Programmed to Chill
216 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 7 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsProgrammed to Chill is a show about business, crime, parapolitics, and esoterica, hosted by @JimmyFalunGong
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Premium Episode 141 - United Fruit Company, Blood Bananas and the Guatemalan Genocide pt. 8: Origins of the Civil War and the Guatemalan Phoenix Program
June 27, 2024 22:43 - 1 hour - 74.4 MB[originally published on Patreon March 15, 2024] Most stories of the 1954 coup end shortly thereafter. We continue with Guatemala barreling right into the Guatemalan Civil War. I start with the Justice Department's antitrust case against United Fruit Company in the immediate aftermath of the 1954 coup. From there, I go into the curious case of Carlos Manuel Pellecer, a "communist firebrand" who was causing problems for the Arbenz government. Before the coup, I found declassified CIA docum...
Premium Episode 140 - United Fruit Company, Blood Bananas and the Guatemalan Genocide pt. 7: PBSUCCESS, and the Spirit of the Beehive
June 26, 2024 22:40 - 1 hour - 77.1 MB[originally published on Patreon March 14, 2024] I open by discussing Operation SHERWOOD, the CIA's covert attempt to support Castillo Armas' invasion, run by Tracy Barnes and David Atlee Phillips, intentionally modeled after Orson Welles' infamous 1938 War of the Worlds broadcast. From there, I discuss the invasion proper, the Guatemalan government's diplomatic and military responses, and the chances of success without US air support. I go through the various causes of Arbenz's sudden re...
Premium Episode 139 - United Fruit Company, Blood Bananas and the Guatemalan Genocide pt. 6: PBFORTUNATE SON
June 25, 2024 22:38 - 1 hour - 76.9 MB[originally published on Patreon March 13, 2024] I begin the episode with the elephant in the room - the Dulles brothers owning United Fruit Company stock. I explore Sullivan & Cromwell's connections to UFC as well as the Cabot family's ownership of UFC stock, and other government insiders. Depending on your inclinations, you can tell the story of the 1954 coup from the perspective of UFC or the CIA, but as it turns out, UFC and CIA were working symbiotically the whole time and were influen...
Premium Episode 138 - United Fruit Company, Blood Bananas and the Guatemalan Genocide pt. 5: UFC Ownership and Honduras
June 24, 2024 22:35 - 1 hour - 93.6 MB[originally published on Patreon February 27, 2024] I begin with an extended meditation about Arbenz's position in 1951 and the state of the Guatemalan economy. This leads to a discussion of Decree 900, the agrarian reform bill which was passed in 1952. I discuss what it did and did not entail and compare it to Mexico's agrarian reform law as well as the US Alliance for Progress recommendations later. Despite this, United Fruit Company's leadership began to close ranks and draw up battle pl...
Premium Episode 137 - United Fruit Company, Blood Bananas and the Guatemalan Genocide pt. 4: A Brief History of Guatemala and the 1944 Revolution
June 23, 2024 22:33 - 51 minutes - 54.4 MB[originally published on Patreon February 27, 2024] I begin discussing Guatemala as early as possible - the Olmec and Mayan civilizations, and the 200 year bloody pacification war against them by the Spanish conquistadores and the Captaincy General of Guatemala. From there, I jump to Manuel Estrada Cabrera, the president from 1898 to 1920. Cabrera was the president who began signing vast concessions over to Minor Keith, IRCA, and therefore UFC. Cabrera was unseated by Guatemala's National...
Premium Episode 136 - United Fruit Company, Blood Bananas and the Guatemalan Genocide pt. 3: Bloody Colombia, el Bogotazo, and Operation Pantomime
June 22, 2024 22:30 - 49 minutes - 52.8 MB[originally published on Patreon February 23, 2024] In this episode I discuss Colombia's relationship to United Fruit Company aka El Pulpo. In particular, I open with the massive strikes against UFC in 1928 culminating in the massacre at Ciénaga which was so memorably fictionalized in Gabriel García Márquez's Cien años de soledad. From there, I discuss the curious case of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán and his assassination in 1948 which triggered El Bogotazo, a wave of civil unrest and violence th...
Premium Episode 135 - United Fruit Company, Blood Bananas and the Guatemalan Genocide pt. 2: Sam the Banana Man
June 21, 2024 22:27 - 47 minutes - 49.1 MB[originally published on Patreon February 15, 2024] Today I discuss more criminals involved in the banana trade, introducing the Vaccaro Brothers and Sam the Banana Man Zemurray. I discuss that intersection between organized crime and Wall Street that intersected precisely in the banana trade through these figures. I go through Zemurray's career, from his start in Alabama, his Cuyamel Fruit Company, the Honduran coup of 1911 and the concurrent takeover of Honduran national debt by JP Morg...
Premium Episode 134 - United Fruit Company, Blood Bananas and the Guatemalan Genocide pt. 1: Origins of the Octopus
June 20, 2024 22:25 - 1 hour - 66.8 MB[originally published on Patreon March 15, 2024] Today is the opening salvo for a 15-part series on the rolling waves of crimes involving the Octopus that is United Fruit Company, the banana trade, Guatemala specifically, and Central America more generally, culminating in the Guatemalan Genocide. In this episode, I discuss the origins of the Octopus. aka Boston Fruit Company aka the United Fruit Company aka the New Orleans Banana Trust. I know for a fact that much of this history has not b...
Premium Episode 123 - the Tupamaros Revisited: Plan Satan, Urban Guerrilla Warfare, Wikileaks Disclosures, and A Supreme Life
June 19, 2024 22:21 - 2 hours - 136 MB[originally published on Patreon February 9, 2024] As if I didn't discuss the Tupamaros enough, I revisit the story in light of even more information I found. In particular, I look at a RAND report on the MLN-T and cross-reference it with several more books on the group. This leads us to the interestingly-named Plan Satán, as well as much more context for the Mitrione kidnapping. I also found more information on the Nixon administration's decisions at the time. Then, CJ and I act out a dra...
Premium Episode 122 - Spyclopedia #5 - Eight Years with the CIA pt. 2: the Parallel Apparatus, the Q Files, and Systematized Blackmail Operations
June 18, 2024 22:19 - 1 hour - 69.5 MB[originally published February 7, 2024] I finish the story of Manuel Hevia Coscullela, the Cuban spy, based off his memoir, Pasaporte 11333 : ocho años con la CIA (1978). I examine what exactly Hevia was doing for the agency and what USAID's Office of Public Safety was up to. I discuss Lyndon B. Johnson's visit to Punta del Este, Uruguay for the Organization of American States (OAS) summits/conferences and how that affected the domestic political climate. I get obsessed with the story of U...
Premium Episode 121 - Spyclopedia #5 - Eight Years with the CIA pt. 1: Into the Car Trunk - the Glamorous Life of a Cuban Double Agent
June 17, 2024 22:17 - 1 hour - 66 MB[originally published on Patreon February 1, 2024] I continue the extended story of the Tupamaros by examining the life of Manuel Hevia Coscullela, the Cuban double (or triple) agent embedded in the CIA in Uruguay. I obtained his memoir, Pasaporte 11333 : ocho años con la CIA (1978) and translated various passages into English. As far as I know, this is the first time this has ever been done. Hevia's story begins before the Cuban revolution, and I explain his education and upbringing as w...
Premium Episode 120 - Paranoiac Films 12 - State of Siege and the Tupamaros pt. 2 - “Everyone Dances or No One Dances”, Cuban Intelligence, the Mormon Tupamaro, and the Mitrione Family, feat. Bodine
June 17, 2024 22:15 - 2 hours - 130 MB[originally published on Patreon January 25, 2024] Today I'm rejoined by Dr. Pig Bodine aka CJ (@pussy___teeth) to continue our discussion on the 1972 film State of Siege by Costa-Gavras. We open with a discussion on the death squad as a general concept and in its specific applications in Uruguay. Then, we discuss exactly why the Tupamaros were so effective and, despite that, why they were brought down so quickly. As it turns out, they were brought down due to the same factors that made t...
Premium Episode 119 - Paranoiac Films 12 - State of Siege and the Tupamaros pt. 1 - “Words Divide Us, Action Unites Us”, MKULTRA, OPS/USAID, and Torture, feat. Dr. Pig Bodine
June 16, 2024 22:13 - 2 hours - 109 MB[originally published on Patreon January 18, 2024] Today I am rejoined by old friend of the show Dr. Pig Bodine aka CJ (@pussy___teeth) to discuss the 1972 film State of Siege by Costa-Gavras. We begin by reviewing the plot of the film and the real-life events. From there, we quickly descend into darkness as we discuss the life of Dan Mitrione (beyond all the Jim Jones stuff). This leads us to ask why the field of parapolitics research into MKULTRA has been so incredibly unfruitful since ...
Premium Episode 84 - Programmed to Be Kingless, an Exploration of Paleo-Parapolitics, feat. Fergal
June 15, 2024 22:10 - 2 hours - 138 MB[originally published on Patreon Today I'm joined by Fergal Schmudlach (@irregnata) from the Kingless Generation podcast to discuss paleo-parapolitics. We start by discussing several points of mutual interest regarding Japan. Then we get into what anthropology can tell us about Marxism and serial killing. We talk about The Power of Ritual in Prehistory: Secret Societies and Origins of Social Complexity by Brian Hayden among other works. Links: https://twitter.com/irregnata https:...
Premium Episode 83: Ira ‘the Unicorn’ Einhorn pt. 3, or, the Mass Psychology of Psychic Fascism, feat. Reid
June 14, 2024 22:08 - 2 hours - 116 MB[originally published on Patreon January 12, 2024] Today I'm joined by Reid (@seriations) to finish our conversation about Ira 'the Unicorn' Einhorn. We pick up on his life story by getting into Einhorn's attempts at publishing both his own works and that of others. To that end, we discuss Einhorn as crank, Einhorn as magician, and especially Einhorn's ongoing fixation with extremely low frequency technology. Then we get into Holly Maddox, the Maddox family, and Einhorn's long history as ...
Premium Episode 82: Ira ‘the Unicorn’ Einhorn pt. 2, or, Planetary Enzyme? or PT Barnum of Hippiedom?, feat. Reid
June 13, 2024 22:06 - 2 hours - 107 MB[originally published on Patreon January 5, 2024] Today I'm joined by Reid (@seriations) to continue our conversation about Ira 'the Unicorn' Einhorn. We get into Einhorn's relationship to Andrija Puharich, his involvement with Earth Day, Bell Telephone company, and the development of "Einhorn's Network". Reid explains the importance of the Diebold Corporation and how this all might be a sophisticated method of OSINT and espionage, among whatever else it may have been. Note: in the episode...
Premium Episode 81: Ira ‘the Unicorn’ Einhorn pt. 1, or, Maximum Jeopardy at All Times, feat. Reid
June 12, 2024 22:05 - 1 hour - 85.7 MB[originally published on Patreon Dec 29, 2023] Today I'm joined by Reid (@seriations) to discuss maybe the most conceited man in the world - Ira 'the Unicorn' Einhorn. In this episode, we get into Einhorn's family history and early life, his time studying to be a guru, and his work as a snitch and informant. I lost my damn mind researching a related figure, Weldon Melick, who very much appears to be Something, but what that Something is, isn't entirely clear to me. Then we get into Einhorn'...
Premium Episode 90 - Ophiology: the Metal Gear Solid Franchise and the Case of Keenie Meenie Services, feat. Nick Vyssotsky
June 11, 2024 22:03 - 2 hours - 129 MB[originally published on Patreon Dec 22, 2023] Today I'm joined by Nick Vyssotsky (@cuss_otaku) to discuss Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid video game franchise. Nick takes us through the franchise's alternate history and we discuss the various themes involving Private Military Contractors, parapsychology, Programed to Kill themes, black budgets, AI guided governance, and on and on. Then I discuss the real-world example of a particular PMC, Keenie Meenie Services. I discuss their formation ...
Premium Episode 80 - Plantation Accounting in the Deep South
June 10, 2024 22:01 - 1 hour - 82.6 MB[originally published on Patreon Dec 15, 2023] After having introduced accounting concepts and laid out their applications in Jamaica, I continue my close reading of Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management by Caitlin Rosenthal. I discuss the nature of 'book farming', the nature and origin of value, and discuss the ubiquity of King Cotton in the US and world economy. I cover the fungibility of labor, perverse concepts of depreciation, and get into the postbellum developments in the wa...
Premium Episode 79 - Plantation Accounting in Jamaica
June 09, 2024 21:59 - 1 hour - 69.1 MB[originally published on Patreon Dec 9, 2023] Having laid out various accounting concepts, I now introduce their application in a horrible setting: plantation accounting in Jamaica. To do this, I rely on a close reading of Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management by Caitlin Rosenthal. Her work simply demolishes the traditional business history about the development of these concepts. As it turns out, slave plantations actually led the global economy in new developments of field and fa...
Premium Episode 78 - the Accounting Episode
June 08, 2024 21:58 - 1 hour - 67.5 MB[originally published on Patreon Today I attempt to trace the history of accounting from renaissance Venice through the robber barons into the modern era. Along the way, I opine on the nature of moneylending, Shylock, and drill down six key accounting concepts necessary to understanding the next two episodes. While I tried to keep this episode from being boring, it's very much a setup episode. episode art by Robert Voyvodich @r.voy__ Songs: Count This Money by Gucci Mane Countin’ Money...
Premium Episode 77 - Trotskyism pt. 5: “Let One Hundred Fourth Internationals Bloom”, or, the Fair Play For Trotsky Committee, feat. Comrade Chad
June 07, 2024 21:56 - 2 hours - 132 MB[originally published on Patreon Nov 22, 2023] Today I'm rejoined by Comrade Chad to continue our discussion about post-Trotsky Trotskyism in the US. We continue discussing Burnham's various intrigues and we go pretty deep on Joseph Hansen's perfidious career. Along the way we get into the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Socialist Workers Party history generally. I go through Lyndon LaRouche's early career as a Trot leading up to him starting his own idiosyncratic move...
Premium Episode 76 - Trotskyism pt. 4: Programmed to Split, Cannon, Schactman, Dobbs, Hoffa, Teamsters, and Bag Fumbling, feat. Comrade Chad
June 06, 2024 21:54 - 1 hour - 92.7 MB[originally published on Patreon Nov 17, 2023] Today I'm rejoined by Comrade Chad to discuss post-Trotsky Trotskyism in the US, especially their penchant for attacking communism 'from the left'. Comrade Chad walks us through some of the theory and vocabulary necessary. Then we zero in on James Cannon, Max Schactman and James Burnham in particular. We attempt to explain the theoretical positions this entailed within both Trotskyism. Marxism, and Cold War geopolitics before explaining their a...
Bonus Episode 68: the American Security Council, Edward Lansdale, Hollywood New Left Ops, and Stanford Psychotronic Weapons, feat. Recluse
June 05, 2024 21:48 - 1 hour - 85.7 MB[originally published on Patreon Nov 10, 2023) Today I'm joined by S. William Snider aka Recluse (@RecluseS9) to discuss his third and recent book, The Art: The Secret History of Psywar, Conspiritainment and the Shattering of Reality (2023). The book spans centuries and really speaks for itself, but he and I discuss various things in it ranging from the American Security Council, Edward Lansdale, psychological operations in Hollywood and against the New Left, and we even find time to discu...
Premium Episode 75: Another View of Israel Keyes, the Deadbeat Dirtbag Serial Killer, feat. Min
June 04, 2024 21:43 - 1 hour - 105 MB[originally published on Patreon Oct 6, 2023] Today I'm joined by Min (@mintherose) to discuss several aspects of Israel Keyes that have developed after the publication of the two books, and things I did not get into in the first three episodes. In particular, we look at the possibility of Keyes being a huge fucking loser, separate from the whole serial killing thing. Along the way we go into underreported sex worker and Native American victims, the coverup, and new developments in the case...
Premium Episode 74 - FBI vs. PTK pt. 9: Israel Keyes part 3: Extreme Prosecutorial Misconduct, or, "A Unicorn of a Deal Secretly Made at the Highest Levels of Government"
June 03, 2024 21:26 - 57 minutes - 61.2 MB[originally published on Patreon Oct 6, 2023] Finishing up with the Keyes story, we discuss the events of his extradition and interrogation by the FBI. I talk about the US attorney prosecuting Keyes and the potential prosecutorial misconduct including bizarre treatment, handling of evidence, and "a unicorn of a deal secretly made at the highest levels of government". Keyes began confessing to the FBI. I go through Keyes' known travels and movements. Terrorism comes into the plot. Then, Key...
Premium Episode 73 - FBI vs. PTK pt. 9: Israel Keyes part 2: American Gladio and somehow yet more OKC Bombing Connections
June 02, 2024 21:05 - 53 minutes - 58.7 MB[originally published on Patreon Sep 29, 2023] Continuing with the Keyes story, I pick up on his personal life and the circumstances of his move to Alaska. I discuss the Church of Wells, the cult which his parents and siblings joined. Then there are the bank robberies, then the kill kits and the kidnappings. I discuss the theories that Keyes was the Boca Killer, and then we get to the formal serial killings leading up to the Samantha Koenig case, which was the case for which he was caught a...
Premium Episode 72 - FBI vs. PTK pt. 9: Israel Keyes part 1: A Supersoldier with a Black Heart
June 01, 2024 20:44 - 1 hour - 92.8 MB[originally published on Patreon Sep 22, 2023] cw: rape, assault, etc. This is the first episode about the serial killer Israel Keyes. I begin with the logical starting place: the Keyes family, and get into a brief history of Christian Identity in the UK and US. From there, we discuss the Kehoe family including some interesting details which are often left out of the conversation. Then I go over Israel's early life and upbringing, his early military service, his first major relationship, ...
Premium Episode 71 - Bolaño’s By Night in Chile, or, Bolaño’s Fully Gladiopilled, feat. Dani and Rodolfo
May 30, 2024 20:32 - 2 hours - 108 MB[originally published on Patreon Sep 8, 2023] Today I'm joined by Dani and Rodolfo to discuss three Bolaño novels: the Third Reich, Distant Star, and By Night in Chile. In this episode, we discuss By Night in Chile. In this novel, Bolaño examines the fascist mindset via religion and literary criticism. Along the way, we get into how Bolaño was completely gladiopilled. episode art by Robert Voyvodich @r.voy__ Songs: La Rabia by Bbs Paranoicos Las Injusticias Caen Como Pesadillas EP by L...
Premium Episode 70 - Bolaño’s Distant Star, or, It Takes a Poet to Catch a Poet, feat. Dani and Rodolfo
May 29, 2024 20:19 - 1 hour - 69.8 MB[originally published on Patreon Aug 25, 2023] Today I'm joined by Dani and Rodolfo to discuss three Bolaño novels: the Third Reich, Distant Star, and By Night in Chile. In this episode, we discuss Distant Star. In this novel, Bolaño examines the fascist mindset via the specifically Chilean context of the 1973 coup, Pinochet's Chile, death squads, and the New Chilean poetry. Note: although this may just be Bolaño's literary invention, there was a skywriter present during the PBSUCCESS inva...
Premium Episode 69 - Bolaño’s the Third Reich, or, What War Games Do to a mf, feat. Dani and Rodolfo
May 28, 2024 19:27 - 1 hour - 84.5 MB[originally published on Patreon Aug 25, 2023] Today I'm joined by Dani and Rodolfo to discuss three Bolaño novels: the Third Reich, Distant Star, and By Night in Chile. In this episode, we reintroduce Bolaño and then dive into a less-discussed work, the Third Reich. In this novel, Bolaño examines the fascist mindset via its historical ideology of Nazism mediated through tabletop wargames and the LARPing that ensues. Along the way, we talk about why Germans are like that and get into the tr...
Premium Episode 68 - José Vigoa pt. 3, or, Never Do One Last Score, or, the CIA’s Very Honest Account of the Dangers of Cuban Intelligence
May 27, 2024 18:59 - 1 hour - 84.1 MB[originally published on Patreon Aug 18, 2023] The heists will continue until morale improves. We finish the story of José Vigoa by following the rest of his heist career. Then we discuss the circumstances surrounding his arrest and imprisonment, the discovery of his Spetsnaz commando background, and some of his purported intelligence activities post-arrest. This brings us to the topic of Cuban intelligence operations in the US, which in turns requires us to discuss the one source for this...
Premium Episode 67 - José Vigoa pt. 2, or, the World is Yours
May 26, 2024 18:45 - 51 minutes - 58 MB[originally published on Patreon Aug 16, 2023] I discuss how José Vigoa became a drug kingpin in Las Vegas. I get into some of the particulars on why he ran a very unique, specialized operation, and the anomalous way in which he got busted. Then, the heist spree begins, culminating with the Mandalay Bay job. episode art by Robert Voyvodich @r.voy__ Songs: Ten Crack Commandments instrumental Scrap Yard by Tangerine Dream Assault on Precinct 13 theme by John Carpenter
Premium Episode 66 - Paranoiac Films 9: Michael Mann’s Heat and the Real-Life Neil McCauley, José Vigoa, pt. 1
May 25, 2024 18:41 - 53 minutes - 58.5 MB[originally published on Patreon Aug 10, 2023] Today I discuss the seminal 1995 film Heat, it's plot, the "dudes rock" factor, and the philosophical themes of the film. Then I discuss a real-life parallel to the de Niro character from the film. Not the actual real-life Chicago criminal Neil McCauley, but the story of José Vigoa. Vigoa was many things: a Cuban, a commando. a Marielito, a drug kingpin, a family man, and a heist man. There are two more episodes so prepare for some twists and...
Premium 65 - Frankists in Franklin and Omaha’s Own Veiled Prophet Ball, the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, feat. Monty
May 24, 2024 18:16 - 2 hours - 127 MB[originally published on Patreon Jul 28, 2023] I'm rejoined by Monty (@MontyBaby7) to finish our conversation about the Jesters (and many more things) relating to the Gosch and Franklin cases. We start with a high-level overview of the timeline of the Gosch and Franklin cases. Then I examined Alan Baer's family history, which is to say, the Brandeis family, who made their fortune through the Brandeis department store. That led us to examine patterns of immigration to Nebraska including Cze...
Premium 64 - the Royal Order of Jesters and the Johnny Gosch Case, feat. Monty
May 23, 2024 18:13 - 1 hour - 69.5 MB[originally published on Patreon Jul 20, 2023 and unlocked on free side shortly thereafter; reuploading it due to the narrative continuity with the Freemasonry episodes] I couldn't help myself; not long after Monty and I did our four-part series on Freemasonry, I came into more information about the Jesters which in some ways unlocked the gates of hell. Content warning for child abuse. Monty and I discuss the disappearance of Johnny Gosch, a paperboy from West Des Moines, Iowa back in 1982...
Premium Episode 63 - Freemasonry 4, or, the Dark Carnival of the Jesters, or, True Detective Season 2 was a Documentary, feat. Monty
May 22, 2024 18:07 - 2 hours - 103 MB[originally published on Patreon Jul 14, 2023] I'm rejoined by Monty (@MontyBaby7) to conclude (I thought) our conversation on Freemasonry by exploring the Dark Carnival of the Royal Order of Jesters. To set the stage, Monty lays out the history of the Shriners, from which the Jesters are an outgrowth. Then we explore the history of the Jesters, the imagery, the rites and themes, and the evil Billiken egregore. We explore the strong likelihood of the Jesters being engaged in tax and securi...
Premium Episode 62 - Freemasonry 3, or, “a most dishonest and infamous swindle of the proletariat by the radically inclined section of the middle classes”, feat. Monty
May 21, 2024 17:58 - 3 hours - 138 MB[originally published on Patreon Jul 7, 2023] Monty and I start by discussing the Freemasonic aspects to the Whitechapel murders and then get into the question of crimes involving Freemasonry vs Freemasonic crimes. We discuss Freemasonry's role in the United Kingdom's police force and society at large. We explore Freemasonry's ties to the UK's landed gentry, as well as the apparent ambivalence of the Royal Family to Freemasonry. Then, (content warning for child abuse) we discuss multiple ...
Premium Episode 61 - Freemasonry 2, or, the International Juwe, feat. Monty
May 20, 2024 17:53 - 3 hours - 146 MB[originally published on Patreon Jun 30, 2023] Today I'm rejoined by Monty (@MontyBaby7) to ratchet up the weirdness. We continue our discussion of Freemasonry. We talk about the role of Freemasonry in the French Revolution, various bourgeois revolutions, and its role in the United States. We talk about Washington DC architecture and so forth. We explore the idea of Freemasonry's ties to the British empire. Then we get into Albert Pike's life and times. To our great surprise, Albert Pike w...
Premium Episode 60 - Freemasonry 1, or, Enough about Scottish Rites, let’s talk about Scottish Wrongs, feat. Monty
May 19, 2024 17:51 - 2 hours - 104 MB[originally published on Patreon Jun 25, 2023] Today I'm rejoined by Monty (@MontyBaby7) to discuss one of the great topics of conspiracy theory lore: Freemasonry. Monty walks us through the development of Freemasonry several hundreds years ago from a guild system. We talk about how some of the more esoteric Freemasonry can enter British Hotep LARPing and white boy magick. We also begin to break out all the related rites, Scottish, Memphis, Royal Arch, and so forth. Monty breaks out vario...
Bonus Episode 58 - a Parapolitical Reading of Yours Cruelly, Elvira
May 18, 2024 14:36 - 1 hour - 105 MB[originally published on Patreon Jun 12, 2023] Today I'm joined by Cassandra Peterson aka Elvira - jk, I wish. Instead, I read from Peterson's 2021 memoir, Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark. It's a genuinely good memoir so you should check it out if she interests you; if not, I've gleaned and summarized the parapolitical elements if you don't. We're talking about Sus Colorado, the military-industrial complex, Augustus Owsley Stanley III, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, ...
Bonus Episode 55 - the Finders Operation pt. 2: the Rogue’s Gallery and Deniable Operations, feat. John Brisson of We’ve Read the Documents
May 17, 2024 14:32 - 2 hours - 125 MB[originally published on Patreon May 18, 2023] Today I'm joined by John Brisson of We've Read the Documents (@weve_read) to finish our discussion about the Finders. Brisson explains the flophouses and the day-to-day activities that the Finders seemed to engage in. Then, we go through the list of Finders members and associates. There was probable pedophile Roy Mason, zany doctor Hunter "Patch" Adams, polyamorous pioneer Michael Versace Rios, Carl R. Schleicher and Mankind Research Unlimite...
Bonus Episode 54 - the Finders Operation pt. 1: Steering the Counterculture from Theosophy to Transhumanism, feat. John Brisson of We’ve Read the Documents
May 16, 2024 14:28 - 1 hour - 93.5 MB[originally published on Patreon May 14, 2023] Today I'm joined by John Brisson of We've Read the Documents (@weve_read) to discuss one of the most notorious groups in parapolitical history: the Finders. To understand the events of 1987, we need to understand Marion Pettie, his milieu, and ultimately his network. Brisson walked me through his exceptional work digging up that information. We begin with a high level overview of the group and then drill down into Pettie's early life, anomalou...
Premium Episode 59 - Novels as Spycraft 9 - 2666, or, Nothing Is Ever Behind Us, feat. Muslim Tom
May 15, 2024 14:24 - 3 hours - 179 MB[originally published on Patreon Apr 21, 2023; you can also listen to this episode on You Can't Win] Today I'm joined by Muslim Tom (@MuslimTom_) from the podcast You Can't Win to discuss the novel 2666 by Roberto Bolaño. We go through each of the five sections and discuss characters, plots, vibes, and themes. There's almost everything in 2666, including many spiritual themes and parapolitical moments. Towards the end, we discuss the journalists Bolaño was working with who advance extremely...
Premium 57 - Rap Snitches pt. 2: T.I. as Cosby + Epstein, Atlanta Rap, and Soulja Boy lol, feat. Luke Marshall
May 14, 2024 14:19 - 1 hour - 76.7 MB[originally published on Patreon Apr 9, 2023; note that this was before the Diddy arrests/allegations lol] I'm joined by Luke Marshall (@thingobserver) of Things Observed podcast to continue our conversation about rap snitches, informants, undercovers, plants, and rats in the rap industry. This time, we largely focus on the Atlanta rap scene, starting with T.I. We walk through T.I.'s early life and career and highlight various events which raise some interesting possibilities. Then, I go ...
Premium 56 - Rap Snitches and Rats pt. 1, 6ix9ine, COINTELPRO and Tupac, Death Row Records, Wu-Tang, and 50 Cent, feat. Luke Marshall
May 13, 2024 14:16 - 2 hours - 130 MB[originally published on Patreon Mar 31, 2023; note that this was before the Diddy arrests and allegations lol] It's time for another rap episode, this time to discuss the hot topic of rap snitches, informants, undercovers, plants, and rats in the rap industry. I'm joined by Luke Marshall (@thingobserver) of Things Observed podcast to examine this thorny issue. We attempt to examine the topic in general terms through the case of 6ix9ine's words and deeds, and then Luke walks us through the...
Premium 58 - Q&A 7 - Hoosiers: America’s White Russians, or, “finally, the Sus Indiana episode”
May 12, 2024 14:13 - 1 hour - 80.9 MB[originally published on Patreon Dec 26, 2022] It's time to discuss the much-anticipated, much-requested question, "why do you keep raising your eyebrows suggestively at any mention of Indiana?" What follows is necessarily an incomplete attempt, but I cover early Indiana state history, the Indiana Treason Trials, the Knights of the Golden Circle, the curious case of the Ishmael family, Indiana eugenics programs, the weird proto-Christian Identity church milieu there, Terre Haute, some discu...
Premium Episode 55 - Trotskyism pt. 3: Leon Trotsky pt. 3, Snitch Shit and the Ubiquity of the Sentiment “Fuck This Guy, feat. Chad
May 11, 2024 14:10 - 2 hours - 139 MB[originally published on Patreon Dec 18, 2022] Today's the third episode examining the life of Leon Trotsky, and I'm joined by Comrade Chad. We discuss Trotsky's activities in exile including work with the Soviet Opposition Bloc, terrorist actions, and the ensuing show trials. We particularly discuss the curious case of Genrikh Lyushkov, who overlaps with some of the Japanese intrigue from prior episodes, as well as more about the Promethean League, and everyone's favorite topic: outright c...
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May 10, 2024 14:08 - 1 hour - 65.2 MB[originally published on Patreon Dec 10, 2022] Today's the second episode examining the life of Leon Trotsky, and I'm joined by Comrade Chad. We discuss Trotsky's post-revolution and post-civil war activities, the curious case of Soviet gold reserves and Trotsky's much-disputed Opposition Bloc. We also talk about the Trust, aka the honeypot to end all honeypots, and Trotsky's jockeying for power. Songs: All Gold Everything by Trinidad James (remixed by Ryan Celsius) Snakes in the Grass ...
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May 09, 2024 14:06 - 1 hour - 92.3 MB[originally published on Patreon Dec 4, 2022] Today's the first of a new series examining the legacy of Trotskyism through a parapolitical lens, and to kick it off, we examine the life of Leon Trotsky. I'm joined by Comrade Chad to discuss Trotsky's early life and career through the Bolshevik revolution. Particularly of note are the activities of Trotsky's uncles, his revolutionary activities in France, and his interesting residency in New York City. Songs: Lev Bronstein by the Redskins ...