American Style Hunger Games

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4.8 • 774 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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This week made one thing painfully clear: America is under strain from every direction at once. From Donald’s tariff policies driving inflation and job losses, to record-breaking food bank lines, to the alarming return of preventable diseases, the cracks in the system are impossible to ignore. Add to that the looming release of Epstein-related files, and long-simmering questions about power, accountability, and transparency are back at the forefront. In this episode, we break down how these crises are connected—and why this moment may mark a turning point for the country.

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0:00.0	It's Friday. We've survived.
0:07.5	Welcome to Democracy-ish with Wodge and Danielle.
0:10.2	And folks, you live long enough to see the roles reverse.
0:13.6	Usually I'm the one hunched over Danielle, worried about my health.
0:18.2	And then Daniel, just three minutes ago, before she always looks lovely, but decided to
0:22.9	a little damp up with a little makeup, shake up.
0:24.5	She was like, watch, sorry that I'm late.
0:28.0	I'm sick.
0:29.2	And I'm like, Danielle, you could take the day off.
0:31.3	He goes, watch, I have bills to pay.
0:34.4	And then I'm like, I get it because, uh, folks, it's American Hunger Games. Everything's
0:39.3	going terrible. Get as much money as you can. Who knows what we're going to have? You know,
0:44.5	will we have crumbs? Will we have cake? I don't know. Maybe you can be a gladiator. Um, and we're
0:50.0	going to talk about Trump's American Hunger Games. You know, essentially he said it without saying it
0:54.3	yesterday, the gladiator sports, but some breaking news, we were all awaiting. Today, Daniel, is the
1:00.6	deadline. The deadline for those who don't know is to release the Epstein files. Now, before we get into
1:06.6	it, the Department of Justice, my friends, can can release it at any time. They could release it
1:12.7	right now, as Danielle and I are speaking. They could release it three months ago. They could
1:15.6	release it six months ago. They could release it 10 months ago. But they haven't released it.
1:19.6	But the deadline to release the files was today. Well, take a guess. Did the DOJ release the
1:27.3	Epstein files? It is lunchtime right now, 12 p.m. Danielle?
1:32.7	No, no, they have not. So I woke up, like, yeah, everybody knows. I am sick, but I'm powering through.
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