<![CDATA[Firewalled Media: Audio]]>https://www.firewalledmedia.com/s/audiohttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xNil!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F72dc0181-a552-4f6c-8cfc-02cfe028eb1e_700x700.pngFirewalled Media: Audiohttps://www.firewalledmedia.com/s/audioSubstackThu, 09 Apr 2026 05:52:59 GMT<![CDATA[Why We're Really In Iran (Audio)]]>https://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/why-were-really-in-iran-audiohttps://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/why-were-really-in-iran-audioMon, 23 Mar 2026 17:34:54 GMTFor the lovely premium subscribers: the audio version! I’ve combined both parts of the article into a single audio file for your listening…well, pleasure seems like a strong word, but your listening. For you to listen to if you would like to.

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]]><![CDATA[This Union's In A State (Audio)]]>https://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/this-unions-in-a-state-audiohttps://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/this-unions-in-a-state-audioWed, 25 Feb 2026 09:20:56 GMTFor the lovely premium subscribers: the audio version! Thank you, as always, for your support: I could not do this without you.

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]]><![CDATA[Won't You Be My Neighbor? (Audio)]]>https://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/wont-you-be-my-neighbor-audiohttps://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/wont-you-be-my-neighbor-audioFri, 13 Feb 2026 05:23:28 GMTFor the lovely premium subscribers: the audio version, read by yours truly.

On Wednesday, I wrote an article for Slate Magazine about Minneapolis residents standing up against ICE: why they do it, what that looks like day-to-day, and where they find the courage despite the danger. Please check it out if you would like to!

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This article, which is not the same as the Slate article, includes a lot of pictures, and here they are:

IThank you, as always, for your support—I could not do this without you!

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]]><![CDATA[How To Do Enough (Audio)]]>https://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/how-to-do-enough-audiohttps://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/how-to-do-enough-audioMon, 12 Jan 2026 16:08:26 GMTFor the lovely premium subscribers: the audio version! For once it’s not horrifically depressing, so there’s that.

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]]><![CDATA[The Law of the Gun (Audio)]]>https://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/the-law-of-the-gun-audiohttps://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/the-law-of-the-gun-audioSat, 10 Jan 2026 04:13:12 GMTFor the lovely premium subscribers (and also the free subscribers, today): the audio version! Another heavy one, I’m afraid.

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murdered woman's glove compartment filled with stuffed animals
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Video: ICE points handgun at protester’s head last night

]]><![CDATA[Über Alles]]>https://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/uber-alleshttps://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/uber-allesWed, 07 Jan 2026 05:27:56 GMTFor the lovely premium subscribers: the audio version.

I’ve been tweaking and rewriting this one for three solid days. I was tweaking and rewriting it as I recorded it, and if I don’t publish it now I’ll be tweaking and rewriting it for the next several years. Here it is, for better or worse.

Dark one today, folks. As the title suggests.

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]]><![CDATA[The Year We Made It Through (audio)]]>https://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/the-year-we-made-it-through-audiohttps://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/the-year-we-made-it-through-audioThu, 01 Jan 2026 02:45:26 GMTFor the lovely premium subscribers: the audio version! Thank you so much for your support—I hope you’re doing somethig wonderful this evening, and Happy New Year!

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]]><![CDATA[Hard Heart/Soft Heart (Audio)]]>https://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/hard-heartsoft-heart-audiohttps://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/hard-heartsoft-heart-audioTue, 11 Nov 2025 19:27:05 GMTFor the lovely premium subscribers: the audio version! Thank you for your support, you are quite literally keeping the lights on right now.

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]]><![CDATA[Oman Among the Stars (Audio)]]>https://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/oman-among-the-stars-audiohttps://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/oman-among-the-stars-audioTue, 21 Oct 2025 15:45:52 GMTFor the lovely premium subscribers: the audio version! I’ll get back to our regularly scheduled American Apocalypse coverage shortly.

Link to Rest of World article: The world needs more spaceports. Oman wants to help

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]]><![CDATA[The Top Brass Disaster (Audio)]]>https://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/the-top-brass-disaster-audiohttps://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/the-top-brass-disaster-audioThu, 02 Oct 2025 21:19:31 GMTICYMI: I appeared in Tuesday’s Current Affairs newsletter talking about ICE, Portland, and Trump’s attempt to scare us all. You can read that here if you would like to!

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]]><![CDATA["A Vast Domestic Terror Movement" (Audio)]]>https://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/a-vast-domestic-terror-movement-audiohttps://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/a-vast-domestic-terror-movement-audioWed, 17 Sep 2025 01:29:03 GMTFor the lovely premium suscribers: the audio version. I am very (almost) sorry for the way I’ve chosen to portray Katie Miller in this narration. In my defense, I am slowly losing my mind.

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Two tables referenced in the article:

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]]><![CDATA[Cornered Dogs Bite (Audio)]]>https://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/cornered-dogs-bite-audiohttps://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/cornered-dogs-bite-audioWed, 23 Jul 2025 01:57:59 GMTFor the lovely premium subscribers: the audio version! Good lord do I hope this article doesn’t stay relevant. Please let it sink beneath the waves of Content…

The press release

The 118-page report

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]]><![CDATA[The Epstein Case Is Different (Audio)]]>https://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/the-epstein-case-is-different-audiohttps://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/the-epstein-case-is-different-audioFri, 18 Jul 2025 13:41:00 GMTFor the lovely premium subscribers: the audio version! Thank you for your patience — I finished edits on this article while waiting for a wedding to start and I figured I'd wait until later to record audio rather than ruining my cousin’s special day with narration.

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You can see some of the almost universally negative responses to Trump's demand that suppo…

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]]><![CDATA[The Big Beautiful Fear (Audio)]]>https://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/the-big-beautiful-fear-audiohttps://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/the-big-beautiful-fear-audioFri, 04 Jul 2025 13:26:03 GMTFor the lovely premium subscribers: the audio version. This is a grim one, I’m afraid…

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ALSO: It’s that time again. The Monthly AMA will take place live on Wednesday, July 9th at 8:30 PM ET. Ask questions in the chat, email them to me ahead of time, or ask anonymously here. This is a premium subscriber perk: if you’d like to get in on this, it’s not too l…

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]]><![CDATA["Iranian Sleeper Cells" (Audio)]]>https://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/sleeper-cells-revised-version-andhttps://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/sleeper-cells-revised-version-andSun, 22 Jun 2025 04:31:00 GMTFor my lovely premium subscribers: the audio version! Sorry for the delay, I spent a lot of yesterday on the radio and recording simply wasn’t in the cards until fairly late in the day.

For ALL my lovely subscribers: I’ve modified the ending of the original article in a spicy sort of way. Check it out if you would like to!

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]]><![CDATA[Military Industrial Complexities (Audio)]]>https://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/military-industrial-complexitieshttps://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/military-industrial-complexitiesFri, 20 Jun 2025 00:09:05 GMTFor my lovely premium subscribers, the audio version! Thank you for your support, and I apologize for my choices while reading the Mike Huckabee text. My intrusive thoughts are now your intrusive thoughts. I’m sorry

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As those of you who follow me on social media alread know, I was in Washington DC last Saturday for the Army’s 250th birthday celebration. I…

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]]><![CDATA[The LA (Police) Riots (Audio)]]>https://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/the-la-police-riots-audiohttps://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/the-la-police-riots-audioTue, 10 Jun 2025 13:23:00 GMTFor my lovely premium subscribers: the audio version!

AMA livestream tomorrow, June 11th, 8:30 PM ET on YouTube. Questions? Comments? Concerns? Throw your question in the comment, reply to this email, or ask them anonymously at https://ngl.link/laurajedeed.

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]]><![CDATA[The Great MAGA Crack-Up (Audio)]]>https://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/the-great-maga-crack-up-audiohttps://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/the-great-maga-crack-up-audioFri, 06 Jun 2025 21:05:49 GMTFor my patient premium subscribers: the audio version!

Also, sorry I haven’t written anything in a while. My backup failed on my way out of Oman and I lost three interview recordings that I really, REALLY needed. It messed me up on a lot of levels but I’m back now with a very long thing about the state of the Republican party and why it is Bad. What a spectacular 24 hours it’s been, what a glorious battle royale. I’m fully stocked on popcorn and can’t wait to see how this turns out…

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]]><![CDATA[You Can't Go Home Again (Audio)]]>https://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/you-cant-go-home-again-audiohttps://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/you-cant-go-home-again-audioSat, 26 Apr 2025 10:55:00 GMTSorry this came out a bit late — everything is more complicated on the road. This also means you once again get to be serenaded by my mediocre travel mic. Every trip I’m like “I am going to get a new travel mic” and every time I come home from a trip I find some bullshit reason not to. Thus nature renews itself, I guess. Seriously though, I’m gonna do i…

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]]><![CDATA[COINTELPRO-Style Behavior (Audio)]]>https://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/cointelpro-style-behavior-da1https://www.firewalledmedia.com/p/cointelpro-style-behavior-da1Sun, 06 Apr 2025 22:57:00 GMTFor BANNED’s wonderful premium subscribers: the audio version! Sorry it’s a bit later than the written version, Adobe Audition decided to shed this mortal coil and required a full reinstall. Anyway, it’s here now: thank you for your patience (and, as always, for supporting the newsletter)

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