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
CWT #163: Pickup trucks, gas stoves, windmills, litter boxes, ‘woke’ XBOX, fentanyl-laced Halloween candy, etc.
If you want to read along: https://statusquodefenders.wordpress.com/2023/01/26/pickup-trucks-gas-stoves-windmills-litter-boxes-woke-xbox-fentanyl-laced-halloween-candy-etc/
CWT #162: Unabomber Manifesto deep dive(?!): Did Ted get anything right about industrial society? pt. 1
Dangerous topic? Too bad! I am going to examine it anyway!
CWT #161: Movie Talk w/guest Troutface - 'The Last Unicorn' (1982)
Is Troutface a superfan of The Last Unicorn? I don't know, but he seems like it at times. How deep does this movie get? We dive in!
CWT #160: Why does the left call Trump-supporters cultists and not Biden-backers?
If you want to read along: https://statusquodefenders.wordpress.com/2022/12/31/i-re-answer-quora-question-why-is-it-that-the-left-labels-anyone-who-voted-for-trump-a-member-of-a-cult-but-wont-assign-…
CWT #159: Quora immigrant-basher Ross E Mariano becomes what South Park parodied (“They took our jobs!”)
If you want to read it: https://statusquodefenders.wordpress.com/2023/01/03/quora-user-ross-e-mariano-lectures-me-on-why-its-okay-to-hate-immigrants-and-becomes-what-south-park-parodied-they-took-our…
CWT #158: I answer Quora question ‘Why is SJW so bad? Isn’t social justice a good thing?’
If you want to read along: https://statusquodefenders.wordpress.com/2023/01/04/i-answer-quora-question-why-is-sjw-so-bad-isnt-social-justice-a-good-thing/
CWT #157: Republicans complicate Aristotle’s ‘political animal’ talking point
If you wish to read along [I made a typo or two, but oh well...]: https://statusquodefenders.wordpress.com/2023/01/10/republicans-complicate-aristotles-political-animal-talking-point/
CWT #156: Do Democrats denounce the idea that the 2016 presidential election was illegitimate?
If you want to read along: I answer Quora question ‘Since Democrats say that denying election results is wrong, do they denounce the idea that the 2016 presidential election was illegitimate?’
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CWT #155: Wisdom Nuggets and Little Truth Grenades?! (I Attempt to be Wise)
Let me try to sound wise by offering some platitudes and potentially divisive views on religion, "spiritualism" and the soul. Then I close the episode out with a loose-fitting analogy about snakes.
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CWT #154: Movie Talk w/guest Troutface - 'Messiah of Evil' (1973)
Troutface and I discuss a sort of hidden gem horror flick called "Messiah of Evil." I first saw it in a 50-movie horror pack DVD collection, and it's actually a pretty solid flick. We go over a lot h…
CWT #153: Quora user ties immigrant-bashing to the American dream + other right-wing myths and grifts
If you want to read along: https://statusquodefenders.wordpress.com/2023/01/10/quora-user-ties-immigrant-bashing-to-the-american-dream-other-right-wing-myths-and-grifts/
CWT #152: My plea to self-professed ‘conservatives’
If you want to read along: https://statusquodefenders.wordpress.com/2023/01/12/my-plea-to-self-professed-conservatives/
CWT #151: Kropotkin on whether ‘human nature’ and history debunk anarchism, communism, and socialism
If you want to read along: https://kropotkinsbeardblog.wordpress.com/2023/01/12/deep-dive-kropotkin-on-whether-human-nature-and-history-debunk-anarchism-communism-and-socialism/
CWT #150: Mahavishnu Orchestra. Don't let the 'jazz fusion' label fool you...they rock!
CWT #150: Mahavishnu Orchestra. Don't let the 'jazz fusion' label fool you...they rock!
CWT #149: Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats. Do they have any bad songs?
CWT #149: Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats. Do they have any bad songs?
CWT #148: Lucio Fulci's City of the Living Dead (1980) MOVIE review
AKA "The Gates of Hell," Lucio Fulci's "City of the Living Dead" has creepy stuff happening, including a sinister priest, a mouth full of guts, and a drill to the skull...ouch!
CWT #147: Quora user Ross E Mariano’s lies about immigrants on welfare
If you want to read along: Quora user Ross E Mariano’s lies about immigrants on welfare, and why he’d be wrong even if he was right!
https://statusquodefenders.wordpress.com/2023/01/04/quora-user-ros…
CWT #146: Cluster B: This system is rewarding loons, liars, nepotists, and corruptocrats
Read along if you want: CWT #146: Cluster B: This system is rewarding loons, liars, nepotists, and corruptocrats
https://statusquodefenders.wordpress.com/2023/01/05/cluster-b-this-system-keeps-reward…
CWT #145: Trump comparable to 'Abram Lincoln' and Franklin Roosevelt?
I answer Quora question ‘Many historians now agree that President Trump will one day be ranked alongside the likes of Abram Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt, so why do so many liberals dislike him?’
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CWT #144: Umphrey's McGee, a jam band with talented musicians in it.
CWT #144: Umphrey's McGee, a jam band with talented musicians in it.