Film, Literature and the New World Order

By The Corbett Report

What's Film, Literature and the New World Order about?

Film, Literature and the New World Order is a monthly podcast series from CorbettReport.com. In this series, James Corbett of The Corbett Report and a rotating series of guests dissect a different book or movie each month, examining its messages, exposing propaganda, understanding connections and finding the real agenda (and sometimes the real solutions) offered to us in the media we consume.

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Film, Literature and the New World Order episodes:

12.05.2023
Conspiracy Theory (1997) - FLNWO #43
In this special surprise edition of Film, Literature and the New World Order, James joins the Big Puff Podcast to discuss Conspiracy Theory, the 1997 action drama starring Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts and Patrick Stewart. As silly as the movie...
09.20.2019
Aesop's Fables - FLNWO #42
On this edition of Film, Literature and the New World Order, James examines Aesop's Fables for some of the timeless wisdom that we can still benefit from here in the 21st century.
03.16.2018
"...And Then There Were None" - FLNWO #41
Take Us To Your Leader! is the science fiction cliche...but what if there's no leader to be taken to, and no one to do the leading? In this edition of the Film, Literature and the New World Order series, James...
11.21.2016
James Ellroy's American Tabloid - FLNWO #40
This month on Film, Literature and the New World Order, James is joined by Prof CJ of the Dangerous History podcast to explore James Elroy’s “American Tabloid.” What do you get when you have a novel with fictional FBI/CIA/Mafia/Anti-Castro Cuban...
10.17.2016
Being There – FLNWO #39
Julian Charles of TheMindRenewed.com joins us this month to discuss Being There, the 1979 film by director Hal Ashby that follows the story of Chance the Gardener, a simple man with no experience of the outside world who is suddenly...
09.19.2016
The Purge: Election Year – FLNWO #38
The sElection is upon us and the tensions are rising as the summer of rage gives way to the autumn of our discontent. And wouldn’t you know it, Hollywood is already programming purges, legalized murder and anarchy into the population....
08.22.2016
Rambo 3 – FLNWO #37
Rambo III is silly popcorn entertainment. But it is silly popcorn entertainment that is set during the Soviet-Afghan war, and as such it reflects the standard propaganda narrative that was being fed to the American public at that time? So...
06.29.2016
The Poetry of F.R. Scott – FLNWO #36
Francis Reginald Scott was a celebrated Canadian lawyer, constitutional expert, translator and scholar. And he was also the father of Peter Dale Scott. And the man who advised Pierre Elliot Trudeau to invoke the War Measures Act in 1970. Join...
05.30.2016
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle - FLNWO #35
You've probably heard all about Upton Sinclair's 1906 expose of the turn-of-the-century American meatpacking industry and the Chicago stockyards...but everything you've heard about it is wrong. The book wasn't an expose of the meatpackers, the legislation it inspired served to...
04.18.2016
Three Days of the Condor - FLNWO #34
On this edition of Film, Literature and the New World Order we talk to Sibel Edmonds of BoilingFrogsPost.com about the 1975 spy thriller, Three Days of the Condor. We explore the context of the film's release, the possible CIA involvement...
03.14.2016
The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress – FLNWO #33
This month on Film, Literature and the New World Order David Friedman joins us to discuss Robert Heinlein’s science fiction classic, The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress. We discuss the power of Heinlein’s example of an anarchistic society and examine...
02.15.2016
The Big Short – FLNWO #32
The Big Short purports to tell the story of the housing bubble of the last decade and the subsequent global financial collapse…and it actually isn’t as terrible as you might think. Join James on this week’s edition of Film, Literature...
01.18.2016
The Manchurian Candidate – FLNWO #31
The Film, Literature and the New World Order podcast returns to its regular schedule after a brief hiatus with a conversation with Tim Kelly of the Our Interesting Times podcast about the 1962 film adaptation of Richard Condon’s 1959 novel...
09.21.2015
The Prestige - FLNWO #30
This month on Film, Literature and the New World Order we talk to Jay Dyer of JaysAnalysis.com about his review of the 2006 Christopher Nolan film, The Prestige. Topics discussed include twilight language and the revelation of the method, what...
08.17.2015
A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man - FLNWO #29
In this edition of Film, Literature and the New World Order James is joined by author, artist, podcaster and researcher Thomas Sheridan of ThomasSheridanArts.com. Together they tackle James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man...and the entirety...
08.08.2015
Daredevil – FLNWO #28
With their new Netflix original series, "Daredevil," the Marvel Entertainment juggernaut of recent years looks set to grow even bigger. But given that Marvel is now owned by Disney, and given the long history of comic books being used for...
06.15.2015
The Library of Babel – FLNWO #27
The universe is the internet is the library is the internet is the universe. Or is it? And if so, who are the librarians? And if we have all the information we can ever want, does that mean we have...
05.18.2015
Brazil - FLNWO #26
Satire? Farce? Romance? Comedy? Documentary? Dream? Mundane reality? A subversive critique of the system, or merely more predictive programming of an inescapable tyranny? Join us on this month's edition of Film, Literature and the New World Order as we attempt...
03.16.2015
Pink Cadillac - FLNWO #25
"Pink Cadillac" is a silly and forgettable "action"/"comedy" flick starring Dirty Harry himself, Clint Eastwood. So what on earth does this cornball 1989 film have to do with the FBI's "Patriot Conspiracy," Timothy McVeigh and the OKC Bombing? Find out...
02.16.2015
Narcissus and Goldmund – FLNWO #24
Logic and emotion. Language and image. Discipline and instinct. In his classic 1930 novel, Narcissus and Goldmund, Herman Hesse captures the essence of the duality of the human spirit. But while this duality is everywhere evident within us and those...
01.19.2015
Philip Dru - FLNWO #23
Richard Grove of TragedyandHope.com and PeaceRevolution.org joins us on this month's edition of Film, Literature and the New World Order to discuss "Philip Dru: Administrator" by Edward Mandell House. We examine the man behind the work and how the novel...
12.15.2014
A Christmas Carol - FLNWO #22
On this edition of Film, Literature and the New World Order we are joined by Roderick Long of the Austro-Athenian Empire blog to discuss Charles Dickens' classic, "A Christmas Carol." Is Ebeneezer Scrooge a model of the modern libertarian, or...
11.14.2014
Tora, Tora, Tora! - FLNWO #21
On this edition of Film, Literature and the New World Order James Perloff, author of The Shadows of Power and Truth Is A Lonely Warrior, joins us to discuss the 1970 Hollywood/Japanese production, Tora, Tora Tora! We discuss Perloff's recent...
10.20.2014
Grave of the Fireflies - FLNWO #20
On this edition of Film, Literature and the New World Order James and Broc West of APPerspective.net discuss Grave of the Fireflies, the 1988 animated film from Studio Ghibli that just may be the greatest war movie ever made. Break...
09.14.2014
Contagion - FLNWO #19
This month on Film, Literature and the New World Order, Tim Kilkenny of RevelationsRadioNews joins us to discuss the 2011 propaganda film, "Contagion." We examine "Participant Media," the media venture of billionaire Jeff Skoll that produces "social action campaigns" for...
08.18.2014
”They Live” – FLNWO #18
This month on the Film, Literature and New World Order podcast, James talks to Guillermo Jimenez of TracesofReality.com about "They Live," John Carpenter's surprisingly prescient 1988 film about a society hypnotized and controlled by an alien species that cannot be...
07.29.2014
B.F. Skinner’s “Walden Two” – FLNWO #17
This month on the Film, Literature and New World Order podcast, James explores B.F. Skinner’s 1948 utopian novel, “Walden Two.” We discuss Skinner’s ideas of behavioural engineering, how they are employed in the novel, and why this raises the ire...
06.16.2014
Charlie Wilson's War - FLNWO #16
How and why did the Afghan-Soviet war start? What was the CIA's involvement in the affair? Who did they support and what were they aiming at? If you're interested in the answers to these questions you won't find them in...
05.19.2014
Aldous Huxley’s “Island” – FLNWO #15
This month on Film, Literature and the New World Order we’re joined by Will Morgan of The Sync Book to discuss Aldous Huxley’s final novel, Island. A philosophical exploration of Huxley’s imagined utopia, Island raises the question of what paradise...
04.21.2014
Citizen Kane - FLNWO #14
This month on Film, Literature and the New World Order James teams up with James Evan Pilato of MediaMonarchy.com to dissect the man, the myth and the legend of Citizen Kane. From the brilliance of the film's production to an...
03.17.2014
Leap of Faith - FLNWO #13
In this month's edition we talk to Sibel Edmonds of BoilingFrogsPost.com about "Leap of Faith," the 1992 Hollywood flick starring Steve Martin. We talk about conmen and suckers, how and why people allow themselves to get fooled, and how the...
02.18.2014
This Is What We Do – FLNWO #12
Jack Blood of Deadlinelive.info joins us for this month’s edition of Film, Literature and the New World Order, where we discuss Tom Hansen’s 2013 novel, This Is What We Do. We talk about the themes raised in the book, including...
01.20.2014
Wall Street / Money Never Sleeps - FLNWO #11
Today on the Film, Literature and New World Order series, James and Richard Grove of the Tragedy and Hope community and the Peace Revolution podcast discuss Oliver Stone's 1987 flick, Wall Street, and its 2010 follow-up, Money Never Sleeps. We...
12.16.2013
Trollhunter - FLNWO #10
In this month's edition of Film, Literature and the New World Order, Tom Secker joins us to talk about Trollhunter, a 2010 Norwegian found footage mockumentary about a secret government agency that is dedicated to disposing of (and concealing evidence...
11.14.2013
Kipling's "Kim" - FLNWO #09
In his 1901 novel "Kim" (audiobook here) Rudyard Kipling paints a vivid portrait of an orphaned vagabond in 19th century India. After joining himself to a Tibetan lama on a spiritual quest, Kim stumbles into the middle of the Great...
09.16.2013
Gaslight
In this edition of Film, Literature and the New World Order we welcome Thomas Sheridan, author of The Anvil of the Psyche, to discuss Gaslight, the 1940 British psychological thriller that introduced us to the concept of 'gaslighting.' In the...
08.19.2013
The Lord of the Rings - FLNWO #07
The Lord of the Rings is an epic tale of good and evil, centering around a lowly hobbit's quest to destroy the One Ring with its magical power before it falls into the hands of Sauron, the dark lord. The...
07.15.2013
Enemy of the State - FLNWO #06
Enemy of the State is a typical Jerry Bruckheimer Hollywood blockbuster, including a Hollywood A-list cast and enough chases and explosions to keep even the most easily distracted fixated on the screen. But beneath the Hollywood gloss there is a...
06.17.2013
The Catcher in the Rye - FLNWO #05
The Catcher in the Rye. Since it's publication in 1951, it has become an iconic work of American literature. In its gritty idiomatic style, it has captured the imagination of generations of disaffected young boys. But is there something more...
04.15.2013
Soylent Green - FLNWO #04
This month on Film, Literature and the New World Order we talk to James Evan Pilato of MediaMonarchy.com about Soylent Green, the 1973 sci-fi movie based on the 1966 novel Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison. We discuss the...
03.18.2013
The Secret Agent - FLNWO #03
This month on Film, Literature and the New World Order we talk to Tom Secker of SpyCulture.com about Joseph Conrad’s 1907 classic, The Secret Agent. From anarchy to agent provocateurs and shady police dealings, Conrad’s work has been hailed as...
02.18.2013
Syriana - FLNWO #02
Syriana is a rarity in the land of Hollywood fluff and schlock; a political thriller that revolves around plot and character, not car chases and explosions. The movie pushes the boundary of mainstream moviemaking, with no clear good guys, no...
01.21.2013
The Call of the Wild - FLNWO #01
In the inaugural edition of this Film, Literature and the New World Order series, we examine The Call of the Wild, the 1903 novel by Jack London. Joined by Aaron Franz of TheAgeofTransitions.com, we examine the book in relation to...

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Film, Literature and the New World Order episodes:

Conspiracy Theory (1997) - FLNWO #43

Aesop's Fables - FLNWO #42

"...And Then There Were None" - FLNWO #41

James Ellroy's American Tabloid - FLNWO #40

Being There – FLNWO #39

The Purge: Election Year – FLNWO #38

Rambo 3 – FLNWO #37

The Poetry of F.R. Scott – FLNWO #36

Upton Sinclair's The Jungle - FLNWO #35

Three Days of the Condor - FLNWO #34

The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress – FLNWO #33

The Big Short – FLNWO #32

The Manchurian Candidate – FLNWO #31

The Prestige - FLNWO #30

A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man - FLNWO #29

Daredevil – FLNWO #28

The Library of Babel – FLNWO #27

Brazil - FLNWO #26

Pink Cadillac - FLNWO #25

Narcissus and Goldmund – FLNWO #24

Philip Dru - FLNWO #23

A Christmas Carol - FLNWO #22

Tora, Tora, Tora! - FLNWO #21

Grave of the Fireflies - FLNWO #20

Contagion - FLNWO #19

”They Live” – FLNWO #18

B.F. Skinner’s “Walden Two” – FLNWO #17

Charlie Wilson's War - FLNWO #16

Aldous Huxley’s “Island” – FLNWO #15

Citizen Kane - FLNWO #14

Leap of Faith - FLNWO #13

This Is What We Do – FLNWO #12

Wall Street / Money Never Sleeps - FLNWO #11

Trollhunter - FLNWO #10

Kipling's "Kim" - FLNWO #09

Gaslight

The Lord of the Rings - FLNWO #07

Enemy of the State - FLNWO #06

The Catcher in the Rye - FLNWO #05

Soylent Green - FLNWO #04

The Secret Agent - FLNWO #03

Syriana - FLNWO #02

The Call of the Wild - FLNWO #01