David Luhrssen is a film critic for the Shepherd Express, Milwaukee's weekly newspaper, and cofounder of the Milwaukee International Film Festival. David is the author of many works and in particular "Secret Societies and Clubs in American History" which reveals fascinating facts about some of the most talked-about covert societies, including the Mafia, the Skull and Bones and the Ku Klux Klan, Secret Societies and Clubs in American History exposes the truth about the subcultures that made their mark on some of the most important events in the nation's history and contributed to the shaping of the country itself. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/out-of-the-blank-podcast/support

Nick Bryant is a journalist and author whose writing career has wended through various incarnations over the last three decades, but often focused on the plight of lower-socioeconomic children in the United States. Nick has spent seven years investigating a child sex trafficking network that was covered up by state and federal authorities, culminating in "The Franklin Scandal: A Story of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse, and Betrayal". The Franklin Scandal and the Epstein scandal are quite similar in the sense that both child trafficking networks were covered up by state and federal authorities and the mainstream media was complicit, because it never demanded justice for the children whose lives had been disfigured. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/out-of-the-blank-podcast/support

Scott Reid has been researching the assassination of John F. Kennedy and has published many articles on Dealey Plaza UK Echo and visited many of the sites that are mentioned in the assassination. Scott breaks down some information on the attempted walker shooting and a person by the name of William Duff a former militant roommate that Walker ordered to leave weeks prior to the shooting. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/out-of-the-blank-podcast/support

Greg Poulgrain is a historian and lecturer on Southeast Asian history and author of JFK vs. Allen Dulles: Battleground Indonesia. Greg joins me once again to discuss Allen Dulles and also Dag Hammarskjöld who remains well regarded internationally as a capable diplomat and administrator, and his efforts to resolve various global crises led to him being the only posthumous recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He is considered one of the two best UN secretaries-general, along with his successor U Thant, and his appointment has been hailed as one of the most notable successes for the organization. U.S. President John F. Kennedy called Hammarskjöld "the greatest statesman of our century." --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/out-of-the-blank-podcast/support

Lauren Aguirre is an award-winning science journalist who has produced documentaries, short-form video series, podcasts, interactive games, and blogs for the PBS series NOVA. She has covered everything from asteroids to human origins to art restoration, but is particularly fascinated by the brain. Aguirre’s articles on memory and addiction have appeared in STAT, The Boston Globe Ideas Section, Undark, The Atlantic, The Scientist, and PBS. The Memory Thief is her first book. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/out-of-the-blank-podcast/support

Ronald F. Levant is a psychologist, a professor, and a former president of the American Psychological Association. After earning an undergraduate degree at the University of California, Berkeley, Levant completed a Doctor of Education at Harvard University. Dr. Levant has authored, co-authored, edited or co-edited 19 books and over 250 peer-reviewed refereed journal articles and book chapters in the psychology of men and masculinities, family and gender psychology, and advancing professional psychology. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/out-of-the-blank-podcast/support

This episode is focused into the death of Fred Hampton and features two figures and past guests who have done extensive research into this young activists life and death. Jeffrey Haas is the author of The Assassination of Fred Hampton. He is an attorney and the cofounder of the People's Law Office, whose clients included the Black Panthers, Students for a Democratic Society, community activists, and a large number of those opposed to the Vietnam War. Craig Ciccone is a independent historian and has done great work in both the JFK and Fred Hampton assassination. Craig is known for his JFK work but his focus of 30 years has been looking through documents and filing FOI requests for more information on corruption in our government that led to the death of Fred Hampton. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/out-of-the-blank-podcast/support

Laurie Calhoun is a philosopher and cultural critic, is the author of "We Kill Because We Can: From Soldiering to Assassination in the Drone Age" which takes a scalpel to the dark heart of Western foreign policy in order to answer these and many other troubling questions. Laurie is also the author of "War and Delusion: A Critical Examination" about the centuries-old paradigm of just war theory to determine whether modern 'just war' rationalizations constitute sound justifications or pro-military propaganda. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/out-of-the-blank-podcast/support

Douglas Thompson is the author of many non-fiction books covering an eclectic mix of subjects from major Hollywood biographies to revelatory collaborations about remarkable people and events. The author, broadcaster and international journalist, is a regular contributor to major newspapers and magazines worldwide. Douglas is thee author of Shadowland: How the Mafia Bet Britain in a Global Gamble" and "Bombshell: The Night Bobby Kennedy Killed Marilyn Monroe" which spans this episode and deals with areas of the Kennedys and the mafia and their connections to Hollywood and its famous figures. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/out-of-the-blank-podcast/support

Armin Krishnan is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Security Studies Program at East Carolina University. He has studied political science and security studies at Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich and Salford University, U.K. He previously taught intellligence and security studies at the University of Texas at El Paso. He has written three books on new developments in contemporary warfare, including the privatization of military services, autonomous weapons, and targeted killing. His current research focuses on U.S. government secrecy, U.S. shadow wars, and covert action since the end of the Cold War. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/out-of-the-blank-podcast/support