The James Perspective

James Wilkerson

James Wilkerson leads a discussion with friends and family on a wide range of history, philosophy, conspiracy, and current events. Opinions expressed by various participants do not reflect the opinions of every participant. for Suggestions email podcast@TheJamesPerspective.com

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    TJP_FULL_Episode_1563_Friday_21326_Conspiracy_Friday_with_Charlotte_and_the_Almost_Full_House

    On today’s episode, we discuss the latest Epstein document releases, including millions of pages of emails, photos, and warrant materials that name powerful figures from politics, finance, and tech, and why so few of those people have ever been seriously investigated or charged. Charlotte, Sarah, Mark, Glenn, and James wrestle with Kash Patel’s sworn claim that there was “no indication” Epstein trafficked anyone to others, contrasting it with newly surfaced files and public crowd‑sourced research that strongly suggest multiple high‑level clients and enablers, and they openly question whether Patel effectively committed perjury to protect U.S. allies and national‑security interests. The conversation digs into how intelligence services like the CIA, MI5, and possibly Mossad may have used Epstein’s operation for kompromat, why both Republican and Democratic administrations slow‑walked or redacted key information, and whether Trump’s partial file release and Fani Willis–style media performances reflect systemic rot rather than partisan one‑offs. Charlotte then outlines the “cult of Molech” idea—ancient child‑sacrifice worship echoed in modern abortion politics and alleged elite abuse—while Sarah links grooming and trafficking dynamics to real survivor stories from Epstein’s circle, emphasizing how predators leverage both extreme vulnerability and relentless ambition. The group debates whether the Epstein saga is a genuine reckoning or just another distraction from wars and current frauds, ultimately agreeing that even if prosecutions are difficult because of venue, time, or redactions, the public still needs unvarnished exposure of names and methods so the system can “implode” and reset rather than be protected by managed denial. Don't miss it!

    1h 28m

  2. 2 DAYS AGO

    TJP_FULL_Episode_1562_Thursday_21226_Technology_Thursday_with_the_Fearsome_Threesome

    On today’s episode, we discuss James’s new M‑series iPad and how modern tablets now function as near‑full computers, especially when paired with keyboards, mice, and pro apps like Word and Acrobat. The conversation quickly shifts to Teslas and self‑driving tech, with stories of how fast human driving skills atrophy, how FSD handles rain, potholes, and surprise hazards better than most people, and why the hosts are convinced that within a decade nearly all trucks and many cars will be automated. From there, they zoom out to Elon Musk’s broader ambitions: a Moon Base Alpha with domed habitats and rail‑gun satellite launchers, rapid‑reuse rockets, Starlink’s dense satellite web, and X as a potential low‑friction global financial platform that could undercut traditional banks while dovetailing with Bitcoin and crypto. Mark breaks down why Bitcoin’s mining cost now nears its market value, what that implies about price floors and energy use, and how mining once drove his home power bill to two or three times normal. In the AI segment, the trio tackles autonomous surgery and welding robots, AI‑assisted coding with tools like Claude, Grok, and “vibe code,” social‑media worlds where AI agents train themselves and each other, and the cultural fallout from parasocial AI companions losing the ability to say “I love you.” They close by coining “glass holes” for people abusing smart glasses to record everyone, warning listeners that every profession—from truckers and diesel mechanics to window washers and even medical‑malpractice lawyers—will be reshaped by robots and AI, and urging younger workers to master both their craft and AI tools so they can ride the wave instead of being wiped out by it. Don't miss it!

    1h 16m

  3. 3 DAYS AGO

    TJP_FULL_Episode_1561_Wednesday_21126_Nonsecular_Wednesday_without_the_Giant_Preacher

    On today’s episode, we discuss what scholars mean by the “historical Jesus” and how that project differs from simply asking what extra‑biblical sources say about Christ or spinning speculative tales like a secret marriage to Mary Magdalene. Historical‑Jesus research is presented as historiography—the history of how 18th–21st century scholars have tried to reconstruct Jesus using modern historical methods while partially suspending full trust in the Gospels and early church tradition. The episode walks through form criticism and the influential “criterion of double dissimilarity,” which tries to identify sayings and actions most likely authentic when they are unlike both 1st‑century Judaism and later Christian preaching, along with the more aggressive “criterion of embarrassment,” which treats unflattering or awkward details—such as Jesus praying that the cup of suffering might pass—as especially historically plausible. The hosts debate the strengths and abuses of these tools, noting that they can highlight Jesus’s genuine uniqueness and humanity but become distorting when used to deny continuity between Jesus and the early church or to strip him from his Jewish context, effectively turning him into an ahistorical “alien.” The conversation then drills into dense theological questions: whether the “Word of God” in John 1 refers to Jesus, Scripture, the gospel, or all of the above; how divine inspiration relates to fallible human memory; and why the Gospels are better seen as faithful, interpretive testimonies to Jesus rather than verbatim transcripts. Finally, the episode turns pastoral and practical as they wrestle with blasphemy of the Holy Spirit (attributing Spirit‑empowered exorcisms to Satan), Satan’s temptation offers and “permissive will,” Old Testament figures like Samson and Balaam, and why, despite scholarly debates about method, the non‑negotiable center for Christians remains trusting the risen Christ revealed in Scripture. Don't miss it!

    1h 19m

  4. 4 DAYS AGO

    TJP_FULL_Episode_1560_Tuesday_21026_Tuesday_Breakdown_with_the_Fearsome_Foursome

    Reduce it by 3 sentences On today’s episode, we discuss James’s deepening love affair with his Tesla—how over‑the‑air updates, added cameras, and driver feedback now let it avoid potholes, steer around roadkill, emergency‑swerve for jaywalking students, and even “learn” to fix a bad routing habit near his home, convincing him that buying a new non‑autonomous gas car would be foolish. The crew swaps stories about Tesla wall‑charger installs, kid‑friendly rear‑screen entertainment, Sentry Mode catching would‑be vandals, and why GM’s and other legacy makers’ assisted‑drive systems still feel years behind what Tesla’s vision‑only sensor suite can do on real roads. That sets up a broader tech segment with bus‑driver Ben, who gives an on‑the‑ground report from Meta’s colossal new data‑center campus near Holly Ridge—five‑mile site length, warehouse‑sized buildings, water‑cooled server halls fed by retention ponds, Meta‑funded substations, and a cost that could approach 50 billion dollars. From there, the conversation turns to elections: James, Glenn, Dwayne, and Ben argue that 2020 was both “rigged and stolen,” champion the SAVE America Act’s in‑person photo‑ID and proof‑of‑citizenship requirements, and warn that AI could compress multi‑day ballot‑stuffing schemes into minutes unless voting returns to same‑day, hand‑counted paper ballots. They cite Adam Schiff’s warning that voter‑ID rules might “disenfranchise 21 million voters” as an inadvertent admission of how many questionable registrations exist and debate how AI tools like Grok could also be used in reverse—flagging suspicious prompt patterns and signaling when operatives might be probing ways to cheat. The episode also revisits Tina Peters’s prosecution in Colorado, Mike Benz’s claims that the FBI “table‑topped” January 6 months in advance, and new reporting that a Florida police chief remembers Trump urging investigators in the 2000s to go after Jeffrey Epstein for abusing minors. Don't miss it!

    1h 17m

  5. 5 DAYS AGO

    TJP_FULL_Episode_1559_Monday_20926_Legal_Monday_without_Victoria_and_Mattie_Superbowl_Aftermath

    On today’s episode, we discuss why James has largely checked out of the modern Super Bowl—between Bad Bunny’s controversial halftime show, penalty-heavy NFL games, and increasingly forgettable ads—and how Turning Point USA’s commercial‑free “All American Halftime Show” managed to siphon off roughly a quarter of the traditional halftime audience with patriotic, family‑friendly music and an altar‑call style finale from Kid Rock. The crew compares the production choices and business models behind NBC’s $20 million ad slots and TPUSA’s donor‑funded, YouTube‑streamed event, arguing that advertisers and league executives will have to reckon with viewers who are hungry for cleaner, more explicitly patriotic entertainment. From there, they pivot to the Winter Olympics, recounting Lindsey Vonn’s decision to race on a torn ACL before suffering a serious crash, lamenting the decline in “water cooler” Olympic buzz, and debating how anti‑American comments from a few U.S. athletes further dampen enthusiasm. Glenn and Dwayne then outline fresh revelations from the Epstein file releases, including Steve Bannon’s friendly email exchanges with Epstein about populist movements and reputation repair, and they revisit Lin Wood’s long‑running suspicion of various conservative figures now implicated by those communications. On the legal front, Dwayne breaks down the emerging fight over how the Clintons will testify about Epstein (closed deposition versus open hearing) and explains why pre‑negotiated questions and limited topics could leave the public with more theater than truth. Finally, the conversation turns to broader questions of unequal justice and tech accountability, as they examine Don Lemon’s alleged role in planning a church‑service disruption and a novel lawsuit against Meta that targets not individual posts but the addictive recommendation algorithm itself as a kind of “cigarettes and cancer” mental‑health harm for vulnerable teens. Don't miss it!

    1h 20m

  6. 6 FEB

    TJP_FULL_Episode_1558_Friday_20626_Conspiracy_Friday_without_Charlotte

    On today’s episode, we discuss a sprawling web of conspiracies centered on Jeffrey Epstein, including claims he faked his 2019 jailhouse death, now lives in Tel Aviv under Mossad protection, and even maintains an active Fortnite account linked to an old email handle. Glenn walks through alleged clues from the recent Epstein document dump: heavily redacted CIA emails, rumored Mossad ties, supposed surveillance gaps in his cell, and photos or sightings that some argue show Epstein alive, while others dismiss them as AI-generated fakes. The hosts connect these theories to the latest fallout from the Epstein files—high-profile figures named in emails, a WEF leader stepping down, Peter Thiel being quizzed by reporters, and questions about why so few island visitors have faced charges. From there, they dive into a second cluster of conspiracies around prediction markets like Polymarket, highlighting a large anonymous $400,000 bet on the U.S. move against Maduro just before it happened, and using it to illustrate how insiders could, in theory, “print money” by wagering on political or military events. Mark, Glenn, and James then riff on Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto rumors that tie Epstein to early crypto wealth, Trump’s public support for XRP and a strategic U.S. “crypto reserve,” and the idea that seized digital assets may now be quietly hoarded by the government instead of auctioned. Along the way, they question how much “wisdom of crowds” in sports books and prediction markets is real versus manipulated, compare long-shot bets to prophecies about Christ’s return, and share personal war stories of missed investments and blown stock picks. The episode wraps back in familiar territory—Tesla updates, autonomous tech, Optimus robots, and even using Cybertrucks as grid batteries—underscoring how quickly emerging technology, opaque finance, and incomplete facts can fuel a constant churn of conspiratorial thinking. Don't miss it!

    1h 18m

  7. 5 FEB

    TJP_FULL_Episode_1557_Thursday_20526_Technology_Thrusday_with_the_Fearsome_Foursome

    On today’s episode, we discuss James’s latest adventures with his Tesla, including how it handles blind pedestrians, misreads faded stop lines, learns to dodge potholes, and occasionally blasts through a Ruston speed trap at 47 in a 35 while he scrambles to correct it. The “fearsome threesome” compare Tesla’s different driving modes (from chill to “Mad Max”), explain how Smart Summon and “ASS mode” (Actually Smart Summon) train the car in private lots, and argue that human drivers make far deadlier mistakes even if the car’s errors are more noticeable. The conversation then jumps to AI agents, with Mark describing how a Claude-based agent framework accidentally spawned a million‑agent, AI‑only social network that began forming its own “culture,” raising questions about runaway compute costs and what happens when software mostly talks to itself. From there, they dig into data centers and energy: Meta’s massive new facility and land buy near Holly Ridge, talk of moving AI compute to space using solar power, and concern over how much national‑debt‑scale capital big tech and Apple (via its QAI acquisition) are about to pour into advanced models and audio “earables.” On the medical front, they highlight emerging tech like MRI-guided cryo-freezing of tumors, speculative “earable” devices that can monitor vitals and deliver drugs, and overhyped claims about brain stimulation that could allegedly “upload” piano pieces or martial arts skills into your nervous system. The episode closes with Bitcoin: they note its slide from around 126,000 to under 70,000, debate four‑year halving cycles, deflationary pressure from AI, the risks of short selling versus prediction markets, and end with the idea that if listeners dabble in crypto at all, it should be for fun money only—not because of anything they hear on this show. Don't miss it!

    1h 26m

  8. 4 FEB

    TJP_FULL_Episode_1556_Wednesday_20426_James_and_the_Giant_Preacher

    On today’s episode, we discuss whether the visible decline of many churches is a crisis or a necessary pruning that reveals a smaller, truer remnant of believers. James and Pastor Jimmy start with an aging congregation problem—churches where the average member is over 70—and argue that decades of weak discipleship, consumer-style “mega” ministry, and shallow social-gospel preaching have left many congregations unable to form new, grounded Christians. They contrast the older model of church as community hub—where neighbors, teachers, and grandparents reinforced shared morals—with today’s fragmented world in which kids are raised more by schools, screens, and mobility than by family or church, leaving them rootless and vulnerable to ideological fads. From there, they examine how entertainment-driven worship, charismatic but theologically thin pastors, and politicized pulpits (including Episcopal and Catholic examples) can actually drive people away from Scripture and toward mere activism or identity politics. Jimmy insists that genuine revival requires pastors who are both intellectually trained and spiritually mature, able to teach justification, sanctification, spiritual disciplines, and “works of mercy” so laypeople become disciples who serve, not passive consumers who watch. The conversation then turns hopeful: they note explosive Christian growth in the Global South, a modest resurgence of interest among some young men in historic liturgy, and more scientists and public figures willing to say that belief in God is intellectually serious. James concludes that he can’t control the fate of denominations or dying buildings, but he can choose to be part of the remnant—finding a church that preaches the Word, walking in sanctifying grace, and doing the concrete works God has given him, even if the broader American church continues to shrink. Don't miss it!

    1h 19m
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James Wilkerson leads a discussion with friends and family on a wide range of history, philosophy, conspiracy, and current events. Opinions expressed by various participants do not reflect the opinions of every participant. for Suggestions email podcast@TheJamesPerspective.com

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  • Creator
    James Wilkerson
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Copyright 2020 All rights reserved.
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    The James Perspective