Knocked Conscious with Mark Puls

No filters. No script. No sacred cows.

Mark sits down with Kristan T. Harris of The Rundown Live for a conversation that kicks the hive and laughs while it buzzes. Media narratives, inconvenient questions, internet rabbit holes, and the stories polite society pretends not to hear — it’s all on the table.

Expect sharp takes, dark humor, and the kind of back-and-forth that makes you say, “They really just went there.” This isn’t safe...

Pour a glass, brace your worldview, and maybe hide your foreign policy takes under the table — because this episode of If By Whiskey gets a masterclass in history, war, and why everything is way more complicated than your favorite talking head told you.

Jake and Mark welcome the legendary Scott Horton — host, researcher, war-history deep diver, and walking encyclopedia of U.S. foreign policy — for a conversation that swings from se...

Jake and Mark welcome Free (@SmarterGameShow on X) — the man brave enough to ask America’s elected officials the most dangerous question of all: basic knowledge.

As the host of “Are You Smarter Than A Politician?”, Free spends his days discovering just how low the bar can go… and then filming it. This episode is a free-flowing, whiskey-fueled romp through political absurdity, civic faceplants, unexpected moments of competence, and ...

This week on If By Whiskey, Jake and Mark pour a stiff one and welcome Dr. Miachel Rectenwald (@RecTheRegime on X)—author, philosopher, and professional buzzkill of establishment narratives. From woke academia to regime-approved “truth,” nothing escapes unscathed as Doc Rectenwald dissects modern insanity with scalpel-sharp logic and zero patience for nonsense. Expect big ideas, dangerous questions, a few raised eyebrows, and at le...

What happens when two Marks get knocked conscious at the same time? 🧠💥 You get a conversation that refuses to stay inside the box—white pill or otherwise. On this episode of Knocked Conscious, Mark welcomes Mark Maresca (@markmaresca3 on X), host of The White Pillbox Podcast, for a wide-ranging, mind-bending dive into the ideas, narratives, and uncomfortable truths shaping the modern moment. Expect big questions, skeptical laughs...

Jake and Mark crack the bottle and welcome Natali & Clayton Morris of Redacted News (@RedactedNews on X) for an episode that treats the mainstream narrative like a piñata—and swings hard.

From media sleight-of-hand and government “trust us” moments to war hype, economic panic, and the stories that mysteriously never make the evening news, nothing survives without getting side-eyed. Natali and Clayton bring the receipts, the sca...

In this episode of Knocked Conscious, Mark sits down with Sterling Cooley (@SterlingCooley), Rob Yates (@ProsperCLT2023), and Brent Freeman (@bgetsbetter) for a conversation that doesn’t just discuss consciousness—it interrogates it.

Together, they explore the edges of awareness, identity, perception, and meaning. Is consciousness emergent… or fundamental? Are we observing reality, or participating in its creation? Where do science...

Jake and Mark pour a stiff one and welcome Teri Batts (@battst76 on X) for a conversation that zigzags between sharp takes, hard laughs, and the kind of honest banter that only happens when the whiskey’s doing some of the talking. 🥃

Expect zero talking points, questionable conclusions, and plenty of “wait… how did we get here?” moments as Teri keeps the guys on their toes with wit, perspective, and just enough chaos to make it int...

On this episode of Knocked Conscious, Mark welcomes Tyler Todt and Brent Freeman for a wide-open, no-guardrails conversation that refuses to stay in one lane. From culture and politics to personal evolutions, hard questions, and the uncomfortable space between certainty and curiosity, nothing is off the table—and nothing is overly rehearsed.

No hot takes for the sake of hot takes. No pre-approved narratives. Just three minds collid...

Jake and Mark welcome Toad (@LearnToToad), and from there the rails are immediately located… just so they can be ignored. 🥃🐸

This episode is three guys asking “what if?” until it turns into “oh no,” followed by laughter, heresy, culture war drive-bys, media nonsense, incentive rot, and the kind of opinions that get you shadowbanned mid-sentence. Nothing is sacred, everything is mocked, and common sense shows up drunk but somehow ...

Mark pulls no punches on this episode of Knocked Conscious, welcoming Tiffany Grandstaff—content strategist, copywriting assassin, and trauma-informed storyteller who’s allergic to fluff and professionally committed to making noise.

Tiffany's Substack: https://substack.com/@tgrandstaff?

Tiffany has spent years helping entrepreneurs, startups, and established brands stop whispering “authenticity” and start saying something that actu...

Jake (@WhiskySmiles) flies solo, opens the gates and lets the internet misbehave, welcoming Brent Freeman (@bgetsbetter) and Rob Yates (@ProsperCLT2023) (yes, alphabetized like a hostage list). What follows is a high-proof, low-filter conversation that ricochets through politics, culture, power, liberty, and whatever sacred cows wander into range.

Expect blunt takes, sarcastic laughs, uncomfortable truths, and at least one moment w...

Jake & Mark invite filmmaker and professional troublemaker Jason Rink to the show—because apparently they hadn’t gotten themselves in enough algorithmic hot water this month. What follows is a conversational bar fight: jokes flying, truth bombs detonating, and at least three topics that would make a PR rep faint straight into their decaf latte.

Jason shows up with stories you’re legally discouraged from repeating, Jake keeps po...

In this episode of If By Whiskey, Mark welcomes Dan McKnight, founder of Defend the Guard and Bring Our Troops Home, for a sober and urgent conversation about the expanding use of America’s National Guard far beyond U.S. borders.

Together, they examine the constitutional questions surrounding the deployment of National Guard units overseas—who has the authority, where that authority ends, and what it means when guardsmen are placed...

On this episode of If By Whiskey, Jake and Mark welcome the sharp, unfiltered mind behind The White Pillbox, Mark Maresca. What starts as a conversation quickly becomes a full-on deep-dive into the stories, scandals, and psychological warfare shaping modern America. From media sleights-of-hand to the cultural narratives warping our perception of truth, the trio break it all down...

Mark welcomes back his OG partner-in-crime, Woodsey — but don’t let the reunion fool you. This time, the boys are diving into the not-so-fun corner of the internet: the exploding world of online gambling and predictive markets.

From apps that let you bet on everything short of your neighbor’s breakfast choice to the “oops… gue...

Jake and Mark roll out the welcome mat (and pour a strong drink) for T.G. Pierce, author of the provocative new book Dethrone Davos.

What happens when two whiskey-fueled hosts sit down with someone who thinks the future shouldn’t be run by a tiny club of unelected global power-players? A lively, curious, occasionally spicy conversation about elite influence, global governance, and what it means to push back against the status quo.

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Mark’s cracking open his laptop — and for once, it’s not to dig into history. Nope. He’s back with his original co-host Woodsey to dive deep into the weird, the wacky, and the downright hilarious world of popular web searches.

We start typing — slowly, expectantly — and watch in real time as autofill predictions unfold. What random, ridiculous, or unexpectedly profound queries is the internet full of? From odd pet questions to exis...