is a World Gone Mad, mad,mad, mad, mad.
Hello, I'm Jeff Allen Wolfe.
Welcome back to A World GoneMad.
And it's time for another WTFWednesday, where the week starts
off heavy, so I make it lighterfor you by throwing it back in
(00:21):
Washington's face.
The headlines are absurd, thespin Olympic level, and I'm here
to call it out With sarcasm,caffeine and just enough sanity
to get us all through Wednesday.
Also wanted to let thelisteners know you're not crazy.
You did not get a Mondayepisode from me.
(00:43):
The Monday fallout from me wasnot recorded due to some health
issues I'm dealing with, so Idon't know if this is going to
be a long episode tonight or ashort one.
And I have a cough drop in mymouth, so I do apologize for
that, to keep from coughing andannoying you, but I'm going to
(01:06):
plow through with this WTFWednesday edition and hopefully
I can get back on course.
And again, I do apologize tothe wolfpack who are looking for
a Monday show.
Okay, with that being said,here we go.
So the first thing on the WTFagenda comes straight out of
Europe and let me tell you, it'snot small potatoes.
(01:29):
The British Foreign Secretarystood up this weekend and said
the UK will confront Russianplanes if Moscow keeps buzzing
across Alliance airspace.
Now this was after Russian jetsreportedly dipped into Estonian
skies.
And here's the thing Estonia isnot some random patch of land,
(01:53):
estonia is NATO, and that meansone wrong move and suddenly
every member of that alliance ison the hook.
Think about how close that getsus to something nobody wants.
You have Putin sending hispilots to poke the bear and the
UK saying poking me one moretime and seeing what happens.
(02:13):
This is not a video game, thisis not Top Gun.
This is the kind ofbrinkmanship that can flip from
headlines to history books inone bad afternoon.
And here's where the insanitycomes in.
Russia is not flying intoEstonian airspace because they
need a shortcut.
They are doing it because theywant to show the West they can.
(02:39):
It's chest thumping from Putin.
It is the international versionof drunk guys at a bar bumping
shoulders and waiting to see whoswings first.
Now the difference is that whendrunk guys swing, you get a
broken nose.
When nuclear powers swing, youcould get World War III.
Now NATO has to walk that fineline between deterrence and
(03:02):
disaster Too soft, and Russiathinks it can keep pushing Too
hard and suddenly you have jetsscrambling, missiles on standby
and the world one radar blipaway from a headline.
Nobody survives to read.
Britain throwing down thatwarning is a reminder that this
game of chicken is not just forshow.
(03:23):
Somebody hits the gas, we allgo over the cliff, and that
Wolfpack is the madness of themoment.
A 21st century standoff thatlooks a lot like the 20th
century Cold War, only louder,faster and scarier.
Welcome to your WTF Wednesday.
(03:48):
And with what Donald Trump justpulled, it's time to talk about
his circus act at the UnitedNations.
So here is Donald at the UnitedNations and I swear to God, the
man has the attention span of agoldfish on Red Bull.
Picture it the UN GeneralAssembly, flags lined up,
(04:08):
delegates in their suits,cameras pointing at the podium,
the entire world in the room,and there's Donald chest out,
chin high, like he is giving acampaign rally in front of the
world's diplomats.
First he was Mr Red, white andBlue standing with Ukraine.
Brave talk, we will stand withKiev.
(04:30):
Cue the flags, cue the applause.
Then he turns on a dime, goesafter Zelensky right there in
the White House.
We all saw it, with the camerasrolling and the press hanging
on every word.
This is not some private huddle.
This is the global stage.
The world is watching.
Zelensky is sitting there likea man who has Russian bombs
(04:52):
falling on his country and Trumpdecides to cut him down in that
meeting.
Again, that's past historyQuestions his honesty.
Trump does.
Treats him like a streethustler who just walked into
Mar-a-Lago.
He makes him squirm in front ofthe media.
Vance goes after him under thelights, like the United States
is auction auditioning forPutin's approval.
(05:13):
And now at the United Nations,trump in front of every Ally,
every rival, every lens on theplanet.
He follows it up by blastingNATO, not Putin, not Russia.
Nato, the alliance that haskept Europe from sliding into
war for decades.
He calls out allies asfreeloaders.
Trump scolds them about oil,about defense spending, as if
(05:38):
the enemy in Paris or Berlin isthere instead of Moscow.
And you know who's grinning earto ear when he does it Vladimir
Putin, because Trump's tantrumis the best propaganda real
Russia could ask for.
And now here he is this week,trump swinging back again saying
I swear to you people, if youhaven't heard this, saying with
(06:00):
a straight face, that Ukrainecan win back all its territory
before Russia invaded if NATOjust holds together All of it,
crimea included.
This from the guy Trump whohumiliated Zelensky in public,
gave Putin rhetorical coverthree months ago.
What the fuck is Trump doing?
(06:24):
Pick a side.
You cannot be pro-Ukraine onMonday, putin's best buddy on
Tuesday, screaming at NATO onWednesday, and then, by Friday,
you're the great liberator ofEurope.
This is not foreign policy.
This is a clown spinning platesuntil they all crash on the
floor, and the damage is notjust to him.
Allies do not know if Trump isin their corner or putting them
(06:48):
in a corner.
Enemies are watching thewhiplash and loving every second
of it, and the rest of us areleft staring at the TV,
wondering what the fuck Donaldis talking about this time.
One week he's Churchill, thenext week Trump is Chamberlain,
and by the weekend he is back tobeing Trump Incoherent,
(07:11):
dangerous, playing both sidesuntil someone gets burned.
And while Trump is busy turningforeign policy into a three-wing
circus, the rest of the worldis not sitting still, and, with
Britain staring down Moscow inthe skies, britain's also making
waves on the ground.
Not just Britain either, though.
A handful of Western nationsjust made a move that is
(07:35):
rattling the entire Middle Eastthe United Kingdom, canada,
portugal and Australia all justsaid it out loud Palestine is a
state, four Western powers notfence-sitters, not backbenchers
stepping in with recognition andjoining more than 140 countries
(07:55):
worldwide.
This is not a polite diplomaticnote, that is a signal flare.
And the question is what doesit mean?
On paper it sounds historic.
In real life it does notbulldoze checkpoints, it does
not stop bombs, it does noterase blockades, but it does
(08:15):
change the narrative.
Now.
For decades, the West hastreated recognition like a
carrot dangled at the end of thepeace process.
These four countries just saidscrew it, the carrot is now on
the table.
These four countries just saidscrew it, the carrot is now on
the table.
Critics are screaming reckless.
They say this rewards Hamas.
Mainly Israel says this.
It undermines Israel, itdestabilizes the region.
(08:38):
Supporters are saying what hasbeen waiting to be delivered
except body bags?
They argue.
Recognition is the only way topush this frozen conflict into a
new gear.
Both sides are furious.
That alone tells you how bigthe move is.
Now look at the timing.
This is not landing in a calmchapter.
(08:58):
Gaza is on fire.
The West Bank is boiling.
Israel is led by one of themost hawkish governments in its
history.
Dropping recognition now is nota coincidence, it is a shot
across the bow.
It is the West saying theendless waiting game is done.
So what happens next?
Well, israel is not going tohand over land because Portugal
(09:18):
signed a document.
Netanyahu is not going to packup settlements because Australia
spoke up, but it changes thepressure.
It tells Israel the circle ofunconditional Western support is
smaller tonight than it wasyesterday.
And it tells Palestinians thateven if Washington keeps
stalling, other Western capitalsare willing to say the word
(09:42):
state Now.
This is why this matters, notbecause peace breaks out
tomorrow, but because theconversation shifts.
And when you are stuck in thesame cycle for 50 years, even a
shift in language callingPalestine a state can be
dynamite.
It will not solve the war, butit rattles the cage of the
(10:03):
people who pretend the war isunsolvable.
And in this world gone mad,rattling the cage might be the
only way to make anyone payattention.
And while diplomats areredrawing maps with words, the
planet itself does not give adamn about recognition papers.
It is burning, it is flooding,it is screaming, which brings us
(10:28):
to New York, where the UnitedNations just threw down a
challenge at Climate Week.
So, while the Middle East isshaking from diplomatic
earthquakes here in New York,the planet itself is sending a
different kind of shockwave.
Climate Week had kicked off andthe United Nations climate chief
stepped up to the microphoneand basically told world leaders
(10:48):
to knock it off.
Enough with the promises,enough with the lofty speeches.
Show me action, show me proof.
Now, on the surface, there isgood news.
Clean energy investment lastyear hit nearly $2 trillion.
That's a record.
10 years ago, those numberswere not even close.
(11:08):
Wind, solar, electric vehicle,batteries all of it has surged.
But here's the catch Scientistssay it's still not enough, not
even close.
The gap between what leaderspromise and what they actually
deliver is wide enough to drivean oil tanker through, and those
tankers are still sailing everysingle day.
And this is the insanity.
(11:30):
Politicians fly into New York.
They talk about green dreams,they pose with activists, they
take selfies under banners thatsay net zero.
Then they hop back on privatejets and approve another
pipeline or another drillinglease because somebody in their
district whined about gas prices.
This is not hypocrisy light.
This is full-scale global gaslighting.
(11:54):
They talk about saving theworld, but the world is
literally on fire.
Now look at the headlines.
Just in the past year, heatrecords shattered in Europe, the
United States, asia, citiesdrowning from flash floods,
whole regions choking inwildfire smoke.
We're not talking about warningsfor 2050.
We are talking about disastersright now and still leaders pat
(12:17):
themselves on the back forspending trillions, while
refusing to cut the fossil fuelsthat caused the problem in the
first place.
It's like bragging about buyingfire extinguishers while you
keep pouring gasoline on thefloor.
So the UN is calling theirbluff action or nothing.
And here's the truth.
The planet does not care aboutyour promises.
(12:39):
The atmosphere does not givepoints for effort, it reacts to
carbon period and leaders do notbridge the gap between their
shiny speeches and the dirtymath of reality.
We are all going to learn thatlesson the hard way.
The world is burning and thepeople in charge are still
(13:01):
fiddling with press releases.
Okay, we've covered wars,borders and a planet on fire,
but sometimes the Wednesday whatto TF you know does not come
from governments or armies.
Sometimes it comes from acomedian with a microphone and
the wave of support pouring inis unlike anything we've seen in
(13:21):
years.
Abc, we all know, had pulledJimmy Kimmel in case you haven't
heard, all of us pretty muchknow off the air after his
monologue about Charlie Kirk'sdeath set off outrage.
Next, the focus shifted to thebacklash against that decision,
with Hollywood and the musicworld rallying around Kimmel in
force.
More than 400 names had signedon to an open letter organized
(13:45):
by the ACLU Jennifer Aniston,tom Hanks, meryl Streep, ben
Affleck, selena Gomez, the listgoes on.
That is not a few tweets.
That is the cultural A-listsaying enough is enough.
It is not just signatures.
Sarah McLaughlin and Jewelpulled out of Disney events in
protest.
Other actors are calling forpeople to cancel Disney+, hulu
(14:10):
and ESPN.
They are saying hit Disneywhere it hurts in the wallet.
Writers Guild, sag-aftra,unions across the industry are
speaking up.
Damon Littleoff, the guy whoco-created Lost, said he will
not work with Disney untilKimmel was reinstated.
That's not Hollywood gossip,that's serious pressure from
(14:31):
these people.
So let us pause in this for asecond.
We know what happened, but thisis not about whether you agree
with Kimmel's joke.
This is about whether corporatemedia can be shoved around by a
political pressure every time ahost crosses a line.
If the answer is yes, then latecomedy is dead.
Not just comedy, commentary,satire, truth-telling, hell, my
(14:53):
podcast, not putting myself onthat level, but anybody who has
a critique about Trump, thedelusional one, the whole damn
ecosystem.
Lets people speak truth, thepower gets choked.
Think about who is celebratingthis suspension.
It is not people who love freespeech.
It is politicians who wouldsilence critics tomorrow if they
(15:14):
could.
And now they see they can callup a metric, throw a tantrum,
get a voice yanked off the air.
That should scare the hell outof everyone, left or right.
So here we are Comedian gotpulled and suddenly you have
megastars, musicians, unions,even everyday fans rallying in
defense, not because they allworship Jimmy Kimmel, but
(15:36):
because they know what is reallyat stake.
And here's the truth.
Free speech does not survivebecause the government protects
it.
It survives because peoplerefuse to let it be taken away.
It survives because peoplerefuse to let it be taken away.
Right now, these people wererefusing loudly, and that is
worth paying attention to.
And because of all this, withthe support for Jimmy and from
(15:59):
all the public outrage, thebreaking news most of you have
heard this, but in case youhaven't, jimmy Kimmel Live would
return to the air on ABC.
Yesterday night, tuesday night,the network had announced this
in a statement.
Listen to the statement fromthem.
Last Wednesday we made thedecision to suspend production
(16:22):
on the show to avoid furtherinflaming a tense situation and
an emotional moment for ourcountry.
A spokesperson for the WaltDisney Company, which owns ABC,
said in a statement to CNN it isa decision we made because we
felt some of the comments wereill-timed and thus insensitive.
We have spent the last dayshaving thoughtful conversations
(16:42):
with Jimmy and after thoseconversations we reached a
decision to return to the showon Tuesday.
By the way, some backstoryApparently they wanted Jimmy to
apologize to Trump, to the worldI don't know and pay a fine.
So Kimmel's back and the restof us can breathe slightly
(17:03):
better, knowing that free speechwon this round.
But will this hold?
Will this be the norm?
Maybe someone is finallyshowing some balls to stand up
to Donald.
What next?
Any other pushback in thiscountry against Donald the
dictator?
I'm talking to you Republicans.
(17:27):
All right, wolfpack, here's thedeal.
I need to hear from you.
You can email me, you can dropme a voicemail.
You know the drill.
These are the two lanes.
Now I'll be straight with you.
Only a few of you have done itin the last couple of months and
I'm grateful for those that didright.
But the rest of you.
You listen, you nod, you shakeyour head, you laugh and then
(17:47):
you disappear.
This is your chance to jump in.
Send me an email, leave amessage.
Do not overthink it.
A couple of sentences, 30seconds of your voice that's all
it takes, because this is notjust me talking at you.
This show is a world gone madand it works best when the
Wolfpack is part of it.
So make some noise.
(18:08):
I want to know you're out there.
Wolfpack is part of it, so makesome noise.
I want to know you're out there.
Wolfpacktalks at gmailcom or833-399-9653, 24-7 toll free.
Okay, the episode turned out tobe a full episode.
I plowed through.
Thank you for your indulgenceand again, apologies for missing
the Monday episode and thecough drop in my mouth.
(18:33):
If you hear sounds, that's justme sucking on a cough drop.
I'm going to go relax.
This has been a World Gone Mad.
Wtf Wednesday edition.
I'm Jeff Allen Wolf.
Hopefully I'll be back Friday,because someone has to say the
shit that no one else will, andapparently that job's mine.
Until then, wolfpack listeners,stay skeptical, stay focused.
Most of all, stay hopeful.
(18:55):
There is chaos in the world,can't you see?
And we need to stand up andpreserve Our democracy.
This is a world gone mad.
This is a world gone mad, mad,mad, mad.
Popular Podcasts
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
I’m Jay Shetty host of On Purpose the worlds #1 Mental Health podcast and I’m so grateful you found us. I started this podcast 5 years ago to invite you into conversations and workshops that are designed to help make you happier, healthier and more healed. I believe that when you (yes you) feel seen, heard and understood you’re able to deal with relationship struggles, work challenges and life’s ups and downs with more ease and grace. I interview experts, celebrities, thought leaders and athletes so that we can grow our mindset, build better habits and uncover a side of them we’ve never seen before. New episodes every Monday and Friday. Your support means the world to me and I don’t take it for granted — click the follow button and leave a review to help us spread the love with On Purpose. I can’t wait for you to listen to your first or 500th episode!
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
The Joe Rogan Experience
The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.