Wake Up America with Austin Petersen
If you’re tired of being gaslit by corporate media, sick of shallow hot takes, and ready for fearless truth delivered with wit, fire, and facts, Wake Up America is your daily briefing for the battle of ideas.
Hosted by Austin Petersen — former presidential candidate, media entrepreneur, and unapologetic defender of liberty — this high-energy political talk show cuts through the noise with bold analysis, sharp humor, and evidence-driven commentary.
Every episode delivers:
• Hard-hitting breakdowns of the day’s biggest political headlines
• Libertarian-leaning, America-First perspective grounded in facts
• Deep dives into economics, culture, foreign policy, and constitutional principles
• Interviews with lawmakers, policy experts, journalists, and rising voices
• Rapid-fire solo segments that blend history, philosophy, and modern politics
This isn’t performative outrage. It’s strategic thinking for people who care about Western civilization, individual liberty, and limited government.
Austin brings a unique mix of nationalist instinct and libertarian economics — defending free markets, calling out corruption on the right and left, challenging reckless foreign policy, exposing government overreach, and defending American values without apology.
Expect:
🔥 Breaking news analysis
📊 Real data and receipts
🎙 Smart, pointed interviews
⚔ Culture war clarity
📚 Historical context that actually matters
Whether the topic is Congress, the Supreme Court, Big Tech censorship, immigration, economic chaos, global conflicts, or the internal battles within the conservative movement — Wake Up America gives you the tools to understand what’s happening and why it matters.
If you value:
Freedom
Free speech
Free markets
Strong borders
Limited government
Personal responsibility
You’re in the right place.
New episodes drop regularly. Subscribe now and join thousands of Americans who refuse to sleepwalk through history.
It’s time to wake up.
Episodes
2 hours ago
2 hours ago
56 min
Why did Sydney Sweeney's Novig sports-betting ad ignite backlash from women on both the left and right? Austin Petersen examines sexualized advertising, female-athlete criticism and whether the deeper concern is the financial risk of sports gambling.
Judge Andrew P. Napolitano explains free speech as a natural right, government pressure on universities and broadcasters, and the limits of political power. Maggie Moda joins to debate the 'girl's girl' standard, sexual freedom, parasocial attention and the cultural consequences of gambling.
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20 hours ago
20 hours ago
50 min
Tom Homan confirms that DHS is investigating allegations involving Rep. Ilhan Omar, who has denied immigration and marriage fraud. Austin Petersen separates the inquiry from criminal charges and examines what officials have—and have not—disclosed.
Then: the Trump EPA's power-plant rollback, rising electricity demand and what deregulation could mean for your bill. Camellia Peterson untangles Missouri's congressional-map fight and the whistleblower allegations involving Secretary of State Denny Hoskins. Liz Mair debates SNAP restaurant benefits, the Farm Bill and ethanol mandates.
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3 days ago
3 days ago
53 min
San Francisco Superior Court Judge Harry Dorfman insists that quoting a racial slur from evidence is part of preserving the record—even after Black public defenders asked him to stop. Austin Petersen examines where accuracy ends and institutional power begins, then turns to Fat Joe and the unwritten cultural rules surrounding language.
Jon Miltimore of the American Institute for Economic Research joins to debate catastrophic AI warnings, government regulation, China and the future of work. Liza Libes of Pens and Poison explains why men stopped reading, how publishing narrowed its audience and whether great books can rebuild a broader literary culture.
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6 days ago
6 days ago
51 min
President Donald Trump has put a $5,000 "dividend" into the midterm fight—but Austin Petersen and Stephanie Petersen ask who pays, whether Congress can authorize it and what another trillion-dollar promise would mean for debt and inflation.
They also discuss a United flight attendant's quick action to help an exhausted mother and the challenge of raising children with faith in a chaotic culture. Justin Petersen joins to unpack salvation, Christian traditions, Judaism and how families can introduce children to belief without coercion.
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7 days ago
7 days ago
1 hr 1 min
Did Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene mistake access to Donald Trump for control over his agenda? Austin Petersen examines Victor Davis Hanson's argument and the larger struggle over loyalty, influence and who gets to define MAGA.
Camellia Peterson then untangles Missouri's congressional-map standoff, where state and federal court rulings collide with a referendum and an election already underway. Comedian Geno Bisconte joins for a sharp debate over Gen Z, student debt, work and the American Dream.
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Sep 9, 2026
Sep 9, 2026
1 hr 2 min
Comedian Geno Bisconte joins Austin Petersen for a sharp generational clash over debt, student loans, work, opportunity and whether the American Dream is still within reach for Gen Z.
Austin also tells the story of Ford engineer Jim Moylan's tiny fuel-door innovation, weighs inventions that could reshape daily life and examines the online economy of simp culture after Sara Smith's viral football-game moment.
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Sep 8, 2026
Sep 8, 2026
55 min
America's economic center of gravity is moving south as people, paychecks, factories, ports, film production and political influence follow the Sun Belt. Austin examines what is powering the shift and whether Southern states can preserve affordability and culture as they grow.
Camellia Petersen joins the debate over proposed federal childcare aid for married families with a stay-at-home parent, and Liz Mair explains why new 340B prescription-data demands could put patient privacy at risk.
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Sep 4, 2026
Sep 4, 2026
50 min
More Americans are raising children while taking responsibility for aging parents, and the pressure is hitting time, savings, careers, and family relationships all at once.
Austin, Stephanie Petersen, and Justin Petersen dig into the real cost of caregiving, home care versus nursing facilities, the guilt and boundaries that shape family obligations, and what grief and end-of-life decisions reveal about what matters most.
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