Wake Up America with Austin Petersen delivers a fast, fearless daily breakdown of politics, culture, economics, and the biggest stories shaping the country. Hear sharp commentary, real data, and interviews with lawmakers, journalists, experts, and rising voices—new episodes Monday through Friday.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWake Up America with Austin Petersen delivers a fast, fearless daily breakdown of politics, culture, economics, and the biggest stories shaping the country. Hear sharp commentary, real data, and interviews with lawmakers, journalists, experts, and rising voices, new episodes Monday through Friday.
Recent episodes include "Is Horror a Sin? Matt Walsh vs. Allie Beth Stuckey" (22 October 2026, 45 minutes), "They Fled Trump’s America. Now They Want Back." (21 October 2026, 46 minutes), and "Slotkin’s Warning to Trump’s Next Hires" (20 October 2026, 47 minutes).
The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 54 minutes across 100 episodes.
Booking probability for The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen is 42%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen's contact route on record: verified email.
The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen is a news podcast with 100 episodes published.
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The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen
Is horror a sin, or can scary stories reveal Christian truths? Austin Petersen examines Allie Beth Stuckey and Matt Walsh's disagreement over horror movies, with The Exorcist, C.S. Lewis, Chesterton and zombie fiction...
The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen
They left America expecting a better life abroad. Why are some now eager to return? Austin Petersen examines reported expat regrets over healthcare costs, work, bureaucracy and everyday life in London and Berlin—and the...
The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen
Elissa Slotkin wants a deterrence message sent to people considering work for President Trump. Austin Petersen examines her warning, her defense that officials must follow the law, and Trump's response—and asks where...
The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen
France's unrest puts Emmanuel Macron's response and Marine Le Pen's assimilation argument under the spotlight. Austin Petersen challenges Macron's explanation and asks what the conflict means for borders, national...
The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen
Do grandparents owe their children free babysitting—or is family help a gift, not a debt? Austin and Stephanie Petersen debate childcare, retirement and the difference between gratitude and entitlement, with a call to...
The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen
What does the investigation of Ilhan Omar mean—and what would the government have to prove? Austin Petersen and Article III Project attorney Will Chamberlain discuss the reported search, citizenship allegations...
The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen
Shane Gillis's SNL monologue turned gym shorts, cameras and the male gaze into a national argument. Austin Petersen breaks down the backlash from Dan Levy, Martha Plimpton and Jessica Valenti, then asks where gym...
The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen
Bill Gates says his children will receive less than 1% of his fortune. Austin asks whether sharply limiting an inheritance builds independence—or turns parental responsibility into a public performance. Camellia...
The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen
Kamala Harris has not announced a 2028 campaign, but Gavin Newsom already says he would not run if she does. Austin examines how Harris's shadow campaign is freezing the Democratic field while rivals use the midterms to...
The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen
Abdul El-Sayed predicts a double-digit win over Mike Rogers, but Michigan's Senate race remains dead even. Austin and Stephanie examine the October 7 fault line, AIPAC spending, campaign responsiveness, economic...
The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen
Can Republicans hold the Senate through the final two years of President Trump's term? Austin maps the decisive races, runoff risk and ranked-choice uncertainty. He also examines Kelly Carnes' claim that a Baltimore...
The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen
Can the state execute anyone humanely? Austin examines President Trump's approval of a firing squad for Fort Hood murderer Nidal Malik Hasan, Christa Pike's failed lethal injection and what execution-method failure...
The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen
Should young workers pay higher taxes to protect today's Social Security checks? Austin follows the money from the 2032 trust-fund deadline to the housing squeeze facing first-time buyers. Camellia Peterson joins to...
The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen
Who gets to write the rules when the first permanent lunar settlement is built? Austin follows the treaties, resource claims and nuclear-reactor race behind his argument that Americans are the Moon's indigenous people...
The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen
When a preschool favorite enters the Israel and Gaza debate, how should parents weigh politics against the trust they place in children's programming? Austin and Stephanie Petersen examine the backlash surrounding Ms...
The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen
After a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy case, her defense asks a startling new question: where is the evidence that she committed the killings? Austin Petersen examines the new argument, Massachusetts'...
The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen
Candace Owens faces a federal defamation lawsuit after a private Utah man says her Charlie Kirk coverage sent millions of viewers toward him and upended his life. Austin Petersen examines what separates skepticism from...
The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen
Sarah Huckabee Sanders' welfare-to-work ad turns Brad the gamer into a political flashpoint—and starts a fight over who Republicans blame for dependency. Austin Petersen examines Arkansas' ARHOME rules and the ad's...
The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen
Who counts as American—and should parts of the right punish Vivek Ramaswamy in Ohio? Austin Petersen traces the H-1B blowup, Vivek's DOGE exit and the identity fight surrounding his campaign. Kathy Barnette joins to...
The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen
Is bringing iced coffee to a job interview harmless self-expression—or a warning about judgment? Austin Petersen and Allie Voss take on etiquette, ableism, classism, social conventions and whether Gen Z knows which...
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former New Jersey Superior Court Judge, Judging Freedom
Co-chair, Congressional Cannabis Caucus, Out Front Minnesota
EVP and Chief Communications and Networking Officer, Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler
vice president and editor-in-chief, Intercollegiate Studies Institute
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