The Wake Up America Show with Austin Petersen

Updated: 01 Aug 2025 • 485 episodes
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Petersen’s daily news show is for anyone who loves entertaining newscasts, exciting and educated guests, and perspectives of the world from a freedom-centric worldview. The Wake up America show with Austin Petersen is a live, two hour video podcast that plays every Monday-Friday from 7-9am central time. The show is available in audio form and streams live on video at wakeupamericashow.com. The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen broadcasts from the capital of Missouri in Jefferson City. Petersen is a former presidential candidate, pundit, and entrepreneur.

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🚨 Trump Brings Back the Presidential Fitness Test — with RFK Jr. Leading the Charge! On today’s Freedom Family Friday, Austin Petersen and Steffi (@STeffiP4Liberty) break down Trump’s bold move to “Make America Fit Again.” We dig into the fascinating history of the Presidential Fitness Test — from JFK’s Cold War push

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🎙️ Today on Wake Up America with Austin Petersen: A jam-packed show diving into the biggest stories shaping the future of culture, politics, and liberty—with facts, fire, and a whole lotta fun. 🔹 💍 Marriage Is Back: New data shows a surge in marriage rates—and it’s not just cultural nostalgia. Is the West waking up

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🧠 TOP STORY: Super Robot Threatens Washington 🚨 AI is coming for the bureaucrats — and they’re terrified. We dive into the DOGE AI Deregulation Tool, Elon-adjacent tech reportedly being used by the Trump administration to eliminate tens of thousands of outdated federal regulations. This isn't Skynet — it’s LibertyNet

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🔥 Join Austin Petersen for a whirlwind two‑hour show (7‑9 AM CT) covering: 📌 Bongino vs Bondi & the internal DOJ meltdown 📌 Ghislaine Maxwell’s DOJ meetings and her 100+ name revelations 📌 Michigan’s push to revive cursive in schools 📌 Interview with Jon Miltimore on the gentle‑parenting backlash

It’s Freedom Family Friday on the Wake Up America Show with Austin Petersen and Stephanie Petersen! Today, we mourn the loss of wrestling icon Hulk Hogan, metal legend Ozzy Osbourne, and Cosby Show star Malcolm-Jamal Warner—and ask if this marks the true Death of the ’80s. Then, we tackle the wildest stories in politic

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  President Trump accuses Barack Obama of treason—and Congress responds by… fleeing a vote on the Epstein files? On today’s Wake Up America Show, Austin Petersen breaks down the biggest stories the media won’t touch: 🔥 Why Trump might be right about Obama 🏃 Why Congress ran from Thomas Massie’s truth bomb 🏈 Trump’s

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