Peasants Perspective
Peasants Perspective: A Voice from the Edge of Freedom
Join Taylor Johnatakis, a self-proclaimed “peasant” turned podcaster, on an unfiltered journey through family, faith, and the fight for American ideals. From the depths of DC Jail—where he recorded during a 14-month sentence tied to January 6—to his triumphant return home after a Trump clemency in 2025, Taylor delivers raw, heartfelt commentary for the common man. Expect a mix of gritty storytelling, reflections on liberty lost and reclaimed, and timeless lessons drawn from his life as a septic designer, father, and reluctant rebel. Whether he’s reading Dr. Seuss to his kids or dissecting the state of the republic, Peasants Perspective is a bold, unpolished call to stay grounded amidst chaos. Subscribe for a front-row seat to a story that’s as real as it gets—no filter, no apologies.
Episodes
246 episodes
Why Law And Order, Not Labels And “Experts,” Decide Whether Free People Stay Free
What if the real story isn’t left vs. right, but whether laws mean what they say and whether institutions still serve the people who fund them? We start with a jarring image from Ukraine’s front lines—trees webbed in fiber-optic tether from dro...
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Episode 215
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1:45:59
If Self-Government Is Real, Why Do The Rich Decide?
A storm outside sets the mood for a bigger tempest: who actually makes the decisions that shape our lives? We start with wonder—a comet spitting colossal jets—then move straight into the machinery of influence, from a small set of global stakeh...
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Episode 214
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1:08:25
Inside Claims Of CIA Pressure, Blackmail, And The Migration Crisis
The week felt engineered to rattle you: soaring costs that don’t match the talking points, a migration wave that local systems can’t absorb, and a parade of headlines that blur the line between policy and theater. We pull those threads tight. F...
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Episode 213
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1:38:25
Why A My Little Pony Superfan As Lone Bomber Doesn’t Add Up
A five-year manhunt ends with a suspect who loves My Little Pony and DoorDash—and a prosecution team tied to heavy-handed confessions. We dig into timelines, gait comparisons, and evidence gaps that make the “lone bomber” narrative wobble, then...
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Episode 212
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1:39:15
Somali Fraud, Pipe Bombs, And Power
What happens when the people paid to guard the gate start picking the lock? We dig into a string of stories that reveal how institutions can fail in plain sight: a DEA official charged in a narco-money scheme, a Minnesota fraud scandal ballooni...
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Episode 211
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1:57:41
Inside The J6 Pipe Bomb Narrative: Doubts, Media Spin, And What Accountability Should Look Like
Start with the strongest claim: if the facts are airtight, the timeline should be too. We take you inside a charged breakdown of the newly announced arrest tied to the January 6 pipe bomb case and sort what’s known from what’s assumed. From ear...
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Episode 210
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1:36:43
Inside Weaponization, Fraud, And A Country On Edge
Start with the receipts, not the rhetoric. A Supreme Court exchange reveals a state investigation launched without a single consumer complaint, and that moment becomes our lens on a bigger pattern: institutions flex power first and explain late...
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Episode 208
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1:06:47
Franklin Targets Narco-Terrorists, And Our Sanity Tries To Keep Up
The scroll never stops, but our brains need it to. We dive into a fast-moving stream of claims—Truth Social reposts about Brennan and CIA wrongdoing, Dominion and foreign servers, Venezuela as a narco-terror hub—and hit pause long enough to ask...
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Episode 207
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1:38:22
What If Charity, Not Control, Actually Solved Our Crises?
Prices don’t just “go up.” They’re pushed by policy. We open with silver’s spike and follow the money through 1971, inflation’s quiet tax, and the way savers became the losers without ever changing their habits. That macro story turns personal ...
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Episode 206
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1:58:44
Why Politically Correct Narratives Are Collapsing Under Real-World Costs
The air feels different lately, and not just online. We’ve hit a point where policy shocks, media narratives, and street-level realities are colliding fast—immigration surges meet housing shortages, courts dilute policing wins, and foreign enta...
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Episode 205
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1:39:37
How Weaponized Virtue, Broken Vetting, And Two Screens Collide In America
A brain‑implanted “spy pigeon” headline shouldn’t connect to a DC shooting, but the bridge is power without restraint. We open with the surreal and move straight into a hard look at how “two screens” drive our national divide: one America sees ...
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Episode 204
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1:46:02
From DC Shooting To The Mayflower: Gratitude, Risk, And The Roots Of Self‑Government
The night before Thanksgiving should be quiet. Instead, we woke to a grim alert from D.C.: two West Virginia Guardsmen shot while on patrol. That shock shaped our conversation—not to wallow in fear, but to ask what actually holds a country toge...
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Episode 203
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What Happens When Work Becomes Optional But Purpose Doesn’t
A cloudy D.C. morning sets the stage for a storm of questions: can AI really automate half of America’s work hours, and what happens to purpose if “optional work” arrives before a safety net for meaning does? We walk through the numbers behind ...
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Episode 202
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1:01:38
Who Really Drives The Agenda: Planners, Platforms, And Peasants
Ever notice how policy only feels real when it jams your commute or spikes your rent? We open with Seattle’s bus lane plan and the candid logic behind “side friction”—a deliberate slowing of car traffic framed as safety—then follow the ripple e...
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Episode 201
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1:35:32
From Bot Farms To Ballot Laws: A Hard Look Elections and Influence
If you’ve felt like the headlines were screaming while the ground quietly shifted under your feet, this one’s for you. We pull apart the weekend’s loudest claims—then follow the trail into the quieter levers that actually move power: courts, ca...
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Episode 200
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1:26:52
Buses Will Be Free
The fuse was already lit before we hit record: explosive posts about sedition, calls for arrests, and a capital city on edge. We stepped back and asked what any of this means for people who still have to budget for groceries, pay the mortgage, ...
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Episode 199
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1:24:23
Russia Peace Talks, Epstein Files, And Fallout
The news cycle feels loud and aimless—until you connect the threads. We start with quiet reports of a 28‑point Russia–Ukraine peace framework and a very loud Saudi visit in DC, two signals that global pressure may be shifting while domestic cra...
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Episode 198
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2:07:23
Pipe Bombs, Pedos, And Politicians Walk Into Congress
A trillion-dollar promise meets a political powder keg. While the Saudi crown prince visits Washington with headlines about massive investment, Congress lights a fuse under the Epstein files and the Senate sprints toward a searchable public dat...
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Episode 197
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1:22:15
Cheaper Without Insurance? Only In America
A glitchy morning across X and other platforms becomes the spark for a bigger question: who decides what we see and believe? We kick off by unpacking a viral claim about the Department of Education’s furloughs during a shutdown, then test the p...
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Episode 196
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1:16:18
Local Wins, National Fights, And The Cost Of Corruption
Power concentrates when no one pushes back, and the bill always comes due. We start on the ground with local wins—mayor seats, council shifts, and the myths people believe about what city government can fix—then scale up to the hard truth: ince...
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Episode 195
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1:29:06
What Happens When Government Forgets Civics And Families Pay The Price
Forget the weather. The real storm is a slow balkanization that’s reshaping where we live, how we vote, and what we believe government can still fix. We start with people packing up for new political homes, then dig into why basic civics—naming...
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Episode 194
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1:20:40
From Pipe Bomb Allegations To Epstein Files: Power, Media, And Control
Prices were loud, but power was louder. We opened with a sprint through silver’s surge and Bitcoin’s clean six-figure psychology, then turned hard into a deeper question: what counts as evidence when AI can synthesize logs, repopulate timelines...
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Episode 193
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1:32:17
When Healthcare, Elections, And Security Ops Intersect, Who Holds The Line?
A quiet market check turns into a hard pivot: what if the most explosive element of January 6 wasn’t explosive at all? We trace new reporting that uses gait analysis to identify a possible pipe bomber, weigh the odds of a 94% match, and press i...
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Episode 192
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1:03:58
How Inflation, Digital Dollars, And Election Trust Collide In America’s Next Chapter
Start with the price of money and the rest comes into focus. We open on Bitcoin and silver not as fanfare, but as a blunt read of inflation’s grip on daily life, then follow the incentives into places headlines won’t: J6 pipe bomb claims and of...
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Season 1
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Episode 191
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1:47:44