Wednesday, Blue Amp Media did something we’ve only done once before.
We went live on Substack for 12 straight hours — the BAM Substackapalooza — with 20+ guests, a production team running on adrenaline and caffeine, and an audience that showed up and stayed with us all day long. We are still processing how incredible it was.
We’re publishing the full show in four parts. This post contains the first six hours — 11 AM through the afternoon — and it is, frankly, a lot.
🎬 Watch the six-hour video above.
Here’s who joined us in this block:
Steve Schmidt opened the show at 11 AM and did not hold back. Malcolm Nance followed at 11:30 with the kind of intelligence-community perspective you’re not getting anywhere else. Chris Matthews joined at noon. Jon Tester and Maritsa Georgiou were with us at 12:30 PM — a conversation that covered everything from the state of the Democratic Party to what’s actually happening on the ground. Julie Roginsky brought her trademark sharp analysis at 1:00 PM, and Wajahat Ali — one of the most vital voices in progressive media — was with us at 1:30 PM. Miles Taylor and Xander Schultz of Defiance.org joined at 2:00 PM for a conversation about what real resistance looks like in 2025 and beyond. Glenn Kirschner brought the prosecutorial heat at 2:30 PM. Lev Parnas joined us at 3:00 PM with the kind of candor that only someone who’s been through what he’s been through can bring. Qasim Rashid was with us at 3:30 PM, and Chris Kluwe closed out the afternoon block at 4:00 PM.
That’s eleven guests in six hours. And we were just getting started.
🎬 The evening blocks are published separately — watch them here:
5–7 PM — Olga Lautman, Jonathan Larsen, Joe Walsh, Nina Burleigh
7–9 PM — Brian Karem, Mike Madrid, Rachel Bitecofer, Joy Reid
🎁 The anniversary deal is still live — but only through Sunday.
We launched this marathon to celebrate one year of Blue Amp Media, and as a thank-you to the people who’ve been reading and watching us. That includes you.
Right now — through Sunday at 11:59 PM EDT — you can become a paid subscriber for just $19.99 for the full year. That’s 75% off. Less than two dollars a month for independent, fearless progressive media that doesn’t answer to advertisers, corporate owners, or anyone but you.
👉 Lock it in at blueamp.co/subscribe
This price goes away Sunday night. We’re not bringing it back.
What you saw Wednesday — all twelve hours of it — is what we do. It’s what we’re building. And we can only keep building it if readers like you decide to go paid.
Watch the full first half above. Then go watch the rest. And if yesterday moved you at all — become a member before Sunday at blueamp.co/subscribe. $19.99. One year. All of it.
Thank you for being here.
— Cliff, David, Lawrence, and the entire BAM team
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Thank you Nick Paro, Dana DuBois, Stephanie G Wilson, PhD, Caro Henry, Mandy Ohman, and many others for tuning into my live video with Mike Madrid, Reed Galen, THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali, Brian J Karem, Glenn Kirschner, David Shuster, Black Man Spy - Malcolm Nance, Chris Matthews, Rachel "The Doc" Bitecofer 📈🔭, Qasim Rashid, Esq., Cliff Schecter, Olga Lautman, Lev Parnas, Julie Roginsky, Ellie Leonard, Eric Lullove, Joy-Ann Reid, Joe Walsh, Steve Schmidt, Lawrence Winnerman, Grounded Podcast, and Miles Taylor! Join me for my next live video in the app.
