EPISODE #72: Welcome back to the pod! This week we're discussing the VP Debate between JD Vance and TIm Walz. Vance shined in the spotlight, solidifying his spot at the top of the Republican Party. We saw a return to somewhat normalcy. The port workers threaten to go on strike. And we have our next round of Pirate Idol! A 80 year old man gets put i…

On today's episode of the Pride Podcast we have our postgame show for the Detroit Lions vs. Seattle Seahawks. We will breakdown the Lions victory all on episode 361 of the Pride Podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBlue Wire

On today's episode of the Pride Podcast we have our Lions and Seahawks game preview. We will breakdown the Seattle offense and defense and talk about ways the Lions can attack the Seahawks all on episode 360 of the Pride Podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBlue Wire

EPISODE #71: Welcome Back to the pod! The NYC clown show took center stage as Eric Adams was indicted. We had to bring on our producer and resident NYC defended, Matt, to talk trash about the city. Mark Zuckerberg's makeover continues. This week he detailed in the NYT on how he's done with politics. Sounds like Zuck may be a Pirate Wires reader soo…

On today's episode of the Pride Podcast we have our game preview with special guest former NFL TE Ed Smith with the Bleav in Cardinals Podcast to help us breakdown the Detroit Lions vs the Arizona Cardinals match up. All on episode 359 of the Pride Podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

EPISODE #70: This week, we experienced another assassination attempt of Donald Trump. After a day of reporting, the media quickly shifted to blaming Trump and obsessing over the cats in Ohio. Amazon announces that workers must return to the office next year, officially ending the Covid era of work from home. We also discuss the clownish demands fro…

This interview was recorded at the Foundation For American Innovation "Reboot" conference. Big thank you to FAI for allowing Mike to interview Garry and for providing us with the video. Please check them out! https://www.thefai.org/ Today, we have special interview with Garry Tan, the CEO of Y Combinator. In this conversation, we discuss Garry's re…

On today's episode of the Pride Podcast we have our LIVE postgame show where we breakdown our immediate thoughts of today's game. All on episode 358 of the Pride Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBlue Wire

EPISODE #69 (nice): This week, we gotta get into this crazy story out of Springfield, Ohio. A town of 60,000 has become overrun by 20,000 Haitian migrants. Things took a weird turn this past week when reports of migrants stealing pets and eating them started to pop up on Facebook. This led to an AI meme war, JD Vance tweeting about it, and Trump ye…

On today's episode of the Pride Podcast we have a special guest to help breakdown the Bucs match up with Bucs reporter and Writer for the Sports Illustrated, Bucs Gameday and Host of The Sick Podcast - Pirate Parlay we have Josh Allen. We will breakdown the Bucs offense and defense all on episode 357 of the Pride Podcast. Learn more about your ad c…

On today's episode of the Pride Podcast we have our final review for week 1. We will crown this week Oopsy Doopsy and Baller of the week. And we will breakdown the standouts for this weeks game. All on episode 356 of the Pride Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

EPISODE #68: Welcome back to the pod! This week we are joined by Eade Bengard. We get into Elon Musk battling the country of Brazil over the banning X and the media & Kamala’s mission to silence tech bros. We then get into the new phrase that entered the lexicon this week: Founder Mode. What the hell is Founder Mode? Are we in Founder Mode Now? Rig…

On today's episode of the Pride Podcast we have our Lions and Rams Game Preview. We will breakdown the Lions offense and defense and what gives the Lions the best chance to win against the Rams. All on episode 355 of the Pride Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

Palmer Luckey Interview: Arsenal-1, US Manufacturing, Tariffs Heretical Thoughts & The Election Today we have a special episode of the pod. The legendary Palmer Luckey returns to the pod! Palmer is the Founder of Anduril and the inventor of Oculus. In this conversation, Mike and Palmer discuss the astronauts stuck in space, government contracts, bu…

On today's episode of the Pride Podcast we have the Lions final 53 man roster episode. We will breakdown the guys who made the Lions roster and talk about the players who made the practice squad. All on episode 354 of the Pride Podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

EPISODE #67: This week, we’re joined by Brad Polumbo to discuss the news of the week. The Mark Zuckerberg story arc continues to be unpredictable as the BJJ fighting, gold chain wearing, Gen-Z haircut chad is now regretful for cooperating with the Biden/Harris administration during Covid. Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, was arrested in France…

EPISODE #66: Martin Shkreli is back on the pod to discuss Kamala’s economic policies. We break down all of the details and why they are terrible ideas. The DNC is wrapped up, and we react to the events of the week. The media came after Ben Horowitz and his wife because.. wait for it.. they support Trump. And finally.. the most anticipated event of …

EPISODE #65: This past week, we gathered around our iPhones like it was the 1920's to listen to Trump and Elon speak on Spaces. The media of course, had a meltdown over it. We then get into the insane policies of the EU that threatens to jail everyone for speech. CNN's Kaitlan Collins goes on Stephen Colbert's show, only to find the audience laughi…

On today's episode of the Pride Podcast we have our week 1 preseason post game episode. We will talk about some guys who stood out and some guys who had a poor performance. All on episode 353 of the Pride Podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBlue Wire

EPISODE #64: Welcome back to the pod! The Kamala vibe shift moves forward, despite the fact that she doesn't have a single policy issue on her website. Are Dems really happy? Or is it just cope to make sure orange man doesn't get elected. We are then joined by Ashley Rindsberg to discuss his piece for Pirate Wires "How the Regime Captured Wikipedia…

EPISODE #63: Welcome Back! Apologies for the delay this week, Mike Solana came down with a bad case of strep throat. But we’re still delivering the pod! Nic Carter is here to give us the latest update on Bitcoin & Crypto after Trump mentioned Operation Chokepoint 2.0 at the Bitcoin Conference. Crypto money is started to change the landscape of elec…

On today's episode of the Pride Podcast we have our Training Camp News episode and also we talk about the Taylor Decker Extension all on episode 352 of the Pride Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBlue Wire

EPISODE #62: Welcome back! Biden officially dropped out of the race this past week. Democrats decide to not do democracy this year and just replaced Biden with Kamala Harris. We get into the hot swap, Kamala’s image makeover, and what democracy actually means. Friend of the show, John Coogan, stops in to talk about the battle of the billionaires on…

On today's episode of the Pride Podcast we have our NFL rumors episode. We will talk about 3 free agents that are on the market and give our thoughts if the Lions should sign them and if we think the Lions will sign them. All on episode 351 of the Pride Podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

EPISODE #61: Welcome back to the pod. The world changed since we last saw you. We're catching up on all the Trump related news and reactions. Comfortably Smug is joining us again! Giving us a live report from the Republican National Convention. We also get into JD Vance selected as VP, Silicon Valley getting behind Trump, Elon Musk's $45M PAC For T…

EPISODE #60: We're back! Anything happen while we were gone? Oh.. only the entire Democratic party is in complete disarray. So we figured we'd bring in the man who predicted the Biden hot swap. Jason Calacanis joins the show! The All-In x PW crossover you've been waiting for. We also discuss the Project 2025 meltdown, AOC suing the Supreme Court, a…

EPISODE #59: The Mega Pod is here! We’re off next week for the 4th of July, so we figured we’d leave you with some extra content to carry through the break. First up, an instant reaction to the train wreck that was the Presidential debates. We had to wake up early on Friday morning and record a reaction for you guys. Solana & Producer Matt discuss …

On today's episode of the Pride Podcast we have our Mini Camp and OTA Review with Special Guest Mike Peyton. Join us as Mike breaks down what he saw during the mini camp all on episode 350 of the Pride Podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBlue Wire

EPISODE #58: Welcome back! This week, Pirate Wires found itself in the middle of some breaking news. We reported news about an official Trump crypto coin that Barron Trump was spearheading. The aftermath was chaotic.. and we're reacting to all of it. Next up, we discuss John Coogan’s piece in Pirate Wires this week on the right wing vibe shift in t…

EPISODE #57: Welcome Back To The Pod! Ashley St. Clair joins us this week for the first time. Packed show! First, we jump into Elon makes “likes” private on X. Will this be good for the platform, or just bring more chaos? IVF has become a talking point online as the right constantly looks for ways to blow their lead in the election. An anon account…

EPISODE #56: Welcome Back To The Pod! The election is coming into focus this week as the vibe shift in tech seems to favor Trump. This has been highlighted by David Sacks' Trump Fundraiser this week in SF. Meanwhile, Biden's aging continues to spotlighted. We dive into the Polymarkets and make predictions as to what may happen in the election. We t…

EPISODE #55: Welcome back to the pod! This week we get into controversy over flags. Specifically, the ones that Justice Alito hung from his house and how Dems are using this to force Alito to recuse himself from Jan 6th hearings. Vivek purchased 8% of Buzzfeed and offers a grand vision for the company. The problem? He doesn’t understand brand at al…

EPISODE #54: Welcome Back To The Pod! Another wildly random, spicy episode on deck for you that only Pirate Wires could deliver (please don't ban us YT!) We get into the controversy surrounding Scarlett Johansson and OpenAI. Scarlett is threatening legal action over claims that her voice was stolen for GPT4o. Does GPT actually sound like her? Next …

EPISODE #53: Welcome back to the pod! This week, John Coogan returns to chat about the week that was. First up, we’re all getting girlfriends! OpenAI announced GPT-4o. The most talked about feature, was the human-like AI that sounded like AI girlfriends are closer that we though. Next up, Biden & Trump have agreed to debates soon. Do debates even m…

On today's episode of the Pride Podcast we have an emergency pod to talk all about Jared Goff's new contract extension all on episode 349 of the Pride Podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBlue Wire

EPISODE #52: Welcome Back! This week, Pirate Wires is in the news after Mike Solana was able to get an exclusive interview with Jack Dorsey. We get the details on Jack's decision to leave Bluesky, his conversations with Elon Musk, and what's next for him. We also play some exclusive audio soundbites from the interview that you won't get anywhere el…

EPISODE #51: Time for the Pirate Wires Pod! We tried to avoid it, but this week the protests around college campuses took over the news. We dive into the craziness of students requesting humanitarian aid and the media circus. The bros made a stunning comeback protecting the flag at UNC. Congress overreacts and introduces a bill aimed to reduce anti…

On today's episode of the Pride Podcast we have the NFL Draft recap going through all the Detroit Lions picks and what we think the roles of the new players will be this upcoming season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBlue Wire

EPISODE #50: We made it to episode 50! This week, Liz Wolfe is joining us to discuss the week that was. We start off with the TikTok divestiture bill that was signed into law by President Biden, and was conveniently placed into a foreign aid package for Ukraine & Israel. Next up, Ivy League colleges shut down over yay-Hamas protests. Is all anti-se…

On today's episode of the Pride Podcast we have our 3 round mock draft. We will all go through each of the first 3 rounds and draft a player who we think best fits the Detroit Lions all on episode 347 of the Pride Podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBlue Wire

EPISODE #49: Welcome Back To The Pod! This week we're talking about NPR's new CEO hire, who can only be described as an NPC Leftist.The question though, why should our tax money go towards this organization? We then get into Solana's solution for dealing with protestors that are disrupting our daily lives on the bridges and at the airports. Next up…

EPISODE #48: Your favorite podcast is back. This week we start off with a story that could only happen on the internet. Investor and Founder of Y Combinator, Paul Graham, tweeted out that he was able to spot the use of ChatGPT in a pitch email over use of the word "delve". This might seem uneventful to most, but for the nation of Nigeria, it was wa…

EPISODE #47: The Pirate Wires crew is here for your weekly podcast! This week, we kick things off with FTC Chair, Lina Khan, appearing on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. From the standing ovation, to the blatant speak of dismantling tech companies, we analyze exactly what she said. We then get into the "Right To Disconnect" bill introduced in Cali…

On today's episode of the Pride Podcast we have our Early NFC North Offseason Review. We will all pick team in the NFC North and breakdown their offseason so far with moves, trades and early threats to the current NFC North Champions the Detroit Lions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

EPISODE #46: Back at it again! This week we have a discussion around "disinformation experts". What makes these people experts, (aside from Mike Solana of course) and why do they only blame misinformation on the right wing? We think you know why. Meta was in the news this past week. From Boomers getting fooled by AI images, to the decision to limit…

In today's episode, Mike Solana is joined by Jan Sramek & Devon Zuegel to discuss California Forever, a startup aimed at building an entirely new city in California. We get into why Jan has raising $900M for this project, the problems with current cities, doing the impossible, and the ferocious push back that he has received. Featuring Mike Solana,…

On today's episode of the Pride Podcast we have our Free Agency recap. We're going to breakdown the Lions moves all on episode 345 of the Pride Podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBlue Wire

EPISODE #44: Time to end the week! Welcome back to the pod! This week we hit you with some amazing white pill with advancements in Neuralink & Starship. We then discuss the moral inversion that that is sweeping the nation. Don Lemon & Kara Swisher’s unhinged interview about Elon & tech, a look back at the Rise and Fall of Clubhouse 4 years ago, and…

EPISODE #43: Welcome back to the pod! This week we break down the TikTok bill that was passed in the house. Will it pass in the Senate? We look into the people who voted no, the politicians who were paid off by Jeffrey Yass, and fractures in the right wing coalition. We then discuss River’s story on Florida’s ban on fake meat. Then, Don Lemon is ba…

On today's episode of the Pride Podcast we have our Free Agency episode. We will go around the table and name some guys we believe will fit Detroit and some guys Detroit could target during Free Agency all on episode 344 of the Pride Podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…