Critical Wade Theory

We’re rewinding to 2005 to spotlight a track that brought Brazilian electro-rock to indie kids across the globe: “Alala” by CSS.

Today, we’re diving into Elvis Presley’s Easy Come, Easy Go, released on March 22, 1967. This was Presley’s twenty-third feature film, produced by Hal Wallis, directed by John Rich, and it marks an i…

Amid mounting controversy over sweeping changes in public health oversight, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing the Senate Finance Committee today (September 4, 2025) to defend his actio…

Today, we’re talking about a track that put Motown Records on the map: Barrett Strong’s 1959 hit, “Money (That’s What I Want).”

What’s the difference between a composer and an arranger?

Today, we’re talking about 'Speech' — the debut solo album by Speech, the rapper and frontman of Arrested Development.

Today we’re tackling a hard but urgent question: What happens when the role of the state is reduced to one thing — deciding who gets to live and who is left to die?

Every Christmas Eve, millions of families across the U.S. flip on the TV, and there it is — A Christmas Story. Running on a 24-hour loop. For some, it’s background noise. For others, it’s as essentia…

White Lion’s story is one of triumph and tension—an ascent to glam-metal glory in the late ‘80s, followed by a rapid unraveling. Today, we’re tracing their rise, their roar, and their sudden silence.

I talk about Gerrymandering and what Trump's Saudi ties mean about him and the nature of authoritarian power.

Mackinac Island. A jewel in the straits between Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas. Today, it’s known for horse-drawn carriages, Victorian charm, and fudge shops that sweeten every corner of its a…

Over the past decade, America has witnessed the re-emergence of something many hoped had been buried with history books: the mainstreaming of white nationalist rhetoric. And at the center of this sto…