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Aaron and Bryce discuss the late imperial insanity of mid-July 2025.

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Special thanks to:

Dana Chavarria, production

Casey Moore, graphics

Michelle Boley, animated intro

Mock Orange, music

Aaron and Max Arvo discuss the MKULTRA extended universe as well as the recent JFK assassination salon in which Max and I both participated.

Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True" by Mock Orange

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!!

Charles Derber joins us to discuss his new book, Bonfire: American Sociocide, Broken Relations, and the Quest for Democracy. Charles Derber is Professor of Sociology at Boston College. He has written 26 books on politics, democracy, fascism, corporations, capitalism, climate change, war, the culture wars, and social change.

Special thanks to:

Dana Chavarria, production

Casey Moore, graphics

Michelle Boley, animated intro

Mock Orange, music

Image: People rally in Los Angeles, US. [Ringo Chiu/AFP]

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This is an expanded version of the presentation I recently delivered (via Zoom) to a group of top JFK assassination researchers.

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Journalist Peter Byrne joins us to discuss Military AI Watch.  Hosted by Project Censored, Military AI Watch “exposes the hidden forces behind the AI arms race, the corporations cashing in, and the dire consequences for global security and democracy. Based on two years of extensive research, Byrne’s reporting sheds light on what powerful interests don’t want you to know.”

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Dana Chavarria, production

Casey Moore, graphics

Michelle Boley, animated intro

Mock Orange, music

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Former CIA officer and bestselling author Barry Eisler joins us to discuss his new novel, The System. Here is what I wrote about the book:

The System depicts a fictionalized version of the late US Empire—an economic and military juggernaut now in terminal decline as the regime and its institutions buckle under the weight of their own corrupt and corrupting inertia. With compelling prose, Eisler has written a deep political thriller in which the characters exist in shades of gray. They all must accommodate various governmental and private sector interests in such a way as to become complicit in a system so illegitimate that its true dimensions cannot be candidly discussed or explained in “mainstream” settings. Let us hope that entertaining fiction like this can help snap Americans out of their red/blue partisan trances and unite them against their real enemy—the oligarchic regime itself.

Check out:

Barry Eisler’s website

Barry’s Substack

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Dana Chavarria, production

Casey Moore, graphics

Michelle Boley, animated intro

Mock Orange, music

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Aaron and Bryce discuss the outbreak of hot war in Iran, kicked off by a brazenly illegal Zionist assassination spree abetted by the US President.

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Special thanks to:

Dana Chavarria, production

Casey Moore, graphics

Michelle Boley, animated intro

Mock Orange, music

Internet pioneer Ken McCarthy joins us to discuss his two books on the anti-imperialist and anti-Zionist foreign policies of John and Robert Kennedy.  

Check out:

'JFK and RFK’s Secret Battle Against Zionist Extremism'

'John F. Kennedy Anti-Imperialist:

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We are joined again by John Kiriakou, the former CIA officer who blew the whistle on the agency’s illegal torture program.

Check out:

Substack: Loud & Clear with John Kiriakou

Deep Focus with John Kiriakou

The DeProgram Show

Special thanks to:

Dana Chavarria, production

Casey Moore, graphics

Michelle Boley, animated intro

Mock Orange, music

Aaron and Max discuss the 2019 Martin Scorsese film, The Irishman. The film stars Robert DeNiro as an Irish-American hitman and Al Pacino as the notorious Teamster president, Jimmy Hoffa. The film is based on the book, I Heard You Paint Houses, by Charles Brandt. We recommend that people watch the film before listening since we don’t attempt to give any organized synopsis, nor do we avoid spoilers. Listen at your own risk!

Music: "Silent Motion" by Mock Orange

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!!