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Peasants Perspective: A Voice from the Edge of Freedom
Join Taylor Johnatakis, a self-proclaimed “peasant” turned podcaster, on an unfiltered journey through family, faith, and the fight for American ideals. From the depths of DC Jail—where he recorded during a 14-month sentence tied to January 6—to his triumphant return home after a Trump clemency in 2025, Taylor delivers raw, heartfelt commentary for the common man. Expect a mix of gritty storytelling, reflections on liberty lost and reclaimed, and timeless lessons drawn from his life as a septic designer, father, and reluctant rebel. Whether he’s reading Dr. Seuss to his kids or dissecting the state of the republic, Peasants Perspective is a bold, unpolished call to stay grounded amidst chaos. Subscribe for a front-row seat to a story that’s as real as it gets—no filter, no apologies.
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Send us a text Drawing wisdom from Thomas Paine's revolutionary text "Common Sense," this episode examines how the founding father's arguments for American independence powerfully mirror our current political predicament. Two hundred fifty years later, we find ourselves in a remarkably similar position – universally acknowledging government dysfunction while feeling trapped within the system. Across the political spectrum, Americans share a deep conviction that something fundamental has gone...
Send us a text Freedom is under siege, and Thomas Paine's centuries-old words offer a startling mirror to our modern predicament. The wisdom found in "Common Sense" transcends time, speaking directly to our contemporary struggles against the ever-expanding reach of government power. Where once Americans battled a distant king, we now find ourselves confronting enemies within our own institutions—agencies grown corrupt, elites sacrificing our blood and treasure for personal gain, and a ...
Send us a text What happens when we surrender our natural equality and self-governance to those who claim divine right to rule? Thomas Paine's revolutionary text "Common Sense" provides a searing critique of monarchy that resonates powerfully in today's world of modern elitism and concentrated power. The chapter begins with Paine's foundational premise that mankind was created equal, with this equality only destroyed by subsequent human arrangements. Male and female are nature's distinctions...
Send us a text Has the distinction between society and government become dangerously blurred? Thomas Paine's revolutionary insights from 1776 serve as a powerful lens through which we can examine our current political moment. The wisdom of Common Sense cuts through centuries of governmental evolution to expose fundamental truths about power, liberty, and the proper boundaries between community and state. Paine's crucial observation that "Society is produced by our wants and government by our...
Send us a text Ever wonder why we accept systems of governance without question—until they directly harm us? This fascinating exploration of Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" reveals how this revolutionary 1776 pamphlet contains wisdom critical for today's America. The true spirit of 1776 wasn't merely about violent rebellion but about applying simple reasoning to question established authority. When Paine published his pamphlet on January 10, 1776, he created one of history's most widely circul...
Send us a text Start with a hard moment: Christmas Eve in prison feels like any other day. From there, we pull on threads that keep unspooling—why CPS too often beats context, why business and engineering correct bad ideas while certain departments drift, and how a missing civics education leaves voters fluent in vibes and illiterate in structure. The point isn’t to score culture points; it’s to reconnect cause and effect so policy stops breaking people. We weigh the data and the lived reali...
Send us a text A booming GDP headline, a hot price index, and a sober question: who gets to define reality when institutions write the score and audit themselves afterward? We start with the data, then chase the incentives that shape what we’re told to believe—robots walking into restaurants to do dishes, SNAP dollars flowing through corporate balance sheets, and career bureaucrats leveraging process to overrule elected decisions. It’s less conspiracy than calculus: pay structures and pervers...
Send us a text A quiet Christmas ritual can tell you a lot about power. We start with a familiar holiday service and follow the thread into a week where conservative leaders spar onstage, media plays referee, and policy choices carry real costs for families trying to live, work, and raise kids. The question that keeps surfacing: when does repetition anchor us, and when does it turn into control? We break down the TPUSA dustups, why gatekeeping weakens coalitions, and Tulsi Gabbard’s sharp wa...
Send us a text Sirens, permits, and patience—that’s how we kick off a fast-moving hour where disaster recovery meets red tape and we ask whether safety rules protect people or block them from mending their lives. From there, we step into a tougher question: when surveillance tools go dark in the name of privacy, do we accept more risk after shootings, or can cities set smarter, audited rules that balance liberty and safety? The energy conversation heats up with bold fusion claims—private fun...
Send us a text Flooded streets, overwhelmed culverts, and aerial footage of whole valleys under water set the tone for a bracing tour through how systems fail when the baseline is already soaked. We walk through Washington’s flooding in detail—what storm ponds at capacity really mean for neighborhoods, why state and national coverage diverge, and how the true costs show up weeks later in insurance, work, and school disruptions. From there, we zoom into a signature-table confrontation that tu...
Send us a text A Pacific storm can wash out more than roads. We open with relentless flooding across the Northwest—levees failing, highways buried, and landslides on deck—and ask the bigger question: what happens when physical infrastructure and civic trust erode at the same time? From saturated soil to saturated institutions, the pressure is real and rising. We dig into polling that shows a sharp generational break: under-40 voters have little patience for performative politics and want act...
Send us a text A windstorm knocks out power, highways vanish under floodwater, and looters paddle through neighborhoods in kayaks—then the news cycle pivots to a single incendiary post. We open with the chaos at home and ask a harder question: are we so fixated on words that we miss the deeds reshaping the country? We dig into Trump’s $10B lawsuit against the BBC and the power of edited narratives, especially when those clips become the scaffolding for impeachment and lawfare. From there, we...
Send us a text A flooded highway, a shaky bridge, and a mislabeled suspect—this week’s headlines weren’t just dramatic, they were revealing. We connect the dots between washed‑out infrastructure in the Pacific Northwest, a terror attack abroad, and a campus shooting that spiraled into a wrongful “person of interest,” and we ask the question that frames the hour: who actually runs the show, and how do their choices land on regular people? We unpack the “club, not conspiracy” dynamic—shared sc...
Send us a text What if the real story isn’t left vs. right, but whether laws mean what they say and whether institutions still serve the people who fund them? We start with a jarring image from Ukraine’s front lines—trees webbed in fiber-optic tether from drones—then follow that thread through American courtrooms, city streets, and the markets that price your fuel, food, and future. The pattern repeats: when leaders favor narratives over enforcement, ordinary people pay the bill. We unpack T...
Send us a text A storm outside sets the mood for a bigger tempest: who actually makes the decisions that shape our lives? We start with wonder—a comet spitting colossal jets—then move straight into the machinery of influence, from a small set of global stakeholders to prosecutors who admit they’re venue shopping. The throughline is uncomfortable but clear: when laws are flexible for the powerful and rigid for everyone else, trust collapses and the system begins to look like theater. We unpac...
Send us a text The week felt engineered to rattle you: soaring costs that don’t match the talking points, a migration wave that local systems can’t absorb, and a parade of headlines that blur the line between policy and theater. We pull those threads tight. First, we start with purpose—yes, even Elon Musk went there—because a country that believes in meaning has a way of resisting drift. From there, we lay out the bread-and-butter stakes: no tax on tips and overtime matters when inflation eat...
Send us a text A five-year manhunt ends with a suspect who loves My Little Pony and DoorDash—and a prosecution team tied to heavy-handed confessions. We dig into timelines, gait comparisons, and evidence gaps that make the “lone bomber” narrative wobble, then follow the thread to the gatekeepers who shape outcomes: the DOJ, Inspectors General, and the media figures who blessed a tidy story with few answers. If the public is asked to trust the process, the process has to earn it. From there, ...
Send us a text What happens when the people paid to guard the gate start picking the lock? We dig into a string of stories that reveal how institutions can fail in plain sight: a DEA official charged in a narco-money scheme, a Minnesota fraud scandal ballooning from millions to billions, and a J6 pipe bomb case reigniting old questions about prosecutors, process, and credibility. We connect these dots to the everyday toll—rising prices, higher taxes, and a sense that those who play by the rul...
Send us a text Start with the strongest claim: if the facts are airtight, the timeline should be too. We take you inside a charged breakdown of the newly announced arrest tied to the January 6 pipe bomb case and sort what’s known from what’s assumed. From early media framing to neighbor accounts and OSINT breadcrumbs, we wrestle with receipts that seem suggestive but not conclusive, the absence of verified planting footage, and the oddities surrounding timers that supposedly remained “viable”...
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