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The High Kick, Deadwood, SD (2025)

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12/12/2025

The Golden Globes have not carried cultural weight in years, yet their new podcast category exposes a familiar pattern. Institutions that once shaped public opinion still try to define relevance while ignoring the voices that command the largest audiences on earth. Joe Rogan and the Shawn Ryan Show reach millions every week. They host conversations that shift public understanding, expose failures inside government, and challenge the boundaries that legacy media refuses to cross.

Their absence from the nominations is not an oversight. It is a reminder that old media continues to elevate creators who pose no threat to the preferred narrative. They reward predictable commentary and ignore platforms that grew outside their system and proved they do not need approval to influence the world.

Podcasting expanded because people were tired of curated stories, scripted panels, and filtered truth. The institutions still cling to their rituals, but the public has already moved on. Influence belongs to the voices people choose to hear, not the ones Hollywood selects for them.