🎧 Special Guest Friday: An Interview with Caleb Rourke

This Friday episode of Data & Dissonance marks the launch of a new format for 2026: Special Guest Fridays — slower, deeper conversations without panels, shouting, or manufactured outrage.

In this episode, Artie sits down one-on-one with Caleb Rourke for an extended, thoughtful conversation about personal history, duty, integrity, and what changes when belief in institutions gives way to hard-earned perspective. The discussion moves from upbringing and formative experiences into broader questions about power, truth, exhaustion, and how systems quietly normalize dysfunction.

This is not a spoiler-filled discussion and not a performance piece. It’s a grounded, reflective conversation with moments of seriousness, humor, and honesty — designed to give listeners space to think rather than instructions on what to believe.

Topics include:
• Caleb’s upbringing and early sense of duty
• Why systems prioritize survival over accountability
• How constant urgency and noise wear people down
• The difference between skepticism and nihilism
• What real agency looks like in modern life
• Why integrity often costs more than people expect

Explore the world behind the conversation:

• The Covenant Protocol

• The Prophet Directive

• Black Echo Rising

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Special Guest Fridays are about slowing the pace, respecting the audience, and asking better questions.

Remember to speak truth, stir thought.

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