Pirate Wires

Welcome back to the pod! Sanjana Friedman joins us this week. The midterms brought the biggest Republican collapse in decades. Now that the Democrats have flipped the house blue, what does this mean for the country and the tech industry? We break down how the war and gas prices broke MAGA, Prop 40 getting voted down in California, and the politicians & podcasters who still want blood. As always, we end on a high note with our white pill. The newest Pangram update may save the internet from fake AI videos.-Thank you to our PRESENTING sponsor Monaco! https://www.monaco.com/-Get $500 off your Eight Sleep pod: https://www.eightsleep.com/piratewirespodcast-Check Out Our Pirate Wires FLAGSHIP fund on Autopilot: https://marketplace.joinautopilot.com/landing/5890/1390461?referrer=AP Featuring: Mike Solana, Riley Nork, Sanjana FriedmanSign Up For The Pirate Wires Daily! 3 Takes Delivered To Your Inbox Every Morning:https://get.piratewires.com/pw/dailyPirate Wires On X: https://twitter.com/PirateWiresMike Solana On X: https://twitter.com/micsolanaTIMESTAMPS:0:00 - Welcome back to the pod!1:30 - Midterms breakdown26:30 - Thank you Monaco!27:30 - Billionaire tax voted down in California46:00 - Thank you Autopilot!47:00 - Scott Galloway & Kara Swisher want to harm Elon Musk1:07:30 - Thank you Eight Sleep!1:08:30 - White Pill - Pangram can now detect AI video1:25:30 - See you next Friday 🏴‍☠️#podcast #technology #politics #culture #tech #ai

Welcome back to the pod! Liv Boeree is back with us this week. A leaked taped caught Gavin Newsom declaring that the DSA is the future of the Democrat party. Around the same time, another video went viral showing a college girl celebrating Charlie Kirk's assassination in front of his friend. Is this the future that the party is supporting? We then get into the midterms and how it will affect the tech industry. Will we have a blue wave? Or is the polling and early voting incorrect? Next up is the much discussed Elizabeth Holmes doc.. we break it all down in the way only Pirate Wires can! Finally, a white pill for Anduril's American made laptop.-Thank you to our PRESENTING sponsor Monaco! https://www.monaco.com/-Get $500 off your Eight Sleep pod: https://www.eightsleep.com/piratewirespodcast-Check Out Our Pirate Wires FLAGSHIP fund on Autopilot: https://marketplace.joinautopilot.com/landing/5890/1390461?referrer=AP Featuring: Mike Solana, Riley Nork, Liv BoereeSign Up For The Pirate Wires Daily! 3 Takes Delivered To Your Inbox Every Morning:https://get.piratewires.com/pw/dailyPirate Wires On X: https://twitter.com/PirateWiresMike Solana On X: https://twitter.com/micsolanaTIMESTAMPS:0:00 - Welcome back to the pod1:30 - The DSA Is the future19:00 - Tech industry after the midterms34:00 - Thank you Eight Sleep!35:00 - Blue Wave in the midterms? vibe check48:30 - Thank you Monaco!49:30 - Elizabeth Holmes documentary break down1:19:30 - Thank you Autopilot!1:20:30 - White Pill - Anduril’s American made laptop1:31:00- See you next Friday! 🏴‍☠️#podcast #technology #politics #culture #tech #ai

Welcome back to the pod! Bridget Phetasy joins us this week. Elon Musk became an enemy in the political sphere as pundits, like Kara Swisher, stated that Elon would likely be in jail if Kamala was elected. This was said on the same week that Elon pledged to give every child in America one share of SpaceX, and introduced a flying car with the Tesla Roadster. We then break down the California Wealth Tax vote that is coming soon and if Ilhan Omar really did commit immigration fraud. Thankfully, we end on a high note with a white pill, discussing flying cars, the tech optimist future, and how and how to remove stress when scrolling social media.-Thank you to our PRESENTING sponsor Monaco! https://www.monaco.com/?utm_source=piratewires&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=2026_piratewires-Get $500 off your Eight Sleep pod: https://www.eightsleep.com/piratewirespodcast-Check Out Our Pirate Wires FLAGSHIP fund on Autopilot: https://marketplace.joinautopilot.com/landing/5890/1390461?referrer=AP Featuring: Mike Solana, Riley Nork, Bridget PhetasySign Up For The Pirate Wires Daily! 3 Takes Delivered To Your Inbox Every Morning:https://get.piratewires.com/pw/dailyPirate Wires On X: https://twitter.com/PirateWiresMike Solana On X: https://twitter.com/micsolanaTIMESTAMPS:0:00 - Welcome back to the pod2:00 - They want Elon Musk in jail29:00 - Culture Fights Back At Shane Gillis Cancellation31:20 - THANK YOU MONACO32:20 - California Wealth Tax vote46:30 - THANK YOU AUTOPILOT47:30 - Ilhan Omarr: citizen or deportation?1:05:30 - White Pill! We have flying cars1:20:30 - THANK YOU EIGHT SLEEP1:21:30 - Wrapping - See you next Friday!#podcast #technology #politics #culture #tech #ai

This week on the pod. Liv Boeree is back! We discuss how NYC is protecting illegal criminals, while prioritizing getting rid of horse carriages in Central Park, why you can no longer be mean to Claude, the cyber attack on a French grocery store, and why we should be pushing to d/acc. Also, woke continues to make a comeback.. the ladies get mad at Shane Gillis' SNL monologue about how women dress as 'whores' in the gym, Metallica frontman James Hetfield receives hate online for not saying the thing everyone wants him to say, and Kelly Clarkson battles with a small business in Brooklyn. Finally, Liv and Solana compare algos to demonstrate just how we all live in different universes online.-Thank you to our PRESENTING sponsor Monaco! https://www.monaco.com/?utm_source=piratewires&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=2026_piratewires -Get $500 off your Eight Sleep pod: https://www.eightsleep.com/piratewirespodcast-Check Out Our Pirate Wires FLAGSHIP fund on Autopilot: https://marketplace.joinautopilot.com/landing/5890/1390461?referrer=AP Featuring: Mike Solana, Riley Nork, Liv BoereeSign Up For The Pirate Wires Daily! 3 Takes Delivered To Your Inbox Every Morning:https://get.piratewires.com/pw/dailyPirate Wires On X: https://twitter.com/PirateWiresMike Solana On X: https://twitter.com/micsolanaTIMESTAMPS:0:00 - Welcome back to the pod!0:45 - Thank you Monaco for sponsoring the pod! 1:30 - NYC protects illegal criminals 17:30 - Horse-drawn carriages are banned30:30 - Thank you Eight Sleep!31:30 - Don't be mean to Claude45:30 - Thank you Autopilot!46:30 - Should we d/acc? Cyber attack at grocery store56:00 - Metallica frontman James Hetfield controversey 1:00:30 - Shane Gillis joke on women at gyms1:09:00 - Kelly Clarkson vs. Art Of Play1:14:00 - Comparing X algorithms 1:28:00 - See you next Friday!#podcast #technology #politics #culture #tech #ai

Welcome back to the pod! This week, Pirate Wires reported on the State Department's fight against censorship abroad. At the same time, French President, Emmanuel Macron, took the stage to denounce America's version of free speech. Sanjana Friedman joins us to discuss free speech maximalism and how Europe's model of speech is seeping into how American's view speech. Also in today's episode, an AI doomer battle! Steven Pinker & Scott Alexander go at it over our favorite discourse.. the AI apocalypse. Should our p(doom) continue to rise? or are we actually looking at the greatest leap in human lifespan? We're then joined by PW write, Nicole Wizman, to discuss California in disarray, and we close the episode debating aliens and Fermi's Paradox (or the newly created.. Solana's Paradox)-Thank you to our PRESENTING sponsor Monaco! https://www.monaco.com/-Get $500 off your Eight Sleep pod: https://www.eightsleep.com/piratewirespodcast-Check Out Our Pirate Wires FLAGSHIP fund on Autopilot: https://marketplace.joinautopilot.com/landing/5890/1390461?referrer=AP Featuring: Mike Solana, Riley Nork, Sanjana Friedman, Nicole WizmanSign Up For The Pirate Wires Daily! 3 Takes Delivered To Your Inbox Every Morning:https://get.piratewires.com/pw/dailyPirate Wires On X: https://twitter.com/PirateWiresMike Solana On X: https://twitter.com/micsolanaTIMESTAMPS:0:00 - Welcome Back To The Pod!1:45 - Free Speech Wars between America & Macron4:45 - What Defines Freedom12:40 - Macron’s Wife Controversy18:00 - France Riots22:50 - THANK YOU MONACO23:30 - AI Doomer Battle Between Steven Pinker & Scott Alexander53:55 - THANK YOU AUTOPILOT 54:35 - California In Disarray1:13:00 - Aliens! Debating Fermi’s Paradox1:33:20 - THANK YOU EIGHT SLEEP1:34:15 - Wrapping Up#podcast #technology #politics #culture #tech #ai