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Olof Palme: The Last Swedish Statesman - Part 2 (AE241)

 
We continue our series on the Olof Palme assassination with the great and iconoclastic scholar, Ola Tunander. Check out his series of articles on the Palme assassination, beginning here: “The Killing of PM Olof Palme: Part I (DRAFT).”
Ola is Research Professor Emeritus with the Peace Research Institute in Oslo. He earned his doctoral degree in 1989 with a thesis on US Maritime Strategy. Ola has written and edited 15 books on geopolitics, military strategy and European security, submarine warfare, and deception operations (aka psychological operations).
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Casey Moore, graphics
Michelle Boley, animated intro
Mock Orange, music

Olof Palme: The Last Swedish Statesman - Part 1 (AE240)

This episode kicks off our series on the Olof Palme assassination with the great and iconclastic scholar, Ola Tunander. Check out his series of articles on the Palme assassination, beginning here: “The Killing of PM Olof Palme: Part I (DRAFT).”
Ola is Research Professor Emeritus with the Peace Research Institute in Oslo. He earned his doctoral degree in 1989 with a thesis on US Maritime Strategy. Ola has written and edited 15 books on geopolitics, military strategy and European security, submarine warfare, and deception operations (aka psychological operations).
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·         Dana Chavarria, production
·         Casey Moore, graphics
·         Michelle Boley, animated intro
·         Mock Orange, music

George Hunter White and the Creep State (AE239)[TRAILER]

Max Arvo is back to discuss his Substack piece, "George Hunter White: American Heretic, American Missionary." We also talk about the unfolding Iran War debacle.
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Music: "I Can't Seem To Think" by Mock Orange
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!!
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Iran-Contra as Watergate 2.0 (AE238)

 
Aaron and Bryce discuss the Iran War and how the Iran-Contra spectacle functioned as a Watergate 2.0 by effecting a realignment of US politics in which Zionist neoconservatism became hegemonic in the realm of foreign policy.
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IMAGE: Iran-Contra Scandal Trading Cards by Eclipse Enterprises (1988), #35: John Poindexter, National Security Advisor.

Deep Politics and the Dying Empire (AE237)

Aaron is joined by Sean McCarthy, co-host of the Rocinante podcast, to discuss US Empire and the deep politics approach to understanding and explaining it.
Sean McCarthy is on Substack!
 
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“Thank You For Your Service!” (AE236)

Aaron is Joined by Luke Peterson to discuss his new book, The US Military in the Print News Media. Peterson is a professor of Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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The Takedown of BCCI (AE235)

Tonery Rogers returns to discuss her research on the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI), including the takedown of BCCI and the Epstein-BCCI links to Southern Air Transport.
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JFK & the Deep State – Jeffrey Sachs (AE234)

Professor Jeffrey Sachs joins us to talk about his book, To Move the World: JFK's Quest for Peace.
Jeffrey Sachs is the Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He was also Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan on a group of poverty alleviation initiatives called the Millennium Development Goals.
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·         Casey Moore, graphics
·         Michelle Boley, animated intro
·         Mock Orange, music

Epstein Fallout - Gumby and Bryce Greene (AE233)

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Gumby joins Bryce and Aaron to discuss the life and times of Jeffrey Epstein as portrayed in the latest government releases.
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Music: "I Can't Seem To Think" by Mock Orange
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!!

'One Battle After Another' and Liberal Fantasy Fiction (AE232)

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Aaron and Max Arvo discuss One Battle After Another —the 2025 film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, and based on the 1990 novel, Vineland by Thomas Pynchon. We recommend that people watch the film before listening since we don’t attempt to give any real synopsis, nor do we avoid spoilers. Listen at your own risk!
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Music: “Old Movies” by Mock Orange
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!!