Out Of The Blank
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#1565 - Richard Bartholomew & Joseph Green
January 11, 2024 08:40 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBThis episode is with Richard Bartholomew and Joseph Green in which we discuss the field known as Parapolitics and how it is used to investigate controversial and unsavory events in history whether it is modern or historical. Parapolitics by definition means "political practices and arrangements that are unacknowledged and that intend to misinform or obfuscate a hidden agenda" which this definition sounds more truthful when you have examined history from the real events that occurred outside ...
#1564 - William Proctor
January 10, 2024 09:03 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBWilliam Proctor is Associate Professor in Popular Culture at Bournemouth University where he primarily teaches on BA English and BA Communication and Media degrees. William is the author of "Reboot Culture: Comics, Film, Transmedia" which is the first academic study to critically explore and interrogate the reboot phenomenon as it emerged historically to describe superhero comics that sought to jettison existing narrative continuity in order to ‘begin again’ from scratch of franchising in th...
#1563 - Kasper Michaels
January 09, 2024 08:44 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBKasper Michaels is a professional Canadian VO artist living in the UK, with over 10yrs experience of creating voices and narrating various programs. Kasper is back to discuss the holidays and his experience in the industry on how it has evolved and impacted in certain areas when it is affected by cancel culture or political motivations. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/out-of-the-blank/support
#1562 - Mike Ferrando
January 08, 2024 08:38 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBMike Ferrando is a former podcaster and content creator for the channel Sithtalkers which focused more on star wars related content. Through the many years of the show Mike has been a frequent guest and joins me again to have a conversation and share some stories from donating blood plasma, SPCA to looking back at fatherhood and how the holidays went. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/out-of-the-blank/support
#1561 - Mark Duffett
January 05, 2024 09:23 - 1 hour - 67 MBMark Duffett is an associate professor in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Chester, UK. Mark is the author of "Understanding Fandom: An Introduction to the Study of Media Fan Culture" which explains in the last few decades, shifts in media technology and production have instead made fandom a central mode of consumption. Mark has conducted much work in understanding Elvis Presley and his fandom from the movies to the music, Elvis was able to create a multi faceted fan base in ma...
#1560 - David Black
January 04, 2024 08:13 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBDavid Black is a freelance writer and reporter, specializing in the analysis of covert action by the secret services. He has contributed to Rolling Stone and dozens of radical publications on political and environmental issues. David joins me to discuss the usage of LSD and its history ad it relates to the Hippie movement in specific The Summer Of Love and how influences like the CIA and Timothy Leary led to the demise of the free love and music culture that was evolving in the early to late...
#1559 - Nadine Strossen
January 03, 2024 09:47 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBNadine Strossen is a leading voice for freedom of speech as a scholar and an activist in the US and globally. She is a constitutional law professor at New York Law School, a Senior Fellow with FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, and was the President of the American Civil Liberties Union from 1991 through 2008. Nadine is the author of "HATE: Why We Should Resist it With Free Speech, Not Censorship" and "Free Speech: What Everyone Needs to Know?". --- Support this po...
#1558 - Craig Ciccone
January 02, 2024 07:57 - 1 hour - 81.3 MBCraig Ciccone is a independent historian who has spent much of his time understanding and researching political assassination. Craig is one of the foremost experts in the assassination of Fred Hampton whose anniversary was just on December 4th and this episode focuses on the life and more explanation of the corruption in the FBI and Chicago police that led to the raid on his home that killed Mark Clark and Fred Hampton. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/out-...
#1557 - David Bell
December 22, 2023 09:30 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBDavid Bell served as Head of Malaria/AFS at Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND). He has a background in clinical medicine and tropical public health, with expertise in malaria epidemiology and modeling of interventions. David is back to discuss some of his perspective on the past few years when it comes to the institutions and practices dealing with public health and how the trust has been lost since COVID-19. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/o...
#1556 - Stuart Blues
December 21, 2023 09:16 - 1 hour - 77.6 MBStuart Blues is the host of "British Murders Podcast" a true-crime podcast focusing exclusively on UK murder cases and serial killers. Stuart puts a lot of work and research into a format that makes a murder case interesting and not as draining on the listener while also conducting interviews with authors and experts. Stuart is back for a wide ranging chat from content creation to research on upcoming episodes from both our respected shows. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spot...
#1555 - Benjamin Bulman
December 20, 2023 09:40 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBBenjamin Bulman also known as "The Angry Dad" is the host of a podcast and overall content creator who focuses on life advice and motivation. Ben is back to speak about some of the way society is ironic in all its confusion on fitness and health and in the new age fatphobia but not fit phobic culture. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/out-of-the-blank/support
#1554 - Kelly Diffie
December 19, 2023 07:46 - 1 hour - 103 MBKelly Diffie is the creator of "Rusty's Customs" where he takes his artistic talent and recreates or modifies normal products like hot wheels into a custom creation. Kelly also guest lectures at a local school to help promote the concept of critical thinking in times of panic and overconsuming stress. Kelly is back to discuss the belief of Skinwalker and some of his perceptions in the publics understanding of them from conspiracy to urban legend, Kelly gives his take on the community and cult...
#1553 - Andrew Coogan
December 18, 2023 05:56 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBAndrew Coogan is a behavioral neuroscientist at the Department of Psychology Maynooth University and the director of the Chronobiology and Sleep Research Laboratory at Maynooth University. Andrew joins me again to discuss the role society plays in how we achieve and understand sleep, the average work day and the amount of products that are marketed to the individual that either keep someone awake or make people sleep can make it difficult to have or maintain a healthy relationship with sleep....
#1552 - Michael Koncewicz
December 14, 2023 09:13 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBMichael Koncewicz is a political historian who is the Michael Nash Research Scholar at the Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University, one of the more renowned archives that focus on the history of labor and the left. He previously worked for the National Archives at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, contributing to the museum’s nonpartisan Watergate exhibit. Michael joins me once again to discuss some areas of history that should be explained ...
#1551 - James Kelleher
December 13, 2023 09:48 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBJames Kelleher received his Bachelor’s Degree in political science from CSU Northridge, magna cum laude, and received his Masters Degree from CSU Los Angeles where he was awarded the Alumni Certificate of Honor for outstanding work in political science. James is back to discuss a few areas of the JFK assassination such as Jack Ruby and his appearances at parkland hospital and in the Dallas police headquarters, many witness statements that conflict with the official record. --- Support this...
#1550 - Larry Hancock
December 12, 2023 09:41 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBLarry Hancock has been involved in the study of cold war history and the assassination of John F. Kennedy for approximately 25 years. He is co-author of November Patriots, a docufiction novel and author of Someone Would Have Talked a factual analysis of both the conspiracy and cover-up, published in November of 2003. Larry joins me again to discuss the conference that he went to about JFK assassination and to discuss some of his recent research into the relationship between Marina and Lee Har...
#1549 - Paul Bleau
December 11, 2023 09:16 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBPaul Bleau is a researcher of the JFK assassination and author of "The JFK Assassination Chokeholds: That Prove There Was a Conspiracy" in JFK Assassination Chokeholds, readers will find up to date evidence that would have compelled any jury to conclude that Oswald was not guilty beyond reasonable doubt, and that there is clear and convincing evidence of both a conspiracy and obstruction of justice to cover it up. Paul is back to discuss the anniversary of the assassination and some of the s...
#1548 - Donald Jeffries
December 08, 2023 09:51 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBDonald Jeffries is a author and political assassination researcher who has written on the JFK, RFK and MLK assassination and much about the dark side of Hollywood. Don is back to discuss some areas of the JFK assassination such as the secret service and researching conspiracy in the official narrative, while also discussing truth after the 60th anniversary and what we have learned since 1963. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/out-of-the-blank/support
#1547 - Steve Whitehead
December 07, 2023 09:50 - 1 hour - 72 MBSteve Whitehead is the host of "Spartan History Podcast" that takes a deeper look into a chronological history of the ancient Spartan peoples. Steve is back to dissect more of the ancient Spartans and their feuds with neighboring groups, while also discussing some of the wars and cultural significance that made them so powerful and effective. https://www.spartanhistorypodcast.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/out-of-the-blank/support
#1546 - Andrew Scull
December 06, 2023 09:35 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBAndrew Scull a sociologist who researches the social history of medicine and the history of psychiatry. He is a distinguished professor of sociology and science studies at University of California, San Diego, and recipient of the Roy Porter Medal for lifetime contributions to the history of medicine. Mr. Scull joins me again to discuss mental illness and how it is affected by our society and how we interact with it when someone suffers from its afflictions. --- Support this podcast: https...
#1545 - David Whelan
December 05, 2023 09:07 - 1 hour - 97.6 MBDavid Whelan is a documentary filmmaker and writer who has for the last three years researched the assassination of John Lennon. David is back to discuss the release of his book "Mind Games - The Assassination of John Lennon" and some areas in the case that we never got into such as Jose Perdomo and Milton Kline who is recorded in a documentary about MkUltra on how to create a patsy within three months and surprisingly visited Mark Chapman in jail. --- Support this podcast: https://podcast...
#1544 - Jeffrey Haas
December 04, 2023 09:30 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBJeffrey Haas is the author of The Assassination of Fred Hampton. He is an attorney and the cofounder of the People's Law Office, whose clients included the Black Panthers, Students for a Democratic Society, community activists, and a large number of those opposed to the Vietnam War. Mr. Haas joins me again to discuss the power of Fred Hampton not only in life but the reverberations of his death through history since December 4th, 1969. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify....
#1543 - Sara Jean
December 01, 2023 10:17 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBSara Jean is a welder and runs her own business called Herb House Apothecary where she shares many ways to reduce chemical consumption from market products and how to stick to a natural path in terms of wellness and nutrition. Sara has been a long time guest of the podcast and recently began her journey of becoming a full time content creator, using her social media to educate and help others looking for information on harms in products that we consume and use. --- Support this podcast: h...
#1542 - Ron Jacobs
November 30, 2023 09:14 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBRon Jacobs is the author of Daydream Sunset: Sixties Counterculture in the Seventies published by CounterPunch Books. His latest offering is a pamphlet titled Capitalism: Is the Problem. Ron joins me again to discuss the "Establishment" which can mean many different things but throughout this episode we show a clear correlation to a observable example which is capitalism and how it can be controlled by people in positions of power. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/...
#1541 - John Moretta
November 29, 2023 09:49 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBJohn Moretta received his Ph.D. in history from Rice University. He is professor of history at Central College, Houston Community College, and teaches at the University of Houston. John is back to discuss his understanding and examination of John F. Kennedy such as his policies on civil rights and the attitude towards the Vietnam war. John begins to share his perspective on the assassination and what can be learned from JFK and his short presidency. --- Support this podcast: https://podca...
#1540 - Joseph E. Green
November 28, 2023 10:06 - 1 hour - 73 MBJoseph E. Green is a political researcher and playwright. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Hidden History Center and is the author of the collections Dissenting Views and Dissenting Views II. Joe joins me once again to continue our discussion from episode #1508 about Jonestown since there was a lot of areas we could not touch upon. This episode will cover more in depth areas such as Dan Mitrione and the political ideology of Jim Jones and how his character is depicted thro...
#1539 - Russell Kent
November 27, 2023 08:56 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBRussell Kent is a author and researcher into the JFK assassination but is currently working on a new upcoming book about WW2 war crime trials including Nuremberg and how other trials were handled in different countries in particular the U.S. and British trials. Russell explains the differences and similarities between proceedings of the charged while also explaining some important personal accounts he has read through digging in various archives. --- Support this podcast: https://podcaster...
#1538 - Greg Poulgrain
November 23, 2023 09:59 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBGreg Poulgrain is a historian and lecturer on Southeast Asian history and author of JFK vs. Allen Dulles: Battleground Indonesia. Greg joins me once again to dive more into the details of his investigation into the relationship between JFK and Dag Hammarskjöld as it relates to Indonesia which was highly useful to Allen Dulles a suspect in the assassination. Dag Hammarskjöld's death has been investigated mutiple times and most recent due to Allen Dulles known history of working for the CIA, wh...
#1537 - Nancy Weiford
November 22, 2023 10:25 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBNancy Weiford is a leading authority on political assassinations of the 1960's, specializing in the John F. Kennedy assassination. Over more than five decades she has poured through documents from the National Archives and presidential libraries, amassed a coded name file for ease in making connections, conducted multiple 1:1 interviews with Dealey Plaza witnesses, relatives, police department personnel, Cuban exiles, informants and others who possessed important information about events sur...
#1536 - Jeffrey Meek
November 21, 2023 10:07 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBJeffrey Meek is the former Managing Editor of the Hot Springs Village Voice and has been involved in extensive research of the JFK assassination since 1975. He has written numerous papers, essays, and articles on the subject. He has also moderated panels and is known as an expert on all the theories surrounding the murder of John F. Kennedy. Jeff is the author of a few works related to the assassination such as "A Lone Gunman?", "Manipulation of Lee Harvey Oswald: And the Cover-Up That Follo...
#1535 - David Denton
November 20, 2023 09:56 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBDavid Denton from Olney Central College teaches a course on the Political Assassinations of the 1960s. As one of the founders of the JFK Historical Group, he has spent decades researching the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. David joins me once again to discuss the upcoming 60th anniversary since that fateful day in Dallas and why getting the full truth is important all this time later. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/out-of-the-blank/support
#1534 - Amish Phil
November 16, 2023 10:30 - 1 hour - 96.4 MBPhil is the host of "The Amish Inquisition" a podcast that covers a range of topics from ancient roots to paranormal occurrences and all with experts who have researched and wrote on the subjects. Phil is back and we discuss various topics such as AI, content creation, the evolving of culture and the few various personal stories we tend to reveal for a good laugh. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/out-of-the-blank/support
#1533 - Randolph Benson
November 15, 2023 09:59 - 1 hour - 74.1 MBRandolph Benson is an award-winning filmmaker and a university-level instructor who made The Searchers, a feature documentary portrait of researchers of the JFK assassination, has screened at numerous film festivals and was awarded the Orson Welles Prize at the Tiburon International Film Festival. Randy joins me to discuss the 60th anniversary of JFKs assassination and his second searchers film that is in the process of being created, while discussing years of research into the JFK assassina...
#1532 - David E. Kaiser
November 14, 2023 09:32 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBDavid E. Kaiser is a historian and author whose published works have covered a broad range of topics, David is the author of "The Road to Dallas" about the Kennedy assassination,. The book accepts the Warren Commission's finding that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone gunman, but posits that he was an opponent of Castro used by mafia leaders who wanted Kennedy and Castro dead. David joins me once again to discuss the Silvia Odio incident and other various mob activities in the time of JFK's assas...
#1531 - Francois Schnell
November 13, 2023 09:55 - 1 hour - 103 MBFrancois Schnell is a software engineer with a strong interest in creativity, technology and science. He believes in openness, transversality and connecting the dots on all subjects including the often stigmatized uap/ufo phenomenon. Francois joins me once again to catch up on the past three years since his first episode, we discuss new technology and advancement in AI and a way some platforms can remain and be used in a beneficial way to not only the company but the consumer as well. --- ...
#1530 - Gary Schoener
November 09, 2023 09:55 - 1 hour - 74.4 MBGary R. Schoener is a clinical psychologist who has been a staff member of the Walk-In Counseling Center in Minneapolis for 53 years. He served as the center's Executive Director for 37 years. Gary authored a series on the JFK assassination which ran for a week in the Minneapolis Star/Tribune in Feb/March 1967 He also authored an article in Ivory Tower Magazine which appeared in May 1967. In addition, he co-authored, with Vincent Salandria and Thomas Katen, a series "The Watchman Waketh But...
#1529 - Gilbert Jesus
November 08, 2023 09:54 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBGil Jesus is a researcher of the JFK assassination and has spent much of his time looking into the corruption in Dallas police and the evidence against Oswald in the case. Gil is back to discuss the DPD during the JFK assassination and some of the so called evidence against Oswald which in many beliefs would not have stood a trial. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/out-of-the-blank/support
#1528 - Gary Hill
November 07, 2023 10:03 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBGary Hill is a researcher of the JFK assassination and his book "The Other Oswald" which covers the interconnected personalities of Robert Webster and Lee Harvey Oswald. Gary joins me again to talk about John Fain who interviewed Oswald on his return home from the soviet union and his arrest at the Texas theater that has become one of the most peculiar in the assassination discussion. Gary explains some of the background to organizations like the Fair Play For Cuba Committee and involvement ...
#1527 - Richard Bartholomew
November 06, 2023 10:32 - 1 hour - 87.1 MBRichard Bartholomew is a co-founder and director of the Center for Deep Political Research and researcher of the JFK assassination, authoring many writings on the events and repercussions of the national security state. Rich joins me to discuss some areas that we have never spoken about such as Governor Connally and his involvement in the assassination whether you believe directly or indirectly, Mac Wallace's finger print in the snipers nest and Johnson's involvement in the cover up. --- S...
#1526 - Monika Wiesak
November 02, 2023 09:40 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBMonika Wiesak is the author of America's Last President: What the World Lost When It Lost John F. Kennedy, The presidency of John F. Kennedy was a unique and promising turning point in history. A young, compassionate, and independent thinker arrived on the scene with great intent to serve his country, his people, and the globe around him. He envisioned a world of decentralized power—from strong, diverse, and independent nations to thriving opportunities for America’s small businesses—a world...
#1525 - Youssef El-Gingihy
November 01, 2023 09:27 - 1 hour - 64.2 MBYoussef El-Gingihy is a doctor and author, He studied medicine at Oxford University. He is currently working on a book on CIA covert operations. His journalism has been published published widely including The Independent, The Guardian and The New Statesman. Youssef joins me to discuss the use of covert operations and the importance of understanding them and the people involved to truly grasp the complexity of some areas involved in the JFK assassination. --- Support this podcast: https://...
#1524 - Michael Rivero
October 31, 2023 09:27 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBMichael Rivero is the host of "What Really Happened" dedicated to real news and real talk with real people. Originally a child actor, Michael left film work after High School to follow a career in science, working for NASA on the Viking and Voyager projects, among others. Following the post-Apollo crash of the aerospace industry, Michael went back into film work arriving at the exact time Hollywood was beginning to employ more computers for visual effects; a classic case of being in the right...
#1523 - Tim Brennan
October 30, 2023 09:43 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBTim Brennan has been studying the JFK Assassination since the 1980’s and has appeared in John Barbour’s ‘The American Media & The Second Assassination of President John F. Kennedy.’ He appears in and is also the co-writer and narrator of ‘The Innocence of Oswald-DVD.’ He is also the co-author of ‘The Innocence of Oswald 2nd Edition,’ ‘JFK-Marked For Death,’ ‘RFK-Marked For Death,’ ‘Operation Mockingbird’ with author Gary Fannin and ‘JFK Jr-Marked For Death’ with Gary Fannin and Damon Ise. H...
#1522 - Richard Amerling
October 27, 2023 08:14 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBDr. Amerling is a native New Yorker. He graduated Stuyvesant High School, City College of New York, then earned his medical degree at the Catholic University of Louvain in Brussels, Belgium in 1981. Dr. Amerling’s work has been published as chapters in textbooks and in peer-reviewed medical journals. He has published numerous op-Eds and letters on health care economics and politics. Dr. Amerling joins me to discuss his book '"The Next Wave is Brave: Standing Up for Medical Freedom" about how...
#1521 - Gary Severson
October 26, 2023 07:28 - 1 hour - 82.9 MBGary Severson is a retired history teacher and JFK assassination researcher who has looked into many suspicious coincidences of this historical event in 63. Gary is back to discuss a few areas such as his time in New Orleans and interactions with people who knew Oswald and some areas relating to mob influenced businesses that started from interviewing family members of business owners and looking at the historical record which led to digging deeper into some locations and uncovering some eeri...
#1520 - Jeffrey Alan Lockwood
October 25, 2023 09:08 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBJeffrey Alan Lockwood is an author, entomologist, and University of Wyoming professor of Natural Sciences and Humanities. Jeffrey is the author of "Six-legged Soldiers: Using Insects as Weapons of War" which is the first comprehensive look at the use of insects as weapons of war, from ancient times to the present day. Jeffrey joins me once again to discuss more of his understanding of Unit 731 short for Manshu Detachment 731 and also known as the Kamo Detachment and the Ishii Unit, was a cove...
#1519 - Barry Jones
October 24, 2023 08:01 - 1 hour - 94 MBBarry Jones is a twenty-years-plus high school history teacher in Tennessee – near Nashville. Without exception, in his twenty years in the classroom, the JFK assassination, the Watergate Scandal, and the CIA’s “Medical Manhattan” Project have generated more student interest than any other topic. Barry joins the show again to discuss some of the historical context that is important to understanding the times in which JFK was assassinated, things such as Jimmy Hoffa, Nixon, LBJ and various oth...
#1518 - Wayne Hall
October 23, 2023 06:58 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBWayne Hall is Emeritus Professor at the National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research at the University of Queensland. He was a Visiting Professor at the National Addiction Centre, Kings College London (2009-2019), the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (2010-2021); and the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW (since 2001). Wayne has advised the World Health Organization on: the health effects of cannabis use; the effectiveness of drug substitution treatment; the sci...
#1517 - Craig Ciccone
October 20, 2023 10:46 - 1 hour - 86.3 MBCraig Ciccone is a independent historian who has spent much of his time understanding and researching political assassinations such as JFK, RFK, MLK and Fred Hampton. Craig is back to discuss some of his interest in justice for the above mentioned political assassinations and where his line for conspiracy is, Craig discusses some of his investigative work that he compiled for his book :Master List Of Witnesses" which details all the witnesses to the JFK assassination who were actually in Deal...
#1516 - Reginald Mombrun
October 19, 2023 08:45 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBReginald Mombrun is the Professor of Law & Principal Investigator (LITC) at North Carolina Central University School of Law. Professor Mombrun spent 14 years in the national office of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) specializing in corporate mergers and acquisitions and served as an Assistant Branch Chief his last two years at the IRS. Mombrun is the author of many articles but one in particular called "Let’s Take The Fight To Big Pharma By Embracing A New Paradigm And Taking Out The Profi...