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CO050 John Kiriakou on The West and the Islamic World
October 23, 2017 09:00John Kiriakou is a former CIA spy who was jailed following his public statements about the the CIA’s use of torture. He is the author of Doing Time Like A Spy: How the CIA Taught Me to Survive and Thrive in Prison and Reluctant Spy: My Secret Life in the CIA’s War on Terror. In … Continue reading "CO050 John Kiriakou on The West and the Islamic World"
CO049 John Kiriakou on Going from the CIA to Federal Prison
October 16, 2017 09:00John Kiriakou is a former CIA spy who was jailed following his public statements about the the CIA’s use of torture. He is the author of Doing Time Like A Spy: How the CIA Taught Me to Survive and Thrive in Prison and Reluctant Spy: My Secret Life in the CIA’s War on Terror.
CO048 Hayley Jones on News in the Age of Social Media
October 09, 2017 09:00I talked to Hayley Jones who writes for The Daily Beast and I mentioned this story run by Rachel Maddow about Russian military intelligency figures boasting about their reach and ability to influence social media. Hayley mentioned that The Daily Beast had also run elements of this story.
CO047 Bill Tatro on Finance and Millennials
October 02, 2017 09:00Bill Tatro is an economist, writer and broadcaster who studied under John Kenneth Galbraith, who has been entertaining audiences on the radio and in seminars for over 30 years. We spoke about his article Those Damn Millennials. I mentioned When China Rules the World by Martin Jacques, but I made a mistake when I said Jacques … Continue reading "CO047 Bill Tatro on Finance and Millennials"
CO046 Alex Nowrasteh on the Conservative Case for Immigration
September 25, 2017 09:00Alex Nowrasteh is an immigration policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity. In our discussion, we mentioned the Chinese Exculsion Act and the Irish Americans who are descendants of people who immigrated to the US over several centuries.
CO045 Heather Jones on the Alt-Right and Accuracy
September 18, 2017 09:00Black Pigeon Speaks is a popular Alt-Right YouTube channel and associated website. Black Pigeon is the voice of the many videos on the channel. He is noted for his anti-immigrant, anti-Islam, racist, sexist and anti-trans views. Heather Jones is the Editor-in-Chief of BlackPigeonSpeaks.com, She self-identifies as ‘New-Right’ or as a ‘Traditionalist’ rather than ‘Alt-Right’. Below are videos from the Black Pigeon … Continue reading "CO045 Heather Jones on the Alt-Right and Accuracy"
CO044 Darius McCullough on What is MGTOW?
September 11, 2017 10:45Darius McCullough runs the YouTube channel MGTOW Knowledge – Darius. MGTOW is a subculture that is particularly active on YouTube, there are literally thousands of channels devoted to it.
CO043 Jonathan Wood on Libertarian Environmentalism
September 04, 2017 09:00Jonathan Wood is the author of FREEcology a blog on libertarian environmentalism. In addition he is also an attorney at Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF), an adjunct fellow at the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) and a member of the executive committee for the Federalist Society’s Environmental Law and Property Rights Practice Group. According to Jonathan’s blog Libertarian environmentalism has three … Continue reading "CO043 Jonathan Wood on Libertarian Environmentalism"
CO042 Aaron Bandler on Russia & WWII
August 28, 2017 09:00Aaron Bandler is a staff writer with The Wire. We talked about his article about the Russian foreign ministry tweet taking credit for defeating the nazis. https://twitter.com/mfa_russia/status/900398021623656450 Aaron (and others) commented that this tweet was sent on the anniversary of the of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the 1939 deal between Hitler and Stalin which promised peace … Continue reading "CO042 Aaron Bandler on Russia & WWII"
CO041 Fr John Peck on Replacements for Religion
August 14, 2017 09:40Fr John Peck is a priest in the American Orthodox Church, an Eastern Rite church which has strong links to the Russian and Greek Orthodox churches. He writes the blog The Orthodox Church of Tomorrow, and featured this article on his blog. In the conversation, I mentioned Sathya Sai Baba, an Indian guru who claimed … Continue reading "CO041 Fr John Peck on Replacements for Religion"
CO040 Sharyl Attkisson on Manipulating the News
August 07, 2017 09:00Sharyl Attkisson is the presenter of Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson, and a former news anchor for CBS and CNN. She has won Emmy awards for Investigative Journalism and Business and Financial Reporting. HarperCollins recently published her book The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and … Continue reading "CO040 Sharyl Attkisson on Manipulating the News"
CO039 Peter Balint on Tolerance
July 31, 2017 09:00Dr Peter Balint is a senior lecturer in International & Political Studies at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia. His book, Respecting Toleration Traditional Liberalism and Contemporary Diversity was published recently by Oxford University Press. In our discussion, I mentioned Pastafarianism, the parody religion that … Continue reading "CO039 Peter Balint on Tolerance"
CO038 Ryan Alford on The Rule of Law
July 24, 2017 09:00Ryan Alford is an associate professor at the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law at Lakehead University, Ontario, and he’s also a US-qualified lawyer. He recently published the book Permanent State of Emergency; Unchecked Executive Power and the Demise of the Rule of Law.
CO037 Jerry Newcombe on America as a Christian Nation
July 16, 2017 09:00Jerry Newcombe is an author and pastor, who has written The Unstoppbable Jesus Christ and The Book that Made America. In our conversation I mentioned Thomas Paine’s, The Age of Reason and Reason, the Only Oracle of Man by Ethan Allen, both Founding Fathers, and I drew from the more modern book The Faiths of … Continue reading "CO037 Jerry Newcombe on America as a Christian Nation"
CO036 Michael Huttner on how to Resist Trump
June 26, 2017 08:57Michael Huttner is the co-author of The Resistance Handbook: 45 Ways to Fight Trump with Markos Moulitsas, published by Disruption Books. I mentioned Nate Silver’s article Donald Trump Is Making Europe Liberal Again, which has noted that association with Trump, particularly by the European far-right parties, seems to be hurting them politically.
CO035 Dan Kovalik on the Vilification of Russia
June 19, 2017 09:00Dan Kovalik is a human rights, labor rights lawyer and council for United Steelworkers Union. His new book is called, The Plot to Scapegoat Russia, (How the CIA and the Deep State Have Conspired to Vilify Russia). We also spoke about Dan’s related article, Listen liberals Russia is not our enemy. There is a list of … Continue reading "CO035 Dan Kovalik on the Vilification of Russia"
CO034 Richard Stratton on Being a Major Criminal
June 12, 2017 09:00Richard Stratton is the author of Kingpin: Prisoner of the War on Drugs, and previously wrote Smuggler’s Blues: A True Story of the Hippie Mafia. both published by Arcade Publishing.
CO033 Tarek Fatah on Liberal Islam
May 29, 2017 12:06Tarek Fatah was born in Pakistan, he lives in Canadian now where he is a writer, broadcaster, activist, and writes a weekly column for the Toronto Sun. In our conversation, he mentioned some Muslims naming their children after Timur. *** There’s a video that you should see. It’s a drama made by the BBC, the … Continue reading "CO033 Tarek Fatah on Liberal Islam"
CO032 Rebecca Lemke on Purity Culture, Part 2
May 22, 2017 09:00There are show notes from my interview with Rebecca Lemke with Part 1 of this interview. *** I don’t like Julian Assange. I don’t know Julian Assange, the Wikileaks founder, and I probably shouldn’t make a judgment on him as a person based on what I see of him through the media, but my impression is … Continue reading "CO032 Rebecca Lemke on Purity Culture, Part 2"
CO031 Christopher Snowdon on Fighting Obesity
May 19, 2017 09:00Christopher Snowdon is the Head of Lifestyle Economics for the right-leaning Institute of Economic Affairs; he also writes for Spectator Health. I mentioned obesity statistics from the Centres for Disease Control: Childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years. The percentage of children aged 6–11 years … Continue reading "CO031 Christopher Snowdon on Fighting Obesity"