Critical Wade Theory
I'll talk about everything from politics to entertainment and philosophy. I'm also a part-time entertainment writer and working-class from the UP of Michigan, so that might come up occasionally. Oh, and I make weird experimental music and sometimes host a college radio show.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 14 minutes
- Episodes
- 588
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
CWT222: Earshot's 'Two' album / why I'm (probably) cutting down on music content
I review Earshot's 'Two' album. Basically, this album review will come across as a major "diss." (Funny thing is, I don't even particularly like giving bad reviews...then again, why do we review thin…
CWT221: Gig Workin' 99% / Elon Musk Rat a Genius? / Grey Poupon Perversions
More politics stuff. I thought this would be a lost episode, but the audio was saved. I had waited 20 minutes for it to finish the process, then said "Hell with it." But it was saved!
CWT220: [w/guest Ryan Wainio] Swiss Family Robinson (1960) MOVIE DISCUSSION
My brother Ryan and I discuss Swiss Family Robinson. I also mention Ted Kaczynski here, not knowing he would die a few days later. Oddly enough, I decided to wait until June 10th to publish this epis…
CWT219: Despite being called ‘entitled,’ younger gig workers often have it tough
In previous generations, it was more common for workers to secure jobs that provided a living wage (sometimes even without union coverage) without explicitly negotiating or discussing salary upfront.
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CWT218: Bakunin quote / the need for alternatives to the status quo
“Everywhere, especially in France and England, social and religious societies are being formed which are wholly alien to the world of present-day politics, societies that derive their life from new s…
CWT217: The Franz Liszt Academy of Music
The Franz Liszt Academy of Music, also known as the Liszt Ferenc
Academy of Music or simply the Liszt Academy, is a prestigious music
conservatory located in Budapest, Hungary. It is named after the
…
SPECIAL: [Original synth music] Some things you just can't avoid, like brain-invading insectoid space creatures
Grandpa Helicopter - Some things you just can't avoid, like brain-invading insectoid space creatures
CWT216: The 'Cactus Cat' Cryptid Returns (For More AI Text Chaos)!
1428 Elm: Call of the Cryptid: The Cactus Cat of the American Southwest
https://1428elm.com/2021/12/21/call-cryptid-cactus-cat-american-southwest/
TEXT results from inputting my original article tex…
CWT215: Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), AKA Sam Raimi's Oz adaptation!
"Oz the Great and Powerful" is a fantasy adventure film released in
2013. It serves as a prequel to the classic 1939 film "The Wizard of
Oz" and is directed by Sam Raimi. The movie explores the origi…
CWT214: Franz Liszt - composer, virtuoso pianist,conductor, and teacher
Franz Liszt (1811-1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist,
conductor, and teacher. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest
pianists in history and a key figure in the Romantic era of cl…
CWT213: Bakunin - 'God and the State' deep dive [Absurd tales and monstrous doctrines!]
Bakunin goes scorched earth: "Such are the absurd tales that are told and the monstrous doctrines that are taught, in the full light of the nineteenth century, in all the public schools of Europe, at…
CWT212: 'w/guest Leo Plekhanov (topics: 'Magic mushrooms,' depression, therapy, cautious pessimism...)
Leo's book project, Dancing in Delirium: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092363391105
CWT212: 'w/guest Leo Plekhanov (topics: 'Magic mushrooms,' depression, therapy, cautious pessimism...)
CWT211: Nightbreed (1990) discussion, w/guest Troutface
With guest, Troutface! We talk about topics related to the film Nightbreed, including ways in which it's similar to The X-Men.
"Nightbreed" is a dark fantasy horror film released in 1990, directed
b…
CWT210: CWT is how things ought to be done [AKA 'In defense of CWT']
I unleash an embarrassingly proud episode dedicated to defending the integrity of this podcast. It is so meta that it's kinda metal.
It also contains the lines "Aristotle this, Aristotle that, where…
CWT209: Six Feet Under's 'Undead' album is actually great?!
Summary: Undead is the 9th studio album by American death metal band Six Feet
Under. The album was released on May 22, 2012, through Metal Blade
Records.
Undead features 11 tracks of heavy, groove-o…
CWT208: Bakunin - 'God and the State' deep dive [The mystery of the Redemption?!]
" That is called the mystery of the Redemption, the basis of all the Christian religions. Still, if the divine Savior had saved the human world! But no; in the paradise promised by Christ, as we know…
CWT207: Malignant (2021): 'A new vision of terror'
"Malignant" is a horror-psychological thriller movie that was released in 2021. The
film was directed by James Wan, who is known for his work on popular
horror franchises such as "Saw," "Insidious," …
CWT206: Bakunin - 'God and the State' deep dive [What I'd say if I was a loving god]
"We know what followed. The good God, whose foresight, which is one of the divine faculties, should have warned him of what would happen, flew into a terrible and ridiculous rage; he cursed Satan, ma…
CWT205: Blind Melon wrote more songs than No Rain...but still, No Rain
In my raspy-ass voice (due to my cold), I remind you that Blind Melon has songs other than No Rain, while also having a song called No Rain.
Did I mention they have a song called No Rain?
No Ra…
![CWT204: [w/guest Troutface] Ash vs Evil Dead / Tales from the Crypt's You, Murderer](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/19499072/19499072-1682639548960-f4e6b3bdb968e.jpg)
CWT204: [w/guest Troutface] Ash vs Evil Dead / Tales from the Crypt's You, Murderer
All good podcast episodes end with some annoying, jarring coughs (this one does, and I didn't even edit the sound out because WE DO IT RAW OVER HERE)! Anyway, despite having a bit of a cold, I invite…