I listened to about 90% of it. Stopped when they started reading chat comments.
Some of it is good, some not so much. Liked the "And we know" guy. Josh lost some credibility by talking a lot about how Chinese and others were going through the Darien Gap directly from Venezuela. It wouldn't have been so bad if he acknowledged Colombia is in between, but he repeated it a lot and it made him sound sloppy to me. I also disagree with the "now Flynn is Q" concept. Sure, he sends comms and makes Q-winks, but Q was a public facing op, and whatever Flynn is, he's not doing that role. It's easy to get in the groove and not worry too much about what's theory and what's relevant, and just absorb what they have, especially if I had been listening to these guys for a while, but in the meantime I found other voices that I like more. So ... they're not for me.
Chinese and others were going through the Darien Gap directly from Venezuela
Except, that actually happened. Tons of Venezuelans (~60%+) and Chinese (~25k in 2023) are crossing the Darién Gap, often starting in Venezuela or Ecuador. Chinese numbers spiked 10x since 2022, using smugglers and social media guides. Other groups like Afghans and Indians too. It’s a brutal route—swamps, bandits, deaths—but crossings dropped 98% in 2025 due to crackdowns. Sources: UN, Panama gov, news reports.
I saw the same news reports. Whatever. Venezuela does not share a land border with Panama, so going directly by land is not possible, and the way he repeatedly phrased it implied that he hadn't seen a map. I know it's not a big deal as to whether the guy is a good decoder, and everybody gets a few mulligans like that, but someone who is spreading info should know stuff like that. Anyway, he's not the voice that I want to tune in to for 2 or 3 hours on a regular basis. Happy to listen to him or change my mind if he breaks something special or if he has a guest I like, but that's just what it is.
It's the length + the abundance of disinfo agents that have suckered us into long-form vids.
This. I've been getting real tired of long-ass videos in general, anything over an hour is starting to ask a lot of me especially if there is a lot of jabbering and getting off topic (a big reason why I stopped watching "Altered State" and "Baseless Conspiracy".) Especially on Rumble which still needs to improve on remembering where you left off on a video, if I come back and it restarts me from the beginning I'm not very unlikely to bother to try to figure out where I had paused.
I listen via the BadLands podcast hosted on the the iHeart Radio App. I listen at 1.5X the speed because the hosts tend to talk sloooow so it actually sounds normal (to me anyway). The BadLands channel has various other podcasts, I can burn through a few in a couple hours.
The only thing I miss out on is video the hosts might highlight, but if it’s something really intriguing I’ll seek out the Rumble video… hate the Rumble platform, it’s buggy as all get out - for this Mac user anyway. If I try to scrub to a point past anything beyond 20min it will reset to the beginning. Super aggravating.
It's the length + the abundance of disinfo agents that have suckered us into long-form vids. I'll give it a shot.
Tell us if you like it.
I listened to about 90% of it. Stopped when they started reading chat comments.
Some of it is good, some not so much. Liked the "And we know" guy. Josh lost some credibility by talking a lot about how Chinese and others were going through the Darien Gap directly from Venezuela. It wouldn't have been so bad if he acknowledged Colombia is in between, but he repeated it a lot and it made him sound sloppy to me. I also disagree with the "now Flynn is Q" concept. Sure, he sends comms and makes Q-winks, but Q was a public facing op, and whatever Flynn is, he's not doing that role. It's easy to get in the groove and not worry too much about what's theory and what's relevant, and just absorb what they have, especially if I had been listening to these guys for a while, but in the meantime I found other voices that I like more. So ... they're not for me.
Except, that actually happened. Tons of Venezuelans (~60%+) and Chinese (~25k in 2023) are crossing the Darién Gap, often starting in Venezuela or Ecuador. Chinese numbers spiked 10x since 2022, using smugglers and social media guides. Other groups like Afghans and Indians too. It’s a brutal route—swamps, bandits, deaths—but crossings dropped 98% in 2025 due to crackdowns. Sources: UN, Panama gov, news reports.
I saw the same news reports. Whatever. Venezuela does not share a land border with Panama, so going directly by land is not possible, and the way he repeatedly phrased it implied that he hadn't seen a map. I know it's not a big deal as to whether the guy is a good decoder, and everybody gets a few mulligans like that, but someone who is spreading info should know stuff like that. Anyway, he's not the voice that I want to tune in to for 2 or 3 hours on a regular basis. Happy to listen to him or change my mind if he breaks something special or if he has a guest I like, but that's just what it is.
This. I've been getting real tired of long-ass videos in general, anything over an hour is starting to ask a lot of me especially if there is a lot of jabbering and getting off topic (a big reason why I stopped watching "Altered State" and "Baseless Conspiracy".) Especially on Rumble which still needs to improve on remembering where you left off on a video, if I come back and it restarts me from the beginning I'm not very unlikely to bother to try to figure out where I had paused.
I stop listening when they dance around the point in the first few minutes
I listen via the BadLands podcast hosted on the the iHeart Radio App. I listen at 1.5X the speed because the hosts tend to talk sloooow so it actually sounds normal (to me anyway). The BadLands channel has various other podcasts, I can burn through a few in a couple hours.
The only thing I miss out on is video the hosts might highlight, but if it’s something really intriguing I’ll seek out the Rumble video… hate the Rumble platform, it’s buggy as all get out - for this Mac user anyway. If I try to scrub to a point past anything beyond 20min it will reset to the beginning. Super aggravating.