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This week, in part 2/3 in our series on the Aztecs, we discuss the end of the Reconquista, the come-up of Imperial Spain, and the meteoric rise of some of the most bloodthirsty, greed-filled, destructive bastards in modern history: the Conquistadores.

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Here, for your listening pleasure, we have part 2 of our conversation with Jimmy Falun Gong, host of the Programmed to Chill podcast. This half of the conversation definitely leans more heavily into serial murder, so once again, blanket content warning for this one. It was a great time, and we hope you all enjoy the second half of the interview!

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This week, we feature part one of our interview with Jimmy Falun Gong, host of the excellent 'Programmed to Chill' podcast. We talked mainly about author David McGowan's fascinating and controversial 2004 book Programmed to Kill: The Politics of Serial Murder, and got to pick Jimmy's brain about a wide variety of topics. It was super fun for us, so we hope you enjoy. Part 2 will be uploaded next week for your listening pleasure.

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This week, in part one of a three parter, the LU Boys journey to the New World of the 16th Century, and discuss the two key players in one of history’s most tragic events. We will examine the flourishing Mesoamerican Mexica civilization, and set the stage for one of modern history’s most tragic conflicts.

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The conclusion of our 5 part series, Allen Dulles’ American Utopia.

Episodes 24, 28, 40, and 51 make up the first 4 parts, with companion episodes in 31, 35, and 54.

To round out the series, we discuss the Gehlen Organization, Gladio, MKULTRA, Cuba, the Godfather Part II, the rise of JFK, and the death of Patrice Lumumba. We will eventually discuss some of these at much greater length in future episodes, so consider this final installment of our as-yet longest series a primer for those successor episodes.

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This week, in a companion piece to last week's Falun Gong episode, we discuss the various fraudsters who have infiltrated the world of Martial Arts. We also spend a good chunk of the episode discussing the recent tragic events in Uvalde, TX. 

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This week the LU boys return from their time in the desert to explore the Chinese spiritual and political group Falun Gong, and the various ways in which they have evolved and spread since the 90’s. Ever seen a poster for Shen Yun? Well, you’ve been touched… by Falun Gong.

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A brief update on the current status of the podcast, the road ahead, and some musings on how absolutely terrible everything is here in the good ol' U S of A.

We will be back to our regularly scheduled programming soon enough. Until then...

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In 1952, American prisoners of war in Korea began to make public comments about war crimes being committed by the United States, up to and including the use of outlawed biological and chemical weapons. While they were written off in the press as being given under duress and through torture and brainwashing by the communists in China and North Korea, the American military and intelligence communities were eager to get the men home and subject them to their own new frontier in interrogation that would come to morph into the infamous MKULTRA program. The reason military intelligence was so eager to get the men home? The soldiers were telling the truth.

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Check out Alex’s commentary on his exit from Russia on episode 31.3 of the Providence Leftist Radio Podcast, or read his article for Uprise RI here: https://upriseri.com/confronting-experience-and-contradictions-in-the-russia-ukraine-crisis/

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This week we take a break from the past to discuss current events. Our buddy and previous guest Alexander Herbert joins us from St. Petersburg, Russia to discuss the unfolding situation in Ukraine. We also delve briefly into the recent Nazi assault outside the Red Ink Community Library in Providence which occurred last week. We had a great time talking to Alex, as always, and we hope you'll enjoy it as much as we did.

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