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RANDOM WAYPOINTS PODCAST
Random Waypoints is a long-form podcast at the intersection of overlanding, travel, culture, politics, and current events. Hosted by real-world travelers and creators, the show blends firsthand experience from the road with grounded discussions on technology, media, business, and public policy shaping how people explore and live in the world today. Episodes range from expedition planning, vehicle builds, and remote travel logistics to deeper conversations about elections, regulation, free speech, national parks, infrastructure, streaming, AI, space, manufacturing, and the shifting media landscape. With an emphasis on facts, context, and real experience—not hype—Random Waypoints connects adventure with the bigger picture, asking how movement, power, innovation, and storytelling collide in a rapidly changing world.
RANDOM WAYPOINTS PODCAST
Who Really Built America? Activism, Pop Culture & the Super Bowl
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In this episode, we take on a question that keeps resurfacing across culture, politics, and entertainment: who really built America?
From viral award-show statements and pop-culture activism to the Super Bowl as a national flashpoint, we examine how history, identity, and modern narratives keep colliding. We also address where Foundational Black Americans fit into the conversation, why these debates keep resurfacing, and how sports and entertainment amplify them.
This is a wide-ranging, unfiltered discussion about history, symbolism, and why certain conversations never stay buried.
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📌 Co-host Michael Ladden joins the conversation:
🌍 Michael has explored over 70 countries on 5 continents.
🚚 He founded Drive The Globe Overland Adventures in 1996 and completed an 8,000-mile expedition across the African wilderness in a vintage Land Rover.
🛠️ With 25+ years of experience outfitting Unimogs, Land Rovers, military trucks and Jeeps, Michael lives full-time on the road in a Stewart & Stevenson overland truck and is currently on a global expedition.
🎧 Available on all major podcast platforms
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