# Hour 2: Trackers, Tartaria, and Talk Radio | 04-29-26

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Podcast: [The Other Side of Midnight with Walter Sterling](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-other-side-of-midnight-with-walter-sterling-2136100)
Published: 2026-04-29T07:19:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 2971

## Resource

Dive into the sleepless, unpredictable world of the "Other Side of Midnight" with host Walter Sterling! In this chaotic late-night hour, Walter exposes the "dark arts" of corporate America, ranting about employee trackers and the incredibly bleak, acidic reality of company break rooms. The conversation takes a sharp left turn into a wild "People of Walmart" segment featuring a teenager caught with a stolen handgun in his backpack, followed by Walter confessing his ultimate life regret: ignoring his father and passing on a $300,000 TV station that later sold for $285 million. The episode then plunges into the bizarre realm of alternative history with researcher Michelle Gibson. Together, they explore the lost, technologically advanced empire of Tartaria, global "mud floods," and massive 19th-century insane asylums built in the middle of nowhere to warehouse people whose only crime was "nostalgia" or being a "disobedient wife". Finally, Walter wraps up with an unfiltered and controversial dive into the confusing relationship dynamics of a recent Harvey Weinstein sexual assault trial. Settle in for late-night radio where literally anything goes!

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