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John Kiriakou is a former CIA spy who was jailed following his public statements about the the CIA’s use of torture. He is the author of Doing Time Like A Spy: How the CIA Taught Me to Survive and Thrive in Prison and Reluctant Spy: My Secret Life in the CIA’s War on Terror.

I talked to Hayley Jones who writes for The Daily Beast and I mentioned this story run by Rachel Maddow about Russian military intelligency figures boasting about their reach and ability to influence social media.

Hayley mentioned that The Daily Beast had also run elements of this story.

 

Bill Tatro is an economist, writer and broadcaster who studied under John Kenneth Galbraith, who has been entertaining audiences on the radio and in seminars for over 30 years. We spoke about his article Those Damn Millennials. I mentioned When China Rules the World by Martin Jacques, but I made a mistake when I said Jacques … Continue reading "CO047 Bill Tatro on Finance and Millennials"

Alex Nowrasteh is an immigration policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity. In our discussion, we mentioned the Chinese Exculsion Act and the Irish Americans who are descendants of people who immigrated to the US over several centuries.

Black Pigeon Speaks is a popular Alt-Right YouTube channel and associated website. Black Pigeon is the voice of the many videos on the channel. He is noted for his anti-immigrant, anti-Islam, racist, sexist and anti-trans views. Heather Jones is the Editor-in-Chief of BlackPigeonSpeaks.com, She self-identifies as ‘New-Right’ or as a ‘Traditionalist’ rather than ‘Alt-Right’. Below are videos from the Black Pigeon … Continue reading "CO045 Heather Jones on the Alt-Right and Accuracy"

Darius McCullough runs the YouTube channel MGTOW Knowledge – Darius. MGTOW is a subculture that is particularly active on YouTube, there are literally thousands of channels devoted to it.

Jonathan Wood is the author of FREEcology a blog on libertarian environmentalism. In addition he is also an attorney at Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF), an adjunct fellow at the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) and a member of the executive committee for the Federalist Society’s Environmental Law and Property Rights Practice Group. According to Jonathan’s blog Libertarian environmentalism has three … Continue reading "CO043 Jonathan Wood on Libertarian Environmentalism"

Aaron Bandler is a staff writer with The Wire. We talked about his article about the Russian foreign ministry tweet taking credit for defeating the nazis. https://twitter.com/mfa_russia/status/900398021623656450 Aaron (and others) commented that this tweet was sent on the anniversary of the of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the 1939 deal between Hitler and Stalin which promised peace … Continue reading "CO042 Aaron Bandler on Russia & WWII"

Fr John Peck is a priest in the American Orthodox Church, an Eastern Rite church which has strong links to the Russian and Greek Orthodox churches. He writes the blog The Orthodox Church of Tomorrow, and featured this article on his blog. In the conversation, I mentioned Sathya Sai Baba, an Indian guru who claimed … Continue reading "CO041 Fr John Peck on Replacements for Religion"

Sharyl Attkisson is the presenter of Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson, and a former news anchor for CBS and CNN. She has won Emmy awards for Investigative Journalism and Business and Financial Reporting. HarperCollins recently published her book The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and … Continue reading "CO040 Sharyl Attkisson on Manipulating the News"