STARK REALITY Episode 39 Guest BEN NORTON

Episode 39 of STARK REALITY with Host James Dier aka $mall ¢hange features the exclusive in-depth Stark Reality interview with musician, journalist, filmmaker and writer BEN NORTON.

Ben Norton is a journalist, writer, and filmmaker, and founder/editor of the independent news site MULTIPOLARISTA where he does original reporting in both English and Spanish, with many articles and videos up at The Grayzone News and also on Rokfin . He also co-hosted the Moderate Rebels podcast with journalist Max Blumenthal.  His work has been published in dozens of media outlets, and he has done interviews on Sky News, Al Jazeera, Democracy Now, El Financiero Bloomberg, Al Mayadeen, teleSUR, RT, TRT World, CGTN, Press TV, HispanTV, Sin Censura, and various TV channels in Mexico, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivia.

Less ppl might know this but Ben has played in bands (hardcore, punk, metal, etc) for decades and is a seasoned guitarist and musician. He has a project called Peculate with a new album, 'Your Own Person Abyss', a hybrid of metal, jazz, avant classical, noise, screaming. Ben is a proud metalhead haha, and we talk about it in its different variations. He also loves jazz, we talk about third stream, fusion, records like Miles Davis' Bitches Brew and Naked City's Torture Garden. Also get into propaganda in media, the military influence on Hollywood film and tv, social media and the metaverse (and how controlled it is), trying to make a living as a musician in NYC, and annoying popularity of K-Pop in Latin America. Ben lives in Nicaragua this was recorded Oct 29th, 2021.

link to the new album from Ben's PECULATE project:
www.peculate.bandcamp.com/album/your-own-personal-abyss

For more information about BEN NORTON, check out:
www.bennorton.com

www.multipolarista.com
www.thegrayzone.com/author/ben-norton
www.rokfin.com/benjaminnorton
@BenjaminNorton on twitter

To hear Ben Norton's exclusive metal/jazz/avant-classical noise mix, go to Episode 40 of STARK REALITY on jasoncharles.net Podcast Network or STARK REALITY PLAYLISTS wherever you get your podcasts.

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