Shane Smith Has Questions – Details, episodes & analysis

Shane Smith has Questions is a dynamic, apolitical podcast hosted by Shane Smith dedicated to getting to the bottom of prominent instances of misinformation and disinformation while revealing the fascinating fundamental truths (if there are any?) of the most interesting and convoluted social and political issues of our time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shane Smith is back! In the premiere episode, Shane talks to everybody about the why and the how of the recent Trump assassination attempts, including expert snipers and ballistics experts, Trump's former Security Chief Keith Schiller, who has never spoken publicly, former Head of Presidential Detail Frank Loveridge, author Gerald Posner on the history of assassinations and what is the Deep State and why there may be more there than meets the eye. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shane travels for our first one on one with Bill Maher! They discuss what Kamala needs to do to win, the Canadian system vs. the U.S. system, how life has gotten harder for criminals, the greatest foreign movie ever, how the C.I.A. is God-like, gross ineptitude in government and business, the highly complicated case of Elon’s achievements vs. freedom of speech, how we ruin everything by making it political, what Bill’s dad would make of both sides today, the time Shane hacked a voting machine with Vice, and how the Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov explained to Shane why the Russians try to influence elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shane Smith and author Peter Dale Scott, who popularized the term the Deep State four decades ago, on how it combines government agencies, the military, and organized crime. Scott discusses everything from recent Trump assassination attempts to historical deep events like the Bay of Pigs, the CIA and Mafia attempting to assassinate Fidel Castro, the Kennedy assassination, and Watergate. They get into the CIA’s involvement in the d**g trade, from Burma to Afghanistan, and its links to American cities during the Vietnam War. They get into how continuity of government plans, originally developed during the Cold War, were implemented on 9/11 and how that contributed to the creation of post-9/11 policies like the Patriot Act. They cover how Oligarchs in the Ukraine could be manipulating events to maintain financial control, especially regarding the ongoing conflict with Russia, and how economic interests are at play in both the war and U.S. political dynamics. And it’s funny! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Immigration is a massive issue, and Shane wants to find out what’s really going at our Southern border, so he talks to Democratic strategist James Carville, Vice President of the Border Guard Council Art Del Cueto, Democratic Congresswoman Delia Ramirez, and Arizona Sherriff Mark Lamb, to shed some light on the American border and the complex immigration situation by talking to people who have spent extensive time there, working tirelessly to improve the situation. This is part one of a far-reaching episode.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Can we fully trust elections? Find out when Shane Smith and election law expert David Becker, Executive Director of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation & Research (CEIR) to ensure trustworthy elections, discuss how misinformation affects election confidence, possible foreign influence, myths surrounding voter fraud, non-citizens and dead people voting, Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems, why vote counting in the U.S. can take days, decentralized election management, how U.S. voting machines are secure against hacking attempts, the dangers of not conceding elections, and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shane talks to border experts Todd Bensman and Nick Gillespie about what might happen in a Trump presidency moving forward.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shane has questions for Brianne Dressen, a Utah mother and former preschool teacher turned advocate, to discuss her life-changing experience as an AstraZeneca vaccine trial participant. Dressen details the severe, long-term injuries she suffered, how medical and governmental systems silenced her, and her ongoing legal battle. They also get into RFK Jr.'s controversial appointment as HHS Secretary in 2025, the danger of vaccine hesitancy, censorship, and the role of the government in silencing dissent with programs like the virality project and the suppression of vaccine injury stories on social media. Dressen’s story is a powerful call for transparency, accountability, and support for those affected by vaccine injuries. Visit React19.org to learn more and support her advocacy efforts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shane sits down with Destiny, internet personality, live streamer, and political commentator. They discuss Destiny’s viral debates with public figures and his approach to political discussions, why people are susceptible to various theories, lack of trust in our systems, the validity of the Dead Internet Theory, polarization, state sponsored disinformation, statistical misinterpretation, and how people view the past as better than it actually was.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Entrepreneur and podcaster Tom Bilyeu of Impact Theory and Shane on our algorithm-induced national divorce, the erosion of public trust giving rise to new voices, how Tom data-tracks his sleep, A.I. induced massive change, the A.I. paperclip maximizer experiment, capitalism vs. Communism, banks’ Fractional Reserve System as a means of control, inflation as a hidden tax, Big Food’s big bad, the sane center as a unifying destination, Tom’s favorite books for maximizing knowledge, and how incremental self-improvement leads to long term growth and much more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices