Stay in the Fray Podcast

For twenty years, Lisa Ekman worked deep inside the Democratic system on Capitol Hill. She witnessed the messaging, the pressure, the internal shifts, and the quiet expectations that shaped everything behind the scenes. And eventually, she walked away from all of it.

In this conversation, Lisa breaks down what changed on the inside, the moment she could no longer stay silent, and why the culture around the party became so rigid and ...

The BBC was caught slicing up Donald Trump’s January 6th remarks and airing a version that changed the meaning entirely. This wasn’t sloppy editing. This was a crafted rewrite meant to tilt an election.

In this episode, Ryan breaks down exactly how the edit worked, why the timing exposes intent, and how a taxpayer-funded network pushed a misleading narrative to millions. He also digs into the left’s obsession with January 6th, the s...

Barack Obama, Jolanda Jones, Sydney Sweeney, and Stephen King step into the spotlight today for a fresh breakdown of hypocrisy, false narratives, and fear-based messaging. In this episode, Ryan tears apart the identity-politics routine, the throat-slitting rhetoric, the outrage over a jeans ad, and the viral misinformation posted without a second thought.

This episode focuses on why people still align with contradiction, reactionary...

America’s stuck in a loop — outrage, promises, amnesia, repeat.
In this episode, Ryan breaks down the 36-day government shutdown, the Left’s immigration flip-flops, and why voters keep falling for the same political performance every few years.

We cover:
• The longest shutdown in U.S. history — and who’s really holding it hostage
• Hillary, Obama & Schumer’s old border-security speeches vs their modern “open-arms” act

Desperation makes people say insane things — and this week proves it.

From AOC screaming revisionist history about who “built” New York City, to Billie Eilish lecturing billionaires while charging $120 a ticket, to Brandon Johnson spinning bedtime horror stories about “black babies in vans,” Kamala Harris pitching the vote to sixteen-year-olds, and Zohran Mamdani pushing to abolish private property — the circus is back in town.

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Congrats, humanity — we’ve officially lost a cognitive race to a goldfish.

In this brutally honest episode, Ryan breaks down how our attention span tanked from 12 seconds in 2000 to 8.25 seconds in 2025 — and how tech giants like Meta, ByteDance, and Google are cashing in by renting out your brain.

He dives into the science of dopamine addiction, the rise of short-form chaos, and why our obsession with instant gratification is shapin...

New York’s socialist hopeful wants to drain over half your paycheck. The media’s losing its mind over a privately funded ballroom. And The View? They’ve turned self-pity into a national sport.

Ryan unpacks the week’s loudest nonsense — exposing how politics has become performance and how outrage keeps the left alive.

🔥 Inside this episode:
• Zohran Mamdani’s 52 % tax fantasy
• The View’s meltdown over a ballroom Trump isn’t ev...

The “No Kings” crowd hit the streets chanting against a monarchy that doesn’t exist.
Ryan breaks down the absurdity — fake outrage, paid protests, violent signs, and a media fog so thick even AI got lost in it.

From viral clips to meme wars, this episode exposes how the outrage industry feeds itself.
🔥 Smart, blunt, and brutally funny.

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Politicians dodging questions. Talk-show hosts rewriting history. Journalists spreading fear.
Ryan pulls zero punches in this Stay in the Fray Podcast episode — exposing how modern liberal “leaders” react when the truth corners them. From Katie Porter’s meltdown to Joy Behar’s WWII hysteria and Don Lemon’s reckless gun talk, it’s hypocrisy caught in 4K.

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Trump just ended a war — and the media can’t say thank you.
The Gaza ceasefire is real, the 20-point plan is signed, and the same people who screamed “Free Gaza!” are now oddly quiet.
In this episode, Ryan breaks down the real terms of the deal, the wild “Trump Resorts Gaza” rumor, and why peace makes the loudest people go silent.

🔥 What’s Inside:

• Trump’s behind-the-scenes pressure tactics

• The truth about that 20-point plan

• ...

From Jane Fonda calling America an “autocracy,” to Gavin Newsom bragging about California’s “#1” education system, to The View crying about military fitness, and Emma Watson calling marriage “violent” — Ryan exposes how modern activists twist language to sell lies.

The Left has officially run out of logic — so now they’re rewriting the dictionary.

🔥 What’s Inside:

• Hanoi Jane’s freedom-fighter cosplay

• The View’s meltdown over fitne...

Cancel culture ruled the internet for a decade — destroying careers, censoring jokes, and rewarding outrage over logic. But the mob’s finally out of breath, and the same people who built it are crying “victim.”

In this episode, Ryan breaks down how the outrage machine collapsed, why the Left can’t handle consequence culture, and what it means for free speech and comedy going forward.

🔥 You’ll hear:
– The hypocrisy of Hollywood an...

Politicians, celebrities, and “activists” just can’t stop lying about Trump and MAGA — and this time, the delusion is louder than ever.

From Jasmine Crockett’s MAGA blame game to Karen Bass accusing Trump of wanting to “shoot people,” Rosie O’Donnell’s Ireland meltdown, Ariana Grande’s Instagram virtue check-in, and Greta Thunberg’s prison bed complaints — Ryan breaks down the dangerous, desperate, and downright hilarious nonsense f...

Abortion didn’t end when Roe v. Wade was overturned—it just got complicated. Trump didn’t “ban abortion,” he pushed it back to the states, and what followed is a patchwork of chaos.

*The views expressed in this episode are personal opinions intended for discussion and educational purposes.In this episode of Stay in the Fray Podcast, Ryan breaks down the messy aftermath: which states banned abortion outright, which ones created six-w...

What happens when the Democrats’ “top choices” are put under a spotlight? You get Jasmine Crockett, Kamala Harris, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Gavin Newsom, and Beto O’Rourke — a clown car of hypocrisy, hate, and chaos. In this episode of Stay in the Fray, Ryan tears apart the rhetoric, the lies, and the dangerous narratives the modern left keeps doubling down on.

🔥 Here’s what’s inside:

• Jasmine Crockett’s trash talk, mental gymna...

America 2025 — crime trends, inflation updates, and healthcare costs under President Trump: are Americans safer and better off?Ryan cuts through the headlines and reads the receipts: eight months after the 2024 handoff, what’s actually changed for Americans? This episode breaks the numbers down — crime trends, CPI and grocery pain, medical inflation, job and manufacturing signals, and the media narrative that won’t admit progress.

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Politicians. Celebrities. Media hacks. They really said that… and I’m here to shred it.

This week:

• Jasmine Crockett serves up stupidity on demand.

• Gavin Newsom cries over ICE and MAGA hats while California burns.

• Jimmy Kimmel finally gets canned, and the media cries “censorship.”

• Ilhan Omar spits on Charlie Kirk’s legacy with the ugliest smear yet.

• Robert De Niro proves he’s still obsessed with Trump — and nothing else.

The hypoc...

Charlie Kirk has been assassinated — and the reactions exposed a moral crisis. From YouTubers like Destiny mocking his grieving widow, to teachers openly celebrating his death, to late-night hosts spinning false narratives — the fallout reveals a chilling hypocrisy about free speech, censorship, and political violence.

This episode breaks it all down:

• What free speech really means vs. what it does not protect.

• How “dangerous rheto...

A young refugee’s life was cut short on a Charlotte train — and the story barely made a ripple until the video leaked online. In this episode, Ryan breaks down the case of Iryna Zarutska, the 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who came to America for safety and was murdered on public transit in Charlotte, North Carolina.

We dig into what happened on that train, the failures of the justice system that left a career criminal free after 14 ...