Podcast
The Jeff Dornik Show
Hosted by Jeff Dornik · EN
Free speech, culture, censorship, Big Tech, and the conversations shaping the future are all colliding in real time, and most people are only seeing a small piece of the picture. The Jeff Dornik Show brings together voices from across politics, business, health, faith, and culture to have real conversations that cut through narratives and get to the truth.
Hosted by Jeff Dornik, founder and CEO of Pickax, this show is built on one premise: the most important ideas are often the ones that are ignored, suppressed, or misunderstood. Through in-depth interviews and direct discussions, Jeff explores the forces influencing our world, from political agendas and cultural shifts to personal health, entrepreneurship, and the battle over free expression in the digital age.
This is not a scripted or controlled environment. Guests are free to speak, ideas are challenged openly, and conversations go where they need to go. Whether it is politics, business, faith, health, or culture, the goal is simple: honest dialogue without filters.
If you are looking for real conversations, diverse perspectives, and a deeper understanding of what is actually happening beneath the surface, this show is for you.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-jeff-dornik-show--4788100/support.
Hosted by Jeff Dornik, founder and CEO of Pickax, this show is built on one premise: the most important ideas are often the ones that are ignored, suppressed, or misunderstood. Through in-depth interviews and direct discussions, Jeff explores the forces influencing our world, from political agendas and cultural shifts to personal health, entrepreneurship, and the battle over free expression in the digital age.
This is not a scripted or controlled environment. Guests are free to speak, ideas are challenged openly, and conversations go where they need to go. Whether it is politics, business, faith, health, or culture, the goal is simple: honest dialogue without filters.
If you are looking for real conversations, diverse perspectives, and a deeper understanding of what is actually happening beneath the surface, this show is for you.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-jeff-dornik-show--4788100/support.
86episodes
Episodes
Newest firstAll episodes
Big Brother Got a License Plate Reader | Jeff Dornik Interview on The Andrea Kaye Show
5d ago00:14:39Tap to summarizeI joined The Andrea Kaye Show to expose how Flock cameras are quietly building a nationwide surveillance system capable of tracking where Americans drive, worship, eat, meet, and spend time with their families. These AI-powered license plate readers are sold as a convenient way to catch criminals, but the same infrastructure gives government agencies and Big Tech the power to monitor innocent people, weaponize personal data, and lay the groundwork for a Chinese-style social credit system. Technology always comes with a price, and surrendering constitutional freedom for government efficiency is a bill Americans cannot afford to pay.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-jeff-dornik-show--4788100/support.Follow The Jeff Dornik Show on Apple Podcasts and leave a 5-star review. That’s how we reach more people and bypass Big Tech suppression.Watch LIVE daily at 7pm ET on Rumble and subscribe so you never miss a show:https://rumble.com/c/jeffdornikBig Tech is silencing truth while harvesting your data to feed the machine. That’s why I built Pickax, a free speech platform where creators own their content and your voice isn’t controlled. Join now:https://pickax.com/?referralCode=y7wxvwq&refSource=copy
Transcribe →The Economy Is Booming... So Why Are You Broke? | Dennis Kneale | The Jeff Dornik Show
5d ago01:08:00Tap to summarizeFormer CNBC and Fox Business anchor Dennis Kneale joins me to explain why Americans are losing faith in capitalism even as the stock market and GDP keep climbing. We dig into housing costs, inflation, government regulation, entrepreneurship, artificial intelligence, and the growing disconnect between the economic numbers celebrated in Washington and the grocery bills crushing actual families. Dennis brings his relentless optimism, I bring the inconvenient questions, and somewhere along the way we determine that socialism still sucks, government is usually standing at the scene of the crime, and Americans may need to stop waiting for politicians to rescue them and start taking responsibility for building their own future.Order Dennie Kneale's new book Oregoners on Amazon: https://a.co/d/07Kz8y6YBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-jeff-dornik-show--4788100/support.Follow The Jeff Dornik Show on Apple Podcasts and leave a 5-star review. That’s how we reach more people and bypass Big Tech suppression.Watch LIVE daily at 7pm ET on Rumble and subscribe so you never miss a show:https://rumble.com/c/jeffdornikBig Tech is silencing truth while harvesting your data to feed the machine. That’s why I built Pickax, a free speech platform where creators own their content and your voice isn’t controlled. Join now:https://pickax.com/?referralCode=y7wxvwq&refSource=copy
Transcribe →Flock Cameras: Your Car Is Now a Government Informant | Jeff Dornik Interview on The Reckoning
1w ago00:12:06Tap to summarizeRyan Hite and I break down how Flock cameras, AI-powered license plate readers, and centralized databases are quietly building the infrastructure for a surveillance state. Sure, they tell us it is only about catching criminals, because government power has never expanded beyond its original sales pitch. We also discuss privacy, COVID-era tyranny, constitutional rights, and why Pickax is rebuilding social media around real people instead of algorithms and censorship.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-jeff-dornik-show--4788100/support.Follow The Jeff Dornik Show on Apple Podcasts and leave a 5-star review. That’s how we reach more people and bypass Big Tech suppression.Watch LIVE daily at 7pm ET on Rumble and subscribe so you never miss a show:https://rumble.com/c/jeffdornikBig Tech is silencing truth while harvesting your data to feed the machine. That’s why I built Pickax, a free speech platform where creators own their content and your voice isn’t controlled. Join now:https://pickax.com/?referralCode=y7wxvwq&refSource=copy
Transcribe →AI Killed Music... and the Algorithm Gave It a Grammy | Chavez Flexingtn | The Jeff Dornik Show
2w ago01:13:11Tap to summarizeArtificial intelligence promises to make music faster, cheaper, and more “perfect”—which is apparently what we call eliminating the soul from art with impressive efficiency. Chavez Flexington joins me to expose how AI, commercialism, and cookie-cutter production are replacing authentic creativity across the music industry, Christian music, worship, and entertainment. We also discuss his experience as the original drummer for Casting Crowns, why modern worship has become increasingly self-centered, and why the imperfections of real musicians are precisely what allow music to connect and unite us. Scripture tells us to “sing to him a new song” in Psalm 33:3—not endlessly reproduce the same algorithm-approved chorus until every band sounds like Hillsong with a software update.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-jeff-dornik-show--4788100/support.Follow The Jeff Dornik Show on Apple Podcasts and leave a 5-star review. That’s how we reach more people and bypass Big Tech suppression.Watch LIVE daily at 7pm ET on Rumble and subscribe so you never miss a show:https://rumble.com/c/jeffdornikBig Tech is silencing truth while harvesting your data to feed the machine. That’s why I built Pickax, a free speech platform where creators own their content and your voice isn’t controlled. Join now:https://pickax.com/?referralCode=y7wxvwq&refSource=copy
Transcribe →Election Security, Now Available on Printer Paper | Interview on DeProgram
2w ago00:25:30Tap to summarizeI joined Ted Rall, Jamarl Thomas, and Robby West on DeProgram to talk about California’s election system, where ballots can be mailed, printed at home, copied by election workers, separated from identifying information, and then counted weeks later while everyone is expected to respond with the calm confidence of a man watching his luggage disappear at the airport. We discussed voter ID, chain of custody, the SAVE Act, partisan manipulation, federal overreach, and why election integrity cannot depend on trusting whichever party currently controls the process. We also broke down how Pickax rejects algorithmic control and gives creators direct access to the audiences who actually chose to follow them, which apparently qualifies as radical innovation in the modern internet.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-jeff-dornik-show--4788100/support.Follow The Jeff Dornik Show on Apple Podcasts and leave a 5-star review. That’s how we reach more people and bypass Big Tech suppression.Watch LIVE daily at 7pm ET on Rumble and subscribe so you never miss a show:https://rumble.com/c/jeffdornikBig Tech is silencing truth while harvesting your data to feed the machine. That’s why I built Pickax, a free speech platform where creators own their content and your voice isn’t controlled. Join now:https://pickax.com/?referralCode=y7wxvwq&refSource=copy
Transcribe →The GOP’s Worst Nightmare: Actually Governing | Interview on The Andrea Kaye Show
2w ago00:14:14Tap to summarizeI joined The Andrea Kaye Show to expose why Republican leaders campaign endlessly on election integrity, illegal immigration, government weaponization, and the deep state while repeatedly refusing to solve any of them. Passing the SAVE Act, prosecuting corrupt officials, and enacting President Trump’s agenda would require the GOP establishment to surrender the boogeymen that keep the donation emails flowing, which explains why John Thune appears more comfortable producing congressional theater than producing results. We also discussed Todd Blanche’s refusal to inspire confidence, the increasingly strange questions surrounding Mitch McConnell, and the reality that Republicans helped oversee the election failures they now pretend were exclusively Democratic operations. Apparently governing is difficult when unresolved crises have become the party’s most reliable subscription service.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-jeff-dornik-show--4788100/support.Follow The Jeff Dornik Show on Apple Podcasts and leave a 5-star review. That’s how we reach more people and bypass Big Tech suppression.Watch LIVE daily at 7pm ET on Rumble and subscribe so you never miss a show:https://rumble.com/c/jeffdornikBig Tech is silencing truth while harvesting your data to feed the machine. That’s why I built Pickax, a free speech platform where creators own their content and your voice isn’t controlled. Join now:https://pickax.com/?referralCode=y7wxvwq&refSource=copy
Transcribe →Can Creators Escape the Algorithm Without Escaping Reality? | Interview on VetTV
2w ago03:29:05Tap to summarizeI joined VetTV with Joker, Damon and WhiteTigerSavage for a wide-ranging conversation about Pickax, creator ownership and the future of social media, and it turned into exactly the kind of honest discussion this industry needs more often. We explored algorithms, shadow banning, monetization, Rumble integration, anonymous accounts, artificial intelligence, free speech and the challenge of building authentic online communities without losing the human beings inside them. The panel brought thoughtful questions, strong perspectives and plenty of personality, which made for a genuinely engaging conversation about where creators are headed and what it will take to build platforms that actually serve them.Follow Joker on Pickax - https://pickax.com/JokerFollow WhiteTigerSavage on Pickax - https://pickax.com/WhitetigersavageFollow Jeff Dornik on Pickax - https://pickax.com/jeffdornikTune into The Jeff Dornik Show LIVE daily at 4pm ET on Rumble. Subscribe on Rumble and never miss a show. https://rumble.com/c/jeffdornikPickax is where people who are done renting their voice from Big Tech can actually support what we are building, connect directly, and become part of a real community instead of just feeding another rigged algorithm that pretends to care. Sign up today and download the app in the iOS and Android App Stores: https://pickax.com/?referralCode=y7wxvwq&refSource=copyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-jeff-dornik-show--4788100/support.Follow The Jeff Dornik Show on Apple Podcasts and leave a 5-star review. That’s how we reach more people and bypass Big Tech suppression.Watch LIVE daily at 7pm ET on Rumble and subscribe so you never miss a show:https://rumble.com/c/jeffdornikBig Tech is silencing truth while harvesting your data to feed the machine. That’s why I built Pickax, a free speech platform where creators own their content and your voice isn’t controlled. Join now:https://pickax.com/?referralCode=y7wxvwq&refSource=copy
Transcribe →Socialists Found the Voters Republicans Forgot | Interview on Don't Imbibe the Kool-Aid with Kim Kennedy
3w ago00:57:01Tap to summarizeThe Democratic Socialists are gaining ground because they understand something the Republican establishment apparently misplaced beneath a stack of consultant invoices: voters support the people who clearly identify the problems destroying their lives. In this interview with Kim Kennedy on Don’t Imbibe the Kool-Aid, I explain why conservatives keep losing the messaging battle, how the Left captured education, entertainment, technology and even parts of the Church, and why another carefully poll-tested speech from Washington will not save the country. Christians and conservatives must recover the courage to change hearts and minds, speak directly to the real suffering of the American people and build a serious ground game rooted in Biblical truth, constitutional government and reality.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-jeff-dornik-show--4788100/support.Follow The Jeff Dornik Show on Apple Podcasts and leave a 5-star review. That’s how we reach more people and bypass Big Tech suppression.Watch LIVE daily at 7pm ET on Rumble and subscribe so you never miss a show:https://rumble.com/c/jeffdornikBig Tech is silencing truth while harvesting your data to feed the machine. That’s why I built Pickax, a free speech platform where creators own their content and your voice isn’t controlled. Join now:https://pickax.com/?referralCode=y7wxvwq&refSource=copy
Transcribe →The Civil War Can Wait... Hot Yoga Is Still Full | Chad Caton | The Jeff Dornik Show
3w ago01:34:44Tap to summarizeChad Caton joins me for a wide-ranging conversation about the political tribalism turning Americans into rival fan clubs, the online Civil War fantasies flourishing while the hot yoga class remains fully booked, and what it will actually take to move this country forward. We get into Lindsey Graham, MAGA’s team-sports problem, Antifa, the cartels and human trafficking networks Chad encountered in Belize, China’s growing foothold in the Western Hemisphere, and why courage requires more than posting about the collapse from a comfortable chair. America does not need more spectators wearing the correct jersey. It needs citizens willing to think clearly, stand together, and do the work.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-jeff-dornik-show--4788100/support.Follow The Jeff Dornik Show on Apple Podcasts and leave a 5-star review. That’s how we reach more people and bypass Big Tech suppression.Watch LIVE daily at 7pm ET on Rumble and subscribe so you never miss a show:https://rumble.com/c/jeffdornikBig Tech is silencing truth while harvesting your data to feed the machine. That’s why I built Pickax, a free speech platform where creators own their content and your voice isn’t controlled. Join now:https://pickax.com/?referralCode=y7wxvwq&refSource=copy
Transcribe →Democrats Love Voters... Until They Vote Wrong | Interview on DC Dispatch with Kristi Leigh
3w ago00:12:59Tap to summarizeOn DC Dispatch with Kristi Leigh, I break down the remarkably democratic process of party elites waiting until voters have spoken—and then finding a convenient reason to replace their choice. We examine the serious allegations surrounding Graham Plattner, the suspicious timing of his exit, the media’s role as the party’s unpaid public-relations department, and why political machines would rather lose with a controllable candidate than win with someone who refuses to obey. We also discuss how algorithm-driven platforms manipulate public perception, divide Americans into profitable echo chambers, and why Pickax is building a more honest model that connects creators directly with the people who actually chose to follow them.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-jeff-dornik-show--4788100/support.Follow The Jeff Dornik Show on Apple Podcasts and leave a 5-star review. That’s how we reach more people and bypass Big Tech suppression.Watch LIVE daily at 7pm ET on Rumble and subscribe so you never miss a show:https://rumble.com/c/jeffdornikBig Tech is silencing truth while harvesting your data to feed the machine. That’s why I built Pickax, a free speech platform where creators own their content and your voice isn’t controlled. Join now:https://pickax.com/?referralCode=y7wxvwq&refSource=copy
Transcribe →