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🚨 LIVE | EP 501: Election fallout, emergency-prep warnings, AI’s investment boom, Britain’s online speech rules, and a newly funded plague project. @thefoodbabe joins @DelBigtree to break down the $25 Thanksgiving dinner. Watch now 👇 x.com/i/broadcasts/2…

What if the emergency they’re preparing for isn’t war?

Governments around the world are telling people to stockpile food, water and medicine. At the same time, G7 countries have reportedly been simulating AI-driven attacks on banks, while concerns about an AI market bubble and cyber vulnerabilities are growing.

Jefferey Jaxen points back to COVID as the model: fear first, tabletop exercises, then the emergency.

Maybe it is war. Maybe it is cyber. Maybe it is financial.

Whatever it is, Del says he took the advice literally.

“If they’re telling you you need some food stocked up, I’ll be honest, I went out and repacked up my meat freezer.”

Vani Hari was invited into Washington’s MAHA conversations, then things took a turn... What happened? What was she asked to do for the FDA? And what does she want President Trump to hear?

The full Off the Record conversation with Del is free for everyone now at HighWire.Plus.

500 episodes.

To hear so many people we respect take a moment to celebrate this milestone with us is incredibly humbling.

We are honored, grateful, and more than a little emotional hearing what The HighWire has meant to people over the years.

Thank you to everyone who sent a message, shared a memory, sang a song, or simply showed up to mark the moment with us.

500 down.

And we are just getting started.

Over 500 episodes, a lot of people have stepped into this fight.

Some came with stories. Some came with evidence. Some came with warnings. Some simply refused to stay quiet.

This montage looks back at a handful of those voices who helped shape The HighWire and ICAN, and who are no longer here to see how far the work has come.

Their courage, conviction, and willingness to speak still live in the work they left behind.

“You will forever be remembered.”