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We know our audience, and every so often something comes along that we think you’ll genuinely want to see. This is one of them: Confession.

Set in Moscow, 1938, Alexei, a former literature professor, is arrested and taken to Lubyanka Prison.

Across the interrogation table sits Vladimir, his brilliant former student. Now his interrogator.

Alexei has to choose: betray his conscience, or sacrifice himself to protect others.

• Rob Lowe, James Franco and Nick Nolte lead the cast, alongside Jennifer Jason Leigh

• Directed by Václav Marhoul, the filmmaker behind The Painted Bird

• Shot entirely on 35mm film

If you care about the things we talk about on this show, like freedom of conscience, this one will resonate with you.

Confession is streaming, only on The Daily Wire, from November 11th.

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Entering the public eye in just 2017, Brandon Tatum’s rise to fame has been astronomical.

Upon leaving his career in the police, Brandon served as director of urban engagement for Turning Point USA for two years before founding his own media company. For years, he was a close ally of Candace Owens. Together in 2019, they founded BLEXIT, a TPUSA-endorsed foundation that encouraged black Americans to leave the Democratic Party and re-register as Republicans.

In 2021, he released his first book: Beaten Black And Blue: Being A Black Cop in an America Under Siege, and today, his The Office Tatum channel on YouTube boasts over 3.8 million subscribers.

Why we invited him on.

Last year, we had Brandon on to discuss the then-still-raw assassination of his dear friend, Charlie Kirk. In that conversation, he projected what he saw in the American right’s future, and described how he hoped the tragedy could unite his wing of politics.

A year on, quite the opposite has occurred.

The American right is more fractured than it has been since Trump first came down the golden escalator. Perhaps more so. How did that happen? Why?

Brandon is less convinced of the scale of the civil war, but he sees the fissures. He has his own theories as to how they formed, and the forces making them worse. We invited him to share them with us and you.

What we talked about.

”The Republican Party is not as divided as people think it is … A lot of people are still leaning towards Donald Trump and his ideas. Craziness is happening, but it’s mostly aligned.”

Is that true? The thrust of every interview we’ve done on the splintering conservative movement has taken it as a given, whether the guest was part of it or not. Brandon is the first to suggest that, in fact, the party is more united than divided.

But how can that be? If Trump has betrayed so many of his promises, as we are often told, how can all those same people continue to support him? Wouldn’t that lend credence to the cliché that MAGA is a cult?

Brandon explains that, contrary to popular belief, Trump actually kept to his word.

”Everyone says he promised ‘no new wars’. That’s not true; his promise was ‘no new wars… that are unnecessary.’ This is not a never-ending war. I think he has the tactics to get it done and get us out of it. So, I don’t understand why someone who supports Trump would stop now. We can recover, and that’s why I haven’t - and won’t - lose trust in Trump.”

That’s not the only thing Brandon argues is overblown. Another is arguably the motivating factor in American politics today - the affordability crisis.

Millions of Americans are feeling its squeeze. Escalating bills for shrinking apartments, working overtime and skipping meals. For countless young people, the prospects taken for granted in yesteryear - owning a home, starting a family - have been priced into the thin air of pipe dreams.

Brandon calls bullsh*t on the whole thing.

”You go to the airport, and it’s full of people, and I don’t think they’re all travelling on business. Disneyland is full; if you can’t afford to live, why are you at Disneyland? You can’t afford to live in New York, so move! These are choices that people make. When I was a police officer, I made choices that meant I was living paycheck to paycheck. I could have changed that, but I didn’t; I wanted the new car, I wanted the nicer house. I could have sacrificed, and that’s why I was in a bad financial situation. I see that everywhere now - people are not willing to sacrifice, and so they blame the economy.”

To Brandon, it all comes down to decision-making.

”Don’t go to college unless you have a reason to go! If you’re going to be a nurse or a doctor or an engineer then fine, but if not, you’re just burning your experience, money, and time. People who never went to college are now the prime people to hire. I hire people all the time, and I don’t look at your degree; I care about what you’ve done. Have you worked at a place long enough? Have you been consistent? Can you do this job, or do you just know the theory?”

For many people, it’s too late. They were promised a world of riches on the other side of college. Instead, they found their options had dwindled, and saddled with themselves with debt for the pleasure. What are they supposed to do?

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There aren’t many school teachers who can boast the resume and name recognition of Katharine Birbalsingh.

In 2007, she began writing her popular blog - To Miss With Love - on the subject of education under the pseudonym Miss Snuffy. Seven years later, she would make her prescriptions a reality by founding Michaela Community School, a free secondary school in Wembley which, for over a decade, has boasted some of the best test results in thecountry.

Since then, she has authored and edited several books, and in 2022, was the subject of an ITV documentary titled “Britain’s Strictest Headmistress”. In 2020, she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and appointed chair of the Social Mobility Commission the following year.

Why did we invite her on?

Katharine has been a regular guest since the dawn of Triggernometry; our next episode actually marks her fourth appearance. She’s long been our go-to authority on all things education, which is a subject that has only become more pressing since we started.

Every year, it feels like there is more to discuss. In light of France’s latest eruption of riots, there’s even more than usual. We invited Katharine on to give some background to these spasms of activity, explain their deep-rooted origins, and what they forecast for the West more broadly.

What did we learn?

”I’ve spent my career trying to communicate how important childhood is to our country. Everyone wants to know why we’re in the mess we’re in, and it’s because of what we’re doing to our children.”

The factors, big and small, that affect any one child are countless. Scale that up to an entire generation, and it’s impossible to know where precisely to begin. Home lives, relationships, parental figures and lack thereof, nutrition, wellbeing, exercise, access to resources - these are but a few of the determinants that will shape a child’s life outcomes for years to come.

It can’t all be policed. All we can do is what we can. In the mind of Katharine, that starts in school, and just one of the factors contributing to this general sense of unease is the “infiltration of white guilt” in our educational institutions.

”If you think back to ‘95, there may have been a little bit of white guilt here and there, but it wasn’t overpowering like it is now … I know there are many progressives who will tell you it doesn’t exist, but the last 15 years show us a difference. Our institutions are reacting differently, and that includes schools. We all know something is not quite right.”

This line of thinking is often mistaken for racialism; a belief that white people feel so guilty and ashamed because they’re put upon by ethnic minorities, and that that’s why both parties are lashing out.

This, Katharine stresses, is a mistake. It’s a criticism she is, as Konstantin puts it, “uniquely placed” to be express.

”The right goes wrong on this; they think it’s all the black and brown people who ar the problem. It’s easy to say that, and there are some black and brown people who are a problem. But the thing with black and brown people is, well, we live here. You can’t “send us home”, and even if you could, it wouldn’t fix everything. The institutions are, frankly, full of white people, and lots of them are riddled with white guilt.”

Michaela is situated in one of the most diverse parts of Britain - Wembley, London. Highly multi-ethnic, and highly multicultural. You might naturally suspect that they’d face as much pressure as any school to not exhibit signs of patriotism, if not more so.

”We fly a British flag outside our school, and it’s the only flag we fly. We sing ‘God Save the King’ every single morning. It used to be normal. Nowadays, it’s considered offensive. It’s very hard to find a school where they would do that. I’ve never heard of one. Other schools, they’ll have trans flags and pride flags and Palestinian flags. A problem comes when you’re obsessed with celebrating other cultures at the expense of the British one.”

This opens up a whole new conversation, and one we’ve - quite infamously - had on the show before: what is British culture? What’s more - what is the British identity?

Michaela hosts students of all ethnicities and creeds; any kind of identity rooted in Anglo-Saxon heritage clearly isn’t going to cut it. However, there are questions as to whether the British identity - which can be claimed by any citizen - is too amorphous to mean anything, and inevitably unravels into nothing. Can one take pride in a group that anyone can join? Should they be proud of a group that excludes others? How do we balance these tensions?

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• Everything in one place. Text, images, video and code from the leading models, under one subscription.

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Tomorrow, we are delighted to have him back on the show for the fourth time to discuss the history of the Roman Empire from start to finish. It’s going to be an epic conversation.

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We know our audience, and every so often something comes along that we think you’ll genuinely want to see. This is one of them: Confession.

Set in Moscow, 1938, Alexei, a former literature professor, is arrested and taken to Lubyanka Prison.

Across the interrogation table sits Vladimir, his brilliant former student. Now his interrogator.

Alexei has to choose: betray his conscience, or sacrifice himself to protect others.

• Rob Lowe, James Franco and Nick Nolte lead the cast, alongside Jennifer Jason Leigh

• Directed by Václav Marhoul, the filmmaker behind The Painted Bird

• Shot entirely on 35mm film

If you care about the things we talk about on this show, like freedom of conscience, this one will resonate with you.

Confession is streaming, only on The Daily Wire, from November 11th.

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Today, he is coming on the show to discuss the story of Wikipedia: why was he banned from it, who was he banned by and whether there is a bias on the platform.

Comment your questions below.

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Venice puts the best AI models in one place, without either catch:

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Sam Harris is one of the most acclaimed and widely recognised public intellectuals of his generation.

Alongside Dawkins, Hitchens and Dennett, he was labelled one of the ‘Four Horsemen’ of New Atheism, a position he secured off the back of his divisive bestseller The End Of Faith (2004).

Since then, he has published several acclaimed works exploring rationality, free will, radical honesty, determinism, neuroscience, politics, terrorism, and the philosophy of mind. Sam has also debated many of the most influential thought leaders of the 21st century, from Jordan Peterson to William Lane Craig, and from Deepak Chopra to Reza Aslan.

For several years, he was aligned with the ‘intellectual dark web’ - a loosely connected group of iconoclasts, united in their opposition to political correctness and identity politics. Today, he hosts Making Sense, a highly popular podcast covering science, politics, and current events.

Why did we invite him on?

We’ve hosted Sam thrice before. The first time proved to be a hinge moment in our show and Sam’s public image, as he declared that “Hunter Biden literally could have had the corpses of children in his basement - [he] would not have cared.” The clip went viral, creating schisms in the discourse.

More recently, in 2023, he joined us and Eric Weinstein for an open, no-holds-barred conversation in the aftermath of October 7th, and in 2025, he came on alone to reflect on the happenings of Israel-Gaza and its relation to the Trump presidency.

Even just a year on, much has changed again. We sit down with Sam days after the midterms, and we’re curious. His loathing of Trump is no secret; what does he make of his ungracious defeat? Given his ardent support for Israel against the increasing pressure of regular Americans, what does he see in, and hope for, that alliance’s future?

What did we talk about?

In the days following the midterm elections, the American right is caught in a reckoning, as it’s clear that a large sector of Trump voters are changing their tune on the man and his movement. The signal is so great that the only way Republicans could miss it is by doing it deliberately. The overwhelming likelihood is that MAGA, at least in Trump’s image, is over for good.

Sam has been one of the President’s most vicious critics for over a decade. He must be thrilled.

”I have mixed feelings. I’m glad Trump fans are starting to react to all this, but what took them so long? This has been obvious for a decade. All he wants is money and fame, and we’ve known that long before he ever decided to run for President. His political aspirations were always completely self-promoting. He’s a game show host who successfully marketed himself as a businessman, and then as a politician. His obliviousness, his nastiness, his shamelessness, his total lack of a moral centre, has led us here.”

And where is here? To Sam, it’s an America that bears little-to-no relation to the country once so admired the world over. Its role on the globe has been changed so drastically, its relationships so totally overhauled, that its historic connections have been frayed, perhaps permanently. To Trump’s admirers, his scorched earth approach is one of his boldest, most entertaining traits. Unfortunately, America suffers it as much as anyone.

”He vilifies our allies and lionises our genuine enemies. There needs to be a reckoning; we need a reset of America’s role in the world, hopefully with a sane administration. But we’re certainly not out of the woods - he still has two years to go. Who knows what he’ll do in his lame duck phase. He’ll certainly never admit that’s what he is. There’ll be more friction now, but he can still do a tremendous amount of harm.”

Sam does at least have one, perhaps mild, compliment for the commander in chief.

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Most of us put real effort into our work, our families, and our finances. But when it comes to our health, we are mostly guessing.

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Today, he is coming on the show to discuss Elon Musk, success and AI.

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Most of us put real effort into our work, our families, and our finances. But when it comes to our health, we are mostly guessing.

You go to the doctor.

You walk out with: “Everything looks fine. Drink more water.”

No real data.

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• They analyse over 100 biomarkers: heart health, hormones, metabolism, liver function, thyroid, vitamins, minerals, and environmental toxins

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• You learn your true biological age and can track how your choices are actually shaping your long-term health, year on year

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Tomorrow, he is coming on the show to discuss the potential threat of AI.

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Since getting his start in 1995 as Drew Pinsky’s right-hand man on Loveline, Adam has not paused for breath; in the 30 years since, he has accumulated one of the densest resumes in modern comedy.

Alongside his long-time friend Jimmy Kimmel, he created and hosted the wildly Man Show for Comedy Central. After leaving, the two would work together on multiple projects, including the cult puppet show Crank Yankers, and the underground prank-masterpiece Windy City Heat. Later, Adam would appear in No Safe Spaces alongside Dennis Prager, and would create, star and write his own animated comedy for the Daily Wire, Mr Birchum. Still, this only scratches the surface of his innumerable credits.

In 2006, he founded the pioneering Adam Carolla Show, - a podcast widely credited with codifying the format and, at one time, boasting the most monthly downloads of any in the world, and that he continues to host 20 years on.

Why did we invite him on?

This America trip has been, predictably, dominated by a single hurdle looming in the windshield: the mid-terms. Adam is our first interview on the other side of those elections. This was deliberate; after all, who better to assess the outcome?

Since joining us for the first time in the weeks following Trump’s second election, Adam has become one of our favourite recurring guests; his irreverent, bullsh*t-free style has been something we have long appreciated and are always happy to host. We knew what a pleasure it would be to hear the man weigh up the news in his trademark style, as well as consider the future of the American political status quo.

What did we talk about?

The USA has spoken, and they’ve handed the House and the Senate to the Democrats. It’d long been predicted, but it’s now inarguable - the next two years of American politics are going to look markedly different from the previous two.

How did that happen? How did Trump and his party squander the staggering comeback they secured in 2024? There were analysts at the time suggesting the Democrats wouldn’t have their hands on the levers of power for a decade, but the levers have been surrendered back in just two hours. Why?

Least ignorable is the Iran War. Where does Adam stand?

”With foreign wars, I can’t tell what’s real and what isn’t. We’ve had a long history of bombing the wrong people or spending too much time in places we shouldn’t have been. But it would be nice if Iran was no longer Iran.”

Vanishingly few commentators are defending the war at any level. While Adam’s support is hesitant and small, he puts himself in a very slim percentage class. Still, he stresses that, though he can’t fully-throated support the war as it is, he endorses it in theory; his is an ethical argument.

”I’m not really defending Trump; let’s remove him from the occasion. You voted for a guy, and he did something that was necessary but unpopular. Would you rather him risk that popularity to do the right thing? If this was a movie, that would be the heroic figure standing up for what they know is right. You could spin it that way, or you could say he’s an idiot that squandered the Republican victory. If we’re not sure whether we needed the war, that flattering story doesn’t work.”

To Adam, all this war talk is missing the real point: “It’s the economy, stupid.” If Americans weren’t feeling the bite of this war at the fuel pump, at the grocery store till, or when they treat themselves to lunch, they could forgive a foreign conflict. Even one they don’t understand. Unfortunately, there’s no hiding the costs of war, and regular people are covering them.

”It’s the economy more than the war. I think if prices were down in the grocery store, people would continue to vote Republican. Nothing really affects the human being like looking their bills. Cutting spending, increasing spending… that’s all kind of distant to people. It’s the price of everything that really got them …. And I guess you can’t really separate those things.”

This war is only one of Trump’s “failures”, if popularity is the metric you favour. The unsightly ICE raids, America’s ongoing and strengthening alliance with the increasingly disliked Israel, his perceived inability to end the Russia-Ukraine war, and ambivalence to the rise of AI. Put it together, and his party’s defeat is no surprise. Especially given what his opponent can promise.

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Tomorrow he is returning to the show for a broad conversation around AI, Trump and the future of America.

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Tomorrow, he is coming on to discuss the midterm results.

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Most of us put real effort into our work, our families, and our finances. But when it comes to our health, we are mostly guessing.

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Tomorrow, he is coming on to discuss modern warfare in the 20th century, focusing on WW1, WW2 and Vietnam.

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Most of us put real effort into our work, our families, and our finances. But when it comes to our health, we are mostly guessing.

You go to the doctor.

You walk out with: “Everything looks fine. Drink more water.”

No real data.

No plan.

Superpower changes that.

Here is how it works:

• A licensed professional comes to your home, or you visit a nearby lab, for a single blood draw

• They analyse over 100 biomarkers: heart health, hormones, metabolism, liver function, thyroid, vitamins, minerals, and environmental toxins

• You get a personalised action plan with targeted supplements, nutrition guidance, and lifestyle changes you can start straight away

• You learn your true biological age and can track how your choices are actually shaping your long-term health, year on year

Price-wise, this is a straightforward decision. Superpower used to cost $499. Right now it is $199, while other testing services charge $500 to $1,000 or more for similar or often inferior information. And with code TRIGGER at checkout, you get an additional $20 off.

Head to Superpower and use code TRIGGER at checkout for $20 off your membership. After you sign up, they will ask how you heard about them. Make sure to mention Triggernometry.

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