About
Wisenuts podcast
If you have 2 hours to spare and enjoy performative masculinity, conspiracy theories, hating unions, and transphobia, this is your podcast.
Part of the local online echochamber, the Wisenuts podcasts regularly host people like Sonja Shaw, Jordan Henry, Jill Simonian, Janet Balekian and Alex Balekian. Their podcast has dozens of listeners and little apparent connection to fact-based reality, yet members of City Council, Glendale Police, and City Staff still somehow think Wisenuts is a legitimate way to share information.




The Wisenuts are:
![]() Joseph Marashlian and Rudy GiulianiAn unforgettable moment with a disbarred sex pest. | ![]() Marashlian with Hulk Hogan at Mar-a-LagoThe wisenuts were thrilled to rub elbows with reported racist sexual abusers like Hulk Hogan. | ![]() Wisenuts go to Mar-a-lagoThe Wisenuts were very excited to visit Mar-a-Lago for a screening of a propaganda film about Donald Trump. |
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![]() Armond GaribyanSeen here at the GUSD school board riot on June 6, 2023, witnesses reported hearing Garibyan allegedly threaten a district parent with sexual violence. | ![]() Arno AkhverdyanArno is a local real estate agent with an apparent penchant for conspiracy theories, distrust of public health measures, and confidence in his opinions that far outmatches his actual knowledge. | ![]() Joseph MarashlianBefore Marashlian took on the role of producer at Wisenuts, he lied about being a Glendale parent (he sends his kids to private school and does not reside in Glendale) after being arrested at the June 6, 2023 GUSD school board meeting riot. |
![]() Joseph Marashlian's arrest recordJoseph Marashlian was arrested after traveling to join agitators at the June 6, 2023 GUSD school board meeting. | ![]() Joseph Marashlian shown pepper spraying people at GUSDMarashlian was filmed using pepper spray against people gathered at the school board meeting which Wisenuts had encouraged listeners to attend. |
A non-comprehensive but representative list of Wisenuts guests of interest to this site:
Tinhorn Flats- Pandemic defiance3/8/21
Narine Tadevosyan- conspiracy theorist/LOKA; present at 6/6 GUSD riot
Amy Bohn- Paid anti-vax activist; head of PERK
Edit Alaverdyan- Therapist/podcast host who interviewd Aneta Krpekyan
Alex Villanueva- Former LA County Sheriff
Donald Wilson Bush- Present at 6/6 GUSD Riot
Bedros Hajian- present at 6/6 GUSD riot
Patrick Lee Gipson- Losing political candidate connected with LOKA; present at 6/6 GUSD riot
Elen Asatryan - Glendale City Council member
Ara Najarian- Glendale City Council member
Jordan Henry- Losing Glendale city council and school board candidate; present at 6/6 GUSD riot
Vrej Agajanian- Glendale City Council member
Jill Simonian- PragerU employee
Ray Shelton (using name Ray Raymond)- Former GUSD teacher who brought a swastika to a school board meeting; anti-trans activist
Siaka Massaqoui- January 6 rioter; present at June 6, 2023 GUSD riot.
Anthony Cabassa- Right wing social media influencer; Christian Nationalist/Francoist
Ben Richards real name Bryce Henson- Anti-public school activist
Gays Against Groomers CA chapter- Anti-trans activists
Aneta Krpekyan- Losing reactionary school board candidate
Maro Yacoubian- Sister of Ara Najarian, anti-GUSD activist
Janet Balekian- Anti-union activist
Vartan Gharpetian- Glendale city council member
Alex Balekian- Failed republican political candidate; LOKA
Sonja Shaw- Christian nationalist school board member; anti-trans activist
Patrick Bet-David- Multi-level marketing scammer (Joseph Marashlian appears to be a member of the PBT downline).
Adam Vena- Anti-trans activist barred from seeing his child by court order