The Jeremy Ryan Slate Show

The sun sets on the short reign of Pertinax emperor, whose rule lasted a mere 86 days before a violent end. This video explores a pivotal moment in roman history, detailing how the praetorian guards stormed the imperial palace. It's a gripping account from ancient history, shedding light on the precarious lives of roman emperors and the political instability that often followed figures like the death of Commodus.

In this episode of The Roman Pattern, we uncover the real power behind the Caesars:

- How Sejanus turned the Praetorian Guard into a private police state

- The day the Guard murdered Pertinax… then auctioned the Roman Empire

- How imperial freedmen bureaucrats became the true gatekeepers of power

- Why eunuchs, court officials, and generals manufactured the emperor’s reality

- How Ricimer installed puppet emperors—and why Majorian had to die

- The final truth: the emperor was just a hood ornament—the engine was the machine

Rome is falling right now—you’re just watching the replay.

I’m Jeremy Ryan Slate, and if you want to spot collapse patterns before everyone else does, subscribe.

👇 Comment below: Which “institution” do you think becomes most dangerous when it stops serving the public—security, bureaucracy, or the military?

CHAPTERS:

00:00 – Pertinax Assassinated: The Empire Breaks

00:24 – The Spear That Killed a Caesar

00:52 – The Head on a Pole… Then Something Worse

01:19 – “Who Wants to Be Next?” The Empire for Sale

01:44 – Welcome to Rome’s Deep State

02:08 – The Lie of Emperor Power

02:36 – The Machine Behind the Throne

03:21 – Rome Fell from “Order,” Not Chaos

03:47 – The Praetorian Guard: Promise of Safety

04:14 – Sejanus Builds the Castra Praetoria

04:40 – Information Control: Filtering the Emperor’s Reality

05:05 – Tiberius Flees to Capri: Sejanus Takes Over

05:32 – Senators Vanish: The Police State Tightens

06:01 – Sejanus Exposed and Executed

06:48 – 193 AD: Pertinax and the Lesson the Guard Learned

07:11 – The Auction of the Roman Empire

08:31 – The Emperor as a Rental: Pay the Men with Swords

09:05 – The Bureaucracy Rises: Freedmen Run the State

09:33 – “Proximity Is Power” The Administrative State

10:26 – The Rule of the Eunuchs: Manufacturing Reality

10:55 – Barbarian Generals Replace the Guard

11:23 – Ricimer: The Puppet-Master of Rome

11:46 – Majorian: The Emperor Who Tried to Save Rome

12:35 – No Trial: Majorian Is Purged

13:28 – Odoacer Ends the West: The Regalia Sent East

13:54 – The Emperor Was a Hood Ornament

14:24 – Rome as a Mirror: The Replay Is Now

Was Rasputin really unkillable… or did the Russian elite create that myth to cover up a botched political assassination?

On December 30th, 1916, Rasputin’s body was pulled from the icy Neva River. The autopsy showed water in the lungs — sparking a century of legends about a supernatural monk who survived poison, bullets, and beatings.

But the real story is far more disturbing.

In this episode, we investigate:

🔥 Why the poisoning never worked (and the science they hid)

🔥 The truth about the gunshots and why surviving them wasn’t supernatural

🔥 Why the drowning myth is flawed according to modern forensics

🔥 How Rasputin became a propaganda tool for the Russian aristocracy

🔥 Why the elites NEEDED to portray him as a demon they heroically defeated

🔥 How British intelligence may have helped kill him — and why files are STILL classified

🔥 How this same propaganda playbook is used by modern governments, NGOs, and elites

Rasputin didn’t have supernatural powers.

But the conspiracy around him is very real.

He was a pawn, then a scapegoat — and the propaganda machine that created his myth still shapes the narratives we believe today.

___________________________________________________________________________

⇩ SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS ⇩

BRAVE TV HEALTH: Parasites are one of the main reasons that so many of our health problems happen! Guess what? They're more active around the full moon. That's why friend of the Show, Dr. Jason Dean, developed the Full Moon Parasite Protocol. Get 15% off now by using our link: https://bravetv.store/JRS

COMMAND YOUR BRAND: Legacy Media is dying, we fight for the free speech of our clients by placing them on top-rated podcasts as guests. We also have the go-to podcast production team. We are your premier podcast agency. Book a call with our team https://www.commandyourbrand.com/book-a-call 

MY PILLOW: By FAR one of my favorite products I own for the best night’s sleep in the world, unless my four year old jumps on my, the My Pillow. Get up to 66% off select products, including the My Pillow Classic or the new My Pillow 2.0, go to https://www.mypillow.com/cyol or use PROMO CODE: CYOL

________________________________________________________________

⇩ GET MY BEST SELLING BOOK ⇩

Unremarkable to Extraordinary: Ignite Your Passion to Go From Passive Observer to Creator of Your Own Life

https://getextraordinarybook.com/

________________________________________________________________

DOWNLOAD AUDIO PODCAST & GIVE A 5 STAR RATING!:

APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-create-your-own-life-show/id1059619918

SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5UFFtmJqBUJHTU6iFch3QU

(also available Google Podcasts & wherever else podcasts are streamed

_________________________________________________________________

⇩ SOCIAL MEDIA ⇩

➤ X: https://twitter.com/jeremyryanslate

➤ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/jeremyryanslate

➤ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/jeremyryanslate

_________________________________________________________________

➤ CONTACT: [email protected]

Just a quick episode to let you know about some changes to the content calendar next week, so I can focus on creating better long-term content for you the listener, and also make the creation process a little bit easier for me.

Command Your Brand: https://commandyourbrand.com/book-a-call

In this episode, Roger Stone lays out his argument for who he believes was behind the JFK assassination—and why he says the official story still doesn’t hold up.

We cover:

•⁠ ⁠A long-overlooked Nixon-era tape Roger says reveals pressure on the CIAWhy Stone argues Watergate and Dealey Plaza are connected

•⁠ ⁠⁠The case he makes for LBJ as the “common thread” across competing theories

•⁠ ⁠⁠The role of organized crime, intel agencies, Texas power networks, and more

•⁠ ⁠⁠Why public skepticism of the lone-gunman narrative remains high decades later

This conversation explores claims, disputed evidence, and controversial interpretations—so watch, evaluate, and decide for yourself.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 - Intro

00:54 - JFK Assassination Investigation

06:00 - Nixon’s Secrets Revealed

08:01 - The Greatest American Hoax

09:21 - Competing Theories of JFK's Death

13:15 - LBJ's Involvement in JFK's Assassination

14:59 - The Warren Commission Findings

17:29 - Analyzing LBJ's Character

20:59 - The Mob's Influence on JFK's Assassination

26:53 - JFK's Struggle with Drug Addiction

28:40 - Jack Ruby's Role Explained

35:32 - Finding Roger Stone's Insights

Book a call with Command Your Brand: https://commandyourbrand.com/book-a-call

This episode explores a significant "historical scandal" involving "english kings" and the "royal family." We examine the account of a "secret marriage" that predates King Edward's union with Elizabeth Woodville, making his subsequent marriage bigamous.

This pivotal event in "history" significantly impacted the succession and reputation of "Richard III" and "Edward IV."

Our guest today is Matt Lewis from Gone Medieval on History Hit.

In this episode of Hidden Forces in History, we explore how a historical figure achieved a significant "conquest" in "ancient egypt". This figure not only dominated the region but also declared himself a living god, altering his perceived "divinity original sin 2" within months. 

This "ancient history" is presented as a compelling "history documentary", inviting viewers to understand the figure's profound impact on the era.

History says Napoleon Bonaparte lost his empire on the battlefield —

in Russia, at Leipzig, or finally at Waterloo.

But what if the real defeat happened years earlier, behind closed doors in Paris?

In this episode of Hidden Forces in History, we uncover the quiet diplomatic, financial, and political plot that made Napoleon’s fall inevitable long before his armies collapsed.

We explore:

- How Charles Maurice de Talleyrand undermined Napoleon from inside his own government

- Why the Continental System failed — and how British credit networks outlasted French power

- How bankers, diplomats, and senators prepared a France without Napoleon

- Why Paris surrendered before Napoleon even returned to the capital

- And how empires are often destroyed not by generals… but by elites who quietly move on

This wasn’t a single conspiracy.

It was something far more realistic — overlapping networks of power deciding an emperor had outlived his usefulness.

Because wars aren’t only lost with cannon fire.

They’re lost with ink, ledgers, and whispered conversations.

After nearly a decade of building content across interviews, politics, history, and culture… I’ve made the biggest YouTube decision of my career.

My original channel became what I call a ghost channel — not because of bad content, not because of politics, not because of algorithm punishment…

but because I changed, the content changed, and the platform no longer knew how to classify what we were doing.

So today, I’m sharing the full story of why we’re retiring the old Jeremy Ryan Slate YouTube channel and launching a brand new channel:

👉 Hidden Forces in History

https://youtube.com/@HiddenForcesInHistory

This new channel will be the permanent home for:

– History’s mysteries

– Elite power struggles

– Lost colonies

– Empires collapsing

– Conspiracies with receipts

– And the forces shaping our world through the past

We’re rebuilding everything from the ground up:

new edits, new B-roll, new graphics, new direction, and a renewed focus on quality.

If you’ve been with me since 2014 — thank you.

If you’re joining now — welcome to the next chapter.

Did King Edward II really die in the most brutal execution in medieval history…

or was his murder staged?

On September 21, 1327, the official story says Edward II was killed with a red-hot poker to eliminate him quietly.

But the evidence doesn’t line up:

⚠️ Nobody saw his face at the funeral

⚠️ His own brother believed he was alive three years later

⚠️ A secret letter from an Italian bishop claims Edward escaped

⚠️ Multiple nobles communicated with someone they believed was Edward

⚠️ And Edward III never investigated his father’s “murder”

So what actually happened that night at Berkeley Castle?

In this episode, we dive deep into one of England’s greatest historical conspiracies — a cover-up that benefited everyone in power and may still echo into modern politics. Because the Edward II playbook hasn’t disappeared… it’s evolved.

If the powerful can hide the death of a king, what else can they hide?

___________________________________________________________________________

⇩ SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS ⇩

BRAVE TV HEALTH: Parasites are one of the main reasons that so many of our health problems happen! Guess what? They're more active around the full moon. That's why friend of the Show, Dr. Jason Dean, developed the Full Moon Parasite Protocol. Get 15% off now by using our link: https://bravetv.store/JRS

COMMAND YOUR BRAND: Legacy Media is dying, we fight for the free speech of our clients by placing them on top-rated podcasts as guests. We also have the go-to podcast production team. We are your premier podcast agency. Book a call with our team https://www.commandyourbrand.com/book-a-call 

MY PILLOW: By FAR one of my favorite products I own for the best night’s sleep in the world, unless my four year old jumps on my, the My Pillow. Get up to 66% off select products, including the My Pillow Classic or the new My Pillow 2.0, go to https://www.mypillow.com/cyol or use PROMO CODE: CYOL

________________________________________________________________

⇩ GET MY BEST SELLING BOOK ⇩

Unremarkable to Extraordinary: Ignite Your Passion to Go From Passive Observer to Creator of Your Own Life

https://getextraordinarybook.com/

________________________________________________________________

DOWNLOAD AUDIO PODCAST & GIVE A 5 STAR RATING!:

APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-create-your-own-life-show/id1059619918

SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5UFFtmJqBUJHTU6iFch3QU

(also available Google Podcasts & wherever else podcasts are streamed

_________________________________________________________________

⇩ SOCIAL MEDIA ⇩

➤ X: https://twitter.com/jeremyryanslate

➤ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/jeremyryanslate

➤ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/jeremyryanslate

_________________________________________________________________

➤ CONTACT: [email protected]

Did William Shakespeare really write the greatest plays in the English language… or have we been sold a 400-year-old lie?

For centuries, schools, universities, and institutions have defended the official story of a small-town actor with no higher education, no travel record, and barely any surviving documents — somehow becoming the most brilliant writer who ever lived.

But the deeper you look, the stranger it gets.

In today’s episode, we dive into the Shakespeare authorship conspiracy — exploring why so many historians now question whether Shakespeare was the real author… and who the true writer might have been.

We break down the three most compelling suspects:

🔥 Edward de Vere — aristocrat, scholar, multilingual traveler

🔥 Francis Bacon — philosopher, political insider, alleged code-writer

🔥 Christopher Marlowe — genius playwright whose death may have been faked

And the biggest question of all:

Why would the elite hide the identity of the real author — and what does this reveal about power, culture, and history itself?

Drop your vote in the comments:

👉 Team Stratford (Shakespeare)

👉 Team Oxford

👉 Team Bacon

👉 Team Marlowe

👉 Or a covert group project?