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 #8: Quick Music Recommendation: Cellist Zoë Keating
Check out cellist Zoë Keating. Yes, this is a low-effort "episode," and it is branching off away from political talk. I did note this would not solely be a political podcast. I won't entirely avoi…
CWT #7: The Pandemic Reminded Us We Are All in Trouble
The pandemic has hit many of us hard. In fact, I think everyone has been revealed as suffering from some effects, and I'll get to that in a moment. However, I do want to mention a possible upside t…
CWT #6: What’s stopping the 99% from successfully rebelling against the 1%?
You can’t get mad at someone for not fighting for their rights if you aren’t willing to fight for theirs.
Heck, you can’t expect anyone to fight for you if you don’t do the same for them, either. Peo…
CWT #5: My tweet at the so-called Justice Department/Merrick Garland
I speak sort of funny at the very end of the recording, but I was actually angrily gritting my teeth (the kids would type "LOL" right here, I guess). I'm partly disgusted by how stereotypical the De…
Critical Wade Theory #4: Are rural Americans much more likely to be conservative?
Our perceptions of the diversity, or lack thereof, in small towns need to be tempered by objective reality.
CORRECTION: In this episode, I wrongly stated one of my housemates was from Iran. He was …
Critical Wade Theory #3: Would Mark Twain be considered a liberal or a conservative today? (Also: The near-pointlessness of labels)
I answer Quora question 'Would Mark Twain be considered a liberal or a conservative today?' I also discuss how political labels, while sometimes practical, can open its own can of stupid, stupid wor…
Critical Wade Theory #2: Not Enough Has Changed Since 2016!
In 2016 I said the following:
And one point is so obvious I probably shouldn’t have to note it, but will anyway: Big-name Republicans didn’t care as much about economic problems when Bush was “at …
Critical Wade Theory: Free Housing, Cheap Housing, and Boarding Houses
I talk about poverty and homelessness and ways to potentially address those issues (specifically, free housing, cheap housing, and boarding houses).