The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen

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.

The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen is a news podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 100 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen, a news show with 100 episodes published.

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  Milo Yiannopoulos Deported: How a Conservative Star Fell

  Aug 31, 202650 min

  Homeland Security says Milo Yiannopoulos entered the United States legally, missed an immigration hearing, received a final removal order, and was sent back to Britain. Austin traces the political provocateur's rise through Gamergate, Breitbart, and Berkeley, then asks Tennessee Star reporter Tom Pappert whether the fast removal was routine enforcement, political revenge, or both. The episode also examines Hollywood's expensive culture-war hangover, including Disney's Snow White losses and whether audiences—not studios—get the final vote. Follow Wake Up America on Apple Podcasts or Spotify so every new episode lands in your feed. Watch the full video.

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  Gen Z Says Millennials Aren’t Cool: Dolly Parton’s Lasting Legacy

  Aug 28, 202649 min

  Gen Z has a list of Millennial habits it wants retired, from skinny jeans and side parts to LOL, Facebook Messenger, statement jewelry, and dial-up nostalgia. Austin and his cohost decide which critiques land and which can be ignored. The show also remembers Dolly Parton's humor, Appalachian roots, philanthropy, and Imagination Library legacy. Follow Wake Up America on Apple Podcasts or Spotify so every new episode lands in your feed. Watch the full video.

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  Bill Gates Says AI Has ’No Plan’: Missouri’s Breakfast Crackdown and the Adoption Backlash

  Aug 27, 202657 min

  Bill Gates has issued a 5,784-word warning about artificial intelligence, and Austin examines Gates's proposals on employment, safety, regulation, and global coordination alongside the disturbing rise of autonomous AI agents. Missouri attorney Jennifer Bukowsky joins to challenge Boone County's attempt to regulate a grandmother's free community breakfasts. Jon Harris breaks down the right-wing backlash over interracial adoption and explains how Christianity, masculinity, family identity, virtue, and liberty fit together. Follow Wake Up America on Apple Podcasts or Spotify so every new episode lands in your feed. Watch the full video.

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  Target’s Blackface Backlash, the Ten Commandments, and Hasan Piker’s Charlie Kirk Problem

  Aug 26, 20261h 4m

  Austin examines the property-rights fight over a West Virginia city's attempt to outlaw backyard bees, then asks how Target's blackface-adjacent Halloween costume survived an entire corporate approval chain. Judge Andrew Napolitano joins to break down Texas classroom Ten Commandments mandates, Supreme Court precedent, religious liberty, and government-compelled displays. Daniel McCarthy explains Hasan Piker's mockery of Charlie Kirk, the Democratic candidates who use Piker's platform, and what political streaming reveals about the American left. Follow Wake Up America on Apple Podcasts or Spotify so every new episode lands in your feed. Watch the full video.

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  What Can’t AI Do? Vibe Coding, Property Rights, and Economic Populism

  Aug 25, 202657 min

  Artificial intelligence is moving software creation out of the gatekeepers' hands and into everyday life. Austin shows how vibe coding can build websites, automate work, create images, and even turn an idea into a physical object. Camellia Peterson joins to debate marijuana smoke, neighbors, nuisance rules, and where one person's freedom collides with another person's property rights. Jon Miltimore examines J.D. Vance's invocation of Huey Long, the rise of economic populism, wealth redistribution, inflation, federal spending, and Washington's shrinking appetite for reform. Follow Wake Up America on Apple Podcasts or Spotify so every new episode lands in your feed. Watch the full video.

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