NATE CAST: The Nate McMurray Show Podcast
NATE CAST: AI DEMONS, JACK SMITH & THE GREAT ECONOMIC FIASCO
NATE CAST — WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2026Today we get into AI—and the enormous data centers being built to power it. AI isn’t magic floating around in the cloud. It requires massive physical infrastructure, staggering amounts of capital, and enormous amounts of electricity—which can put pressure on energy costs. And for what? To summon the demon that eventually destroys humanity? We should probably talk about that.Then: the Jack Smith Senate hearing. Republicans came prepared for a confrontation over Smith’s investigations of Donald Trump. One of the strangest moments came when Sen. Eric Schmitt tried to confront Smith about supposedly attending an Atlanta Hawks game—only for the evidence to concern an Iowa Hawkeyes game featuring Caitlin Clark. You really have to see this one.And finally: the economy and the increasingly bizarre contradictions of Trump economics. We talk tariffs, government intervention in private companies, and the contradiction between attacking supposed “communists” at home while speaking warmly about authoritarian communist leaders abroad—including North Korea’s Kim Jong-un.AI. Data centers. Jack Smith. Tariffs. Kim Jong-un.The whole thing is getting harder to explain by the day.It’s a lot. Let’s get into it.
