332: HASAN PIKER SUBPOENAED, A BOTCHED EXECUTION & ICE IS SCANNING EYEBALLS
Without A Country
Corinne Fisher
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2026
⏱️ 173 minutes
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Summary
Corinne Fisher dives into The Pope declaring war on AI, ICE staking out The World Cup, the overwhelming response to Corinne's segment on POC's voting against their interests, and some Trans/TERF drama on TikTok.
Plus: Hasan Piker getting looked at by the feds over his trip to Cuba, the agony that befell a death row inmate thanks to a botched exexecution and why he shouldn't even be in this situation, ICE illegally arresting people just to scan their eyeballs in the latest instalment of distopian tech advances, Thomas Massie's defeat and what it means for democracy as a whole and so much more!
00:00 – Intro / Theme of the Episode: Identity Politics & Culture Wars
04:20 – Identity politics on the left vs right
08:00 – ICE concerns surrounding the World Cup / immigration anxiety
16:00 – Pope Leo XIV warns about AI and humanity
23:00 – AI replacing labor, purpose, and human meaning
32:20 – Listener mailbag begins
33:30 – Scam targeting immigrant families with ICE detention fraud
34:35 – Why many Latino voters align with MAGA politics
41:00 – Machismo, religion, whiteness & assimilation discussions
52:00 – White feminism vs intersectionality
58:00 – Paris Mwendwa controversy explained
1:02:00 – TERF accusations, feminism & trans discourse
1:04:25 – Debate over “male socialization” and trans activism
1:10:00 – Cis women’s issues vs trans advocacy conversations
1:17:00 – Recommended feminist literature & Black women’s studies
1:22:30 – Patreon break / community discussion
1:23:30 – Thomas Massie election law discussion
1:35:00 – Democratic Party failures & political strategy talk
1:45:30 – Elections, candidate quality & political disillusionment
1:46:45 – Hasan Piker subpoena controversy begins
1:55:00 – Government scrutiny of activists & media figures
2:00:00 – San Diego mosque shooting discussion / internet radicalization
2:03:30 – Media framing, Zionism & online extremism
2:12:25 – Tony Carruthers death penalty case
2:14:00 – Constitutional rights, mental illness & fair trials
2:25:00 – Corruption allegations, informants & withheld evidence
2:38:00 – Government surveillance & biometric tracking
2:43:30 – ICE surveillance tech, facial recognition & DNA databases
2:46:00 – Final thoughts on identity, fear & censorship
2:47:00 – Horror movie recommendations / “Obsession” discussion
2:51:00 – “Backrooms” movie & indie horror filmmaking
2:53:15 – Outro / plugs / audience thank you
MAIN STORIES
Hasan Piker Subpoenaed
Botched Execution
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/26/tony_carruthers_botched_execution
&
https://ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics/tony-carruthers-tennessee-execution/
ICE Scanning Eyeballs
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/27/nx-s1-5822429/ice-buys-iris-scanners-tech-tools
ENEMY OF THE STATE
WACO MAILBAG
NEW FREE VICES album
https://music.apple.com/us/album/threads/1896072971
LESBIAN LIFTS
https://www.tiktok.com/@lesbianlifts/video/7641637747702123806
BUNMI SUPREME
https://www.tiktok.com/@bunmisupreme/video/7643491097162927373?_r=1&_t=ZP-96inDYOFzm3
GIRL DAD CORNER
Thomas Massie (made Mike lose his faith in Democracy, he just filed for 2028)
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/05/thomas-massie-primary-loss-kentucky-trump.html
&
GUUUURL
Democrats 2024 autopsy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/politics/dnc-autopsy-takeaways-vis
Tulsi Gabbard Quits
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/exclusive-tulsi-gabbard-resigns-from-trump-cabinet
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