Ep. 1981 - Leftist Streamer Hasan Piker Subpoenaed Over Controversial Cuba Trip

The Michael Knowles Show

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🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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The federal government finally subpoenas left-wing streamer Hasan Piker, Pope Leo drops a major encyclical on AI, and a statue of my great-great-great-great-great grandpa goes up in Washington, D.C. Ep. 1981 - - - Click here to join the member-exclusive portion of my show: https://dailywire.com/subscribe - - - Today's Sponsors: Catholic Match - Download the app or head to https://catholicmatch.com and find your forever. Lucy - Get 20% off your first order when you buy online at https://lucy.co with code KNOWLES. Or, head to lucy.co/stores to find Lucy near you and grab it today! PureTalk - Make the switch in as little as 10 minutes and start saving today! Visit https://PureTalk.com/KNOWLES - - - DailyWire+: Become a Daily Wire Member and watch all of our content ad-free: https://dailywire.com/subscribe 📲 Download the free Daily Wire app today on iPhone, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Samsung, and more. 🎁 You’ve seen it played on The Michael Knowles Show. Now play the YES-or-NO game at home! https://dwplus.shop/YesorNoGame 🇺🇸 Pre-Order the limited edition Yes or No America 250 Expansion Pack https://dwplus.shop/YesorNoAmerica250 📘 My book "Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds" is available here: https://dwplus.shop/Speechless 🕯️ Get your Michael Knowles candles: https://thecandleclub.com/collections/michael-knowles 👕 Don’t dress like a squish. Shop my merch here: https://dwplus.shop/MichaelKnowlesMerch - - - Socials: YouTube — https://youtube.com/@MichaelKnowles Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/michaelknowlesshow Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/michaeljknowles TikTok — https://www.tiktok.com/@notmichaelknowles X — https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.6	The federal government has just subpoenaed left-wing streamer
0:33.2	Hassan Piker over his recent trip to Cuba,
0:36.1	during which he bragged about violating federal law.
0:39.7	After calling for Piker's arrest for at least eight months, I am welcoming this news as if
0:46.9	Christmas came early. Then, speaking of Christmas, Pope Leo teams up with Anthropic to release his
0:53.3	much anticipated first encyclical,
0:55.4	specifically about AI. And unlike virtually every person commenting on this today, I actually read
1:02.5	the encyclical. So we will get into how Christians should view our impending transhuman robot
1:07.5	dystopia. Then, speaking of simulacra of human beings, 12 new statues of heretofore
1:15.3	unsung revolutionary war soldiers, the so-called ordinary men who built our country, go up in
1:21.6	Washington, D.C., near the White House, just in time for Memorial Day in the 250th
1:27.6	anniversary of our country and
1:29.3	I am honored beyond measure to say
1:31.4	that one of them is my
1:33.2	great, great, great, great, great grandpa
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