We're joined this week by River Page, author of "The CIA and the New Dialect of Power" and Chain Smoking to Babylon.

Beyond his cutting cultural analysis of the decadent liberal elite, River's intellectual interests include the nexus between language and power. He has brought his insights to bear on the ways in which faux-radical, New Left rhetoric has been weaponized to generate new paradigms of state power and manufactured consent.

The conversation covers a lot of ground, from River's idea of "sanctioned vs. unsanctioned" conspiracy theories to the way the new dialect of power has been used to justify US / NATO saber-rattling against Russia.

Recorded on 5 February 2022.

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