# Wednesday Live: Michael Knowles, Spencer Klavan, and Jonathan Hay | Ep. 2

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Podcast: [The Jeremy Boreing Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jeremy-boreing-show-7771482)
Published: 2026-03-25T21:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 6835

## Resource

Jeremy Boreing is joined by Michael Knowles, Spencer Klavan, and Jonathan Hay — the legendary Tres Freos Hombres (plus one Speako Greeko) — for the first episode of Wednesday Live. Cigars, wild Cuba trip stories, Code Pink & Hasan Piker hypocrisy, sharp debate on American power, faith, AI, the human soul, and plenty of laughs. 0:00 - Intro, Guests & Cuba Trip Setup 6:45 - Cuba Trip Stories & Andrew Klavan’s “No” to Spencer 8:32 - Hasan Piker in Cuba: 5-Star Hotel Lies & Stolen Power 12:08 - Life in Communist Cuba – American Flags, Brain Drain & Misery 15:10 - Potemkin Villages, Useful Idiots & Western Guilt 19:30 - Tucker Carlson’s Framing Technique & Pre-Interpretation 24:00 - Multipolarity vs American Hegemony Debate 26:17 - Trump’s Practical “America First” Foreign Policy 32:12 - Iran Conflict Risks, the Hormuz Moment & Empire Decline 34:28 - Historical Parallels: Athens, Rome & the American Republic 47:00 - Was the 1990s America’s Peak Civilization? 57:10 - AI, Art, the Human Soul & Can Machines Replace Man? 1:18:21 - Creating the Atlantean Language for The Pendragon Cycle 1:29:27 - How to Raise Good Children & Model Virtue 1:30:51 - The Trevor Sheatz Tweet Controversy: Grace vs Discretion 1:48:41 - Next Episode Teaser What was your favorite moment? Let us know in the comments! You can purchase Spencer’s book, *Light of the Mind, Light of the World: Illuminating Science Through Faith* , here: https://linkly.link/2eXIR #JeremyBoreing #MichaelKnowles #SpencerKlavan #JonathanHay #WednesdayLive #TresFríosHombres #Cuba #AmericaFirst #AI

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