JWSP
John Wayne's Surge Protector podcast is two guys discussing the world around us on a twice weekly basis. We try to look at things that we think are huge deals and sometimes those items are also flying under the radar for a lot of other media channels. Having known each other for many years some of the jokes you hear may not come off as jokes. Keep listening and you will get in the loop soon enough as well. We have a link to leave any feedback in most of the episodes so don't hesitate to reach out.
JWSP
The Breadsticks Ain't Come Out Yet
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This week's "Who Said It" is a prediction about Iran and negotiating skills — and depending on how you feel about recent headlines, it's either painfully accurate or about to be proven wrong in real time.
Tesla's getting a boost from an unlikely source — retail investors piling in while insiders are locked out from selling — and meanwhile SpaceX just made someone the world's first trillionaire on a $2.6 trillion valuation for a company that's bleeding billions. We break down the lockup structure, the timing, and exactly when you should expect the exits to start.
It was a busy weekend in Ukraine — Russia launched a massive wave of missiles including some genuinely terrifying hypersonic hardware, and a UNESCO World Heritage site took a hit in the process. There's also some real diplomatic movement worth celebrating, plus a ceasefire announcement that comes with so many asterisks we're not sure where to start — a mountain, a memorandum, and a number Trump used to describe nuclear materials that you're not going to believe.
The reflecting pool saga continues and somehow gets dumber. Brooke Rollins wants credit for a screw worm program that quietly got way more expensive after DOGE supposedly "streamlined" it.
And then there's the weekend's main event — a birthday extravaganza on the White House lawn that delivered some fight outcomes nobody saw coming, a culture war moment involving a sitting First Lady's husband that we're still shaking our heads at, a cursive-related conspiracy theory, a hacking claim that convinced absolutely nobody, and an infomercial moment so transparent it might be the funniest unintentional reveal of the year.
