Real History with Melissa Podcast (.xml Format)

--{"Cutting Through books - Ula and Darick Chamberlin"}--

Melissa unboxes the Cutting Through books! Talking with Darick and Ula Chamberlin, the husband and wife team, who made this 2nd edition happen. Both Ula and Darick

are artists with very different styles. Together they run a business (Solid Coffee) in Aberdeen, Washington. Their beautiful family of three children under the age of

eight keeps them busy, but they've dedicated a lot of time, energy and love, and their unique and individual artistic talent to creating a new edition of Alan Watt's

Cutting Through series of books. Many people have contributed to making this happen and we discuss it.

--{"Dr. Giordano - Brain Games: Ethics, and Humanness"}--

We discuss the military background of James Giordano. His father was in the Navy, a submarine designer. How did the movie Fantastic Voyage affect him as a child?

Was his family religious? South Tyrol, Italy. What is standpoint theory? Giordano's book with John R. Shook, Bioethics and Brains. Thomas and Julian Huxley, experts

and academics. Who is watching the watchers? Transhumanism, posthumanism. What does it mean to be human? Self-creativity. The Barter and Battle for the Brain.

What does Giordano mean by barter? Cognitive enhancement.

--{"Neil Foster: War fallout, and gardens"}--

Rising gas and jet fuel prices, cutting funding for Medicaid and Medicare. The so-called war with Iran. Military-age men in Germany must receive approval before long

stays abroad. America raises the enlistment age. AI data centers increase temperatures in surrounding area. Extreme weather predicted. Time to start a garden.

--{"Nick Heys -- Inverted World"}--

Nick Heys of Heys Reviews - Nick's trip to Vietnam, and his delayed return home. Nick and Melissa discuss Christopher Priest's Inverted World. What was the world like?

What one word best describes the story? Priest's novel The Prestige, and Christopher Nolan's movie. Time, memory. The next book we cover is Vernor Vinge's Rainbow's

End. Nick and Melissa decide that Arthur C. Clarke's four-novel Space Odyssey series, starting with 2001: A Space Odyssey will follow Rainbow's End.

--{"Sarah Tacoma: German New Medicine, Herbs, and Homeopathy"}--

Who is Sarah Tacoma? How did she get interested in herbalism? What led to her studies and practice of German New Medicine? What obstacles does she face in

practicing herbalism? Homeopathy, healing modalities, and more.

--{"Dr. James Giordano - Brain Games: The Battle for the Mind"}--

A conversation with Dr. James Giordano - an opportunity to learn a little about neuroscience and neurotechnology (neuroS/T), and neuroweapons. MISO/PSYOPS, cognitive

warfare, Havana Syndrome, DARPA's Narrative Networks - Let's break down the word Technology. More to come: future discussion(s) on cognitive enhancements, dual-use,

neuroethics, free will, transhumanism, post-humanism.

--{"Neil Foster: Burn, Freeze, Die! Depopulate, already!"}--

An elderly dementia patient was killed without consent in Canada - Israel and US against Iran; possibility of conscription - Vulnerabilities to the food supply -

Is there a connection between data center expansion and cloud seeding for rain? - Transgender driver's licenses. You're not in Kansas anymore. - Air conditioners

contribute to climate change and so do wood burning stoves.

--{"Dom and Chris Waterson: Sheep Farm"}--

Chris and Dom from Sheep Farm! What got Chris and Dom started seeking truth and answers? UFOs, JFK, an alternative way of viewing events. - Chris saw a UFO as a child.

How did this affect him? - What is Todmorden in West Yorkshire known for? - What is Chris's favorite horror movie, and Dom's favorite movie? - 1967, proposed measures

to reduce fertility from a William Shockley speech. - The Beatles, Jane Asher, bloodlines; conversations with Mike Williams, and Matt Sergiou - Who was William Sargant

and how is he connected to Ewen Cameron, Sydney Gottlieb, the CIA, and MKUltra. - Dom's term 'cultural Manchurian candidates.' - Chaos, Tom O'Neill writes about Charles

Manson, the Beach Boys, Sharon Tate, the CIA, and some very interesting connections. - Dom is about to release a book he has written entitled Traitors: The Plandemic Politicians.

--{"Chris Fogarty: The Perfect Holocaust, Ireland 1845-1850"}--

How did Chris Fogarty begin to investigate what we have called the Irish Potato Famine or the Great Hunger? What was the involvement of the British military in

removing food from Ireland? Who was William Cobbett and what did he say and write about Ireland? Who was William Wilde? How was the FBI involved in the arrest of

Chris Fogarty and his wife Mary? What is happening to the Palestinians? How did Chris and Mary get to know Norm Finkelstein? AIPAC and the money received by elected

officials. The problem with Zionism.

--{"Nick Heys: A Scanner Darkly"}--

How does the film A Scanner Darkly measure up to the novel? Why was Melissa reluctant to read the novel? - Drug crisis in America and across the world. -

Phillip K. Dick's mental illness, a posthumous possible diagnosis. - What does VALIS stand for? - Next: Nick and Melissa will read Inverted World by Christopher Priest. -

Should the next novel by Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age or Rainbow's End by Vernor Vinge?