The Dave Kershner Lightning Round Podcast
A quarters worth (+/-) of The Lightning Episodes Podcast can be found here. Older archived episodes (Audio and/or Video) can be found on their respective ‘Archive’ pages:
***As of February 1, 2026, episodes are available exclusively on the CRN and Lightning Round Rumble channels***
***Links labeled as ‘CRN’ are broken and will NOT be updated***
January 2026 (Episodes 234 - 237)
January 10, 2026 - Ep234: CRN Announcement, Trumpy News, Doomsday Radio and Plane, and Somalis
In Episode 234, Dave makes a major announcement regarding the future of the Contra Radio Network and its move to Rumble exclusively. From there, he does a review of the various court cases that Trump has experienced in his first year, the trade deficit, and an executive order that prohibits courts from taking the money the US Treasury is holding for the Venezuelan people and government. After that, Dave discusses the odd timing of the Russian ‘Doomsday Radio Station’ playing Swan Lake and the appearance of the USAF ‘Doomsday Plane’ arriving and landing at LAX this week. Dave closes the show by discussing the rise in ‘citizen journalists’ and ‘civic activists’ blowing the lid off of all of the Somali fraud nationwide and CAIR withdrawing their lawsuit in order to avoid discovery as it pertains to their donors and funding sources.
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January 17, 2026 - Ep235: Stage is Set for the Invocation of the Insurrection Act
In Episode 235, Dave takes a few minutes to review some domestic issues pertaining to California’s new wealth taxes trigger an exodus, calls to cap credit card interest at 10%, and some international news where Great Britain, Canada, and Australia are trying to shut down / censor ‘X’ (Twitter). From there, Dave spend the next 30 minutes dissecting the fraud and chaos in Minneapolis and in other hot spots like LA, Portland, Seattle, and Chicago that has set the stage for the invocation of the Insurrection Act.
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January 24, 2026 - Ep236: Davos, WHO, Convention of States, Arizona AG, Reconquista, JP Morgan Debanking Lawsuit
In Episode 236, Dave starts the show discussing the events that transpired in Davos and the U.S. removing itself from the WHO. From there, he notes the drop in the country’s murder rate and progress in the call for an Article V Convention of States. It wouldn’t be a true Lightning Round episode if Dave didn’t discuss and call into question the sanity of liberal white women and they did not disappoint this week. Wow! L&D nurse wished a grade 4 tear for Karoline Leavitt and the Arizona AG gave lefties a blueprint for shooting at law enforcement. Unbelievable! After that Dave turns his attention to the corruption in Mexico and their wanton disregard for American sovereignty by encouraging illegal immigrants to engage in destabilization activities for a reconquista. Dave closes the show by discussing the recently filed $5B lawsuit by Trump against JP Morgan and Jaime Dimon.
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January 31, 2026 - Ep237: Minneapolis Review, Epstein Files, Georgia Ballots Seized, Cuban Threat, and Virginia Idiocy
In Episode 237, Dave hits the ground running and gets right into the latest and greatest on the current events front. He starts with a brief overview of Minneapolis before discussing the DOJ release of several million Epstein files. From there, Dave turns his attention to the FBI seizure of Georgia election data and ballots before reviewing geopolitical issues and Trump signing an EO declaring Cuba a national emergency given their threats and posture. Dave closes the show discussing the leftist lunacy in Virginia.
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Ep237 Video: CRN Rumble -or- Lightning Round Rumble
February 2026 (Episodes 238 - 240)
February 7, 2026 - Ep238: Denmark, Rare Earth Minerals, Epstein, Iran, and Georgia Fraud
In Episode 238, Dave hits the ground running and gets right into the latest and greatest on the current events front. He starts with some Epstein news before heading into some international news with Denmark, Argentina, and India. From there, Dave circles back to Epstein and a prison guard who saw the man being swapped out. After that, Dave, discusses the Iran attack that didn’t happen, Atlanta and Georgia election fraud, and ICE retainers.
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Ep238 Video: CRN Rumble -or- Lightning Round Rumble
February 14, 2026 - Ep239: Canada Shooting, Trump News, EPA, HUD, Voting Shenanigans, Migration Blowback, and Epstein
In Episode 239, Dave presents a pretty wide ranging show with so many topics and trains of thought it’s actually difficult to keep up. In the first section of the show, Dave discusses Canadian trannies, tariff’s, the reduction of federal civilian employees, the rollback of Obummer era EPA climate change hokum, a mini rant against liberals wanting to defund ICE, and the jobs report. The second section of the show breaks into a wealth of negative news regarding HUD at the federal level as well as news closer to home here in Ohio. Section three is chock full of voting related news. Dave starts with the SAVE Act info before moving into the Dems propensity to always stand with illegals over Americans, an update on the Convention of States movement, the EU meddling in elections in numerous countries, a German AFD candidate’s plan to close their borders, and follow-up on the Fulton County raid. Dave closes the show by discussing the post-mortem from everyone’s review of the 3M Epstein files.
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Ep239 Video: CRN Rumble -or- Lightning Round Rumble
February 28, 2026 - Ep240: Iranian Strikes, Clintons Testify, SOTU, Greece, Sweden, El Mencho Laptop
In Episode 240, Dave starts the show with pre-strike Iranian news but he does insert some morning of commentary and provides a potential Iranian response as it pertains to the bodies of protesters killed by the tyrannical regime. From there he pivots to another despicable topic in the Clintons and their testimony before Congress as it pertains to Epstein. After that, Dave provides some SOTU highlights and then closes the show by discussing some international news. First up is Greece and their changes to migration laws, then Sweden’s technology reversal in education, and finally the ‘real’ reason El Mencho was targeted… tinfoil hat says it was a client filled laptop.
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Ep240 Video: CRN Rumble -or- Lightning Round Rumble
March 2026 (Episodes 241 - ???)
March 7, 2026 - Ep241: Noem Out, Squad News, CA Voter ID, Iran Updates, Boat Insurance, Argentina/Italy Economy
In Episode 241, Dave starts the show on the domestic front with the removal of Kristi Noem, elected US House of Representative members CANNOT affirm that Iran is THE largest state sponsor of terror globally, and California citizens might do an end around the leftists and put Voter ID in their state Constitution come November. After that, he discusses the latest on Operation Epic Fury. From there, Dave goes international to the Lloyd’s of London shipping insurance misstep and the righting of the economic ship in Argentina and Italy.
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Ep241 Video: CRN Rumble -or- Lightning Round Rumble
March 14, 2026 - Ep242: ROTC at ODU, Iran Latest, Dems Hold DHS Hostage, CA Drone Terror Plot
In Episode 242, Dave starts the show with a terrorist getting unalived after attacking an ROTC class at Old Dominion before shifting to the latest dealings with Iran. Dave ends the show with some Democrat lunacy in the Senate and some tin foil hat fun as an online post decrees that Larry Silverstein’s new purchase of the US Bank building in LA is being targeted by Iranian drones.
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Ep242 Video: CRN Rumble -or- Lightning Round Rumble
March 21, 2026 - Ep243: Cuba, Jones Act, Kent Resignation, Retribution, Greenland Runways, TDS, French Security Risk
In Episode 243, Dave goes around the world in a fairly epic rant. He starts on the domestic side with Trumpeter news on Cuba, Joe Kent’s resignations, polling and mid-terms. Dems are on record stating they will engage in political retribution if they ever get back into power… so we’ve got that to potentially looking forward to… yea team! Dave covers a bunch of other stuff Denmark planning on destroying runways in Greenland in preparation for a US invasion force. Seriously? From there he transitions to leftist loons banning relatives who happen to be ICE/CBP agents from family gatherings and increases to tourist taxation in Chicago. Dave closes the show by poking some fun at the French and their self-inflicted security breach.
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Ep243 Video: CRN Rumble -or- Lightning Round Rumble