# The Shipwreck Show Ep. 58: Lindsey Graham Wins, Bongino's AI Pitch & A Wi-Fi Meltdown Mid-Show

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Podcast: [Badlands Media](https://stenobird.com/podcast/badlands-media-5934327)
Published: 2026-06-11T02:47:59+00:00
Episode link: https://badlandsmedia.podbean.com/e/the-shipwreck-show-ep-58-lindsey-graham-wins-bonginos-ai-pitch-a-wi-fi-meltdown-mid-show/
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Duration seconds: 5646

## Resource

Episode 58 starts with Shipwreck reluctantly addressing Lindsey Graham's re-election, after a commenter forced her to learn the actual origin story of his ladybug nickname. From there she breaks down the Karmelo Anthony guilty verdict in the Austin Metcalf stabbing case, her frustration at people defending the convicted teen, and why she changed her voter registration to independent after one too many Trump campaign texts. Then comes the centerpiece: a Bobby Sauce roast of Dan Bongino's claim that AI data centers are the only thing that can save Social Security and Medicare. Spoiler, the Wall Street Journal opinion piece he cited came from a $35 billion AI company. Shipwreck also calls out the people raging against data centers on Facebook while posting their ChatGPT created birthday invites, and shares her own theory that nuclear power and AI are about to reshape everything. Then her Wi-Fi crashes mid-show thanks to squirrels chewing the coax cable, so she pivots to a phone stream of late night Instagram videos that crack her up, including a Bill Gates rant, a lightning strike fake accent, and Limp Bizkit grandma. Plus a fence post update, abortion thoughts, and why GART still scares her.

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