Ark Midnight 513 – The Intelligence Briefing / Axis of Sedition

The election returns are in. The fight over the records continues. Efforts to secure audits and examine disputed results run into the very institutions Americans depend on for answers. Lieutenant General Thomas McInerney and Mary Fanning return with their account of that fight, the evidence they are pursuing, and the resistance they say they have encountered.

Edward Haugland follows with his assessment of the strategy behind the struggle for control—how adversaries operate within American institutions, exploit division, and work to defeat opposition. As President Trump fights back, Haugland examines the forces confronting his administration and the methods they use.

Ryan Mauro makes his Ark Midnight debut with a briefing on the networks he investigates, their activities, and the threats he sees developing. The discussion moves from the election disputes to the people and organizations preparing their next moves, and what Americans could face as those plans unfold.

John B. Wells hosts three hours examining the guests’ case for an axis of sedition, the reach of its operations, and the confrontation they believe lies ahead.

Ark Midnight 512 – The Intelligence Briefing / One in a Trillion

The returns are in, and Americans who remember 2020 are taking a second look. Reports of election irregularities, a cyber incident during early voting, and patterns some analysts consider statistically implausible have put the midterms under examination. The outcome will determine who controls Congress, with consequences for a presidency whose opponents are already preparing their next move.

Lieutenant General Thomas McInerney, former Congressman Curt Weldon, and Mary Fanning of The American Report join John B. Wells to examine the incidents behind their concerns and explain why they believe the public deserves a fuller accounting. Their discussion follows the reported breach, the questions surrounding containment, and the election results that caught their attention. Parallels they draw with 2020 run through their assessment as they consider what investigators should pursue and which answers officials have yet to provide.

Susan Kokinda of Promethean Action examines the ground Trump still holds as predictions of a lame-duck presidency take hold in Washington. She connects his industrial agenda and international diplomacy to a confrontation with the financial interests she believes have kept nations dependent for generations. With Americans feeling the cost of groceries, fuel, and housing, she also addresses why Republicans struggled to make their case—and why she believes the next two years could carry developments his opponents have seriously underestimated.

Commander Gregory Stenstrom brings the final hour to the records and calculations behind the election controversy. He takes listeners through the numbers that drew his attention, explains how he interprets them, and examines whether the usual explanations account for what he sees. His analysis puts the premise behind the show’s title to the test, following the calculations to the conclusions he believes they support.

One in a Trillion follows an election whose consequences are still unfolding as competing accounts of what happened take shape. John and his guests examine the disputed results alongside the struggle over Trump’s remaining presidency, tracing how the events of one election could reach far into America’s future.