The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen

Donald Trump says communities that reject data centers risk becoming 'backwards and poor.' Austin examines the fight over power demand, local consent, tax revenue, China, and whether America can build the infrastructure needed for artificial intelligence.

Camellia Peterson joins the conversation on parenting culture, TikTok mothers, public shaming, and local politics. Then Russ Greene explains why libertarians and MAGA voters are turning against data centers, how surveillance fears get mixed into the debate, and why opposition to energy and industrial growth could leave the country behind.

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Homeland Security says Milo Yiannopoulos entered the United States legally, missed an immigration hearing, received a final removal order, and was sent back to Britain. Austin traces the political provocateur's rise through Gamergate, Breitbart, and Berkeley, then asks Tennessee Star reporter Tom Pappert whether the fast removal was routine enforcement, political revenge, or both.

The episode also examines Hollywood's expensive culture-war hangover, including Disney's Snow White losses and whether audiences—not studios—get the final vote.

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Gen Z has a list of Millennial habits it wants retired, from skinny jeans and side parts to LOL, Facebook Messenger, statement jewelry, and dial-up nostalgia. Austin and his cohost decide which critiques land and which can be ignored.

The show also remembers Dolly Parton's humor, Appalachian roots, philanthropy, and Imagination Library legacy.

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Bill Gates has issued a 5,784-word warning about artificial intelligence, and Austin examines Gates's proposals on employment, safety, regulation, and global coordination alongside the disturbing rise of autonomous AI agents.

Missouri attorney Jennifer Bukowsky joins to challenge Boone County's attempt to regulate a grandmother's free community breakfasts. Jon Harris breaks down the right-wing backlash over interracial adoption and explains how Christianity, masculinity, family identity, virtue, and liberty fit together.

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Austin examines the property-rights fight over a West Virginia city's attempt to outlaw backyard bees, then asks how Target's blackface-adjacent Halloween costume survived an entire corporate approval chain.

Judge Andrew Napolitano joins to break down Texas classroom Ten Commandments mandates, Supreme Court precedent, religious liberty, and government-compelled displays. Daniel McCarthy explains Hasan Piker's mockery of Charlie Kirk, the Democratic candidates who use Piker's platform, and what political streaming reveals about the American left.

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Artificial intelligence is moving software creation out of the gatekeepers' hands and into everyday life. Austin shows how vibe coding can build websites, automate work, create images, and even turn an idea into a physical object.

Camellia Peterson joins to debate marijuana smoke, neighbors, nuisance rules, and where one person's freedom collides with another person's property rights. Jon Miltimore examines J.D. Vance's invocation of Huey Long, the rise of economic populism, wealth redistribution, inflation, federal spending, and Washington's shrinking appetite for reform.

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Cambridge professor Jason Arday’s sudden death followed a rapid unraveling of plagiarism allegations, institutional loyalty, and a university DEI success story. Austin examines what Cambridge knew, how critics were treated, and the dispute over race, merit, and academic standards.

Jon Miltimore joins to explain why J.D. Vance invoked Huey Long and to debate wealth caps, UBI, work, and opportunity. Dylan Allman takes up Anna Faris, Christian conversion, whether atheism is a luxury belief, and his book The Windowless Room.

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Wake Up America turns personal on Freedom Family Friday. Austin and Stephanie Petersen share their baby’s gender reveal and the name they chose, then take on the Lindsay Clancy case through Stephanie’s perspective as a social worker and mother.

They debate postpartum depression and psychosis, medication, personal responsibility, how life changes for both mothers and fathers after childbirth, and why class and social media shape public sympathy. Justin Petersen joins the family conversation in the second half.

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