In this episode we conclude our review of Lee Harvey Oswald's activities and connections prior to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. We discuss his association with the FBI, and the files the FBI had gathered on Oswald. We touch on the note that Oswald gave to Agent Hosty, and the different accounts of what was included in the note. We question what J. Edgar Hoover knew about Oswald prior to the assassination. We also review Oswald's famous trip to Mexico City.

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In this episode we discuss what Lee Harvey Oswald was up to, prior to the assassination. We review his time in New Orleans, and his purported relationship with David Ferrie. We explore evidence that Oswald was connected with the CIA. We touch on Oswald's CIA "201" file, and that that might indicate. We detail Oswald's visit to Mexico City, and various accounts of his time there. We finish with a look at what the Church Committee's investigation into Oswald's potential connection with the CIA concluded.

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In this episode we continue our discussion of the CIA mind control program MKUltra. We go into greater depth regarding the experiments conducted on American citizens. We explain just what 'Operation Midnight Climax' is, and why it deserves its name. We also learn that the CIA did not limit itself to experimenting on Americans; they experimented on Canadian citizens as well! Bill sheds some light on secret detention camps. We also review the evidence some have offered that Lee Harvey Oswald was a product of MKUltra, and that it was no coincidence that he had been stationed in Atsugi, Japan....

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In this slightly disjointed episode we describe the CIA's MKUltra program (and how it potentially relates to the JFK assassination), and also conclude our introduction to J. Edgar Hoover. Regarding Hoover, we provide a brief overview of how he directed the FBI's investigation of John F. Kennedy's assassination. We also describe the relationship that Hoover had with Lyndon Johnson, and how they worked together both prior to and after the JFK assassination. We then turn our attention to MKUltra. We describe how through this program the CIA experimented on unwitting U.S. citizens, by administering high doses of psychoactive drugs (such as LSD). We also mention various other methods that the CIA experimented with in their attempts to manipulate their subjects' mental states and brain functions, such as electroshocks, hypnosis, sensory deprivation, sexual abuse, and torture. We describe the origins of MKUltra, and what the CIA was hoping to accomplish with the program.

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In this episode we introduce J. Edgar Hoover, former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). We review Hoover's background, and how he obtained the leadership of the FBI. We describe how he ran the agency, and the methods of investigation that he innovated and utilized. We discuss aspects of his personal life (rife with rumors!). We question why he maintained that organized crime did not exist for decades. We discuss some of his more controversial actions and programs, such as Cointelpro. We briefly touch on his potential involvement in/investigation of the murders of Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Kennedy, and John F. Kennedy.

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In this episode we conclude our introduction to Lyndon Johnson. What was LBJ's relationship with the mob? What was in those packages he had delivered to his office while he was in the senate? Who is Billy Sole Estes and what did he have to do with LBJ? Could a politician like LBJ prosper in today's political climate? How would we feel about Abraham Lincoln today, if Lincoln had had a twitter account?

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In this episode we continue our introduction to Lyndon Johnson. We discuss his personal hygiene and inform our listeners just what he nicknamed 'Jumbo'. We describe the famous "Johnson Treatment". We delve a bit further into his relationship with John and Robert Kennedy; their rivalry during the 1960 primary and how they felt about each other while working together as part of the Kennedy administration. Our guest Corey Armstrong eschews local beers, and shows up with a microbrew from Michigan.

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In this episode we introduce Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy's vice-president. We review Johnson's rapid rise in politics, and detail the powerful businessmen and politicians who enabled that rise. We discuss his skill in and methods of conducting politics, including the famous "Johnson treatment". We list his political achievements, primarily as president. We also discuss the significant areas where LBJ diverged from JFK as president, and the role he played in escalating the Vietnam War. We go off topic a bit to discuss the similarities and dissimilarities between current protest movements and protest movements in the 1960s, and consider some reasons for what seems to be our current heightened levels of anger and violence in the area of politics and protest.

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In this episode we conclude our discussion of the death of Marilyn Monroe. How did she die? Who was there the night of her death? Anything odd about her autopsy? Any chance that the Kennedys were involved in orchestrating Monroe's death? Steve and Bill also sample Utica Club, and discuss Marcel Proust and why he dipped his madeleine in his tea (and what were the ramifications?).

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In this episode we conclude our discussion regarding the shots fired on General Edwin Walker, and then take a bit of a detour to review the death of Marilyn Monroe. What did Walter Coleman, a fourteen-year-old neighbor to Walker, hear the night the shot was fired? Was he called to testify by the Warren Commission? What was Ruth Paine's role in tying Oswald to the shooting? Was Edwin Walker connected to a militant Cuban exile group? Did anything else interesting happen to Edwin Walker later in his life? Who was Marilyn Monroe? How did she die? Who was there the night of her death? Anything odd about her autopsy? Any chance that the Kennedy's were involved in orchestrating Monroe's death? Will Steve and Bill ever finish their beers?

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