Programmed to Chill

[originally published on Patreon Dec 15, 2023]

After having introduced accounting concepts and laid out their applications in Jamaica, I continue my close reading of Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management by Caitlin Rosenthal. I discuss the nature of 'book farming', the nature and origin of value, and discuss the ubiquity of King Cotton in the US and world economy. I cover the fungibility of labor, perverse concepts of depreciation, and get into the postbellum developments in the wake of the abolition of slavery. Finally, I discuss Rosenthal's background and the nature of McKinsey Consulting.

episode art by Robert Voyvodich @r.voy__

Songs:

My Queen is Harriet Tubman by Sons of Kemet

It's A Sin To Be Rich, It's A Low-Down Shame To Be Poor by Lightnin' Hopkins

Lord, Have Mercy On Me by Junior Kimbrough

[originally published on Patreon Dec 9, 2023]

Having laid out various accounting concepts, I now introduce their application in a horrible setting: plantation accounting in Jamaica. To do this, I rely on a close reading of Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management by Caitlin Rosenthal. Her work simply demolishes the traditional business history about the development of these concepts. As it turns out, slave plantations actually led the global economy in new developments of field and factory regarding management styles, industrialization, organizational structure, accounting methods, and a number of other things. 

I discuss the nature of the sugar trade, questions of efficiency, the weaponization of data, the question of absentee ownership, and the nature of quantification itself. 

episode art by Robert Voyvodich @r.voy__

Songs:

My Queen is Ada Eastman by Sons of Kemet

Great Britain by Scorzayzee

[originally published on Patreon

Today I attempt to trace the history of accounting from renaissance Venice through the robber barons into the modern era. Along the way, I opine on the nature of moneylending, Shylock, and drill down six key accounting concepts necessary to understanding the next two episodes. While I tried to keep this episode from being boring, it's very much a setup episode.

episode art by Robert Voyvodich @r.voy__

Songs:

Count This Money by Gucci Mane

Countin’ Money by Bun B feat. Gucci Mane and Yo Gotti

[originally published on Patreon Nov 22, 2023]

Today I'm rejoined by Comrade Chad to continue our discussion about post-Trotsky Trotskyism in the US. We continue discussing Burnham's various intrigues and we go pretty deep on Joseph Hansen's perfidious career. Along the way we get into the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Socialist Workers Party history generally.

I go through Lyndon LaRouche's early career as a Trot leading up to him starting his own idiosyncratic movement. Chad discusses the Carleton College crew, Jack Barnes, and so forth. Finally, I finish up discussing the case of the Paine family and their relationship to the JFK assassination.

Songs:

Your Cheatin’ Heart by Hank Williams

St. Thomas by Sonny Rollins

Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus

[originally published on Patreon Nov 17, 2023]

Today I'm rejoined by Comrade Chad to discuss post-Trotsky Trotskyism in the US, especially their penchant for attacking communism 'from the left'. Comrade Chad walks us through some of the theory and vocabulary necessary. Then we zero in on James Cannon, Max Schactman and James Burnham in particular. We attempt to explain the theoretical positions this entailed within both Trotskyism. Marxism, and Cold War geopolitics before explaining their actions in the labor movement.

Along the way we discuss Farrell Dobbs, Jimmy Hoffa, Joseph Hansen, Burnham's theoretical works, the Congress for Cultural Freedom, and much more.

episode art by Robert Voyvodich @r.voy__

Songs:

Teamster Power by Tex Williams

After You’ve Gone by the Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio

Moiritat (Mack the Knife) by Sonny Rollins

[originally published on Patreon Nov 10, 2023)

Today I'm joined by S. William Snider aka Recluse (@RecluseS9) to discuss his third and recent book, The Art: The Secret History of Psywar, Conspiritainment and the Shattering of Reality (2023). The book spans centuries  and really speaks for itself, but he and I discuss various things in it ranging from the American Security Council, Edward Lansdale, psychological operations in Hollywood and against the New Left, and we even find time to discuss psychotronic weaponry. 

Note: Recluse refers to an upcoming, as-yet-unreleased appearance on P2C, but I didn't splice it out because it would have cut out his train of thought, lol.

episode artwork is the book's cover, used w/ permission from the author

Links:

https://thefarmpodcast.store/

https://visupview.blogspot.com/

https://www.patreon.com/thefarmpodcastII/posts 

https://programmed-to-chill.myshopify.com/

Devil’s Work by Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats

[originally published on Patreon Oct 6, 2023]

Today I'm joined by Min (@mintherose) to discuss several aspects of Israel Keyes that have developed after the publication of the two books, and things I did not get into in the first three episodes. In particular, we look at the possibility of Keyes being a huge fucking loser, separate from the whole serial killing thing. Along the way we go into underreported sex worker and Native American victims, the coverup, and new developments in the case.

artwork by @DEEP_RED_BELLS

Songs:

Sinnerman performed by Nina Simone

Bad Kids by Black Lips

Stinky Man by Graduating Life

[originally published on Patreon Oct 6, 2023]

Finishing up with the Keyes story, we discuss the events of his extradition and interrogation by the FBI. I talk about the US attorney prosecuting Keyes and the potential prosecutorial misconduct including bizarre treatment, handling of evidence, and "a unicorn of a deal secretly made at the highest levels of government".

Keyes began confessing to the FBI. I go through Keyes' known travels and movements. Terrorism comes into the plot. Then, Keyes commits suicide and everything is wrapped up - no further questions remaining.

(the following fourth episode will consist of a conversation about Keyes and aspects of the story I didn't get into with 'the main three episodes')

artwork by @DEEP_RED_BELLS

Songs:

Heaven’s a Lie by Lacuna Coil

More Human Than Human by Rob Zombie

Halo by Soil

[originally published on Patreon Sep 29, 2023]

Continuing with the Keyes story, I pick up on his personal life and the circumstances of his move to Alaska. I discuss the Church of Wells, the cult which his parents and siblings joined. Then there are the bank robberies, then the kill kits and the kidnappings. I discuss the theories that Keyes was the Boca Killer, and then we get to the formal serial killings leading up to the Samantha Koenig case, which was the case for which he was caught and arrested.

I discuss the circumstances of his arrest, the police's early discoveries, and the unique route they chose to extradite him.

Songs:

Fiend by Coal Chamber

Spit It Out by Slipknot

Imaginary Fire by Carpenter Brut (outro)

[originally published on Patreon Sep 22, 2023]

cw: rape, assault, etc.

This is the first episode about the serial killer Israel Keyes. I begin with the logical starting place: the Keyes family, and get into a brief history of Christian Identity in the UK and US. From there, we discuss the Kehoe family including some interesting details which are often left out of the conversation.

Then I go over Israel's early life and upbringing, his early military service, his first major relationship, and end discussing Israel's Grand Plan.

(note 1: I wrote and recorded this before I had Wendy Painting on the show and consequently realized I kept saying 'Aberrations' instead of Aberration in the Heartland of the Real, the correct title

note 2: I have learned much more about Fort Gulick since writing these episodes and I think Keyes was trained there)

Songs:

I Saw the Sign by Ace of Base

Loco by Coal Chamber (when talking about psychiatric evaluation?)

TRYNA SPIT GAME by STOVE X DJ AKOZA (outro)