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Where There's Woke

Where There's Woke

By: Thomas Smith
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 Every single time the right, or even center-left, goes ballistic over a "woke" controversy, the slightest bit of investigation shows the scandal is almost entirely bogus. This is not a new phenomenon; it dates back decades. It's an intentional tool used to protect the powerful and preserve the status quo, while further scapegoating and otherizing those who push for political progress. This podcast digs into not just today's fake scandals, but those of yesterday and yesteryear. The terminology has changed some, but the pattern has not. Listen in as host Thomas Smith shines a light on the panic, the fragility, the overreaction, and the lying that ignites 'Where There's Woke.'2023 Social Sciences
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  • WTW95: Where Was Gondor When I Got Cancelled for Orc-Face?!

    WTW95: Where Was Gondor When I Got Cancelled for Orc-Face?!
    Oct 7 2025

    Lydia continues sharing the very-good-examples from The Federalist of times when the Left abandoned Free Speech principles because the impacted person was a Conservative. Yep, they're still going.

    • How Outrage at Kimmel Grew to a Shout From a Whisper, Stuart A. Thompson (9/19/2025)

    • The Censorship-Industrial Complex, Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government (5/1/2024)

    • The Mechanics of Government Censorship, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (9/29/2025)

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    50 mins
  • WTW94: Sure Kimmel Got Censored, but Whatabout When Whatabout Whatabouted? Yeah, That’s What I Thought.

    WTW94: Sure Kimmel Got Censored, but Whatabout When Whatabout Whatabouted? Yeah, That’s What I Thought.
    Oct 3 2025

    Jimmy Kimmel caused significant outrage a couple of weeks ago that you likely heard about. The "outrage" on the Right was that he dared to say Charlie Kirk's name and imply that the alleged killer was MAGA. The outrage on the Left was that after Kimmel said that single sentence, the government mafia-bossed the broadcasters to pre-empt his show, ultimately leading to Jimmy Kimmel's suspension from the air by ABC and his silence.

    The Right will have you believe that the Left is blowing this completely out of proportion, and since when did the Left even care about Free Speech anyway?! Lydia takes us through a piece in The Federalist: 6 Times Leftists Melting Down Over Jimmy Kimmel Were Happy To Deny Conservatives ‘Free Speech’, and we discuss how comparable the examples were that they came up with.

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    59 mins
  • WTW93: Everyone Is a Complete Idiot Except Bill Maher

    WTW93: Everyone Is a Complete Idiot Except Bill Maher
    Oct 2 2025

    It's part 2 of our little foray into the disturbing transphobia-addled mind of Bill Maher. This one features a hilarious clip where Bill yells at Neil DeGrasse Tyson while not understanding a word Neil has said.
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    59 mins
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