Episodes

From giveaways to ghost apps, this episode captures what happens when conversation runs faster than planning. On this episode of At The Mic: Friday Happy Hour, Keith Malinak is joined by the crew for a wide-ranging, unscripted conversation that never settles into a single lane. What starts with subscriber giveaways and Friday momentum quickly spirals into reflections on aging bodies, climate change, animal rescue, and the unintended consequences of human intervention. As the conversation unfold...

From training rooms to substations, this episode examines a troubling pattern behind one of the NFL’s most injury-plagued teams. On this episode of At The Mic: Thursday Deep Dive, Keith Malinak is joined by researcher Peter Cowan to explore the San Francisco 49ers’ unusually high rate of non-contact injuries. What begins as a discussion about football and conditioning quickly turns into a deeper investigation involving EMF exposure, a nearby electrical substation, and soft tissue damage that ap...

Moon landing questions and cultural skepticism are no longer fringe ideas. They are quiet conversations happening everywhere. On this episode of At The Mic Friday Happy Hour, Keith Malinak is joined by Brad Staggs and Kelly Smith for a winding, unscripted journey through nostalgia, government trust, real estate trends, AI, trivia, prohibition, technology, and personal stories. The conversation does not move in a straight line. It drifts, doubles back, stumbles into absurdity, then unexpectedly ...

Why Time Is the Only Currency That Matters Life, death, and everything in between. On this episode of At The Mic with Keith Malinak, Keith flies solo. No guest. No script. Just an honest reflection on time, regret, purpose, and the moments we never get back. What begins as quiet introspection turns into a philosophical confession about mortality, fear, family history, and the cost of waiting too long to say what matters. This is not a conversation about statistics or headlines. It is a convers...

You drink it every day without thinking. Coffee cups, bottled water, and canned soup may be quietly exposing you to microplastics, BPA, and forever chemicals. This is not panic. It is documented. In this episode of At The Mic: Friday Happy Hour, Keith Malinak is joined by Brad Staggs, Rebecca Mistereggen, and Kelly Smith for a wide-ranging conversation that moves from food safety to politics, culture, and the strange patterns of modern life. From Epstein files and vaccine fallout to stock marke...

A U.S. Airman refused a COVID vaccine mandate and entered a legal battle that would redefine his life, his career, and his faith in military justice. In this episode of At The Mic with Keith Malinak, Keith sits down with former U.S. Airman Lance Castle for a deep dive into one of the most controversial court-martial cases to emerge from the COVID era. What began as a personal medical decision quickly escalated into solitary confinement, professional retaliation, and a years-long fight for accou...

MTV didn’t just stop playing music. It marked the beginning of a fractured shared culture. In this special edition of At the Mic with Keith Malinak, Keith Malinak is joined by Brad Staggs on Christmas Eve for a wide-ranging reflection that begins with nostalgia and ends somewhere far less comfortable. What starts with memories of MTV, childhood Christmases, and a time when culture felt shared slowly opens into deeper questions. The unresolved case of Jeffrey Epstein, voter confidence, surveill...

There are better ways to raise money. This was not one of them. On this episode of At the Mic: Friday Happy Hour, Keith Malinak is joined by Brad Staggs, Rebecca Mistereggen, and Kelly Smith for an unscripted roundtable that begins with a fundraiser and quickly veers into chaos. Donkeys are discussed early. Norcs become a recurring theme. Logic struggles to keep up. The conversation drifts through fundraising schemes, cosmetic surgery culture, groupthink, parenting realities, cultural absurdit...

Keith Malinak sits with former FBI agent and whistleblower Steve Friend to examine January 6, political prosecutions, and retaliation inside the Bureau. From entrapment schemes to media manipulation, this Deep Dive questions accountability, power, and whether the FBI can still be reformed. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/at-the-mic-with-keith-malinak2022/donations

A Waffle House menu shouldn’t feel like time travel, but here we are. What starts as light Friday chaos quickly turns into a very Gen X conversation about rising prices, parenting, and how reality seems to shift without warning. Keith Malinak is joined by Brad Staggs and Rebecca Mistereggen as the conversation moves from sleep-deprived parenting and Christmas traditions to cultural differences, inflation shock, and the moment a Waffle House menu suddenly feels like time travel. From rising pri...

Long before satellites circled the planet, strange objects appeared in Earth’s skies—metallic, intelligent, and impossible to categorize. This Deep Dive untangles the conspiracy theories, photographic anomalies, and geopolitical motives buried inside decades of UFO reports. Keith Malinak, Brad Staggs, and Kelly Smith track the pattern intelligence agencies ignored: Cold War secrecy, 1950s sky plates, underwater UAP sightings, the Washington Flap, and the troubling correlation between UFO activit...

The holiday rush hits differently when AI recommends your gifts, the World Cup keeps buzzing in the background, and everyone quietly agrees not to open the news app. This week’s Friday Deep Dive settles into that space between festive distraction and December overload. Keith and Brad unwrap algorithmic Christmas chaos, cultural noise, and the comedy that shows up when we all pretend nothing strange is happening. Light, satirical, and seasonally self-aware, the conversation drifts from unexpecte...

It starts with hives, panic, ER visits, and confusion. Then the truth hits. One Lone Star tick has rewritten guest Kerry Toms’ immune system and turned everyday foods into a threat. Alpha-Gal Syndrome begins with a single bite and ends with a shocking reality. Beef, pork, dairy, and gelatin suddenly trigger violent reactions. In this At The Mic Thursday Deep Dive, Keith Malinak sits down with Kerry Toms to uncover years of misdiagnosis, fear, and the moment she learned that one tick had changed...

An Islamic-driven genocide is unfolding in Nigeria, and the world refuses to look. In this tense Deep Dive, Keith Malinak and Larry Taunton uncover how Islamist strategy, political manipulation, and global networks collide to fuel a hidden war against Christians. What starts as a report from Nigeria expands into a larger operation powered by extremist ideology, demographic warfare, and coordinated political pressure across continents. Taunton draws from on-the-ground encounters and hostile gove...

A buried detail from Epstein’s past shows up out of nowhere and blows up the entire Thanksgiving warm-up. One second it’s holiday chatter, the next it’s the lemon detail nobody wanted resurfacing and derailing the room instantly. From that moment on, the episode just snowballs. Reactions get louder, tangents get stranger, and every joke lands harder than the last. It’s pure Friday Happy Hour chaos, the kind where one ridiculous moment fuels another until you’re deep into a two-hour spiral of ...

Saudi Arabia’s influence over U.S. strategy runs deeper than most people realize, and Colonel Roxane Towner-Watkins returns to map out the hidden pressure points shaping today’s geopolitical landscape. She and Keith Malinak explore the unspoken leverage that keeps the U.S.–Saudi relationship locked in place, even as global alliances shift and domestic institutions crack under their own weight. This conversation breaks down: How Saudi oil, military dependency, and historical power shape a quiet...

AI just got a lot weirder,has it crossed the line into digital resurrection? This week on At The Mic: Deep Dive, Keith Malinak is joined by Brad Staggs, Kelly Smith, and a sleep-deprived Rebecca Mistereggen calling in from Norway, to unpack one of the wildest mixes of tech, culture, and chaos we’ve seen yet. From engagement ring internet wars and newborn parenting truths to ghostly voices and AI-induced mental breakdowns, this episode spirals hilariously (and at times uncomfortably) into the ...

MKUltra survivor William Yarborough reveals how the CIA used mind control, psychedelics, and psychological torture on children, including himself. Host Keith Malinak uncovers the hidden legacy of MKUltra, Operation Paperclip, trauma recovery, and the long road to healing. A powerful, must-hear deep dive into dark history. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/at-the-mic-with-keith-malinak2022/donations

Blue dogs near Chernobyl, cloned pets, death metal in Norway, ghost stories, wild parenting tales, and weird Halloween traditions? This Friday Hangout with Keith Malinak and friends is as unpredictable as it is hilarious. Smart, strange, and a little spooky, dive into the chaos and fun of life’s most bizarre conversations. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/at-the-mic-with-keith-malinak2022/donations

Election researcher Jovan Hutton Pulitzer and author Eve DePita return to break down how elections are influenced through ballots, oversight gaps, and maladministration—not just machines. This conversation reveals how transparency breaks down and why citizen responsibility is key to safeguarding the vote. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/at-the-mic-with-keith-malinak2022/donations

Ghosts, politics, and Gen Alpha chaos collide in this Halloween episode of At The Mic: Deep Dive with Keith Malinak. Keith, @realbradstaggs, and @kelly4freedom unpack everything from paranormal encounters and viral slang “6-7” to celebrity politics, nostalgia, and idiocracy—all with sharp humor, cultural insight, and Halloween energy. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/at-the-mic-with-keith-malinak2022/donations

Veteran ghost hunter Tom Carr joins Keith Malinak to share 40 years of paranormal experience—tools that work, encounters gone wrong, and the real dangers behind ghost hunting. From EVP to Ouija boards, this Halloween episode explores what happens when curiosity meets the supernatural. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/at-the-mic-with-keith-malinak2022/donations

Keith Malinak unpacks a fake $45M net worth, Japan’s bizarre Pokémon card economy, and a gecko that wrecked his house. Rebecca shares a raw post-birth scar story, and Brad joins the chaos. From red light therapy to AI love stories and Monster can redesigns, it’s a wild Friday Happy Hour at its finest. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/at-the-mic-with-keith-malinak2022/donations

A missionary killed by tribes, a $30M heist, and a woman who woke up speaking Chinese? Keith and Brad dig into real stories so absurd, they feel fictional. From voter fraud and island cults to tire air conspiracies and space junk mishaps—At The Mic delivers laughs, mystery, and truth stranger than fiction. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/at-the-mic-with-keith-malinak2022/donations