E373. Socialism Always Fails - Francis Foster

Triggernometry co-host and comedian, Francis Foster, returns to the podcast to unpack Nicolás Maduro’s dramatic downfall. Foster’s familiarity with the country stems from his Venezuelan mother, and he references on-the-ground stories from friends and family in the wake of Maduro’s arrest. He and Bridget discuss chilling stories of a friend robbed at gunpoint by police officers, teen protesters gunned down, and a regime so corrupt it turned the world’s richest oil nation into a country so economically crippled it barely ranks higher than Gaza. They cover the truth about Maduro’s wife, why no one knows where we go from here, the dangers of a power vacuum, why it’s lazy to compare what will happen in Venezuela to Iraq or Afghanistan, Iran’s Hezbollah training camps, Trump’s unapologetic power play, why self-loathing is not helpful on a personal or a national level, why socialism always fails, and why extreme ideas lead to extreme places. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsor Links: - Quest offers 100+ lab tests to empower you to have more control over your health journey. Choose from a variety of test types that best suit your needs, use code WALKINS25 to get 25% off - - If you love Walk-Ins Welcome become a supporter at --------------------------------------------------------------------- Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy - Podcast Bridget Phetasy admires grit and authenticity. On Walk-Ins Welcome, she talks about the beautiful failures and frightening successes of her own life and the lives of her guests. She doesn’t conduct interviews—she has conversations. Conversations with real people about the real struggle and will remind you that we can laugh in pain and cry in joy but there’s no greater mistake than hiding from it all. By embracing it all, and celebrating it with the stories she’ll bring listeners, she believes that our lowest moments can be the building blocks for our eventual fulfillment. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PHETASY IS a movement disguised as a company. We just want to make you laugh while the world burns. Buy PHETASY MERCH here: For more content, including the unedited version of Dumpster Fire, BTS content, writing, photos, livestreams and a kick-ass community,

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E373. Socialism Always Fails - Francis Foster is an episode from Walk-Ins Welcome w/ Bridget Phetasy by PodcastOne.

This episode is 79:23 long.

This episode was published on Jan 15, 2026.

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