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This is not the usual Wednesday WTF episode. With Christmas Eve and Christmas Day landing right in the middle of the week, this episode takes a different approach.

It is about showing up, staying consistent, and acknowledging the moment without pretending the world suddenly stopped being complicated.

As the holidays arrive, the pressure people are feeling has not gone away. The economy still weighs heavily on families. Poll after poll shows frustration building.

People are asking for real attention to real problems, not slogans or dismissal, and that tension is part of the backdrop we are all carrying into this season.

There is also the growing unease around trust. Promises of transparency feel thin. Explanations feel incomplete.

Confidence in institutions continues to erode, and once credibility is lost, it does not stay contained to one issue. It spreads and it changes how people view everything.

This episode is about stepping back without checking out. It is about taking a breath even while the noise keeps coming.

It is a reminder that pausing is not surrender, and that preserving yourself is sometimes the most responsible thing you can do.

And if you are spending the holidays alone, this episode speaks to you as well. You are not invisible and you are not forgotten.

Wherever you are emotionally as the year winds down, this is a moment to ground yourself before stepping back into a world that is not done testing any of us.

To all the Wolfpack listeners around the world…

A VERY happy holiday to you!

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In this episode I focus on a major decision involving offshore wind projects already under construction along the East Coast and why the sudden halt has set off alarm bells well beyond the energy world.

These were not future proposals but active projects with money workers and infrastructure already in place.

I look at what this move means for jobs regional power demand and electricity costs and why states that were counting on these projects now face serious uncertainty.

The explanation offered by the Trump administration raises questions that deserve closer attention.

I also turn to the Justice Department’s release of Epstein related files and why the response has been anything but settled. After months of anticipation the release has intensified scrutiny instead of quieting it.

The issue is not just what was made public but how it was handled. Shifting redactions missing context and confusion around released materials have angered lawmakers survivors and legal observers across party lines.

I talk about why these reactions matter and what they suggest about unresolved accountability and trust in institutions that claim transparency while controlling what the public is allowed to see.

When decisions like these are made and explained this way, the effects do not end with a press cycle. They carry forward into jobs, energy costs, legal accountability, and whether the public believes the system is working for them or protecting itself.

This is A World Gone Mad. I’m Jeff Alan Wolf.

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In this episode of A World Gone Mad, I cover three separate developments that together paint a disturbing picture of where power, accountability, and public institutions are heading.

I begin with the Kennedy Center. A national cultural institution created as a memorial to President John F Kennedy has become the focus of a sudden and controversial shift. What’s happening raises serious questions about ownership, legacy, and whether anything public is still treated as untouchable.

I then turn to the U.S. military, where legal guidance and chain-of-command expectations are colliding in a way that deserves public attention. The language being used sounds calm and procedural, but the implications reach deep into how unlawful orders are handled and who bears responsibility when lines are crossed.

This isn’t about theory or hypotheticals. It’s about how silence can be encouraged without ever being formally ordered, and what that means inside institutions built on accountability.

I also address a recent televised address to the nation delivered by the president. The speech was framed as significant, and I walk through why its structure, delivery, and internal contradictions matter in ways that go beyond ordinary political disagreement.

These stories are not identical, but they connect. Each one involves authority, pressure, and the reshaping of norms that once felt fixed.

This episode doesn’t offer comfort or easy conclusions. It asks what we are being trained to accept, and what happens if we stop questioning it.

This is A World Gone Mad.

I’m Jeff Alan Wolf.

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