Pirate Wires
Hosted by Mike Solana and Riley Nork and Blake Dodge and Brandon Gorrell · Pirate Wires
4.6from 300 ratings
- 107
- Episodes
- 79
- Transcribed
- 300
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 813K
- YouTube views
About Pirate Wires
tech, politics, culture
- Publisher
- Pirate Wires
- Category
- technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 May 2023
- Latest episode
- 9 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
79 of 107 episodes have a transcript.
9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Macron: “Free Speech Is BS”, France Riots, AI Apocalypse, Aliens & more!
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The AI Boys Hug It Out, The Doomers Want It Banned | PW Pod w/ Mike Solana & Liv Boeree
25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Trump hates Doomers, Lesbians hate Masks | PW Pod ft. Mike Solana & Bridget Phetasy
Inside a recent episode
Macron: “Free Speech Is BS”, France Riots, AI Apocalypse, Aliens & more!
Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Then you have effective altruism, which is the rationalist's approach to charity. Both groups of people. There's a lot of overlap between both. I believe the end of the world is very likely if we don't stop the advance of superintelligence. I gave you all their lists. I sort of hear the big core texts. Here are their assumptions. I pushed back. I wanted to engage as thoughtfully as I could. But my impulse always in my writing and in the way that I look at the world is I'm always super curious about people. I'm always super curious about what is really motivating a person. Why are they behaving in the way they're behaving? […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Pirate Wires
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Sanjana Friedman
- Nicole Wizman
- Liv Boeree
- Kat Rosenfield
- Bridget Phetasy
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 813,352
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 123 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 177 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 84 / 100
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- Quality
- 92
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 98
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Questions about Pirate Wires
Who hosts Pirate Wires?
Mike Solana and Riley Nork and Blake Dodge and Brandon Gorrell host the show. Published by Pirate Wires.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Pirate Wires take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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