Shaun Newman Podcast #983 - E.M. Burlingame & LTC Steven Murray
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Jan 14, 2026 
E.M. Burlingame, an author and former Green Beret researching brain health, joins LTC Steven Murray, a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel skilled in cyber defense. They delve into the role of narratives in inciting street violence, the criticisms of the Canadian Trucker Convoy, and the tactics of unconventional warfare involving paid agitators. Both discuss systemic corruption in liberal democracy and the need for a revival of community values, emphasizing resilience and local self-sufficiency as key to fighting elite control.
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Guests' Past Podcasts Built Rapport
- LTC Steve Murray recounts ranking in Sean Newman's top episodes and their previous podcast experience together.
- He uses this to frame how the two guests' perspectives—information operations and historical analysis—complement each other.
Manufactured Incitement Drives Street Unrest
- Information operations deliberately manufacture street-level riots by staging paid actors to provoke emotional responses.
- LTC Steve Murray says the goal is another George Floyd-style incident to drive nationwide unrest and narrative control.
Paid Activists Power Persistent Protests
- Both guests describe protest organizers and recurring paid activists as 'color revolution' operatives.
- EM Burlingame and LTC Steve Murray say these actors travel and earn careers by staging unrest across events.
