Signal Fire

What happens when a free society loses its grip on shared truth? The old system is breaking. Legacy media is struggling. Social platforms are the main source of news for millions—but they're designed for engagement, not accuracy. On Signal Fire, hosts Jon Zieger, who helped lead some of America’s most successful technology companies, and Lisa Senecal, a media strategist, narrative expert, and pro-democracy platform founding editor, explore how our information systems are breaking—and what can rebuild them. Each week brings honest talk with journalists, creators, and technologists working toward real solutions. Truth matters. Let’s find our way back.

Signal Fire is a society podcast hosted by Jon Zieger & Lisa Senecal, with 47 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Jon Zieger & Lisa Senecal hosts Signal Fire, a society show with 47 episodes published.

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  Trump Launched His Own State TV Channel and Only 8000 People Out of 174 Million Watched It

  Sep 30, 202644 min

  Trump launched his own state TV channel this week and only 8000 people out of 174 million eligible voters watched it. He is also banning journalists from the White House. The Greenland deal Trump is calling a victory is a corruption vehicle for donors who bought up Greenland mineral rights years ago. And Trump gave Xi the highest level state visit while using China as the justification for taking Greenland. Jon and Lisa break down the failure of Trump state TV, why the Greenland mineral rights deal is really about donor corruption, and what Trump welcoming Xi reveals about his foreign policy contradictions. Articles from this weeks episode: https://newdle.com/collections/signal-fire-9-24 ️Signal Fire- Hosted by Jon Zieger and Lisa Senecal New Episodes Every Wednesday Powered by Newdle Where to Listen: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4fe7gv6... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Stay Connected: Web: https://www.newdle.com Xitter: https://x.com/newdlenews Substack: https://substack.com/ ⁨@newdlenews⁩

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  The Iran War Just Got Bigger, Gas Is Hitting $9, and Trump Is Holding Loyalty Oath Ceremonies

  Sep 23, 202637 min

  The Iran war has entered a new phase and it is hitting your wallet. Seven months in the conflict has expanded into a wider regional war with no exit strategy. The Saudi pipeline outage took 7 million barrels of oil off the market and sent oil prices spiking. Iran oil control is now a defining factor in global energy markets. Gas is now hitting $4.31 nationally and as high as $9 a gallon for diesel in some states. This is what the Iran war means for US foreign policy and for your wallet. At a rally in Texas Trump held a personal loyalty oath ceremony where the crowd raised their right hands and pledged loyalty to him. Jon and Lisa break down the Saudi pipeline outage, the oil price crisis hitting American consumers, and why the Trump loyalty oath is more alarming than most people realize.

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  25 Years After 9/11 America Has Never Honestly Reckoned With the Damage It Did to Itself

  Sep 9, 202650 min

  25 years after 9/11 America is still living with the damage it did to itself in response. Two decades of war, a surveillance state, and Afghan interpreters who risked their lives for America now being sent back to the Taliban to die. North Korea is pursuing a nuclear armed navy and Trump is calling Kim Jong Un a friend. Jon and Lisa ask what America learned from 9/11 and what blunders we are cooking up for ourselves right now.

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  The $18 Billion Meta Fine Is Less Than 10% of Their Annual Revenue and They Know It

  Sep 2, 202652 min

  Meta was fined $18 billion for knowingly addicting children to social media. That fine represents less than 10% of their annual revenue and the same week the judgment came in Zuckerberg bought a castle. A new drug doubles pancreatic cancer survival with minimal side effects but costs $40,000 a month while the rest of the world pays a fraction because of drug pricing corruption. Jon and Lisa break down why the Meta settlement is the price of doing business not accountability, how drug pricing corruption is keeping life saving medicine out of reach, and why corporate accountability in America is broken. New Episodes Every Wednesday Powered by Newdle Articles from this weeks episode: https://newdle.com/collections/signal-fire-sept-3 Stay Connected: Web: https://www.newdle.com Xitter: https://x.com/newdlenews Substack: https://substack.com/ ⁨@newdlenews⁩

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  A Navy SEAL Who Went to Harvard Says Personal Loyalty to Trump Is Not Masculinity

  Aug 25, 202647 min

  Dr. Dan Barkhuff is a Naval Academy graduate, Navy SEAL, and Harvard Medical School physician who says MAGA is selling young men personal loyalty to Trump as a substitute for real masculine values like honesty, duty and courage. Trump and Hegseth are purging military officers who are not politically aligned with MAGA and capping promotions based on politics instead of merit. And 29 states are suing Meta for $1.4 trillion for knowingly addicting children to social media. Jon and Lisa sit down with Dan to break down what real masculinity looks like, why politicizing the military is dangerous, and what the Meta trial means for the future of social media and child safety. Articles from this weeks episode: https://newdle.com/collections/signal-fire-8_26 Stay Connected: Web: https://www.newdle.com Xitter: https://x.com/newdlenews Substack: https://substack.com/ ⁨@newdlenews⁩

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