Real History with Melissa Podcast (.xml Format)

--{"Nick Heys - Rainbows End"}--

Melissa and Nick talk about Vernor Vinge's Rainbows End. Is this a utopian novel, or a techno-optimist's view of a desirable future? In what ways is the world already

much like the world Vinge wrote about in this 2006 novel? What is the Hugo Award? The next book that we will cover before the end of the year is George Orwell's 1984.

--{"Neil Foster: Lord Khan's Clean Air Crusade"}--

Lord Mayor Kahn wants to ban log burners - What is the C40? The Global Parliament of Mayors? The WHO Healthy Cities Network? - 'Experts' say that AI could kill

humanity in two years, calls to regulate it. - The panopticon, flock cameras - Irish Sentinel reboot, Helena Handbasket - The IRS makes house calls with a gun and

badge. - Sports betting and Trump's 'dividend' bribe.

--{"Traveling Before 9/11"}--

Neil Foster's holiday - What was traveling like prior to September 11, 2001? - Clouds, geoengineering - Updates from listeners.

--{"Melissa on Heys Reviews - Alan Watt's Cutting Through books"}--

Recently, Nick Heys invited me to talk about the second edition of Alan Watt’s Cutting Through books. Why did Alan write these books? Should you start at the beginning

and read straight through? What is the Androgynous (Hermaphroditic) Agenda? What was involved in the process of creating this second edition and who helped make that

happen?

--{"Goddess and Mashup"}--

What is upcoming on Real History with Melissa? - Talking about a certain kind of censorship - A reading of "If the goddess is bloodthirsty, is she still worthy of

worship?" by Not Sure - What is "Mashup" about? Why was it controversial?

--{"Love, Harvest, Weather Warfare"}--

This episode is a little different. We hear from listeners about their weather modification, forest fires, their gardens, and how they survive and flurish in these times.

--{"Dr. James Giordano -- Brain Games: Now, We Barter"}--

The barter for the brain. What can we do with our technologies? What is it we want to do? What don't we know yet? - Forecasting. What is possible in brain sciences? -

Merlin Donald, mimetic theory of speech. - Forbes, invasive versus non-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) - Roger Scruton, neurononsense - Examples of fiction that

draw closely on what is possible.

--{"Neil Foster: What's the good news?"}--

Armadillos carrying leprosy? A town abandoned over water. Is it too hot for fish? Fire! Agenda 21, Agenda 2030 - The birds are not alright. Bird-safe glass -

Drones and robots.

--{"Robel and Mimi and Alan Watt"}--

Who are Robel and Mimi? How did Robel discover Alan Watt's work? An interesting conversation that covers Communist revolution in Ethiopia, the Orthodox Christian

religion that played a role in protecting Ethiopia from Westerners for a thousand years, and how they both ended up in the U.S.

--{"Targeted"}--

Grateful to Alan Watt - Thievery Corporation - Ron's connection to coyotes - Abused and neglected donkeys in need of rescue - Met a Cree medicine man at a Covid protest

and worked with him for a couple of years - Discovering orgone energy - Wilhelm Reich - Plasma energy - Gang stalking and Targeted Individuals.