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I'll talk about everything from politics to entertainment and philosophy. I'm also a part-time entertainment writer and working-class from the UP of Michigan, so that might come up occasionally. Oh, and I make weird experimental music and sometimes host a college radio show.
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Signup to Generate a PitchI'll talk about everything from politics to entertainment and philosophy. I'm also a part-time entertainment writer and working-class from the UP of Michigan, so that might come up occasionally. Oh, and I make weird experimental music and sometimes host a college radio show.
Critical Wade Theory is hosted by Wade Wainio. The show has published 938 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "CWT822: Guest Lawrence Q. Markx on Republican PR Mastery, Balancing Respect & Skepticism, Police + More" (27 October 2026, 45 minutes), "CWT821: Russell Brand’s Right-Wing Pivot Exposed MAGA as a Sinister, Cynical Sham" (24 October 2026, 33 minutes), and "CWT820: Adam Freeland's Overlooked Influence in Electronic Music" (22 October 2026, 11 minutes).
Critical Wade Theory publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 21 minutes across 938 episodes.
Booking probability for Critical Wade Theory is 40%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Critical Wade Theory requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Critical Wade Theory's contact route on record: verified email.
Wade Wainio hosts Critical Wade Theory, a news podcast with 938 episodes published.
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I talk to Lawrence Q. Markx about a variety of topics. There are a few moments of disagreement, and a few points where I should have hit upon better/different points...but those would've, should've, could've moments are...
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Russell Brand's right-wing pivot represents (and coincides with) a lot, actually.
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Who is Asam Freeland and why is he an important figure in electronic music?
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Fetid Fever Dream Flashbacks of the Week: Rick Santorum's slimy essence still remains.
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Another one bites the dust! But what did Katie Zacharia represent about MAGA during her (hopefully) brief time in the national spotlight?
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A look at J. Blakeson and why some people respect his stuff. This is unedited, so you get to hear me mess up!
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Today I'm talking about one of the strangest cult movies ever made—a film that asks a question nobody else thought to ask: What if your boyfriend died, or was perhaps going to die... and a mad scientist put his brain...
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Replying to a comment on one of my podcast episodes titled " The Myth of the Anti-Tax Republican." Someone said: "Dude, you don't really exude the aura of any financial or economic literacy." Is that a "savage burn" or...
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Will AI eliminate jobs? And if it does, how will people make money? Also, will AI destroy us all?
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Produced by Sypher Studios, Behind the Lines will be released by Matter Collective on Amazon, Apple TV, and YouTube on October 22. Narrated by four-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening, the documentary features an...
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Transhumanism promises one of humanity's oldest dreams: escaping the limits of the body and perhaps even death itself. But if technology could preserve your memories, your personality, or even your mind, would it really...
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My thoughts on the botched execution of Christa Pike.
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Today we're taking a look at a movie that had one of the biggest reputation turnarounds of the 1990s: BAP*S, the 1997 comedy directed by Robert Townsend and starring Halle Berry and Natalie Desselle-Reid.
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I bungle through this review / overview of Tom Petty's debut album, thanks partly to my allergies, or my cold, or whatever the hell this thing is. Gah!
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I talk with Les Leopold. As his bio says, he is "the co-founder and executive director of the Labor Institute. He is a graduate of Oberlin College and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at...
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Today, we’re going back to 1979, when Adam and the Ants released a debut album that sounded nothing like the tribal pop bombast they’d become famous for. This is the story of "Dirk Wears White Sox"
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Today we're talking about one of the most infamous films in Bollywood history — a movie so spectacularly unsuccessful that it's become the gold standard for discussing cinematic disasters. It's "Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag."
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When people think about Motown's golden age, a handful of legendary names immediately come to mind. The Supremes. Martha and the Vandellas. The Temptations. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. But Motown's success wasn't...
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A wild and disturbing episode exploring the Trumps, Epstein, and clear evidence that Robin Leach indeed had sex parties (information somewhat pertinent to an allegation in the Epstein files). Citations: Relationship of...
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Trump makes the US look really bad (again) at the UN.
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