Programmed to Chill

note from the archivist: Jimmy did not write episode notes for the remaining episodes, however in this case Reid wrote, "We revisit the life and times of Andrija Puharich & Uri Geller, profile the financiers of early US Army psi research, and scrutinize Puharich's abusive hypnosis habit with a curiously specific M.O."

artwork by Robert Voyvodic (@rvoy__)

Songs:

Little Fluffy Clouds by the Orb

My Radiation Baby (My Teenage Fallout Queen) by George McKelvey

ESP by Masayoshi Tanaka

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"We dive into the deeply sus book 1976 Gods of Aquarius by paranormal hustler extraordinaire Brad Steiger. The book popularized the term "starseed" and, as we shall see, confirms some of our worst fears about who becomes one and why."

artwork by Robert Voyvodic (@rvoy__)

Songs:

Mothership Connection (Star Child) by Parliament

Sirius by the Alan Parsons Project

Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts by Funkadelic

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Jimmy did not write episode notes for the remaining episodes, however in this case Reid wrote,

"In this episode we take a step back and discuss some of the ritual magic background behind modern new age practices that starseeds deploy, Reid shares a warning about how you can get your third eye stuck open, and Jimmy does a close reading of the prescient 1925 book The Cosmic Race."

artwork by Robert Voyvodic (@rvoy__)

Songs:

Perdido En El Espacio by Juaneco y Su Combo

El Corrido de los OVNIS by Jesus Palma

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Jimmy did not write episode notes for the remaining episodes, however in this case Reid wrote,

"We introduce the concept of starseeds and discuss some vignettes of starseeds from the academic literature. We hit new age concepts like past life regression, discuss brainwashing oneself, and map out a profile for the kinds of people who tend to become starseeds."

artwork by Robert Voyvodic (@rvoy__)

Songs:

Starseed by Tony22

Starseed by Our Lady of Peace

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Episode 124 songs:

Bangara by Innov Gnawa

Baby, It’s Cold outside by Dean Martin

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Episode 102 Songs:

The Land by Young Dolph

As Fascism Takes Root by Behind Enemy Lines

The Factory by Warren Zevon

When You Support These Fucking Bastards by Aus Rotten

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Episode 101 Songs:

Dope Boys (Bird Peterson Remix) by Gucci Mane

Nanm Nan Boutey by Boukman Eksperyans

I Shot President McKinley (And I'm Gonna Do It Again and Again and Again) by Out of System Transfer

Tell Me Why You Like Roosevelt by Jesse Winchester

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Songs:

Guys on Every Corner by the Mountain Goats

The Skies Are Full of Insane Machines by Luke Haines and Peter Buck

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artwork by Dakota (@DEEP_RED_BELLS)

Songs:

When You See Those Flying Saucers by the Buchanan Brothers

Lawd, I’m Just a Country Boy in This Great Big Freaky City by the Sir Douglas Quintet

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Songs:

the Rand Hymn by Pete Seeger

Love That Bomb by Dr. Strangelove and the Fallouts

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Episode 95 Songs:

Mob Ties by Gucci Mane feat. Young Dolph

Invisible Leader by Fucked Up

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Songs:

The Demon Spell for Energy by Louise Huebner

Mr. Crowley by Ozzy Osbourne

Quicksand by David Bowie

Moonchild by Iron Maiden

Station to Station by David Bowie

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Songs:

Magic by Olivia Newton-John

Magic Dance by David Bowie

People Are Strange by the Doors

Golden Years

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Episode 92 Songs:

umbra by Luke Schneider

derelictico by Luke Schneider

Dental Care by Owl City

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Episode 91 Songs:

exspirio by Luke Schneider

The Mark Has Been Made by Nine Inch Nails

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Episode 89 Songs:

Race For the Prize by the Flaming Lips

Waiting for Superman by the Flaming Lips

Dream On by Aerosmith

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Songs:

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! by Tex Williams

Chan Chan by Buena Vista Social Club

Cryin’ by Aerosmith

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artwork by Robert Voyvodic (@rvoy__) based on Cuny's NGO maps for Thai concentration camps

Songs:

Go Back, You Fool by Faron Young

Forget the Past by Faron Young

False Flag by Massive Attack

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artwork by Robert Voyvodic (@rvoy__) based on Cuny's NGO maps for Thai concentration camps

Songs:

I Hear You Talkin’ by Faron Young

Live Fast, Love hard, Die Young by Faron Young

Face to the Wall by Faron Young

[originally published on Patreon March 22, 2024]

This is the fifteenth and last installment in the UFC/Banana/Guatemala series.

Rodolfo and I finish discussing the film La Llorona. We get into some of the more spiritual themes of the film. We sincerepost and share our thoughts on spirituality more generally. This leads to a discussion of family ghost stories, and we each share one. 

Songs:

La Llorona by Gaby Moreno

Ghost Party by Messer Chups

[originally published on Patreon March 21, 2024]

Diving deeply into the claims made in the film La Llorona, I examine the question of Guatemala's oil industry in the wake of the 1954 coup and onwards, especially during La Violencia. As it turns out, most of the story deals with a company named Basic Resources International SA, or BRISA. 

BRISA was owned by Sir James Goldsmith, a very curious man from a curious family. A corporate raider, far-right donor, and backer of private military contractor companies. I discuss the relationship between conservation movements and PMCs, and how the Goldsmith family backed both. 

This leads me to discuss the privatization of intelligence, such as Six Eye / 6I, and Goldsmith's ties to Le Cercle. That, in turn, leads to a discussion of the P2 Lodge which itself loops right back to Banco Ambrosiano and would you look at that - BRISA again.

Then, I lay out BRISA's money moves and acquisitions next to the events of La Violencia and it starts to look more and more like the genocide was to move the Mayans off oil-rich lands. Finally, I find the piece of the puzzle to connect BRISA to the genocide directly via the case of General Vernon Walters. 

Then, I cite several key examples which strengthen the hypothesis. After that, I explain what happened to the Guatemalan oil industry afterwards, where Guatemalan gangs came from, and why Guatemala continues to be unstable. Songs: False Flags by Massive Attack Third World Blood by Behind Enemy Lines

[originally published on Patreon March 20, 2024]

I am joined by Rodolfo (from the Bolaño series) to discuss the 2019 Guatemalan film La Llorona, which features a lightly fictionalized account of a Montt stand-in and deals with the psychic and spiritual fallout from La Violencia. We discuss about half of the film's plot which led us to one of the throwaway lines in the film - the question of Guatemalan mineral rights. 

Songs:

Lonely Surf Guitar by the Safaris

Surfin’ Todd by the Burzums

[originally published on Patreon March 19, 2024]

I pick back up with Efraín Ríos Montt's pacification plan known as Victoria 82, informally known as Fusiles y Frijoles, or Rifles and Beans. Montt established secret courts, a scorched-earth military campaign and utilized counterinsurgency troops.

I share my personal experience with survivors of these incidents. I also read from a work of fiction, Senselessness by Horacio Castellanos Moya which more eloquently captures what it is like to be confronted by these stories. Then, I read an extended passage from a truth and reconciliation report from just one of the many massacres of Finca San Francisco Nenton in Huehuetenango. 

I discuss political opposition to the genocide. I also discuss the concentration camp program created with help from Israeli military advisors - they spoke frankly about the Palestinianisation of Guatemala. Further, the Israeli military provided arms and even a computer system which was used to compile death lists comparable to those of IBM and the Holocaust. 

In August 1983, Montt was deposed in a bloodless military coup. I discuss Guatemala in the broader Cold War and World Anti-Communist League context. Then, I examine Montt's mental state during La Violencia and raise the serious possibility that he was a controlled asset. I trace the history of La Iglesia El Verbo, Gospel Outreach, this broader Dominionist theology, and Pat Robertson's investment portfolio. To end the episode, I lay out the claims of an anonymous internet commenter who claims to have been present at Montt's baptism in Eureka, California, and for other darker events. More on Guatemala's mineral rights soon. Songs: Selections from Uaxuctum by Giacinto Scelsi Luna de Xelajú performed by Gaby Moreno & Oscar Isaac

[originally published on Patreon March 18, 2024]

A brief parenthetical before continuing with the story of the Guatemalan genocide, I decided to do an episode just for me (and the like three other Mormon listeners) about the Mormon church in Guatemala, though I think this will still be instructive. 

The history begins with a Mormon named John Forres O’Donnal who was hired to the US Department of Agriculture’s new agency, the Office of Rubber Plant Investigations and sent to Guatemala and more or less developed Guatemala's rubber industry for US strategic purposes. More or less downstream from that, Mormonism began to flow as a consequence of his presence in the country. Church leaders visited and US missionaries began to arrive in the 1950s after the 1954 coup.

A former Mormon missionary who learned Mayan languages went back to BYU and worked on creating the Cakchiquel Basic Course through funding via a grant from the U.S. Department of Health, Education & Welfare; this was published in 1969, and then expanded and republished in 1977. It is very likely that this program also received NSA funding as discussed in the Puzzle Palace by James Bamford. In turn, this facility with Mayan languages would have been used during the Guatemalan Civil War for counterinsurgency purposes.

Then, I tell the story of Cordell Andersen, a biological warfare doctor from a family with a biological weapons background. Andersen served a mission in Guatemala; later in life he would relocate his family to Guatemala where he became a farmer/landowner, entrepreneur, and vaccination enthusiast. He ran the Foundation (sometimes the Center) for Indian Development and later on, the Guatemalan Foundation which attempted to win the hearts and minds of indigenous Guatemalans. The O'Donnal and Andersen families were accused of stealing and selling war orphans from Guatemala. I cover this particular story as far as I can take it and discuss the heinous yet common trade in children in Guatemala, both through orphanages and international adoptions, and the darker shit too. This, in turn, brings us back to the very far-right networks destabilizing Guatemala in the first place. I also discuss Alex Jones's family in Guatemala around the same time, which is to say, the various and variously-supported pieces of evidence that he comes from an intelligence family background. Most of the Anglo Mormons active in the country around the same time have comparable histories and it is instructive to compare them. I go over my personal experiences with Guatemala and I discuss the history of the Guatemala City Temple and the ironic Shining Path connection to the O'Donnal story. I crunch some baptism and conversion statistics and come to some interesting conclusions about periods of church growth and civil unrest, and the nature of the Mormon church itself. Songs: various selections from documentaries about Cordell Andersen and his organizations Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down (traditional) performed by Uncle Tupelo

[originally published on March 17, 2024]

Efraín Ríos Montt's presidency was the nadir of Guatemala's 36-year civil war, and the worst period of violence - la violencia - took place during it. I begin by discussing his upbringing, class background, and early career as a Guatemalan military officer. He was trained at the School of the Americas (now WHINSEC) in Georgia as well as at Fort Bragg (now Fort Liberty) in North Carolina as well as the Italian War College and Fort Gulick (aka the School of the Assassins) in the Panama Canal Zone.

Montt converted to evangelical christianity of a variety taught by La Iglesia El Verbo, the Church of the Word, which was itself a mission of Gospel Outreach, US-based church which was an outgrowth of the older pentecostal movement, but even more accurately, Gospel Outreach was part of the Jesus Freak movement of the 60s and 70s. Gospel Outreach was started by a US Naval officer who took over an existing Jesus Freak outfit and got them to proselytize in some geopolitically hot locations (such as Guatemala). As is so often the case, too, credible allegations have been made against Gospel Outreach about the abuse of minors.

In March 1982, in response to URNG advances, factions within the Guatemalan military carried out a coup and installed a three-man junta including Montt. Montt soon consolidated power as the president, and immediately afterwards Pat Robertson was promoting Montt on the 700 Club. Montt suspended the constitution, launched an ambitious new plan for the moral regeneration of Guatemala, and consolidated his power further in preparation for genocide. Songs: Golden Desert by Jeremiah Sand Message from the Mountain by Jeremiah Sand Dedication To The Tackling Of The Beast And The Dragon by Elizabeth Clare Prophet

[originally published on Patreon March 16, 2024]

By 1970, the literal former head of a death squad was running Guatemala - Colonel Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio. He took the death squad model to the next level, and disappearances skyrocketed. In 1972, the survivors of FAR formed the EGP (Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, or the Guerrilla Army of the Poor) and shifted from foquismo to a protracted people's war model of insurgency.

I discuss the Catholic church's complicated legacy in Guatemala on both sides of the political spectrum. I discuss Liberation Theology, the Melville Affair, and CUC (Comite de Unidad Campesina, or the Committee for Peasant Unity) which interacted with the EGP.

I explain the major earthquake of February 1976 which triggered the influx of foreign missionaries which would have wild repercussions. I go over the 1980 Spanish Embassy Massacre. In 1982, URNG was formed - Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca, or Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity. There was a serious possibility that Guatemala would have a revolution similar to the one that occurred in Nicaragua in 1979. This context is important to understand what is to come.

Songs:

Interview with Marco Antonio Yon Sosa

Vos Sos el Dios de los Pobres / Canto Entrado by Carlos Mejia Godoy Canción al EGP by unknown

[originally published on Patreon March 15, 2024]

Most stories of the 1954 coup end shortly thereafter. We continue with Guatemala barreling right into the Guatemalan Civil War. I start with the Justice Department's antitrust case against United Fruit Company in the immediate aftermath of the 1954 coup. 

From there, I go into the curious case of Carlos Manuel Pellecer, a "communist firebrand" who was causing problems for the Arbenz government. Before the coup, I found declassified CIA documents showing Pellecer's seance to contact the ghost of Josef Stalin. In the wake of the coup, it eventually became clear that Pellecer was a longtime CIA informant. 

[note: I didn't realize when writing these episodes but the Jon Lee Anderson biography of Che  laid out Guevara's suspicions of Pellecer, of which I was unaware. Che clocked Pellecer, too, lol]

In November 30, 1960, a faction of left-leaning Guatemalan military officers began an uprising which is generally viewed as the start of the 36-year Guatemalan civil war. They were responding to Bay of Pigs training bases in Guatemala as one of several direct instigations. 

Meanwhile, various other groups were beginning their respective wars against the Guatemalan government including the frequently-banned Guatemalan Labor Party. Eventually, this would coalesce as the FAR, (Fuerzas Armadas Rebeldes, or Rebel Armed Forces) which received Cuban support. In response, President Kennedy signed off on a pacification plan which would escalate to near-Vietnam proportions. A series of increasingly right-wing presidents would then take office, each one with the novel premise of taking a hard line with the rebels. Formal death squads began to form, and US counterinsurgency troops coincidentally appeared around the same time. Each power base in Guatemalan society had their own respective death squads, and foreign fascists also appear to have blooded combatants in extrajudicial killings in Guatemala. Finally, I discuss what appears to be a bust-out of UFC at the hands of strange con men and mafia elements including Eli Black (Leon Black's father) and Carl Lindner Jr. (Ohio ice cream billionaire), eventually acquired by Chiquita. Songs: The American Way by Sacred Reich Banana Phone by Raffi

[originally published on Patreon March 14, 2024]

I open by discussing Operation SHERWOOD, the CIA's covert attempt to support Castillo Armas' invasion, run by Tracy Barnes and David Atlee Phillips, intentionally modeled after Orson Welles' infamous 1938 War of the Worlds broadcast. 

From there, I discuss the invasion proper, the Guatemalan government's diplomatic and military responses, and the chances of success without US air support. I go through the various causes of Arbenz's sudden resignation and attempt to weigh the pros and cons of continued resistance. I also attempt to evaluate the US national security state's evaluation of these events, especially through the lens of the Bay of Pigs invasion which would include so many of the same actors. 

I cover what types of teams the CIA sent in after the coup and what they left in their wake, including plans for the creation of death squads, hit lists, and an overview of methods and training of said assassins, which included the infamous CIA manual on assassinations. I discuss Armas' initial actions, both punitive and compensatory, including paying back various Americans who assisted him. Then returned the US mafiosi, one of whom may have actually killed Armas in 1957. 

I lay out what happened to most participants in the 1954 coup, and then tell the story of a plucky Argentine doctor caught up in the madness of Guatemalan history. Songs: Hit Mane by Maxo Kream Luces y Sombras by Alberto Iglesias Piano Theme by Michael Gordon Fusil Contra Fusil by Silvio Rodriguez

[originally published on Patreon March 13, 2024]

I begin the episode with the elephant in the room - the Dulles brothers owning United Fruit Company stock. I explore Sullivan & Cromwell's connections to UFC as well as the Cabot family's ownership of UFC stock, and other government insiders. Depending on your inclinations, you can tell the story of the 1954 coup from the perspective of UFC or the CIA, but as it turns out, UFC and CIA were working symbiotically the whole time and were influencing each other in complicated feedback-loop ways.

I tell the story of Operation PBFORTUNE, the CIA's first attempt to overthrow the Arbenz government. Before that point, UFC hired Edward Bernays to promote the sale of bananas and to manage PR via weaponizing the Red Scare to go from the defensive to the offensive.

I discuss the dire state of US journalism about Guatemala. I go into the CIA's infiltration into the American Federation of Labor's attempts to do labor organizing in Guatemala. Then came the lobbying, with UFC first buying Democrats via Tommy the Cork Corcoran, then Republicans via John Clements. They acquired Castillo Armas, of whom much will be spoken soon. 

Along the way, InterArmCo and Howard Hughes show up, and various Latin American countries were bought off. Arbenz outwitted the State Department's arms embargo but lost the war when their covert weapons purchase was revealed in the press. I argue that Arbenz was not the political babe in the woods or naif that he's been made out to be. Finally, I cover Guatemala's increasing isolation on the world stage before the events of June 1954. Songs: Why the Kremlin Hates Bananas Chiquita Bananas Commercial Banana Co by Radiohead

[originally published on Patreon February 27, 2024]

I begin with an extended meditation about Arbenz's position in 1951 and the state of the Guatemalan economy. This leads to a discussion of Decree 900, the agrarian reform bill which was passed in 1952. I discuss what it did and did not entail and compare it to Mexico's agrarian reform law as well as the US Alliance for Progress recommendations later. Despite this, United Fruit Company's leadership began to close ranks and draw up battle plans. That leads us to a natural question: who exactly owned UFC, anyway?

I discuss UFC ownership particularly through the various boards of directors both before and after the Zemurray era. Unsurprisingly, it consists of many Boston Brahmins and, for lack of a better term, the Power Elite from the US, the UK, and Germany. At one point, the Swedes try, successfully, to buy in.

I make a major tangent via UFC vice president Arthur Pollan and his feud with Honduran communist Manuel Cálix Herrera, whose story I also share. Then, discussing Zemurray's new guard, I bring up Hillyer Vaughn Rolston and the curious case of the Rolston Letter. The Rolston Letter is like a mini-Dreyfus Affair, which occurred shortly before la gran huelga de 1954, the great strike of 1954 in Honduras.

I analyze various analyses of the Rolston letter which allows us to discuss the Honduran coup of 2009. This, in turn, allows us to discuss the less-known ZEDES, or economic development zones, which are attempting to break up and sell off Honduran sovereignty piece by piece, as in the case of Próspera in Roatán, Honduras. Finally, I discuss the occulted nature of family trusts and how the blood-soaked stolen wealth of Central America exists in perpetuity in New England sending many a failson and faildaughter to clown colleges or academic sinecures for perpetuity. note: I wrote the baleada thread after I wrote this episode, and it weaves through much of this history - https://twitter.com/JimmyFalunGong/status/1755993585890054451 Songs: Wealth Won’t Save Your Soul by Hank Williams Jr. El Machangay, a song from the Great Strike of 1954 Verde by Manzanita

[originally published on Patreon February 27, 2024]

I begin discussing Guatemala as early as possible - the Olmec and Mayan civilizations, and the 200 year bloody pacification war against them by the Spanish conquistadores and the Captaincy General of Guatemala. 

From there, I jump to Manuel Estrada Cabrera, the president from 1898 to 1920. Cabrera was the president who began signing vast concessions over to Minor Keith, IRCA, and therefore UFC. Cabrera was unseated by Guatemala's National Assembly. 

Next, I discuss Jorge Ubico, president from 1931 to 1944. Ubico oversaw the forced transfer of Mayans into the wage labor economy via taxation and anti-vagrancy laws, which was fitting because he was basically a fascist. 

This led to the Guatemalan Revolution of 1944 - the other October Revolution. The revolution of 1944 led to the 10 Years of Spring from 1945 to 1955. I go through Juan Jose Arévalo, president from 1945 - 1951, and his apparently genuine if misguided attempts at Arevalismo, or spiritual socialism. 

I briefly cover Jacobo Arbenz's election as president, knowing full well that we will have to take our time with Arbenz and the events surrounding his presidency.

Guatemala by Swae Lee, Jxmmi, Rae Sremmurd

[originally published on Patreon February 23, 2024]

In this episode I discuss Colombia's relationship to United Fruit Company aka El Pulpo. In particular, I open with the massive strikes against UFC in 1928 culminating in the massacre at Ciénaga which was so memorably fictionalized in Gabriel García Márquez's Cien años de soledad. 

From there, I discuss the curious case of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán and his assassination in 1948 which triggered El Bogotazo, a wave of civil unrest and violence that would affect Colombia for years to come. I discuss the Rosicrucian-brainwashed patsy shooter Juan Roa Sierra and his manipulation by a German astrologer spy named Johann Umland Gerät. 

It gets even weirder as a track down claims by a Sicilian-American WWII vet named John Meeples Espirito who appears to have been involved in Operation ARTICHOKE and who found his way to revolutionary Cuba. When arrested, he told Cuban intelligence of his role in the assassination of Gaitán - claims which Cuban intelligence could never definitively prove and so did not widely publish. 

The potential reason for that, according to some, was because of Fidel Castro's role and actions in El Bogotazo, which remains obscured, as through a glass darkly. Much remains unknown.

[originally published on Patreon February 15, 2024]

Today I discuss more criminals involved in the banana trade, introducing the Vaccaro Brothers and Sam the Banana Man Zemurray. I discuss that intersection between organized crime and Wall Street that intersected precisely in the banana trade through these figures. 

I go through Zemurray's career, from his start in Alabama, his Cuyamel Fruit Company, the Honduran coup of 1911 and the concurrent takeover of Honduran national debt by JP Morgan bank, and the ensuing takeover of Honduras by United Fruit Company. Then, I discuss Zemurray's takeover of United Fruit Company (brokered by Sullivan & Cromwell) as well as the decisions Zemurray took at the helm of the company.

After that, I discuss Zemurray's role in the creation of the modern state of Israel, especially regarding the multiple votes at the United Nations for the Partition Plan for Palestine in 1947. Then, I cannot avoid discussing Zemurray's children who just so happened to have become scholars of Central American studies. 

[note: at the time I wrote and recorded this episode, I had not purchased The Heritage of the Conquistadors: Ruling Classes in Central America from Conquest to the Sandinistas by "Samuel Z. Stone", but I subsequently purchased the book and confirmed that it does not mention Samuel Zemurray or Cuyamel whatsoever. The book does mention United Fruit Company, though the author does not see fit to mention that his grandfather at one time ran said company.] Finally, I end the episode mentioning the Melville Collective's guerrilla actions against UFC offices in 1969. Songs: Osbie's Banana Song by the Thomas Pynchon Fake Book Yes, We Have No Bananas by Louis Prima

[originally published on Patreon March 15, 2024]

Today is the opening salvo for a 15-part series on the rolling waves of crimes involving the Octopus that is United Fruit Company, the banana trade, Guatemala specifically, and Central America more generally, culminating in the Guatemalan Genocide.

In this episode, I discuss the origins of the Octopus. aka Boston Fruit Company aka the United Fruit Company aka the New Orleans Banana Trust. I know for a fact that much of this history has not been pulled together in this way before.

I trace the official and sanctioned history of Boston Fruit Company via Lorenzo Dow Baker, Andrew Preston, and get into less savory types such as Henry Meiggs and JP Macheca. I cover how Preston and Meiggs used railroad construction as land-grab exercises which also necessarily required slave labor. This in turn spawned the Banana Wars including an approximate 28 different interventions/invasions in 11+ countries.

Along the way I go over the Innocenti and related quasi-masonic quasi-klan terrorist groups, the Reconstruction-era wars with the federal government, the growth of Italian/Italian-American organized crime, the Crescent City Lynchings, and how it all intersected with the fruit trade. Here we see con men and mafiosi in bed with Wall Street, fucking over Central America in unison. This sets the stage for what is to come.

Banana In Your Fruit Basket by Bo Carter

I Like Bananas Because They have No Bones by George Elrick

Thirty Thousand Pounds of Bananas by Harry Chapin

[originally published on Patreon February 9, 2024]

As if I didn't discuss the Tupamaros enough, I revisit the story in light of even more information I found. In particular, I look at a RAND report on the MLN-T and cross-reference it with several more books on the group. This leads us to the interestingly-named Plan Satán, as well as much more context for the Mitrione kidnapping. I also found more information on the Nixon administration's decisions at the time.

Then, CJ and I act out a dramatic reading of Dialogue Before Death (1971), a portion of Mitrione's interrogation tapes by Tupamaros. We also discuss the curious publisher of this book, as well as more on the calculations that went into the decision to execute him.

Then, I look at an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the MLN-T through the eyes of one of their inspirations - Abraham Guillén, author of Estrategia de la guerrilla urbana (1969), as well as similar assessments made in the International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. I make a major tangent looking at the "Abraham Guillen Press/Arm the Spirit" publisher. 

I make a few final notes about the Tupamaros including that they confirmed Hevia was in contact with them before he defected back to Cuba. Additionally, I tell the story of Henry Engler, the Swedish Tupamaro, as well as what Wikileaks disclosures showed us of diplomatic handwringing about Uruguayan cancer center negotiations in 2007. Diplomats be lying. To close out, I mention some of the wavy stuff relating to the Tupamaros' imprisonment, and discuss the Tupamaros leadership entering Uruguayan politics, culminating with Jose 'Pepe' Mujica becoming the President of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015. [note: at some point, probably talking about Guillén, I accidentally said FIA instead of FAI. FAI meaning the Federación Anarquista Ibérica, of which he was a member] Songs: Adios by Los Tupamaros Anna was a Stool Pigeon by Laura Jane Grace En Esta Tarde Gris by Julio Sosa

[originally published February 7, 2024]

I finish the story of Manuel Hevia Coscullela, the Cuban spy, based off his memoir, Pasaporte 11333 : ocho años con la CIA (1978). I examine what exactly Hevia was doing for the agency and what USAID's Office of Public Safety was up to. I discuss Lyndon B. Johnson's visit to Punta del Este, Uruguay for the Organization of American States (OAS) summits/conferences and how that affected the domestic political climate.

I get obsessed with the story of Uruguayan military officer Colonel Ramon Trabal - assassinated by "the Raul Sendic International Brigade" in Paris, a story which quickly enters the funhouse hall of mirrors. 

Then, to double back on the discussion of Gittinger's PAS files, entrapment ops, and MKULTRA death squad selection processes, I cover Hevia's explanation of the L and Q files. Just wait. He also explains the construction of a "parallel apparatus" and, in relation, discusses a police pimp. 

Afterwards, Hevia ran a restaurant as part of ops the CIA and Uruguayan police were running in Uruguay. Finally, Mitrione appears in Hevia's story, and I go through some details left out in the prior episodes. Ice cold.

[episode artwork based off the book cover]

Songs:

Dirty, Dirty Feeling by Elvis Presley

De Cuba Traigo un Cantar by Carlos Puebla

[originally published on Patreon February 1, 2024]

I continue the extended story of the Tupamaros by examining the life of Manuel Hevia Coscullela, the Cuban double (or triple) agent embedded in the CIA in Uruguay. I obtained his memoir, Pasaporte 11333 : ocho años con la CIA (1978) and translated various passages into English. As far as I know, this is the first time this has ever been done.

Hevia's story begins before the Cuban revolution, and I explain his education and upbringing as well as his activities before, during, and after the Cuban Revolution. Hevia was involved with the Cuban AAA during the revolution and with Che's JUCEPLAN after the revolution. Hevia got in bed with some unsavory Uruguayans at their embassy and then defected, snitched and flipped for the CIA (wink), and was sent to Uruguay to work for the agency.

From there, we get into Uruguayan deep state politics which is not uninteresting but which sets the stage for all the Mitrione stuff to come later. This is the story of deep espionage.

[episode artwork based off the book cover]

Songs:

Todo por la Reforma Agraria by Carlos Puebla 

Yo También Soy Miliciano by Carlos Puebla

[originally published on Patreon January 25, 2024]

Today I'm rejoined by Dr. Pig Bodine aka CJ (@pussy___teeth) to continue our discussion on the 1972 film State of Siege by Costa-Gavras. We open with a discussion on the death squad as a general concept and in its specific applications in Uruguay. 

Then, we discuss exactly why the Tupamaros were so effective and, despite that, why they were brought down so quickly. As it turns out, they were brought down due to the same factors that made them so effective: espionage and infiltration. We discuss both Cuban, Uruguayan, and CIA intelligence. I introduce Manuel Hevia Cosculluela, the double (or triple) agent embedded within this story. 

Then I tell the story of the Mormon Tupamaro within the story of the incredible jailbreak from the Punta Carreras prison of 1971. After, we discuss the infiltration against the Tupamaros by fascist drug and weapons smugglers.

We talk about the JCR, the Junta Coordinadora Revolutionaria, and place the Tupamaros within the continental revolutionary context. Finally, we cover the downright cocaine cowboy shenanigans of Mitrione's son. Believe it or not, however, we are not done with the MLN-T.

artwork by @DEEP_RED_BELLS

Songs:

Death Squad by Sacred Reich

Por una Cabeza by Carlos Gardel

Falling From Sleeves by Calexico

Abre los Ojos by Los Muertos de Cristo

Sprawl by Calexico

Miami Vice Intro by Jan Hammer

[originally published on Patreon January 18, 2024]

Today I am rejoined by old friend of the show Dr. Pig Bodine aka CJ (@pussy___teeth) to discuss the 1972 film State of Siege by Costa-Gavras. We begin by reviewing the plot of the film and the real-life events. 

From there, we quickly descend into darkness as we discuss the life of Dan Mitrione (beyond all the Jim Jones stuff). This leads us to ask why the field of parapolitics research into MKULTRA has been so incredibly unfruitful since the 1970s and why Operation Midnight Climax has been so thoroughly shitcoated. We're talking deviancy and sexual blackmail operations. We ask what type of "sexual technologies" they developed and what Inquisition techniques have to do with MKULTRA.  We raise the spectre of the true nature of personality tests and their horrific usages including aforementioned deviancy blackmail ops and death squads.

Finally, we discuss the question of torture. Don't worry; future episodes are not as bleak.

artwork by @DEEP_RED_BELLS

Songs:

Hasta Siempre, Comandante by the Buena Vista Social Club

Los Olvidados by Los Muertos de Cristo

A Mi Manera by Gipsy Kings

American Made Death Squad by Behind Enemy Lines

[originally published on Patreon

Today I'm joined by Fergal Schmudlach (@irregnata) from the Kingless Generation podcast to discuss paleo-parapolitics. 

We start by discussing several points of mutual interest regarding Japan. Then we get into what anthropology can tell us about Marxism and serial killing. We talk about The Power of Ritual in Prehistory: Secret Societies and Origins of Social Complexity by Brian Hayden among other works. 

Links:

⁠https://twitter.com/irregnata⁠ 

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

Songs:

for the twin by Daisuke Tanabe

hard off haul by Daisuke Tanabe

dried donuts by Daisuke Tanabe

[originally published on Patreon January 5, 2024]

Today I'm joined by Reid (@seriations) to continue our conversation about Ira 'the Unicorn' Einhorn. We get into Einhorn's relationship to Andrija Puharich, his involvement with Earth Day, Bell Telephone company, and the development of "Einhorn's Network". Reid explains the importance of the Diebold Corporation and how this all might be a sophisticated method of OSINT and espionage, among whatever else it may have been.

Note: in the episode, Reid said that he hadn't nailed down the name of the guy who introduced Einhorn, and mistakenly said that Geller was introduced via an American army attaché. Reid later found that this was Paul Henshaw, the head biophysicist for the Atomic Energy Commission. In 1947, Henshaw was on the US scientific team that studied radiation after-effects in Hiroshima. This same Henshaw introduced Ira Einhorn to Andrija Puharich. Geller was introduced to Puharich by Itzhak Bentov, an Israeli scientist, army officer, and mystic.

Songs:

Starman by David Bowie

Telephone Line by ELO

People Been Talkin’ by Woody’s Truck Stop

Trouble Every Day by the Mothers of Invention

[originally published on Patreon Dec 29, 2023]

Today I'm joined by Reid (@seriations) to discuss maybe the most conceited man in the world - Ira 'the Unicorn' Einhorn. In this episode, we get into Einhorn's family history and early life, his time studying to be a guru, and his work as a snitch and informant. I lost my damn mind researching a related figure, Weldon Melick, who very much appears to be Something, but what that Something is, isn't entirely clear to me. Then we get into Einhorn's drug dealing and drug usage, which also got me sidetracked with a brief yet interesting parapolitical history of DMT.

[note: my buddy Luke Marshall had only just launched his podcast when we recorded this episode, so I accidentally referred to it as "Things Unsolved" when his podcast is "Things Observed"]

Songs:

Motherly Love by the Mothers of Invention

Venus in Furs by the Velvet Underground

Absolutely Free by the Mothers of Invention

Hungry Freaks, Daddy by the Mothers of Invention

[originally published on Patreon Dec 22, 2023]

Today I'm joined by Nick Vyssotsky (@cuss_otaku) to discuss Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid video game franchise. Nick takes us through the franchise's alternate history and we discuss the various themes involving Private Military Contractors, parapsychology, Programed to Kill themes, black budgets, AI guided governance, and on and on.

Then I discuss the real-world example of a particular PMC, Keenie Meenie Services. I discuss their formation in places like Yemen, Angola, and Northern Ireland and their ongoing presence in places like Oman, Uganda, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Nicaragua, El Salvador, etc.

episode artwork by Vyssotsky (@cuss_otaku)

Songs:

Too Hot For My Chinchilla by Tangerine Dream

The Dream Is Always the Same by Tangerine Dream

Tear Down the Grey Skies by Tangerine Dream

Forbidden Colours by Ryuichi Sakamoto

[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 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)

[originally published on Patreon Sep 8, 2023]

Today I'm joined by Dani and Rodolfo to discuss three Bolaño novels: the Third Reich, Distant Star, and By Night in Chile. In this episode, we discuss By Night in Chile. In this novel, Bolaño examines the fascist mindset via religion and literary criticism. Along the way, we get into how Bolaño was completely gladiopilled. 

episode art by Robert Voyvodich @r.voy__

Songs:

La Rabia by Bbs Paranoicos

Las Injusticias Caen Como Pesadillas EP by Los Crudos

el Pueblo Unido performed by Inti-Illimani

[originally published on Patreon Aug 25, 2023]

Today I'm joined by Dani and Rodolfo to discuss three Bolaño novels: the Third Reich, Distant Star, and By Night in Chile. In this episode, we discuss Distant Star. In this novel, Bolaño examines the fascist mindset via the specifically Chilean context of the 1973 coup, Pinochet's Chile, death squads, and the New Chilean poetry.

Note: although this may just be Bolaño's literary invention, there was a skywriter present during the PBSUCCESS invasion in Guatemala, though he was not a poet (or serial killer) but a used car salesman from the US.

episode art by Robert Voyvodich @r.voy__

Songs:

Luchar y Vencer - FSLN Song

Alerta Antifascista by Sin Dios

Manifiesto by Victor Jara

[originally published on Patreon Aug 25, 2023]

Today I'm joined by Dani and Rodolfo to discuss three Bolaño novels: the Third Reich, Distant Star, and By Night in Chile. In this episode, we reintroduce Bolaño and then dive into a less-discussed work, the Third Reich. In this novel, Bolaño examines the fascist mindset via its historical ideology of Nazism mediated through tabletop wargames and the LARPing that ensues. Along the way, we talk about why Germans are like that and get into the tragic tale of Latin American history.

episode art by Robert Voyvodich @r.voy__

Songs:

Un Amor Violento by Los Tres

Dejate Caer by Los Tres

[originally published on Patreon Aug 18, 2023]

The heists will continue until morale improves. We finish the story of José Vigoa by following the rest of his heist career. Then we discuss the circumstances surrounding his arrest and imprisonment, the discovery of his Spetsnaz commando background, and some of his purported intelligence activities post-arrest.

This brings us to the topic of Cuban intelligence operations in the US, which in turns requires us to discuss the one source for this story - John Huddy. As it turns out, that's a very interesting story, too.

episode art by Robert Voyvodich @r.voy__

Songs:

the Bank Robbery by John Carpenter

Confrontation by Tangerine Dream

Igneous by Tangerine Dream

[originally published on Patreon Aug 16, 2023]

I discuss how José Vigoa became a drug kingpin in Las Vegas. I get into some of the particulars on why he ran a very unique, specialized operation, and the anomalous way in which he got busted. Then, the heist spree begins, culminating with the Mandalay Bay job. 

episode art by Robert Voyvodich @r.voy__

Songs:

Ten Crack Commandments instrumental

Scrap Yard by Tangerine Dream

Assault on Precinct 13 theme by John Carpenter

[originally published on Patreon Aug 10, 2023]

Today I discuss the seminal 1995 film Heat, it's plot, the "dudes rock" factor, and the philosophical themes of the film. 

Then I discuss a real-life parallel to the de Niro character from the film. Not the actual real-life Chicago criminal Neil McCauley, but the story of José Vigoa. Vigoa was many things: a Cuban, a commando. a Marielito, a drug kingpin, a family man, and a heist man. There are two more episodes so prepare for some twists and turns.

episode art by Robert Voyvodich @r.voy__

Songs:

An Ending (Ascent) by Brian Eno

a clip of Cantares de Navidad by Trio Vegabajeño y Bad Bunny

A New Morning by Eirik Suhrke

[originally published on Patreon Jul 28, 2023]

I'm rejoined by Monty (@MontyBaby7) to finish our conversation about the Jesters (and many more things) relating to the Gosch and Franklin cases. We start with a high-level overview of the timeline of the Gosch and Franklin cases.

Then I examined Alan Baer's family history, which is to say, the Brandeis family, who made their fortune through the Brandeis department store. That led us to examine patterns of immigration to Nebraska including Czech Jews which included practicing Frankists. We revisit the Frankists and discuss US Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis.

Note: as of the recording, I had not read The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk, but since the recording I have read it.

(Monty wanted to add a clarifying note because he felt he may have been unclear or incorrect in discussing the Sabbateans and Frankists: "Sabbateans were in fact Sephardic, while the Frankists seem to be mostly Ashkanazi but some Sephardic as well."

After that, we explore the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, Omaha's secret society. The Knights are very similar to the Veiled Prophet Ball of St. Louis as well as Mardi Gras Krewes. By all accounts, the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben "aspired to weld together the business and professional men of the city of Omaha and surrounding area into a compact secret society" and appear to have done so successfully.fter that, we explore the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, Omaha's secret society. The Knights are very similar to the Veiled Prophet Ball of St. Louis as well as Mardi Gras Krewes. By all accounts, the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben "aspired to weld together the business and professional men of the city of Omaha and surrounding area into a compact secret society" and appear to have done so successfully.

episode art by Dakota (@DEEP_RED_BELLS)

Songs:

Mothers and Daughters by Colin Stetson

Dreaming by ‘’

Second Seance pt. 1 by ‘’

Second Seance pt. 2 by ‘’

Second Seance pt. 3 by ‘’

Book Burning by ‘’

Joanie by ‘’

Too Many Years by Kodak Black ft. PNB Rock

[originally published on Patreon Jul 20, 2023 and unlocked on free side shortly thereafter; reuploading it due to the narrative continuity with the Freemasonry episodes]

I couldn't help myself; not long after Monty and I did our four-part series on Freemasonry, I came into more information about the Jesters which in some ways unlocked the gates of hell. Content warning for child abuse.

Monty and I discuss the disappearance of Johnny Gosch, a paperboy from West Des Moines, Iowa back in 1982, including the Jester connections. We talk about the case history. We also talk about the mayor George Mills and the police chief Orval Cooney (both Jesters), and Monty walks us through the Des Moines Register as a nexus for fascism and pedophilia. I explain the curious connection of the Gab Line and the phone company.

Monty explains the appearance of Sam Soda as well as Noreen Gosch's claims, and we return to Mills and Cooney. We try to make sense of Gunderson's and Bonacci's claims. All of this led us inexorably back to Omaha.

episode art by Dakota (@DEEP_RED_BELLS)

Songs:

[515] and People = Shit by Slipknot

Gently by Slipknot

New Abortion by Slipknot

[originally published on Patreon Jul 14, 2023]

I'm rejoined by Monty (@MontyBaby7) to conclude (I thought) our conversation on Freemasonry by exploring the Dark Carnival of the Royal Order of Jesters. To set the stage, Monty lays out the history of the Shriners, from which the Jesters are an outgrowth. Then we explore the history of the Jesters, the imagery, the rites and themes, and the evil Billiken egregore.

We explore the strong likelihood of the Jesters being engaged in tax and securities fraud. Then we get a bit out there exploring the Indiana connections to the Jesters and the intelligence community. From that point, Monty and I go through the multiple cases of human trafficking involving the Jesters.

Then we attempt to understand the legacy of Freemasonry through the ages into the 21st century.

episode art by Robert Voyvodich @r.voy__

Songs:

Hokus Pokus by ICP

I'm Just a Clown by Charley Crockett 

Crazy Clown Time by David Lynch

Cathy’s Clown by the Everly Brothers

[originally published on Patreon Jul 7, 2023]

Monty and I start by discussing the Freemasonic aspects to the Whitechapel murders and then get into the question of crimes involving Freemasonry vs Freemasonic crimes. We discuss Freemasonry's role in the United Kingdom's police force and society at large. 

We explore Freemasonry's ties to the UK's landed gentry, as well as the apparent ambivalence of the Royal Family to Freemasonry. Then, (content warning for child abuse) we discuss multiple court cases in which Masonic signs were deployed in attempts to influence the outcome. 

We go through Catholicism's conflicts with Freemasonry including the allegations of Luciferian influences in Freemasonry, which leads us back into the world of Royal Arch Freemasonry. We discuss the concept of Jah-Bul-On.

Then we examine the case of the P2 Lodge and subsequent revelations relating to it from the perspective of Freemasonry. To wrap up, we examine Freemasonry as viewed from the perspective of communism, as well as more recent cases of espionage.

episode art by Robert Voyvodich @r.voy__

Songs:

London Skinhead Crew by Booze & Glory

Toujours by Roedelius

LaMafiamilia by eLVy The God

Auto Rock by Mogwai

[originally published on Patreon Jun 30, 2023]

Today I'm rejoined by Monty (@MontyBaby7) to ratchet up the weirdness. We continue our discussion of Freemasonry. We talk about the role of Freemasonry in the French Revolution, various bourgeois revolutions, and its role in the United States. We talk about Washington DC architecture and so forth. We explore the idea of Freemasonry's ties to the British empire.

Then we get into Albert Pike's life and times. To our great surprise, Albert Pike was not what we thought he would be. We're talking about his weird early life, his time in the Civil War, the Knights of the Golden Circle, the Klu Klux Klan, and his post-war career. We go through his ideas as presented in his book, Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.

Then we explore the Orange Order, Job's Daughters, the Order of DeMolay, and various other historical groups. Relatedly, we raise the prospect of connections between Freemasonry and espionage.

[Note 1: Monty and I raise the question of the Great Seal on US currency and express ignorance of its history; we now know who added it and why]

A Message to You Rudy by the Specials

Ghost of Albert Pike by the Elders of Zion

the Old Orange Flute covered by the Clancy Brothers

Power by Young Thug

[originally published on Patreon Jun 25, 2023]

Today I'm rejoined by Monty (@MontyBaby7) to discuss one of the great topics of conspiracy theory lore: Freemasonry. Monty walks us through the development of Freemasonry several hundreds years ago from a guild system. We talk about how some of the more esoteric Freemasonry can enter British Hotep LARPing and white boy magick. 

We also begin to break out all the related rites, Scottish, Memphis, Royal Arch, and so forth. Monty breaks out various Masonic concepts such as the Great Architect of the Universe and examines some of the cross-pollination of gnostic and Rosicrucian concepts. Then Monty gets weird with it, discussing the square within the circle. 

episode art by Robert Voyvodich @r.voy__

Songs:

Stonehenge by Spinal Tap

Training from Bloodsport soundtrack

It’s Hip to be Square

[originally published on Patreon Jun 12, 2023]

Today I'm joined by Cassandra Peterson aka Elvira - jk, I wish. Instead, I read from Peterson's 2021 memoir, Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark. It's a genuinely good memoir so you should check it out if she interests you; if not, I've gleaned and summarized the parapolitical elements if you don't. 

We're talking about Sus Colorado, the military-industrial complex, Augustus Owsley Stanley III, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Vegas, the Rat Pack, the Osmonds, Elvis as ascended master?, Fellini, Wilt Chamberlain, Briarcliff Manor, ghosts, Borax tycoons, Adnan Khashoggi, Khashoggi's guru Chandraswami and the can of worms that unlocks. 

artwork by Dakota

Songs:

Dead Man’s Party by Oingo Boingo

Foxey Lady by Jimi Hendrix

Human Fly by the Cramps

I Put a Spell on You performed by Christone “Kingfish” Ingram

[originally published on Patreon May 18, 2023]

Today I'm joined by John Brisson of We've Read the Documents (@weve_read) to finish our discussion about the Finders. Brisson explains the flophouses and the day-to-day activities that the Finders seemed to engage in. 

Then, we go through the list of Finders members and associates. There was probable pedophile Roy Mason, zany doctor Hunter "Patch" Adams, polyamorous pioneer Michael Versace Rios, Carl R. Schleicher and Mankind Research Unlimited, Christopher Peter Bird, Robert Schwartz, Ken Keyes Jr., Dr. Carl Betz Shapley, Edwin Elkin and potential ties to the CoS, and Mildred Jensen Loomis and her commune. We discuss Norman Mailer's relations with the Finders, Gerry Davis, and the curious case of Steve E. Beltz. Beltz raises the possibilities of ties to Kenneth Grant-style magick. 

Finally, Brisson walks us through the events of the Tallahassee Incident of 1987 and why he believes the account of US Customs agent Ramon J. Martinez. We attempt to make sense of what the Finders were based on what can be proven with documentary evidence.

artwork by Dakota

Links:

⁠https://twitter.com/weve_read⁠

⁠https://linktr.ee/weveread⁠

Songs:

[originally published on Patreon May 14, 2023]

Today I'm joined by John Brisson of We've Read the Documents (@weve_read) to discuss one of the most notorious groups in parapolitical history: the Finders. To understand the events of 1987, we need to understand Marion Pettie, his milieu, and ultimately his network. Brisson walked me through his exceptional work digging up that information.

We begin with a high level overview of the group and then drill down into Pettie's early life, anomalous military career, and strange rise to prominence in the counterculture. From there, we discuss Barbara Marx Hubbard and the World Future Society generally. All of this contributes to a more robust understanding of the events of 1987.

[editor's note:  John says Ramirez brothers when he meant to say Menendez brothers]

artwork by Dakota

Links:

https://twitter.com/weve_read

https://linktr.ee/weveread

Songs:

Hoyt’s Office by Hildur Guðnadóttir

Defeated Clown by ''

Meeting Bruce by ''

[originally published on Patreon Apr 21, 2023; you can also listen to this episode on You Can't Win]

Today I'm joined by Muslim Tom (@MuslimTom_) from the podcast You Can't Win to discuss the novel 2666 by Roberto Bolaño. We go through each of the five sections and discuss characters, plots, vibes, and themes. There's almost everything in 2666, including many spiritual themes and parapolitical moments. Towards the end, we discuss the journalists Bolaño was working with who advance extremely noided theories about the femicides.

Content warning for discussion of sexual assault and murder. Also, spoilers, but spoilers should be less of a concern for this type of novel anyway. I don't think this episode is an automatic skip if you haven't read 2666 and hopefully this might encourage you to read it. Although you would get the most out of this episode if you read the novel, I'd like to think we lay out the plot and also read enough passages to make the episode enjoyable if you haven't read it.

Links:

https://youcantwin.info

https://twitter.com/muslimtom

Songs:

Jugaste y Sufri by Eslabon Armado ft. DannyLux

Apague Mi Mente by Carla Morrison

La Bestia by Junior H

Alcasiles by Isasa y Córdoba

La Llorona by Chavela Vargas

[originally published on Patreon Mar 31, 2023; note that this was before the Diddy arrests and allegations lol]

It's time for another rap episode, this time to discuss the hot topic of rap snitches, informants, undercovers, plants, and rats in the rap industry. I'm joined by Luke Marshall (@thingobserver) of Things Observed podcast to examine this thorny issue.

We attempt to examine the topic in general terms through the case of 6ix9ine's words and deeds, and then Luke walks us through the case of Tupac and the possibility of infiltrating rap 'for good', and various COINTELPRO-style tactics used against him. Along the way, we discuss police corruption, whether Death Row Records was an intelligence front, Suge Knight's curious career, LAPD and Rampart scandals, possible Mossad involvement, and many related topics.

We also discuss Wu Tang Clan manager Michael Caruso's snitching, strange things occurring with ODB, and the interesting case of 50 Cent's possible role in related activities.

episode art by Robert Voyvodich @r.voy__

Things Observed podcast:

https://rss.com/podcasts/thingsobserved/

Songs:

Rap Snitch Knishes by MF Doom

Deep Cover by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg

Tell Tell Tell by Project Pat

Don't Snitch by Mac Dre

Ruff Ryders Anthem by DMX

[originally published on Patreon Dec 26, 2022]

It's time to discuss the much-anticipated, much-requested question, "why do you keep raising your eyebrows suggestively at any mention of Indiana?" What follows is necessarily an incomplete attempt, but I cover early Indiana state history, the Indiana Treason Trials, the Knights of the Golden Circle, the curious case of the Ishmael family, Indiana eugenics programs, the weird proto-Christian Identity church milieu there, Terre Haute, some discussion of Charlie Manson's early life, a segment on the Interstate Killer Larry Eyler and the bizarre coverup there, a bit on the Kinsey network and the expat Tibetans, Amoco, Eli Lilly, the Symbionese Liberation Army, various spooks, MKULTRA, talking shit on Parks and Recreation, and a revisit to the conceptual framework of the susness of places in general.

episode art by Dakota

Premium Episode 58 Songs:

Goin’ Back to Indiana by the Jackson Five

Indianapolis by the Bottle Rockets

Indiana Wants Me by R. Dean Taylor

[originally published on Patreon Dec 18, 2022]

Today's the third episode examining the life of Leon Trotsky, and I'm joined by Comrade Chad. We discuss Trotsky's activities in exile including work with the Soviet Opposition Bloc, terrorist actions, and the ensuing show trials. We particularly discuss the curious case of Genrikh Lyushkov, who overlaps with some of the Japanese intrigue from prior episodes, as well as more about the Promethean League, and everyone's favorite topic: outright collaboration with the fascists. 

We cover the French Turn, touch on the Chinese and Vietnamese Trots, try not to relitigate the Spanish Civil War, and introduce the cast of characters (pay attention) who will become important in the US Trotskyist movement. Finally, we discuss Trotsky's time in Mexico, including the very impartial American Committee for the Defense of Leon Trotsky and some outright snitch shit for HUAC. Not the end of the Trotskyism series but the end for Leon Trotsky.

Premium Episode 55 Songs:

Сталину Слава! by Dolmatovsky / Shostakovich

War of the Gods by Amon Amarth

No More Heroes by the Stranglers

Survival by Shakewell and Fat Nick

[originally published on Patreon Dec 10, 2022]

Today's the second episode examining the life of Leon Trotsky, and I'm joined by Comrade Chad. We discuss Trotsky's post-revolution and post-civil war activities, the curious case of Soviet gold reserves and Trotsky's much-disputed Opposition Bloc. We also talk about the Trust, aka the honeypot to end all honeypots, and Trotsky's jockeying for power. 

Songs:

All Gold Everything by Trinidad James (remixed by Ryan Celsius)

Snakes in the Grass by Waka Flocka Flame

Slidin' by 21 Savage

(the Catch-22 ska album about Trotsky was too cringe to use, sorry)

[originally published on Patreon Dec 4, 2022]

Today's the first of a new series examining the legacy of Trotskyism through a parapolitical lens, and to kick it off, we examine the life of Leon Trotsky. I'm joined by Comrade Chad to discuss Trotsky's early life and career through the Bolshevik revolution. Particularly of note are the activities of Trotsky's uncles, his revolutionary activities in France, and his interesting residency in New York City. 

Songs:

Lev Bronstein by the Redskins

If I Were a Rich Man - Fiddler on the Roof

Bring It Down by the Redskins

Reds Strike the Blues by the Redskins

[originally published on Patreon Nov 21, 2022]

Today's an interesting one as I'm joined by the artist Roger Peet to discuss family history and the murky world of mercenary work in the African continent. Peet walks us through the story of his father which touches on a dozen interesting topics ranging from faking your own death, mercenaries, factions of Cubans fighting in Africa, spying, colonialism and so-called post-colonialism, uranium mining, and the nuclear arms race. 

Links:

https://toosphexy.carrd.co/

https://justseeds.org/artist/rogerpeet/

Songs:

Zombie by Fela Kuti

Sorrow Tears and Blood by Fela Kuti

Beasts Of No Nation by Fela Kuti

V.I.P (Vagabonds In Power) by Fela Kuti

[originally published on Patreon

Today I'm joined by Trash (@bidenbigboi) to discuss the French novel, the Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell. The novel follows an SS officer through WWII which provides various opportunities to discuss various aspects of the Eastern Front and the Holocaust. Then, later, we discuss Littell's background which points to this being an entry in the Novels as Spycraft series. 

*note, I accidentally refer to Friedrich Flick as “Frick”, what are you gonna do

Songs:

Into Warmer Air by Hildur Guðnadóttir

Ascent by ‘’

Erupting Light by ‘’

Overcast by ‘’

De tes yeux bleus perlés by Celeste

[originally published on Patreon Nov 7, 2022]

Today's the second of two episodes on the hardboiled novelist Dashiell Hammett. Today I discuss several Hammett's wartime experiences, his tuberculosis, the tail end of his private detective career, and his writing career. Hammett went to Hollywood and became a committed communist, and was targeted by McCarthy and HUAC. Fundamentally, though, we can learn much from Hammett.

Songs:

I'm No Communist by Lulu Belle & Scotty

When I'm Gone by Phil Ochs

[originally published on Patreon Nov 1, 2022]

Today's the first of two episodes on the hardboiled novelist Dashiell Hammett. Today I go through the first half of Hammett's life, including his early life and family history, his time as a Pinkerton operative, and what being a Pinkerton op entailed. I discuss the Mining Wars and tell the story of Frank Little, an IWW organizer. I finish the episode with a discussion of the novel, Red Harvest. 

Note: the Hammett episodes are, I believe, the last episodes with annoying sound quality issues, for which I apologize.

Songs:

There is Power in a Union by Utah Phillips

The Ballad of Frank Little by Dusty the Kid

[originally published on Patreon Oct 24, 2022]

Today's the last of the horror movies for CrackpotoberFest 2022 - Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1995) aka Texas Chainsaw Massacre IV. I'm joined by the unrivaled Dakota to discuss the film. We go through the weird vibes and the increasingly paranoid themes. Then, we cover the existence of comparable blackmail and murder rings that have been exposed in the past.

Songs:

Blood in the Streets by the Jasons

Longhaired Redneck by David Allan Coe

I’ve Seen Footage by Death Grips

[originally published on Patreon Oct 17, 2022]

Today's the third of four horror movies for CrackpotoberFest 2022 - Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995) aka Halloween 6. I'm joined by Blauer (@blauer_geist) to discuss the film. Blauer helps me walk us through the plot to Halloween 6, the cult of Thorn, and especially contextualizes the film within the Halloween franchise as a whole. Then, I discuss the Matamoros cult in relation to the film, and hopefully point out some things which go under-discussed when Matamoros comes up.

episode art is the remains of Mark Kilroy

Links:

https://twitter.com/blauer_geist

https://apocalypse-confidential.com/ 

Songs:

Halloween Theme

Brujerizmo by Brujeria

el Padrino by Church of Misery

[originally published on Patreon Oct 9, 2022; you can also find the episode on Tanner's blog Getting Spooked]

Today's the second of four horror movies for CrackpotoberFest 2022 - Ghostwatch (1992), and I'm joined by Fortean expert Tanner Boyle (@TannerFBoyle1) to discuss the film. Tanner walks us through the plot and we discuss the film and its themes, which include spiritualism, baby farming, psychological operations, Jimmy Savile, the Society for Psychical Research, and even, yet again, a Jonestown connection.

Links:

https://twitter.com/TannerFBoyle1

https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-fortean-influence-on-science-fiction/

https://tannerfboyle.substack.com/

Songs:

Con Clave Con Dio by Ghost

Satan Prayer by Ghost

Ghost Song by the Doors

[originally published on Patreon Oct 1, 2022]

Today's the first of four horror (or quasi-horror) films for CrackpotoberFest 2022 - Girl, Interrupted, both the memoir and the film. I discuss Susanna Kaysen and her father, a very interesting figure. I talk about McLean Hospital, Jim Watson, spies at McLean, and Kaysen's later career. 

Then, I go over some interesting themes that Girl, Interrupted the film injects into the narrative - some potentially spurious, some maybe not. To wrap up, I discuss the history of MKULTRA projects at McLean and the general area. CrackpotoberFest only gets weirder from here.

Songs:

Knockin’ Round the Zoo by James Taylor

White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane

Downtown by Petula Clark

Angel Baby by Rosie & the Originals

[originally published on Patreon Sep 23, 2022]

Today's the final installment of the Cathar series, dropped a few days early because I'll be busy next week. I finally did it - an Angleton episode. I discuss the life and times of James Jesus Angleton. I argue that there's something new for listeners with any level of Angleton familiarity. I discuss Soviet defectors, the Trust, Kim Philby, Anatoly Golitsyn and Yuri Nosenko, MKULTRA, the Lovestone empire, the Israelis, the USS Liberty, the Monster Plot, and Edward Clare Petty. It's my grandiose contention that I advance the theory of Angleton-as-mole one step further by looking at Petty's career. Finally, I look at Angleton's conception of himself and the spiritual implications of espionage.

artwork by my loving and deranged wife, entitled "Crazy Frogleton"

Songs:

various tracks from the Good Shepherd OST

selections from the Nosenko interrogation - Feb 23, 1964 - Reel 13 & Reel 12: Nick and Subject, record 104-10534-10006

[originally published on Patreon Sep 18, 2022]

Today much is revealed including the source of the dissertation I've been using for Cathar research. I discuss Cicely d'Autremont starting with her family history, her early life, her love of James Jesus Angleton, their rocky marriage, the Georgetown Set, and her time in France. Then it becomes Programmed to Chill's Poetry Hour as a I read several of her poems which range from nice to disconcerting. Finally, I reveal exactly why I've been so fixated on this dissertation.

shout-out @EzerakL and @DrBlobb

Songs:

Bay of Pigs from the Good Shepherd OST

Frederick’s Lure ‘’

Embraceable You ‘’

[originally published on Patreon Sep 10, 2022]

In part 2 of 4, I revisit and reiterate the Cathars' cosmology and the situation leading up to the Albigensian crusade. Along the way I discuss Thomas Pynchon and his essay on the Luddites. Then I discuss the period of time immediately before and leading up to the Albigensian Crusade, namely two Cistercian preaching missions to the Languedoc. One of these was spearheaded by Bernard of Clairvaux. In particular, I utilize a dissertation which posits alternate or additional, dare I say parapolitical reasons for these preaching missions. This, too, is setup for the following episode.

Songs:

Balferd Baldrs by Burzum

[originally published on Patreon Sep 4, 2022]

Today's the first of four episodes on the Cathars, a series which is going to be much more relevant to P2C's interests than you might initially think. This episode is very much a straightforward account of the history of the Cathars, their origins and beliefs, an account of the Albigensian Crusade, the inquisition, and and overview of the modern-day neo-Cathar movement, such as it is. Big payoffs in this series in episodes 3 and 4.

Songs:

Die Liebe Nerpus by Burzum

Portal by Burzum

Massacre of the Cathars by Paradox

[originally published on Patreon Aug 29, 2022]

Today's all about the Simon Necronomicon as explained by the book 'Dead Names', also written by "Simon" aka Peter Levenda. I go through Levenda's early life, as reported by Levenda, which CJ describes as having "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" vibes. I attempt to cross-reference what I can to external sources, and we explore the subterranean world of the wandering bishops.

We discuss the Necronomicon text, its purported origins and the backstory that Levenda provides. We talk about the Witch Wars, the nature of witchcraft, and how the Necronomicon is attempting to teach us not that aliens are demons, but that demons are aliens. In turn, this contextualizes why Levenda took what looked like a sharp turn into Ufology later in life. Finally, we try to answer the question "why is Levenda like this?"

CJ/Dr. Pig Bodine:

@pussy___teeth

https://anchor.fm/mindgamez

[originally published on Patreon Jul 18, 2022]

Today I'm joined by Flipper (@moonbaseking) to discuss all things sus Beatles. We start by going through the Profumo Affair largely through the lens of the Beatles.  Then we discuss my favorite topic, John Arthur Reid Pepper, dentists, LSD, MKULTRA and parallel programs, and so forth.

I explore the Beatles' finances in an attempt to understand why they became the biggest band in the world. That's right - taxes, offshoring, capital gains, stock companies, and especially the shadowy financial figures behind the Beatles.

We talk about the Maharishi (very interesting guy), Magic Alex, the Eastmans, Allen Klein, and anything Beatles must inevitably talk about Yoko Ono. Finally, we discuss Lennon's assassination.

Songs:

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by EVE

Can’t Buy Me Love by the Korean Kittens

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by Puffy AmiYumi

Help by Let's Sing in Japanese!

Within You Without You by the Strawberry Feel

Run 4 Your Life by the Beetles

[originally published on Patreon Jul 11, 2022]

Today I'm joined by my secret society guy, Monty, to discuss the legacy of the historical Bavarian Illuminati. Monty and I talk about the Illuminati's influence on the French Revolution and trace a direct revolutionary lineage from Weishaupt to Marx. Ultimately, we ask the question, "why was the Illuminati so shitcoated?"

Songs:

Excerpt from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9

La Marseillaise

Black Helicopters by Non Phixion

Ode to Joy from Beethoven’s Symphony no. 9

[originally published on Patreon Jul 3, 2022]

Today I'm joined by my secret society guy, Monty, to discuss the historical Bavarian Illuminati. Monty takes us through the state of Europe at the time, and we talk about the Jesuits and the Catholic church, the Enlightenment, the Rosicrucians, and so forth. Monty introduces all the main figures of the story - Weishaupt, Knigge, Franck, the goals and structure of the Illuminati, the development of the secret society, and various famous historical figures. Monty walks us through the repression of the society, and that's the end of the story - nothing interesting happens after that.

Songs 1:

Excerpt from Beethoven's Symphony No.9 (Scherzo)

Walpurgisnacht by Faun

Queen of the Night aria from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte

Illuminati by Anuel AA and Lil Pump

[originally published on Patreon Jun 13, 2022]

Today I'm joined by Alex Tsakiris (@skeptiko) of Skeptiko for a wide-ranging discussion on a number of topics of mutual interest, including running a podcast and getting to talk to people, science, consciousness, MKULTRA, gifted kids, Whitley Strieber, Epstein, transhumanism, Mirage Men, and so forth. It was very fun.

Links:

https://skeptiko.com/

Song:

Satan is Real by the Louvin Brothers

[originally published on Patreon Jun 6, 2022]

Today I'm joined by Matt Farwell (@huntclancy) of the Hunt for Tom Clancy blog to discuss the 1984 film Dreamscape. Dreamscape, as it turns out, is a very weird film, and Farwell and I use it to discuss a wide range of weird things.

Songs: 

In Dreams by Roy Orbison

All I Have to Do is Dream by the Everly Brothers

[originally published on Patreon May 23, 2022]

Today I'm joined by by Dr. Pig Bodine aka CJ (@Pussy___Teeth) of the MindGamez podcast to discuss Alan Moore's Lovecraft cycle yet again, having been cut off by technical difficulties. We get more specific about various subplots in Providence and spend more time discussing Lovecraft, Kenneth Grant, class war, why the Irish are the only decent people in Moore's works, and so forth. 

Songs:

the Call of Ktulu by M*tallica

Antarcticans Thawed by Sleep

[originally published on Patreon May 17, 2022]

cw: sexual assault

Today I'm joined by by Dr. Pig Bodine aka CJ (@Pussy___Teeth) of the MindGamez podcast to discuss Alan Moore's Lovecraft cycle. We discuss the Courtyard, Neonomicon, and the general outline of Providence. We continue to discuss Lovecraft, Moore's stance on Lovecraft, Moore's stance on magic, the nature of Elder Gods, Kenneth Grant, and a wide number of other things. We got technical difficulties at the end so there's another episode to follow this one up.

Songs:

Dunwich by Electric Wizard

In the Mouth of Madness theme from In the Mouth of Madness

Lovecraft in Brooklyn by the Mountain Goats

[originally published on Patreon May 10, 2022; now you should check out Tanner's blog, Getting Spooked]

Today I'm joined by a very special guest, Fortean expert Tanner Boyle (@TannerFBoyle1) to discuss some early high strangeness, and particularly a lot of the incredibly underdiscussed parapolitical angles to said phenomenon. We discuss the weird figures around the Mothman thing, the factories around Point Pleasant, the backgrounds of people like John Keel, Woodrow Derenberger, and Indrid Cold, and the Lanulos abduction story.

We talk Bosco Nedelcovic, Union Carbide, COINTELPRO, men in black, the Hopkinsville goblins, the Flatwoods Monster, the recurring theme of weird connections between cryptozoology and espionage, and the alien abduction concept. We discuss certain salient aspects of the Betty and Barney Hill abduction, and the truly insane stories of several hypnosis experts.  At the end, we contemplate what's left of these stories and their possible utility as psychological operations.

Links:

https://twitter.com/TannerFBoyle1

https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-fortean-influence-on-science-fiction/

https://tannerfboyle.substack.com/

Songs:

I Got Abducted by a UFO - the Lillingtons

Hardcore UFOs - Guided By Voices

When You See Those Flying Saucers by the Buchanan Brothers

Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft - Klaatu

[originally published on Patreon May 3, 2022]

Today I knock out nine Q&A questions. Pretty soon I'll catch up, honestly, then I'll solicit some more. Thanks, everyone, for asking great questions.

Songs:

I Remember by MDC

Sorcery & Sabotage by Church of the Cosmic Skull

[originally published on Patreon Apr 19, 2022; show art was the incredible Anti-Gnostic Action artwork by Dakota which was also sold as t-shirts, stickers, etc.]

I'm joined by Monty again to finish our conversation on the Knights Templar. Monty wraps up the history and we get into the nutty stuff; their post-breakup solo work, as it were. We discuss gnosticism, why everyone wants to be a Templar, Freemasonry, occultic traditions, and how perhaps the entire understanding of the order was a form of fan fiction.

Then, we end the episode with some of the weirder, stranger connections to the Knights Templar in modern times.

art by the harmless individual known as Dakota

Songs:

Templar’s Revenge by Death SS

Knights of the Cross by Grave Digger

[originally published on Patreon Apr 13, 2022]

Today I'm joined by my buddy Monty to discuss the Knights Templar. Monty walks us through the history we know, the history we think we know, and the different categories of theories about what the Templars were all about. 

Today we cover the history, next week we cover the theories about what it all meant.

Songs:

Templars of Steel by HammerFall

Hassan I Sahba by Hawkwind

[originally published on Patreon Apr 5, 2022; Ellroy Boys is now defunct but Apocalypse Confidential is thriving]

Second entry into the Paranoiac Films series, and I'm joined by Blauer (@blauer_geist) of Ellroy Boys and Apocalypse Confidential to discuss the other JFK assassination film, Executive Action (1973). As always, we discuss some of the finer points of the film and weigh the pros and cons of the film on its own. Then we compare and contrast it to Oliver Stone's JFK. 

We discuss the source material, the director, screenwriter, and actors involved, and then talk about Executive Actions, or whacks, as they're also known. Along the way we discuss how we both got into JFK conspiracy culture.

Links:

Apocalypse Confidential - @APOCCON_MAG

https://apocalypse-confidential.com/

https://soundcloud.com/ellroyboys

Songs:

Jack Ruby by Camper Van Beethoven

Who Killed Marilyn? by the Misfits

Bullet by the Misfits

[originally published on Feb 28, 2022]

Today I'm joined by Matt Farwell (@HuntClancy), author of American Cipher: Bowe Bergdahl and the U.S. Tragedy in Afghanistan, and the Hunt for Tom Clancy substack, to discuss all kinds of things: gardening, his wild life, Michael Hastings, "fringe information networks", and especially Tom Clancy, "the Rosetta stone...for understanding and interpreting the mad trajectory of America in the late cold war and through the war on terror". We talk about Clancy's ties to the national security state, COG (continuity of government), the Institute for Creative Technologies, all kinds of noided topics. See the links below to find his work.

Links:

https://twitter.com/HuntClancy?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

https://thehuntfortomclancy.substack.com/ 

Songs:

Ya Habibi by Mohamed Ramadan & Gims 

Aameur Yahdar by Cheb Fares

[originally published on Patreon Feb 16, 2022]

Today's a fun one, I'm joined by Stephen Snider aka Recluse of the VISUP blog and the Farm podcast. I pick his brain on William Stephenson and the British Security Coordination for about an hour. We talk honeypots, intelligence, the Beatles and Britpop, the informal British intelligence network in the US before WWII, the networks afterwards like BACC/WCC, and so on. Then we get into Le Cercle and how it plugs into Gladio, the Profumo Affair, and how Epstein's operation ties into these broader orgs.

Recluse's links:

http://visupview.blogspot.com/?m=0

https://www.thefarmpodcast.com/

https://thefarmpodcast.store/

Songs:

Career of Evil - Blue Öyster Cult

Dominance and Submission - Blue Öyster Cult

[originally published on Patreon Jan 25, 2022; for the retarded theory that Guterma was a tulpa, see Penny Royal's episodes]

Joined again by @Boyd_Beaver, today's the final episode on Alexander Guterma, where we discuss how Guterma fit into the Moe Dalitz / Roy Cohn connection. We discuss how exactly how sexually repressed Hoover supposedly was, the DoJ's attacks on the Purple gang / Desert Inn gang, and another Howard Hughes connection. Then we discuss Guterma's deals with Rafael Trujillo, and speculate on why the government's documents on this are still redacted.

This leads us to Guterma's arrest and conviction for a variety of crimes. Interestingly, the feds wanted Guterma to snitch on capital flight from the Soviet Union. Then, we cover how Guterma structured his offshore wealth to hide it from the feds. Guterma tried to break into Resorts International, and then got into Kentucky Coal, doing essentially the same tax writeoff schemes as they did with oil decades prior.

Then we get into underground tunnels - specifically Meyer Lansky's secret tunnels in Michigan. From there, we go Galaxy Brain and discuss how everything is a front. 

Then, Guterma died in a plane crash in 1977 and go over all the connections we still didn't cover (the WCC, Fassoulis, Handsome Johnny), and how Guterma is a skeleton key for the eldritch monster we're up against.

[originally published on Patreon Jan 20, 2022; for the retarded theory that Guterma was a tulpa, see Penny Royal's episodes]

Boyd and I go through the rest of Guterma's business holdings. This included United Chemical and Dye, which leads us right into the nexus of the RFK Department of Justice's proxy war against IG Farben via General Aniline and Film Corporation, as well as their fight against the mafia, Hoffa, and Roy Cohn. Sam Garfield comes back up which links to Big Oil, as well as Ted Llewellyn, as well as Walter Winchell and Drew Pearson.

Along the way, we touch on political blackmail rings, Resorts International, diamond mining, and Llewellyn's network of nightclubs in the US, the Philippines and Japan, the Roswell connection, Uranium trading. Howard Hughes, gunrunning, drug trafficking in Japan, the Connecticut connection, and Trevor Moore.

Songs:

Birthday Cake for Everyone by My Name is Ian

US Mills - the Mountain Goats

It's Time for Guillotines by Trevor Moore

[originally published on Patreon Jan 12, 2022; for the retarded theory that Guterma was a tulpa, see Penny Royal's episodes instead]

Part 1 of 3:

Today I'm joined by a very special guest, Boyd Beaver (@Boyd_Beaver) to discuss one of the weirdest figures in modern history, Alexander Guterma, who was a con man, businessman, figure involved in organized crime, and intelligence asset.

We discuss Isaiah Leebove, Sam Garfield, and the Purple Gang before Boyd establishes (conclusively, in my opinion) Guterma's origins as a Russian Jew whose family resettled in Manchuria. Then, we talk about Guterma's misadventures in China, Hawaii, and the Philippines before Guterma's eventual arrival in Florida. We discuss the nature of collaboration with the Japanese, his contacts with intelligence, and why this would be significant.

Guterma resettled to Florida, and we discuss kenaf at length, and then the long and surprising list of companies he managed to acquire, including the spooked up Hal Roach film studio, and a radio network. All of this leads us to hypothesize that the economy is simply not real.

Songs (largely curated by Boyd Beaver):

[originally published on Patreon

Today I go through the life and times of Immanuel Velikovsky, one of the most interesting figures in recent times. I discuss the importance of Freud to Velikovsky's works, and the main themes of Worlds in Collision. I discuss Einstein's relationship to Velikovsky, and Velikovsky's network of followers. While this is probably not the final word on Velikovsky, I think I come to a pretty grounded explanation of how and why the Velikovsky affair got so out of hand, and why Catastrophists and New Chronologists all seem to be spooks and occultists.

Songs:

Saturn by Sufjan Stevens

Venus by Frankie Avalon

For What It's Worth by Buffalo Springfield

[originally published on Patreon Jan 3, 2022]

Today's a fun one because I answer a Q&A question about how much of what we know about history is crafted into a false narrative. I go through a straightforward discussion of a few major gray areas including Stonehenge, and Heribert Illig's Phantom Time Hypothesis, and discuss the evidence for and against it. That opens up a very deep rabbit hole.

We're talking New Catastrophism, New Chronology, Velikovsky, Christoph Marx, Alfred de Grazia, and a Soviet spy ring embedded within a New Chronology study group. 

Songs:

Na Dne by Molchat Doma

Discoteque by Molchat Doma

[originally published on Patreon Dec 29, 2021]

You're premium subscribers, you already know the score. Yes, Ira Levin and William Peter Blatty were both spies, but What Does It Mean?

I go through the careers of both authors and flag the times they worked for US intelligence, then how perhaps their writing was affected by that fact, and then the reverberations their work has had on society. With Levin, we meet the Ayn Rand circle, Malachi Martin, the weirdness of Rosemary's Baby, the Stepford Wives, the Boys From Brazil, Son of Rosemary, and so on.

With Blatty, we discuss USIA, the Groucho Marx connection, the Ninth Configuration, the Exorcist, Mark David Chapman, the Zodiac, the Exorcist III, Dahmer, and I cite the great pd187 and Christopher Knowles on the Exorcist film. 

To wrap it up, I discuss the "less well-known" David St. John, who weirdly corresponds with Candy Jones, and how the saga of Tom Dooley III shows that religious psyops are not exactly new. And the songs are pretty great this episode too, lol.

Songs:

Black Sabbath by Coven

Pact with Lucifer by Coven

Wicked Woman by Coven

excerpts from the Exorcist soundtrack

Room 213 by Church of Misery

[originally published on Patreon Dec 7, 2021]

Today's episode is nuts. I don't hear anyone referring to Salinger as a spy, and yet he was very much a spy. He served in the army's counterintelligence corps where, as it turns out, he saw some remarkable and horrific things.

Then  possibly got brainwashed by Nazis? I'm legitimately not joking; he was at least in the position to be brainwashed. After that, he married a Nazi spy and brought her to the US. I discuss his spiritual dilettantism, and then I go over the Joyce Maynard affair, pulling out a few very curious details that rarely get addressed.

Then of course I talk about the curious role the Catcher in the Rye has played in various assassinations, and what might be in the novel that would catch the eye of an assassin. To wrap it up, I discuss the possibility that the novel contains Freemasonic themes and messages. 

Songs:

"Catcher in the Rye" - Dandy Warhols

"fais moi mal Johnny" - Boris Vian

"Catcher in the Rye" - GRANT

"Everything is Gonna Be Alright" - John Hinckley Jr.

[originally published on Patreon

Today's all about Edward Bulwer-Lytton, whose works are very unique. His writing was incredibly popular and full of high strangeness, if not outright occult themes. In this episode, I talk about The Last Days of Pompeii, Zanoni, and Vril: the Power of the Coming Race. 

I also discuss the Morning of the Magicians, a curious work by some French journalists that discusses (among other things) esoteric Nazism and how it intersects with Vril. I also talk about Willy Ley, an interesting German science fiction author.

To wrap it up, I examine Bulwer-Lytton's family and political legacy, and that of his children. Milner, Rhodes, and the RIIA come up, and so do the British Theosophical networks in India and Germany. Then I confront the Dope Inc. thesis that there was a "cult of Isis" that British elites sought to foster.

songs:

Flaming Lips - "In the Morning of the Magicians"

Brahmastra - "The Vril Society"

(btw after recording it was later verified that Brahmastra is NSBM which is bad but it was too specific not to use)

[originaly published on Patreon Nov 16, 2021]

In case you've ever wondered what the political fallout from a massacre is like, this is your episode. Brave Colonel Varela faced obfuscation and misdirection from Yrigoyen's government, attacks from the socialists in Congress, attacks in the press, silence, and eventually a "promotion". Then, Varela was blown up, and the chain of revenge spins out from there. It's quite a story, though!

[originally published on Patreon Nov 10, 2021]

Today's the second of three episodes about the Patagonian Revolution. If you don't know what happens, don't spoil it for yourself or others. We pick up from the resounding victories of the strikes of 1920, and discuss the ongoing struggles and strikes of 1921, which do not go quite as well, to put it mildly. This one's rough, folks. At least at the end, there's a nice sex worker-positive story of resistance, I suppose. But just wait for next week, where there's -some- measure of justice.

songs:

Hijos del Pueblo by Frente Popular

No soy de aqui ni soy de alla - Jorge Cafrune

[originally published on Patreon Nov 3, 2021]

Today's the first of a 3-part series (or 4 if you include the Simon Radowitzky episode) on the Patagonian Revolution, which a lot of people don't know about. In some ways, the story continues as these events occurred after the Radowitzky episode, also. We talk about the politics of the time, Argentina's Tragic Week and who owned Patagonia. Understanding the economic base of Patagonia is crucial to understanding the story, as well as the different forces exploiting the economy. It all culminates in waves of strikes which allow the workers to win major concessions. Much of this episode sets up the events for episode 2-3, but I promise it's not boring.

songs:

a track called Ленин (Спасибо, Ильич!)

A Las Barricadas

[originally published on Patreon Oct 26, 2021]

Today I return to looking at novels as spycraft, particularly Lewis Carroll, JM Barrie, and HG Wells. I go through Carroll's connections to Oxford, his hobbies and predilections, his relationship with the Liddell family, and the enduring fixation Carroll's work has for pedophiles to this day.

Then, I look at JM Barrie, his ties to the literary scene and the throne, his relationship with the Llewelyn Davies family, and the fate of those children. 

To wrap it up, I discuss several of HG Wells more interesting works, including the World Set Free, the Open Conspiracy, and the New World Order. 

You might have known some of what I talk about today, but I'm certain there are some salient details that biographers seem to like to leave out. 

songs:

• Wonderland by T*ylor Sw*ft

• Enter Sandman by Met*llica

• New World Order by Meg*deth

• the Eve of the War from Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds

[originally published on Patreon Oct 20, 2021]

Today's about Argentina and it's radical history. We're talking about immigrants from Europe bringing their politics, the economic base of Argentina, and a May Day massacre that triggered a wild chain of events. We trace the life of Simon Radowitzky from the Ukraine to Argentina, to Ushuaia prison, to an escape, then back to prison, then to Uruguay, then Spain during their civil war, then finally Mexico City. It's a wild story.

songs:

• Noy Soy de Aqui ni Soy de Alla by Jorge Cafrune

• Maldita Burguesia from the album 'Marchas y Canciónes de Lucha de los Obreros Anarquistas Argentinos'

• Fusiles Contra el Patrón from the album 'Canciónes de la Resistencia Española'

• Simón Radowitzky Anarquista Ucraniano y Héroe en Argentina, and excerpt from film, not sure who performed the song

[originally published on Patreon Oct 12, 2021]

Today's all about novels as spycraft. I introduce the premise, the different classifications, and then briefly discuss Ian Fleming, George Viereck, Robert Ludlum, John le Carré, George Orwell, Anthony Burgess, and then Aldous Huxley.

First I talk about Thomas Henry Huxley, Aldous's grandfather, the X Club, the rise of Darwinism and Social Darwinism, its connections to Rhodes, Milner, and the Fabians, and HG Wells.

Then, I go through Aldous Huxley's life, his time in Hollywood, his friends and circle, and how he set up networks in the US to promote drug culture. 

songs:

• snippets of Musica Ricercata by György Ligeti (Eyes Wide Shut)

• Henry the Eighth by Herman’s Hermits

• Brave New World by Motorhead

[originally published on Patreon Sep 15, 2021]

Today I answer a question about Roberto Bolaño and his work, read and discuss some of By Night in Chile, and discuss the role crime novels have in society.

Then, I'm outed as a believer of magick in another Q&A question asking my opinion on the material basis of magick and whether the ruling class practices magick. I discuss Mormonism in several ways, white and black magick, stage magic, Giordano Bruno and Professor Ioan Culianu, John Dee, the CIA's stage magician John Mulholland, Haitian voudon, a research office tied to the Human Ecology Fund researching witchcraft for psychological warfare, the FBI memo about using magickal harassment (Beware the Siberian Beetle!), and other hints.

songs: 

• Cualquier Noche Puede Salir el Sol by Los Muertos de Cristo

• Do You Believe in Magic? by the Lovin’ Spoonfuls

[originally published on Patreon Sep 8, 2021]

Today's answering two questions - first a deep dive into JFK vs US Steel, wherein we discuss US Steel picking a fight with JFK, how his administration fought back, who was actually on the board of US Steel, a curious op-ed called “Steel: the Ides of April” that appeared in Fortune magazine afterwards in 1962, and then I link the board to WCC/Permindex. 

Then I discuss the WTC's potential hidden meanings/symbolism, psychogeography, sensory overload and overstimulation by design, UFOs, then a look at who built the new WTC, who owns the building, and how the whole thing functioned as a massive handout to private real estate developers.

songs:

• источник – ничего не будет

• Break Stuff by Limp Bizkit

[originally published on Patreon Aug 24, 2021]

I said I wasn't gonna do an episode this week, but I can't help myself. and out of 8 Q&A questions, I made it through precisely one, lol. looks like Q&A will definitely be on a rolling basis.

today we talk about the coin shortage and the elimination of cash. right off the bat, we talk about the World Economic Forum and the Great Reset, then the function cash plays in the underground economy. from there, we go into the Free Silver movement and its war against the nefarious gold standard, including William Jennings Bryan. From the Free Silver movement, we go into L. Frank Baum and his Wizard of Oz as metaphor for the Silver vs. Gold debates of the time, and then we explore the theosophical underpinnings of Oz.

from there, things really come off the rails, and we discuss some of the more esoteric Oz movies, including the demented Return to Oz, and then wrap it up with a discussion of Dr. William Joseph Bryan, the hypnotist.

songs: 

- outtakes from Jimmy Page’s Lucifer Rising soundtrack looped

- the King of the Surf Guitar by Dick Dale

[originally published on Patreon Aug 19, 2021]

We're talking Sopranos, mafia bust-out schemes, private equity, animal rights, the Vestey family and business, trusts, Tyson Foods, the Great Chickenization, CAFOs, environmental damage, USSR grain deals, the great farm bustout of the 1980s, the Volcker Shock, the Posse Comitatus psyop, central planning, the Iowa Farm Bureau, agricultural company mergers, some novel anti-Dengist talking points, and how it's all about monopoly capital. You don't need to be talked into it. Get in here and check it out.

Song:

Taxes on the Farmer Feed Us All by Ry Cooder

Today I'm rejoined by the journalist and author Douglas Valentine (@DouglasValentine77) to finish our discussion about the Harrelson investigation. In this episode, he explains the nature of politically protected drug trafficking, the Dixie Mafia, and how and why Charles Harrelson killed a federal judge.

Valentine explains what he found in his investigation, the nature of the material evidence which got Charles Harrelson a new trial, how Sheehan botched the case, and how Woody undermined it himself on top of that. Further, Valentine explains how we are living in an illusory reality with regards to political realities.

artwork by @deep_red_bells

Songs:

Stagger Lee performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Ain’t the Reaping Ever Done by Eddie Noack

Today I'm rejoined by the journalist and author Douglas Valentine (@DouglasValentine77) to discuss his work for Woody Harrelson investigating his father, Charles Harrelson. This episode lays the groundwork for understanding Valentine's relationship to Daniel Sheehan and how this working relationship began.

Along the way, Valentine discusses the Karen Silkwood case, his previous work, the Christic Institute and Daniel Sheehan, and the very complicated and messy nature of his work charting out espionage and drug networks.

artwork by @deep_red_bells

Songs:

Friend of the Devil by the Gr8teful Dead

I Don’t Want to Get Adjusted to This World by Iris DeMent

unlocked from Patreon:

www.patreon.com/ProgrammedToChill

Major content warning for today's episode re consistent discussion of emotional, physical, and sexual child abuse throughout the episode. As always, I stayed away from specifics, but parts are still rough.

Today's about the life of Walter Breen, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and about eight or nine different rabbit holes involving mental illness, numismatics, gifted kids, science fiction, the Society for Creative Anachronisms, pedophiles, wandering bishops, and magick. 

Songs:

Toujours by Roedelius

Rue Fortune by Roedelius

Megaloschemos II (Bulgarian Orthodox Hymns)

Toujours by Roedelius

(Unlocked from Patreon)

[note: I quoted/translated extensively from Oswaldo Zavala's Los cárteles no existen: Narcotráfico y cultura en México (2018) because it had not yet been translated yet into English. Subsequently, an English translation has come out]

First entry into a new series on paranoid cinema, and I'm joined by Dmitri (@drposhlost) of Subliminal Jihad to discuss the Sicario films, Sicario (2015) and Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018). We go through the plots of each film and discuss how they might function as a limited hangout. Among various topics, we talk about Taylor Sheridan and the nature of screenwriting. 

Then we discuss the broader Mexican drug war. We talk about the banks, McCoy and Peter Dale Scott, plane crashes and container ships, and then compared the Sicario films to the analysis provided by the book Los Carteles No Existen (The Cartels Do Not Exist) by Oswaldo Zavala, before arriving at the dark truth about the drug war in Mexico.

Songs:

Ghost Dope by Juicy J

Sanguinarios del M1 by El Movimiento Alterado

Push It to the Limit by Paul Engemann

La Granja by Los Tigres del Norte

(unlocked from Patreon)

Today I'm joined by Fergal Schmudlach (@irregnata) from the Kingless Generation podcast to discuss paleo-parapolitics. 

We start by discussing several points of mutual interest regarding Japan. Then we get into what anthropology can tell us about Marxism and serial killing. We talk about The Power of Ritual in Prehistory: Secret Societies and Origins of Social Complexity by Brian Hayden among other works. 

Songs:

for the twin by Daisuke Tanabe

hard off haul by Daisuke Tanabe

dried donuts by Daisuke Tanabe

Links:

https://twitter.com/irregnata 

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

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

(unlocked from Patreon; episode 4 of 4)

Reid (@seriations) and Wendy Painting (@BirdWendy2) finish our conversation about Ghostbusters. In this episode, I go through Dan Aykroyd's career, his family history, the history of mediums, sus gurus, and the producer Ivan Reitman.

Then I get into the Simon Necronomicon and the Magickal Childe bookstore and the crossover with themes in Ghostbusters. We attempt to explain the wave of films about psychics in the 1980s as part of the same rightward cultural push and attempt to vindicate the Ghostbusters EPA agent.

Then, to finish, Wendy does a tarot reading for me and Reid. Full disclosure: the first reading was way too accurate and personal to leave in, though maybe I will explain it one day.

Wendy Painting's Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/wendyspainting

artwork by @DEEP_RED_BELLS

Songs:

Magic by the Cars

Mind Crawler by Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats

The Passenger by Iggy Pop

Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr.

Links:

Patreon: ⁠www.patreon.com/ProgrammedToChill⁠

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

(unlocked from Patreon; episode 3 of 4)

Reid (@seriations) and Wendy Painting (@BirdWendy2) continue our conversation about Ghostbusters. In this episode, we continue with the film and discuss dissociation and possession, sus architecture, the backstory of Ivo Shandor, the Tuguska Incident, and more. 

Wendy Painting's Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/wendyspainting

artwork by @DEEP_RED_BELLS

Songs:

Superstition by Stevie Wonder

Ghost Ryders In The Sky by Johnny Cash

Links:

Patreon: ⁠www.patreon.com/ProgrammedToChill⁠

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

(unlocked from Patreon; episode 2 of 4)

Reid (@seriations) and Wendy Painting (@BirdWendy2) continue our conversation about Ghostbusters. In this episode, we continue discussing scenes from the film. Along the way, we discuss parapsychology, gifted children, Thelma Moss and Marilyn Monroe, hologram technology, all manner of things. 

Wendy Painting's Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/wendyspainting

artwork by @DEEP_RED_BELLS

Songs:

Trepanation by Millennium Parade

Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend by Marilyn Monroe

Magic Man by Heart

Links:

Patreon: ⁠www.patreon.com/ProgrammedToChill⁠

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

(unlocked from Patreon; episode 1 of 4)

For Crackpotoberfest 2023, I am joined by Reid (@seriations) and Wendy Painting (@BirdWendy2) to discuss the hit film Ghostbusters (1984). In this episode, we get into a poll as to which Ghostbusters character we'd be and then begin discussing the film.

Wendy Painting's Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/wendyspainting

artwork by @DEEP_RED_BELLS

Songs:

Hello From the Spirit World by Aesop Rock

I Believe It’s Magic by Mick Smiley

The Gods Of Science by the Coup

Links:

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ProgrammedToChill

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

(unlocked from Patreon)

Today I'm joined by a special guest, the great Keith Allen Dennis, to continue our discussion about Ryōichi Sasakawa, the world's richest fascist. In this episode, we cover the Liberal Democratic Party, the Three Amigos (Kodama, Sasakawa, and Kishi), the 1955 system, and Sasakawa's ultranationalist ties. We cover Sasakawa's life from the 1950s on through into the 1990s. 

This includes his interactions with the Moonies and other cults like waterology, recovering looted war gold, open-air brothels, karate, and the repair of Sasakawa's reputation, such as it is. We go over the "plata o plomo" approach to Sasakawa's reputation laundering, including the long list of casualties of Sasakawa's critics, and ask the question "how much money do you have to give to become a good person?" Finally, Keith Allen Dennis leaves us with a good old fashioned ghost story.

Links:

https://keithallendennis.bandcamp.com/

https://www.oldbisbeerecords.com/keith-allen-dennis

Songs:

Wikiup by Keith Allen Dennis

The Wind by Keith Allen Dennis

(unlocked from Patreon)

Today I'm joined by a special guest, the great Keith Allen Dennis, to discuss Ryōichi Sasakawa, the world's richest fascist. In this episode, we cover Sasakawa's early life through into the 1950s and 1960s, but largely focus on his pre-war and wartime activities.

Along the way, we discuss Sasakawa's interest in aviation, his legitimate and illegitimate business ventures, his entry into the world of organized crime, and the general ultranationalist milieu. Along the way, Dennis tells us about Moral Rearmament as well as the Moonie connections. Part 2 will cover more of Sasakawa's life from the 1950s on through the rest of his life.

"more like Sus-akawa, am I right?"

Links:

https://keithallendennis.bandcamp.com/

https://www.oldbisbeerecords.com/keith-allen-dennis

Songs:

Up the Hassayampa by Keith Allen Dennis

Venus in Twilight by Keith Allen Dennis

Twilight Zone by Keith Allen Dennis

(unlocked from Patreon)

Today I'm joined by Joe from the Deeep Fried Friends podcast for the second of two episodes on the Rote Armee Fraktion aka the Red Army Faction  aka the Baader-Meinhof Gang. We examine this group through the lens of the film, the Baader Meinhof Complex. Joe walks us through the second half of the film where the RAF executes a series of increasingly alienating terrorist actions. 

We go over the various types of blowback this brought down on Germany and the Left. We discuss the second and third generations which were even more compromised and untethered from the workers and the masses than the first generation. We talk about the film's director and producer and their weird careers, and then get to the meat of how the RAF was undoubtedly manipulated by state actors on both sides.

Episode 2:

Baader Meinhof by Baader Meinhof (Luke Haines)

Ulrike’s Brain is Missing by Luke Haines

There's Gonna Be an Accident by Baader Meinhof (Luke Haines)

Back on the Farm by Baader Meinhof (Luke Haines)

Ulrike by Chumbawamba

Links:

⁠https://deepfriedfriends.podbean.com/⁠

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

(unlocked from Patreon)

Today I'm joined by Joe from the Deeep Fried Friends podcast for a two-parter on the Rote Armee Fraktion aka the Red Army Faction  aka the Baader-Meinhof Gang. We examine this group through the lens of the film, the Baader Meinhof Complex. Joe explains Germany's New Left and 1968 movements leading into the formation of the terrorist organization, some of their earlier actions, and one or two very interesting events in their early career.

Songs:

Baader Meinhof by Baader Meinhof (Luke Haines)

Vitamin C by Can

Theme from “Burn, Warehouse, Burn” by Baader Meinhof (Luke Haines)

Mogadishu by Baader Meinhof (Luke Haines)

GSG - 29 by Baader Meinhof (Luke Haines)

Links:

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

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/?m=0

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

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

Songs:

Devil’s Work by Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats

Gimme Danger by Iggy Pop & the Stooges

Today I'm joined by Anna Krivolapova (@AnaKrivolapova), the author of a short story collection, Incurable Graphomania (2023). These 14 stories include themes of "voyeurism, paranoia, defense contractors, Russian stewardesses, venomous WASPs, and more".  We discuss some of her literary, cultural, and paranoiacal influences. Anna reads several passages including an entire story - my favorite from the collection - The Reagan-Blair Manifesto.

Along the way we discuss various themes familiar to listeners of the show, including McGowan and the PTK thesis, video games, school shooters, hypnosis, and a few new topics such as Russian culture, the female and general literary scene, sus international adoptions.

Note: as always for literary episodes, reading the book beforehand is nice but not necessary; let this episode introduce you to her fiction and check out her book.

episode artwork is the book's cover (original design by Mark Wadley), used w/ permission from the author

Links:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CCW2HGMX?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_GWQWYW63BQ033EHEW1FH

https://apocalypse-confidential.com/books/

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

Songs:

All The Things She Said by t.A.T.u.

Jigsaw by Psychic TV

Судно by Молчат Дома

Post-Soviet Models by Tzusing

Headhunter by Front 242

Сестра by Аквариум

(Unlocked from Patreon, part 2 of 2)

Today's the second half of the Lake and Ng story, or should I say, the Lake/Ng/Balazs story. I cover their abduction and murder spree, their detection, arrest and capture, and subsequent trial. Along the way, there are various anomalies in how the case is handled, especially relating to Cricket and her full-use immunity deal. Was a broader network involved?

Episode 2 Songs:

Reborn by Colin Stetson

Hail, Paemon! by Colin Stetson

the Ballad of Lake and Ng by Exodus

Links:

https://www.patreon.com/ProgrammedToChill

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

(Unlocked from Patreon, part 1 of 2)

Today I go through the first half of the story of Leonard Lake and Charles Ng. I cover their early lives, careers in the US Marines, their relationships and ties to crime networks, their thoughts and motivations leading up to their crime spree. 

Episode 1 Songs:

Mendocino by the Sir Douglas Quintet

Christine’s Song by the Flying Burrito Brothers

Bad Moon Rising (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover) - Satin Puppets and Nxghtshade

Links:

https://www.patreon.com/ProgrammedToChill

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

Today I'm joined by the journalist and author Douglas Valentine (@DouglasValentine77) to discuss his new book, Pisces Moon: the Dark Arts of Empire. The book provides perspective on his life's work exposing the misdeeds of America's intelligence community. Along the way, he also shares his thoughts on current events, spirituality, and answers crucial questions about his career.

Songs:

Sinister Purpose by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Links:

www.douglasvalentine.com/

Merch:

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

(Unlocked from Patreon)

In this episode, I go through the life of Richard Ramirez, starting with his parents. I discuss Ramirez' early life, and how it was the perfect storm to create a killer.  Every factor you can think of played a role. We're talking about radiation, chemicals, crime, child abuse, head trauma, Satanism, drugs, porn, the supernatural, and of course you can't discuss Richard Ramirez without covering his Green Beret cousin and his snuff material.

I cover some of his crimes and go through various anomalous aspects to his crime spree and trial, including sus ass Sean Penn  Ultimately, we're faced some serious implications.

Songs:

Conversations with the Devil by Ramirez

Midnight Marauder by Ramirez

Lil Motorola by Ramirez

the Voices in the Dark by Ramirez

Children of the Void by Ramirez

Merch:

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

(Unlocked from Patreon)

Today I'm joined with Esalen Professor Emeritus (@PastichePsyop) for part 2 of our conversation about esoteric Santa Cruz.

We continue to talk about Domhoff, the Christ Circle, Bohemian Grove, the beatniks, troubled teen rehabs, Synanon, Arthur Hempel, communes, data mapping of dog mutilation incidents, nudist colonies, and Ed Kemper. Even Thomas Pynchon. It's a great episode.

Songs:

Sunday Lunch by Carpenter Brut

Turbo Killer by Carpenter Brut

Paradise Warfare by Carpenter Brut

(Unlocked from Patreon)

This week I'm joined by Pastiche Psyop (@pastichepsyop) to discuss Santa Cruz, the University of Santa Cruz and its very curious psychology department, Thomas Sarbin, Craig Haney, David Marlowe, Frank X Barron, Bert Kaplan, G. William Domhoff, the entirely unrelated Santa Cruz serial killer boom, Ed Kemper, Herb Mullin, especially John Linley Frazier,  and a wide range of very curious topics. It's extremely good.

(part 1 of 2)

Songs:

Escape from Midwich Valley by Carpenter Brut

Sexkiller on the Loose by Carpenter Brut

(episode unlocked from Patreon; it was also from 2021 so keep that in mind as my podcast and my research into this topic have both progressed since then)

Today's all about Wayne Williams, perhaps one of the most interesting figures I've ever looked at. I talk about the atypical ATKID investigation, Williams' early life, the Phenix City connection to nearby Fort Benning, the porn connection, the infamous Soledad O'Brien interview, Mitch WerBell III, and the occult connection. The implications are very, very dark.

Songs:

portions of the Beyond the Black Rainbow soundtrack

Paegan Love Song by Acid Bath

(episode unlocked from Patreon; it was also from 2021 so keep that in mind as my podcast and my research into this topic have both progressed since then)

Full disclosure: this one might be rough because we're talking about child murder here. Don't mess around with your mental health; you can always listen to it later when you're in a better headspace.

That said, today I'm talking about one of the many unacknowledged (by Agent Douglas) predecessors to the FBI's Behavior Science Unit - Dr. Lunde, a forensic psychiatrist to the criminally insane. He worked with Ed Kemper, John Lindley Frazier, Herb Mullin, the Hollywood Strangler, the Girl in the Box case, Dan White, Jonestown, Patty Hearst, Howard Hughes; all things you'd think Agent Douglas might mention right? 

After that, I get into the Atlanta Child Murders as presented by Agent Douglas, introduce Wayne Williams, and then deconstruct some of the myths around the murders as per Programmed to Kill and The List. It's really intense.

Next week is the deep dive on Wayne Williams. Trust me; it's gonna be nuts.

Songs: 

Fear No Evil by Killer Mantis

portions of the Beyond the Black Rainbow soundtrack

What’s Beef by Biggie Smalls w/ edit

(episode unlocked from Patreon due to the increased popularity and skepticism of Programmed to Kill)

Today, I look at the concept of serial killers as laid out by the FBI, specifically in Agent John E. Douglas's book 'Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit' and Netflix series, and then I compare it to Dave McGowan's 'Programmed to Kill: the Politics of Serial Murder'. I talk about the history of the concept, specifically the FBI's revisionism in pretending they invented the study of serial killers.

Then I go into Ed Kemper (and to a lesser degree Herb Mullin) as depicted in the book and show, and the very interesting facts that get curiously left out of these popular histories. Full warning: it gets pretty weird, as we get into 'behavioral modification' experiments at Atascadero and Vacaville, and if Vacaville comes up, you know the Symbionese Liberation Army will as well.

Song:

Murder On My Mind by YNW Melly

Links:

https://centerforaninformedamerica.com/

www.patreon.com/ProgrammedToChill

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

Today I'm joined by the journalist Nick Bryant (@Nick__Bryant) to discuss new developments in the Johnny Gosch case and to compare and contrast the Franklin and Epstein cases. Most importantly, we discuss Epstein Justice, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit which is dedicated to obtaining justice for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein and obtaining prosecutions for the perpetrators.

Songs: They'll Never Keep us Down by Hazel Dickens

Links:

https://epsteinjustice.com/

https://nickbryantnyc.com/

www.patreon.com/thenickbryantpodcast

http://cavdef.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page

Merch:

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

(unlocked from Patreon premium feed)

(episode 1 of 2)

I couldn't help myself; not long after Monty and I did our four-part series on Freemasonry, I came into more information about the Jesters which in some ways unlocked the gates of hell. Content warning for child abuse.

Monty and I discuss the disappearance of Johnny Gosch, a paperboy from West Des Moines, Iowa back in 1982, including the Jester connections. We talk about the case history. We also talk about the mayor George Mills and the police chief Orval Cooney (both Jesters), and Monty walks us through the Des Moines Register as a nexus for fascism and pedophilia. I explain the curious connection of the Gab Line and the phone company.

Monty explains the appearance of Sam Soda as well as Noreen Gosch's claims, and we return to Mills and Cooney. We try to make sense of Gunderson's and Bonacci's claims. All of this led us inexorably back to Omaha.

episode art by Dakota (@DEEP_RED_BELLS)

Songs:

[515] and People = Shit by Slipknot

Gently by Slipknot

New Abortion by Slipknot

Links:

https://twitter.com/MontyBaby7

https://cavdef.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page

Merch:

https://www.patreon.com/ProgrammedToChill

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

(Unlocked from Patreon)

Today I'm joined by Candice Wuehle, the author of the novel Monarch (2022), a dizzyingly great work about beauty pageants, dissociation, mind control, and the occult. We start with a discussion of her literary influences and career before we enter a discussion of Monarch's plot and themes up to and including Monarch programming itself.

Note: as with most literary episodes, you would probably get more out of it if you've read Monarch but the episode should still be enjoyable if you haven't read it yet. Shout-out to Nucky for recommending the episode and providing some questions.

artwork by Dakota

Songs:

Right or Wrong by Wanda Jackson

My Daddy Doll by Tammy Wynette

CANT BE DEFEATED by NECROEZ

Deep Red Bells by Neko Case

Candice's Links:

https://www.candicewuehle.com/

Jimmy's Links:

https://www.patreon.com/ProgrammedToChill

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

This is part two of an Irish double feature with Trash (@bidenbigboi). In this episode, we continue our discussion of No Japs at My Funeral , discussing the Troubles. Later, we also discuss the Commitments, a nice musical comedy film to discuss life in the Republic of Ireland.

Episode 60 Songs:

I Spy (For The F.B.I.) by John Hiatt

Teenage Kicks by the Undertones

The Men Behind the Wire by the Wolfe Tones

I Love You by Fontaines D.C.

Big by Fontaines D.C.

Links: 

https://twitter.com/bidenbigboi

www.patreon.com/programmedtochill

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

Today I'm joined by Trash (@bidenbigboi) for more weepy Irish bullshit; this time through a double feature, the 1980 no wave film No Japs at My Funeral and the 1991 film the Commitments. In this episode, we largely discuss No Japs at My Funeral which is a vehicle through which we also discuss various aspects of The Troubles, especially the earlier period.

Episode 59 Songs:

I Can’t Stand Myself by the James Chance and the Contortions

Alternative Ulster by Stiff Little Fingers

Banana Republic by the Boomtown Rats

Links: https://twitter.com/bidenbigboi

www.patreon.com/programmedtochill

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

(unlocked from Patreon)

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Today I'm rejoined by Dakota (@DEEP_RED_BELLS) to finish our conversation about the musical group Death Grips. We continue analyzing Exmilitary. This includes discussing the sample from the songs Culture Shock and 5D, leading us to discuss lightworkers, Blavatsky, Elizabeth Clare Prophet, and the Church Universal and Triumphant. Then we have an extended discussion on MC Ride's tattoos, their symbolism, and the various left-hand path traditions to which they allude.

After that, we discuss the band's timeline, examine Epic Records' artists and executives, and the events surrounding their most controversial acts of self-sabotage and magic(k)al rebirth. This includes their time at the Chateau Marmont, fighting with their own label, leaking their own album, the possibility that their extreme online popularity may not be entirely organic, and the group's conception of the role of magic(k) in their careers.

To wrap up, Dakota tells some personal tales of debauchery set to Death Grips' music.

Songs:

No Love by Death Grips

You Might Think He Loves You for Your Money but I Know What He Really Loves You for It's Your Brand New Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat by ‘’

I’ve Seen Footage by ‘’

The Fear by ‘’

I Want It I Need It (Death Heated) by ‘’

Links:

https://twitter.com/DEEP_RED_BELLS

https://twitter.com/chrncllymlstd

Merch:

https://www.patreon.com/ProgrammedToChill

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

(unlocked from Patreon)

(part 1 of 2)

Today I'm joined by Dakota (@DEEP_RED_BELLS) to discuss the musical group Death Grips. We talk about our personal experiences listening to them, the band's history and then discuss the band's familiarity with chaos magic(k). Then we get into some song analysis. I tended to focus on Exmilitary out of sheer familiarity with it but we do talk about various eras between the two episodes.

Finally, we ask the important question: folks, are Death Grips members of a "Mansonoid conspiracy"?

Note: I say 'sigil' weird in this; I know how it should be pronounced in general

Songs:

Death Grips by Death Grips

Klink by ‘’

Beware by ‘’

Get Got by ‘’

Hacker by ‘’

Links:

https://twitter.com/DEEP_RED_BELLS

https://twitter.com/chrncllymlstd

Merch:

https://www.patreon.com/ProgrammedToChill

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

After a speedrun through 800 years of Anglo-Irish history, I'm joined by Trash (@bidenbigboi) to discuss the Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) by Ken Loach. The film takes place during the Irish War of Independence and the beginning of the Irish Civil War. We discuss the film, what it means to be Irish-American, and the various themes and lessons we can learn from such a film. 

Episode 44 Songs:

Come Out Ye Black and Tans by Derek Warfield and the Wolfe Tones

the Wind That Shakes the Barley by the Alias Acoustic Band

Links:

www.patreon.com/programmedtochill

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

It's that most wonderful time of year - St. Patrick's day. To get in the mood I'm launching the inaugural episode of the Hibernian Film Club. I'm joined by Trash (@bidenbigboi) to discuss the Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) by Ken Loach, but to get to that point, we're forced to reckon with nearly 800 years of Anglo-Irish history to properly contextualize the film. This episode is an attempt to cover that history to get to discussing the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War. 

Episode 43 Songs:

Go On Home British Soldiers by Saoirse

Thousands Are Sailing by the Pogues

The Foggy Dew by Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones

Links:

www.patreon.com/programmedtochill

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

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The eleventh and final episode in conversation with Wendy Painting, author of Aberration in the Heartland of the Real: The Secret Lives of Timothy McVeigh. In this episode, we discuss the Oklahoma City Bombing as American Gladio, a strategy of tension scenario in which terror is used as social conditioning.

(note, to record 11 episodes, at certain points we were both getting quite tired, so neither of us might be at our most eloquent)

Then, Wendy Painting discusses her literary influences, the events that inspired her to write, her views as an author, and so forth. To cap it off, we discuss why there are multiple versions of her book and she explains the issues she's faced with her publisher.

Wendy Painting's Kofi:

https://ko-fi.com/wendyspainting

series art by @r.voy_ (building upon the original illustration by Bobby Joe Crouch

Bonus Episode 41 songs:

Guayaquil by Los Hermanos Gutiérrez

Doctor Jeep by Sisters of Mercy

the Vanishing American Family by Scuba Z

Links:

www.patreon.com/programmedtochill

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

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The tenth episode in conversation with Wendy Painting, author of Aberration in the Heartland of the Real: The Secret Lives of Timothy McVeigh. In this episode, somewhat afield of the McVeigh case, we discuss the concept of synchronicities. Returning to McVeigh, Wendy explains 'the Bourne Scenario' and the bizarre circumstances of McVeigh's public execution.

Wendy Painting's Kofi:

https://ko-fi.com/wendyspainting

series art by @r.voy_ (building upon the original illustration by Bobby Joe Crouch

Bonus Episode 40 songs:

Hasta La Muerte by Los Hermanos Gutiérrez

Bad Company by Bad Company

Links:

www.patreon.com/programmedtochill

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

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The ninth episode in conversation with Wendy Painting, author of Aberration in the Heartland of the Real: The Secret Lives of Timothy McVeigh. In this episode, we discuss the events of the Oklahoma City Bombing and its aftermath, including McVeigh's arrest, experiences with lawyers, and psychiatric evaluations. We discuss McVeigh's dissociative disorder and the implications therein. Yet again, Wendy has blessed us with extremely interesting, never-before-made public new information about the involvement of Dr. Jolyon West, arch-MKULTRA shrink, in the McVeigh case.

Wendy Painting's Kofi:

https://ko-fi.com/wendyspainting

series art by @r.voy_ (building upon the original illustration by Bobby Joe Crouch

Bonus Episode 39 songs:

I’m A Gun by Lorne Greene

Look What They Done to My Song by Miley Cyrus

Links:

www.patreon.com/programmedtochill

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

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The eighth episode in conversation with Wendy Painting, author of Aberration in the Heartland of the Real: The Secret Lives of Timothy McVeigh. In this episode, we discuss McVeigh's increasingly outlaw lifestyle including his relationship to bank robbers, Elohim City, hypnosis, and his interest in Ufology.

Wendy Painting's Kofi:

https://ko-fi.com/wendyspainting

series art by @r.voy_ (building upon the original illustration by Bobby Joe Crouch

Bonus Episode 38 songs:

I Love Robbing Banks by David Allan Coe

How Bizarre by Otara Millionaires Club

Guns + Ammunition by July Talk

Merch:

www.patreon.com/programmedtochill 

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

the lusty Orthogonian speaks 

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The seventh episode in conversation with Wendy Painting, author of Aberration in the Heartland of the Real: The Secret Lives of Timothy McVeigh. In this episode, we discuss McVeigh's 'bombing odyssey', his travels all over the country on the gun show circuit, his concerning and increasing ties to various right wing extremists, his time at Waco, and the fine line between paranoia and awareness.

Wendy Painting's Kofi:

https://ko-fi.com/wendyspainting

series art by @r.voy_ (building upon the original illustration by Bobby Joe Crouch

Bonus Episode 37 songs:

These Boots Are Made For Walking by Nancy Sinatra

Goin’ Out West by Tom Waits

Links:

https://www.patreon.com/ProgrammedToChill 

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

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The sixth episode in conversation with Wendy Painting, author of Aberration in the Heartland of the Real: The Secret Lives of Timothy McVeigh. In this episode, we discuss McVeigh's relationship with Jack Oliphant, which leads us to discuss Jack Oliphant's spooky career. This includes Oliphant's involvement in the whole JFK thing, Oliphant's involvement in the whole Hoffa thing, Oliphant's weird religious ties and spooky ordinations, and Oliphant's career as a cult leader. This episode also includes information Wendy has never discussed publicly. Wild stuff.

Wendy Painting's Kofi:

https://ko-fi.com/wendyspainting

series art by @r.voy_ (building upon the original illustration by Bobby Joe Crouch

Bonus Episode 36 songs:

Mass Hypnosis by Bill Fisher

Run Run Run by the Third Rail

Gates of Hell by Uncle Scratch's Gospel Revival

Where is My Mind by the Pixies (cover by the Motion)

Merch:

https://www.patreon.com/ProgrammedToChill

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

Unlocked from Patreon

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The fifth episode in conversation with Wendy Painting, author of Aberration in the Heartland of the Real: The Secret Lives of Timothy McVeigh. In this episode, we discuss McVeigh's relationship with Roger Moore. This brings us to discuss the curious case of Roger Moore and his spooky career, ranging from speedboats, dope, contra arms deals, snitches, anti-Castro terrorists, and more. Excitingly, Wendy debuts critical new information about Roger Moore, never discussed publicly, regarding Moore's involvement in Stinger Missiles

Wendy Painting's Kofi:

https://ko-fi.com/wendyspainting

series art by @r.voy_ (building upon the original illustration by Bobby Joe Crouch

Bonus Episode 35 songs:

Smuggler’s Blues by Glenn Fry

the Stingers Theme by the Stingers from Jem and the Holograms

Company Man by the Company Band

Links:

https://www.patreon.com/ProgrammedToChill

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

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Unlocked from the Patreon side: The fourth episode in conversation with Wendy Painting, author of Aberration in the Heartland of the Real: The Secret Lives of Timothy McVeigh. In this episode, we discuss McVeigh's time in the National Guard and what that signifies, and his time as a security guard at various locations including CALSPAN. That leads Wendy to explain what CALSPAN is and what it does. That leads her to explain CALSPAN's involvement in operation NORTHSTAR, which leads her to discuss PATCON, and McVeigh's possible/probable involvement.

Wendy Painting's Kofi:

https://ko-fi.com/wendyspainting

series art by @r.voy_ (building upon the original illustration by Bobby Joe Crouch

Bonus Episode 34 songs:

Conspiracy Theory by Weerd Science

Nervous by Deniro Farrar

Pepper by Butthole Surfers

Merch:

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

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The third episode in conversation with Wendy Painting, author of Aberration in the Heartland of the Real: The Secret Lives of Timothy McVeigh. In this episode, we discuss McVeigh's experiences in the US army before and during his deployment in the First Gulf War. Wendy walks us through hell, discussing the conditions under which McVeigh fought and the things he saw, such as the Bulldozer Assault and the Highway of Death. Then, we discuss McVeigh's much-discussed tryout for US Special Forces and his stories around being inducted into a black ops team.

Wendy Painting's Kofi:

https://ko-fi.com/wendyspainting

series art by @r.voy_ (building upon the original illustration by Bobby Joe Crouch

Bonus Episode 33 songs:

Peace Sells by Megadeth

50,000 Unstoppable Watts by Clutch

Informer by Snow

Links:

https://www.patreon.com/ProgrammedToChill 

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

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The second episode in conversation with Wendy Painting, author of Aberration in the Heartland of the Real: The Secret Lives of Timothy McVeigh. In this episode, we discuss McVeigh's upbringing and early family life, including normal and abnormal issues in the McVeigh household. Wendy explains McVeigh's youthful hacking. We begin to discuss McVeigh's time in the military and his anomalous medical records.

Note: Wendy accidentally says McVeigh supposedly has issues in 23 of his 22 teeth, transposing the numbers.

Wendy Painting's Kofi:

https://ko-fi.com/wendyspainting

series art by @r.voy_ (building upon the original illustration by Bobby Joe Crouch

Bonus Episode 32 songs:

Somebody’s Watching Me by Rockwell

Strange Things Happening Every Day by Yola

Frontier Psychiatrist by the Avalanches

Links:

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

https://www.patreon.com/ProgrammedToChill

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Unlocked from Patreon: Today's the first episode in conversation with Wendy Painting, author of Aberration in the Heartland of the Real: The Secret Lives of Timothy McVeigh. In this episode, we discuss Wendy's narrative archetypes to organize the flood of contradictory stories about Timothy McVeigh. This is necessary groundwork for understanding everything that follows.

Note: if you want to hear the next four episodes without waiting, go subscribe on Patreon. 

Wendy Painting's Kofi:

https://ko-fi.com/wendyspainting

series art by @r.voy_ (building upon the original illustration by Bobby Joe Crouch

Bonus Episode 31 songs:

X-Ray Visions by Clutch

A Shotgun Named Marcus by Clutch

Other Links:

https://www.patreon.com/ProgrammedToChill

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

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Today I'm joined by Marcus from 'the Return of the Repressed' podcast to discuss Jim Jones and Jonestown. We discuss further the People's Temple connections to Synanon and related groups, sus Indiana, the Jonestown Red Brigades, Jim Jones' schizophrenic positions on geopolitics, Guyanese politics, normie ass takes on cults, and a few interesting tangents. To finish, we discuss alternate theories to the Jonestown mass casualty event, the ever-important question, "where did the money go?", and our lack of clear conclusions.

Check out Marcus's podcast, the Return of the Repressed!

Links:

https://anchor.fm/thereturnoftherepressed

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

Songs:

Reverberation (Doubt) by the 13th Floor Elevators

Monkey Island by the 13th Floor Elevators

Run Through the Jungle by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Merch:

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

(Part 2 of 3)

Today I'm joined by Marcus from 'the Return of the Repressed' podcast to discuss Jim Jones and Jonestown. Marcus walks us through Jim Jones's early career, his psychiatric history, Guyanese history and anthropology, the Ukiah era, welfare scams, drug rehabs, several more interesting topics, and my personal favorite: the very curious crossover between Jones's ministry, the Mendocino State Hospital, Emmanuel Swedenborg, and Herb Mullin. Oh, and the first school shooter in the US.

Links:

https://anchor.fm/thereturnoftherepressed

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

Songs:

Kingdom of Heaven by the 13th Floor Elevators

You Don’t Know by the 13th Floor Elevators

Don’t Fall Down by the 13th Floor Elevators

Merch:

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

(Part 1 of 3)

Today I'm joined by Marcus from 'the Return of the Repressed' podcast to discuss Jim Jones and Jonestown. We discuss the 'known unknowns' with regards to Jonestown. Marcus walks us through the many early reactions to Jonestown which seem to nail it on the head, including those near to Representative Leo Ryan. We talk about the 'mystery tape'. Then, we lay the groundwork for understanding Jonestown by delving into the religious background of the Jones church including the Branhamites, the Latter Rain movement, and the curious crossover between these religious groups and cults across the world, especially in Africa. 

Links:

https://anchor.fm/thereturnoftherepressed

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

Songs:

You’re Gonna Miss Me by the 13th Floor Elevators

Tried to Hide by the 13th Floor Elevators

Merch:

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

Unlocked from Patreon: Today's the last of the horror movies for CrackpotoberFest 2022 - Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1995) aka Texas Chainsaw Massacre IV. I'm joined by the unrivaled Dakota (@Dakota045143812) to discuss the film. We go through the weird vibes and the increasingly paranoid themes. Then, we cover the existence of comparable blackmail and murder rings that have been exposed in the past.

Links:

https://twitter.com/Dakota045143812

Songs:

Blood in the Streets by the Jasons

Longhaired Redneck by David Allan Coe

I’ve Seen Footage by Death Grips

Merch:

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

Unlocked from the Patreon: 

Today's the third of four horror movies for CrackpotoberFest 2022 - Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995) aka Halloween 6. I'm joined by Blauer (@blauer_geist) to discuss the film. Blauer helps me walk us through the plot to Halloween 6, the cult of Thorn, and especially contextualizes the film within the Halloween franchise as a whole. Then, I discuss the Matamoros cult in relation to the film, and hopefully point out some things which go under-discussed when Matamoros comes up.

Links:

https://twitter.com/blauer_geist

https://apocalypse-confidential.com/

Songs:

Halloween Theme

Brujerizmo by Brujeria

el Padrino by Church of Misery

Merch:

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

Today's the second of four horror movies for CrackpotoberFest 2022 - Ghostwatch (1992), and I'm joined by Fortean expert Tanner Boyle (@TannerFBoyle1) to discuss the film. Tanner walks us through the plot and we discuss the film and its themes, which include spiritualism, baby farming, psychological operations, Jimmy Savile, the Society for Psychical Research, and even, yet again, a Jonestown connection.

Links:

https://twitter.com/TannerFBoyle1

https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-fortean-influence-on-science-fiction/

Songs:

Con Clave Con Dio by Ghost

Satan Prayer by Ghost

Ghost Song by the Doors

Merch:

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

Today's the first of four horror (or quasi-horror) films for CrackpotoberFest 2022 - Girl, Interrupted, both the memoir and the film. I discuss Susanna Kaysen and her father, a very interesting figure. I talk about McLean Hospital, Jim Watson, spies at McLean, and Kaysen's later career.

Then, I go over some interesting themes that Girl, Interrupted the film injects into the narrative - some potentially spurious, some maybe not. To wrap up, I discuss the history of MKULTRA projects at McLean and the general area. CrackpotoberFest only gets weirder from here.

Note: I make two mistakes in this episode. I think I conflate bipolar disorder and BPD which is not the fault of the film or memoir, and I also say that one of the characters kills herself to Downtown when it's a different song. My bad.

Songs:

Knockin’ Round the Zoo by James Taylor

White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane

Downtown by Petula Clark

Angel Baby by Rosie & the Originals

Merch:

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

Unlocked because I discuss Jeffrey Dahmer in the episode. 

Yes, Ira Levin and William Peter Blatty were both spies, but What Does It Mean? I go through the careers of both authors and flag the times they worked for US intelligence, then how perhaps their writing was affected by that fact, and then the reverberations their work has had on society. With Levin, we meet the Ayn Rand circle, Malachi Martin, the weirdness of Rosemary's Baby, the Stepford Wives, the Boys From Brazil, Son of Rosemary, and so on.

With Blatty, we discuss USIA, the Groucho Marx connection, the Ninth Configuration, the Exorcist, Mark David Chapman, the Zodiac, the Exorcist III, Dahmer, and I cite the great pd187 and Christopher Knowles on the Exorcist film.  To wrap it up, I discuss the "less well-known" David St. John, who weirdly corresponds with Candy Jones, and how the saga of Tom Dooley III shows that religious psyops are not exactly new. And the songs are pretty great this episode too, lol.

Songs:

Black Sabbath by Coven

Pact with Lucifer by Coven

Wicked Woman by Coven

excerpts from the Exorcist soundtrack

Room 213 by Church of Misery

Today I'm joined by Laihall to discuss Indigenous history as parapolitics, or as Laihall pointed out, parapolitics is indigenous history. We talk about chaos magick, surrealism, and the theft of Indigenous artifacts, Terra Nullius, trading companies as massive corporate operations, and many other topics.

In particular, Laihall links Indigenous oppression to reasons grounded in capitalist expansion, and links this to the dark history of the Residential schools. Along the way, we discuss Indian metal and even talk skinhead oi. Finally, we discuss when Indian workers have led and fought together with other workers, and a potential path forward.

I made a donation to the Indian Residential School Survivors Society, and I encourage my listeners who can to do so here:

https://www.irsss.ca/

Songs:

Gyitwaalkt by Gyibaaw

Gisigwilgwelk and Diitk by Gyibaaw

St'at'imc Constitution song

Merch:

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

Today I compare and contrast actual Japanese National Socialism to Japanese ultranationalism by looking at the life and work of Motoyuki Takabatake. Then, I look at the Shōwa Research Association and the Imperial Rule Assistance Association, both of which studied socialism in order to integrate and subvert it. Then I go through Masao Maruyama's framework for fascist development in Japan.

After that, I go through the life of Sōgen Ōmori whose life puts on full display several of the themes I've been tracing throughout the Imperial Japan series. Finally, I conclude with a few interesting facts I learned about Toyama and the Black Dragon Society at the end of my research - things which tie into sexpionage honeypot type operations.

Song:

Song of Shōwa Restoration

Merch:

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

In this episode, I go through the history of Zenkyo as well as the armed resistance era of the JCP, from roughly 1929 to 1930, leading to the arrest of nearly everyone. I discuss the nature of police repression and Nikolai Bukharin's expulsion and purging from the Party and accompanying changes to the Comintern. I explain the rise of Japanese nationalism and the effective end to the prewar JCP. Then, I review several scholars' attempts to write an obituary to the prewar JCP.

Songs:

Dat Stick by Rich Brian

平和を守れ - Defend Peace

Merch:

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

Today we talk about the Rice Riots of 1918 and the potentially revolutionary conditions in Japan, the Peace Preservation Laws, and the Comintern Conference of 1922. I lay out the JCP's program as of 1922 and compare it to existing political parties of the era. I discuss Hitoshi Yamakawa and his faction, Nikolai Bukharin's theses of 1927, and the Kazuo Fukumoto faction. I trace the rough trajectory of the Yamakawa faction in the coming years, and discuss police repression. 

Song:

Listen! Workers of the World

Merch:

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

Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/ProgrammedToChill

Today I discuss the various groups and influences that led to the creation of the Japanese Communist Party, and its first theorist, Katayama Sen. I discuss his life, the 1922 Comintern Conference, and track the functional end of the Japanese anarchist movement, leading us to discuss Masahiko Amakasu. I talk about Amakasu's role in Manchuria, the Manchukuo Film Association, and his production of China Nights aka Shanghai Nights (1940), and hate on another academic for a bit. Luckily, the story of Masahiko Amakasu as a good ending.

Song:

The Internationale (in Japanese)

I go over the early Bolshevik state's relationship with Imperial Japan. You won't be surprised to find out it is acrimonious. I tell the story of Sergei Lazo, the Nikolaevsk Incident, the industries backing détente with the Soviets, and the rise of Japanese conceptions of pan-Asianism. To wrap up, I talk about the man of steel himself, and his words for and against Japan.

Song:

Fish Heaven / the Sakana Song

Third of three episodes on the Crying of Lot 49, I'm joined by Dr. Pig Bodine aka CJ (@Pussy___Teeth) and Boyd Beaver (@Boyd_Beaver) to discuss Thomas Pynchon's 1966 novel, the Crying of Lot 49. In this episode, I (@JimmyFalunGong) walk us through the Nazi connections in the Crying of Lot 49, specifically in relation to MKULTRA. 

To do that, we present Programmed to Chill Masterpiece Theatre (thanks to Alex @mrcheesepills for performing our Dr. Hilarius), two partial performances of passages from the novel. I discuss some underappreciated aspects to LSD history in the US, discuss Henry Murray, Uncle Ted, and the Holocaust. Finally, we attempt to find a way out of the exitlessness as prescribed by Thomas Pynchon's novel.

Songs:

Psychotic Reaction by the Count Five

Interstellar Overdrive by Pink Floyd

Second of three episodes on the Crying of Lot 49, I'm joined by Dr. Pig Bodine aka CJ (@Pussy___Teeth) and Boyd Beaver (@Boyd_Beaver) to discuss Thomas Pynchon's 1966 novel, the Crying of Lot 49. In this episode, Boyd walks us through the surprisingly interesting and relevant 16th century Dutch revolution and its importance to the novel. He explains to us how postal systems and intelligence went hand in hand and how many of the characters from the confounding Jacobean revenge play of the novel are real people. Boyd lays out what Pynchon is getting at, and does a fantastic job doing the deeper dives into history that Pynchon's novels encourage of its readers. To conclude, we go out with another one of CJ's loving renditions of Pynchon's songs.

Episode 2 Song:

Serge's Song by Pussy Teeth

First of three episodes on the Crying of Lot 49, I'm joined by Dr. Pig Bodine aka CJ (@Pussy___Teeth) and Boyd Beaver (@Boyd_Beaver) to discuss Thomas Pynchon's 1966 novel, the Crying of Lot 49. In this episode we lay the groundwork for our discussion, spend time deconstructing the popular academic interpretations of the novel, and ask the vital question, "what is the point of academia?" Also, we go out with one of CJ's loving renditions of Pynchon's songs.

Episode 1 Songs:

I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night by the Electric Prunes

My Daddy, My Doggie, and Me by Pussy Teeth

To celebrate the show's anniversary, I'm unlocking what just might be the best episode I've ever done. Today I talk about a MKULTRA subproject studying sexual psychopaths; I believe it vindicates McGowan's Programmed to Kill thesis. This is truly insane stuff, and I don't believe anyone's made these connections before. I couldn't believe it.

Songs:

Piano and String Quartet by Morton Feldman (shout-out to whoever said it would be great in an episode, you weren't kidding)

Murder Company by Church of Misery

Today I'm joined by Bill (@BTH_Bill) and Boltzmann Booty (@BoltzmannBooty) to discuss the Oklahoma City Bombing generally and Andreas Strassmeir specifically. They walk us through the basics of the bombing and some reasons to doubt the official 'lone wolf' narrative. We discussed the 1988 Sedition Trial, the nature of informants and provocateurs, and got into the life of Strassmeir. They made a convincing case that Strassmeir was an informant based on his prior counterintelligence work, behavior, and actions. They explained Vincent Petruskie, Strassmeir's extracurricular activities, his visa, PATCON, Dave Holloway, the infamous traffic stop, and Elohim City.

Bill and Boltzmann Booty walked us through the body of evidence linking Strassmeir to Timothy McVeigh and the bombing plot, Strassmeir's escape, and his subsequent activities. Finally, we attempted to come to an understanding of what happened at Oklahoma City.

Links:

The OKC Bombing Archive at the Libertarian Institute: https://libertarianinstitute.org/okc/

@BoltzmannBooty threads: https://twitter.com/BoltzmannBooty/status/1427054422572642313?t=lR2q5dCvrvGFO51_vuv-Lg&s=19

JD Cash: www.constitution.org/1-Corruption/okc/jdt05-07.htm

Aberration in the Heartland of the Real by Dr. Wendy Painting: https://trineday.myshopify.com/products/aberration-in-the-heartland-of-the-real

Songs:

Comancheria by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

Lord of the Plains by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

Comancheria II by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

Today we wind the clock back a bit and discuss some geopolitics to better contextualize Imperial Japan, and to understand the different factions within the Japanese government. Specifically, we talk about the pro-Russian and anti-Russian factions, who they were, who backed them, and how the alignments worked. From there, we discuss the Ōtsu Incident, weirdly not very well-known in the West, which was when a Japanese police officer attempted to assassinate the Tsarevich Nikolai II on a visit to Japan. This prompted a massive international incident. You know I have to get a bit nutty discussing the would-be assassin. To wrap it up, I discuss a few more obscure Japanese secret societies, and the Russo-Japanese war.

Note: over time the free episode feed will post less regularly, eventually down to maybe one episode a month, but for now, it'll probably be every other week

Song:

Jazz Suite, Waltz No. 2 by Dmitri Shostakovich

Today we finish the story of Yoshiko Kawashima, covering the decline of her career. Along the way, Yoshiko starts a restaurant, she hangs out with the actress Yoshiko Yamaguchi, and Ryōichi Sasakawa make an appearance. We go over the demise of more of her lovers, and discuss her pet monkeys. Ultimately, Yoshiko is put on trial and executed. To wrap it up, we talk about what happened to her family in communist China and come to some conclusion about her life.

Song:

Mata Hari by Efendi

We pick up on the story of Yoshiko Kawashima in Shanghai; she left for Manchuria shortly after the Manchurian Incident. This is where she interacts with Emperor Puyi, and when Kawashima starts working for Ryukichi Tanaka of Japanese military intelligence. We discuss Kawashima's role in the Shanghai Incident, and then her role leading 'Vigilance Corps' in Rehe. To conclude, we discuss the nature of the state of Manchukuo.

Songs:

She Wonders Why by Whitey Smith

Nighttime Shanghai Dance by Whitey Smith

Part 1 out of 3

You know I had to revisit the life of Yoshiko Kawashima, Japan's gender-nonconforming ethnic Manchu princess and spy. This episode sets the stage, discussing Kawashima's biological and adopted fathers, the circumstances surrounding her childhood, her inspirations, suitors, and the first indications that a legend was being contrived. We follow her life up to her marriage with a Mongol military officer - generally everything before she became famous.

Song:

Numb (Linkin Park cover) by Kuular

Today I'm joined by Rob McKenzie, the author of El Golpe: US Labor, the CIA, and the Coup at Ford in Mexico, to discuss the CIA's subversion of the international labor movement. He takes us through a crash course on modern US labor history and focuses on the American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD), a little-known organization that played an outsized role in geopolitics through its role in labor. Along the way we discuss James Jesus Angleton, George Meany, Jay Lovestone, the Reuther brothers, and meet several very interesting characters. 

We discuss AIFLD's role in Guyana, Brazil, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Chile as setup to discuss the potentially revolutionary context of Mexico in the 1980s. That's when the strikes at Ford Cuautitlán led to a massacre due to the involvement of AIFLD and other actors. It's a great interview for an exceptional book.

Links:

https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745345628/el-golpe/

Songs:

UAW-CIO by Pete Seeger

Luz y Sombra by Ry Cooder

Today we wrap up the story of Nisshō Inoue, picking up with his time in prison, where he received uniquely lax/privileged treatment. Interestingly, Inoue was placed in charge of Tenko at Kosuge prison, and met several notable inmates. Then, like with Alfried Krupp, we trace Inoue's first day out of prison; I argue that a person's first day out of prison says quite a lot about that person. Then we cover Inoue's new role/identity as advisor to Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. After the war, Inoue was interrogated by SCAP upwards of 28 times, and met some very interesting SCAP figures. I sidetrack myself talking about the journalist Mark Gayn, who had some interesting interactions with Inoue. Then I cover the end of Inoue's life as a political fixer and old man perv. Finally, I reveal the hidden, occulted truth about prewar ultranationalist terrorism, including but not limited to Nisshō Inoue.

Songs:

Come Spy with Me by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

Battotai, the Imperial Japanese Army March

Today we discuss Nisshō Inoue's many, many connections with ultranationalist terrorism, and the attacks he planned in with the Blood Oath Corps Incident. This was an extreme plan that, were it to have succeeded, would have assassinated 20 of the top zaibatsu executives and politicians in Japan. They managed to kill a central banker as well as a Mitsui executive. The high-profile trial allowed Inoue and his accomplices to present their case to the public. Finally, we discuss the fallout of the Blood Oath Corps Incident on Taisho democracy.

Song:

Runaway Horses by Philip Glass

Today we explore Nisshō Inoue's spiritual life, and watch his voyage into Zen Buddhism. We discuss his spiritual practice as an ascetic, and cover his dreams and visions. Did Inoue achieve enlightenment? Inoue made a number of prophecies, as well. Inoue's relationship to the Nichiren sect is discussed. Finally, we leave Inoue receiving post-enlightenment training.

Songs:

various tracks from Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters by Philip Glass

outro - "Mishima / Closing"

Today's the first of four episodes on Nisshō Inoue. This episode covers his early life, including his family background and education, his wartime experiences, his probable recruitment as a spy, and his activities in Manchuria. Inoue also spied during WWI, then spied in Shanghai, and met Mitsuru Toyama. 

Songs:

Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us, by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Today we talk about a modern-day vice: video games, and I'm joined by Alex (@mrcheesepills), Kade (@kadelikesmusic8), CJ (@pussy___teeth) of the MINDGAMEZ (@MINDGAMEZpod) podcast. We discuss their podcast, our personal experiences with video games, good and bad. We also discuss our hopes and our paranoid fears for the medium. It's a great introduction to the boys and their show.

MINDGAMEZ Links:

https://anchor.fm/mindgamez

https://twitter.com/MINDGAMEZPOD

Songs:

Four to Six - Math the Band

Bitch I'm High - Ramirez

Today's about how Zen Buddhism was used to prepare people for Japan's imperial wars. We look at the example of Lt. Colonel Gorō Sugimoto, an officer in the Kwantung army who wrote a popular work on Zen and militarism, as well as the societal effects his legacy had on Japan. We talk about the spiritual fallout of Japan's loss of WWII, and how DT Suzuki knew the right parties to blame. We discuss which sects apologized for their wartime roles and which didn't, and how that's reflected in economic realities. Then we discuss corporate Japan's weaponization of Zen to discipline some of their employees, and who was studying this phenomenon. We cover Zen priests who wrote against this corporate Zen boom, and Zen Buddhism's ongoing popularity with Japan’s Self-Defense Forces, and some of the darker ties to intelligence.

Today we cover the Control and Imperial Way factions in Imperial Japan, and then get into Imperial Way Buddhism, Japanese Zen Buddhism's drift into nationalistic, militaristic territory. We discuss the Youth League for Revitalizing Buddhism, which sought to oppose this drift, and how it was undermined by the police state. Then we discuss Bushido and its interactions with Zen, and extensively quote DT Suzuki about the nature of Zen Buddhism and why it was so easily coopted by the state. 

Song:

Samurai Showdown by the RZA, w/ sample from Ghost Dog film

Today I'm joined by Twitter personality eBeggin (@eBeggin1) to discuss what sounds like a made up ideology - Nazi Maoism, though as we'll see, it was real, and though it wasn't widespread, it caused quite the wake. During the episode, we talk about third Positionism, National Bolshevism, and especially how Gladio was behind much of it, as well as the Order of the Solar Temple. We discuss Franco Freda, Jean-François Thiriart, Dugin and Limonov, and Luc Jouret. It's great!

[episodes on Japan will resume after this week]

Songs:

Скрудж by Бранимир  

Когда погаснет солнце by Свидетельство О Смерти

Today we slow down and start to explore Imperial Japan, spiritually speaking. This is the first of two episodes about Zen Buddhism under Imperial Japan. There's a brief history of Zen Buddhism in order to explain New Buddhism. New Buddhism was utilized by Imperial Japan to control their population and to exert power overseas. Then, we discuss Gudō Uchiyama and Zen Buddhism's resistance to New Buddhism and the Japanese state. We talk about High Treason Incident and its very interesting connection to Japanese railroads. 

Song:

The Preacher and the Slave - Utah Phillips

The Sound of Breath - SiM