Afleveringen
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[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
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[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:
Goinā Back to Indiana by the Jackson Five
Indianapolis by the Bottle Rockets
Indiana Wants Me by R. Dean Taylor
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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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[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:
Š”ŃŠ°Š»ŠøŠ½Ń Š”Š»Š°Š²Š°! by Dolmatovsky / Shostakovich
War of the Gods by Amon Amarth
No More Heroes by the Stranglers
Survival by Shakewell and Fat Nick
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[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)
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[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
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[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
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[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 āFrickā, what are you gonna do
Songs:
Into Warmer Air by Hildur GuĆ°nadĆ³ttir
Ascent by āā
Erupting Light by āā
Overcast by āā
De tes yeux bleus perlƩs by Celeste
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[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
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[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
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[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
Iāve Seen Footage by Death Grips
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[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
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[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
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[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:
Knockinā Round the Zoo by James Taylor
White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane
Downtown by Petula Clark
Angel Baby by Rosie & the Originals
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[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
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[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
Frederickās Lure āā
Embraceable You āā
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[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
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[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
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[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
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[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. Pepperās Lonely Hearts Club Band by EVE
Canāt 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
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[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 Beethovenās Symphony No. 9
La Marseillaise
Black Helicopters by Non Phixion
Ode to Joy from Beethovenās Symphony no. 9
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