
Media Roots Radio
Since 2010, siblings and journalists Abby Martin and Robbie Martin have been doing Media Roots Radio, a political podcast with a critical eye on US foreign policy, political partisanship and what people can do to fight back. Conversational, controversial, passionate and explicit, Media Roots stands apart from the majority of podcasts coming from a similar point of view.
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Latest episodes

Jan 18, 2021 • 2h 20min
QAnonEleven, DC Military Lockdown & Trump's #StopTheSteal Wack Pack w/ gumby4christ
Robbie Martin goes through new information on the Capitol building riot on January 6th including stories about a US Military Psyops officer leading part of the march from North Carolina and Alex Jones claiming he was 'setup' by a last-minute $500k donor to organize it. Researcher gumby4christ comes on the podcast at the 29:35 mark to discuss the connections he's found to Trump's current pool of 'Wack Pack' advisors and surrogates including Lin Wood, Mike 'My Pillow' Lindell and Sidney Powell. Robbie and gumby4christ go into the possibility of Trump's #StopTheSteal legal team being used as a tool to rile up his supporters and they examine the theory that QAnon originated as a sophisticated psychological operation. Closing out the podcast Robbie discusses the alarming nature of the National Guard currently occupying DC and breaks down how Trump has authority over the National Guard until he technically leaves office.
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Jan 15, 2021 • 1h 56min
The Storm is Here, Capitol Stand Down, Purging the Deplorables
Abby and Robbie Martin talk about the surreal events of January 6th: how "Stop the Steal" was the perfect culmination of the QAnon cult with the siege of the Capitol building symbolizing the literal storm, Trump's unhinged speech and coded threats toward Pence, the clear stand down of law enforcement implicating multiple levels of government, tech monopolies purging Trump from social media and the point of no return for our consensus reality.
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Jan 2, 2021 • 28min
'Abraham Lincoln Was Not a Freemason' the Freemasonic History of the United States Part 5 [Preview]
A preview clip to Part 5 of the Freemasonic History of the United States, Brother Against Brother... Freemasonry, Knights of the Golden Circle & the Scottish Rite During the Civil War [Full episode is 4.5 hours long]. To get access to the full series, become a Patreon subscriber of Media Roots Radio for as little as $5 a month or per creation https://www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio.
Full episode synopsis:
Robbie Martin continues the Freemasonic History of the United States with Part 5 starting with speculation on Abraham Lincoln's potential Freemasonry. Robbie then moves onto the Civil War and how Albert Pike became a Confederate General tasked with recruiting the '5 Civilized Tribes' of Native Americans to the Confederate side in the war. Pike ended up commanding over 1,000 Native American soldiers in the battle of Pea Ridge resulting in great controversy that would haunt him for the rest of his life. Before the war was over a secret society Freemasonic inspired group called the Knights of the Golden Circle conspired to kidnap and assassinate Abraham Lincoln but the actual assassination itself was carried out by KGC member John Wilkes Booth. In an act of Masonic solidarity Albert Pike ends up being redeemed after the war by fellow Scottish Rite Freemason, President Andrew Johnson. The Knights of the Golden circle eventually evolved into what we know now today as the Ku Klux Klan.

Jan 1, 2021 • 1h 30min
US Generations of Fake News w/ Nolan Higdon
Abby and Robbie Martin talk to Nolan Higdon, teacher of history and media studies and the author of two books, "The Anatomy of Fake News: A Critical News Education," and "United States of Distraction: Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America" about the American legacy of fake news and how we can become media literate in todays polarized post-truth era.
WATCH // The United States of Distraction: Fighting the Fake News Invasion: https://youtu.be/fsgTYfU8ny4
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Dec 25, 2020 • 1h 23min
Failed State, Martial Law & Trump's Final Mindfuck
Abby and Robbie Martin talk about the insulting stimulus package politicians talking about giving Americans nine months into the pandemic and how Covid exposed the US as a completely failed state, Tulsi's mask off legislation in her final weeks in office, Trump surrogates floating martial law to overturn the election and the final mindfuck idea of Trump pardoning whistleblowers.
Intro/Outro music: Identity Theft - Flecktarn
https://identitytheft.bandcamp.com/
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Dec 10, 2020 • 1h 50min
CIA Assassinations, Anticommunism & the Phoenix Program w/ Douglas Valentine
Abby and Robbie Martin dive deep into the CIA assassination program during the Vietnam war known as the 'Phoenix Program' with writer and deep politics expert Douglas Valentine. After combing through the long and horrid history of CIA criminal activity and murder the discussion concludes with Douglas' take on the idea of 'Trump vs the Deep State' and how it is a false paradigm that distracts the American people away from the *real* deep state.
Intro/Outro music: Shin Megami Tensei If... OST - Donyoku Kai
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Dec 2, 2020 • 4h 4min
The Temple of Solomon, Hiram Abiff & the Masonic Origin Story of the United States Part 1 [Unlocked]
Now Unlocked!
You are listening to: The Temple of Solomon, Hiram Abiff & the Freemasonic Origin Story of the United States Pt 1. The 2nd part of this episode titled: Anti-Masonry, Prince Hall, Joseph Smith & Albert Pike, as well as Pt 3 & 4 are out now for our Patreon subscribers. Become a subscriber here: https://www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio
Robbie Martin delivers an epic 4-hour long episode of Media Roots Radio going over the Freemasonic origin story of the United States of America. Starting with the legend of King Solomon and Solomon's Temple and how it serves as the foundation of Freemasonic occultism, Robbie then examines how the Enlightenment era and Royal Society of London scientists flirted with the occult and alchemy, and how Isaac Newton became obsessed with decoding the secrets of King Solomon's Temple. Freemason influence over the Sons of Liberty and foundational figures in the Revolutionary war like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington are discussed. Robbie ends the episode with George Washington arguing with a 'conspiracy theorist' of his era in a series of letters accusing Freemasons of trying to destroy Christianity.
Written/edited/produced by: Robbie Martin w/ additional help from Sam Hyde aka Dj Sal Paradise (no relation to MDE)
Artwork: Justin Bergstrom
Music featured in episode in order....
First half:
Castlevania IV OST - Chandeliers
Actraiser 2 OST - Altheria
Actraiser 2 OST - Ice Palace
7th Saga OST - Kamil Dowonna
Actraiser OST - Sky Palast
Prince of Persia OST - Prologue
Radiant Silvergun OST - The Stone-Like
Magic Carpet OST - Track 4
Actraiser OST - Lonely Town
Actraiser 2 OST - Overworld
Actraiser OST - Birth of the People
Actraiser OST - Satan
Super Ghouls & Ghosts OST - Continue
Second half:
Actraiser OST - North Wall
Soulblazer OST - The Shrine of the Master
Actraiser OST - Sky Palast
Actraiser 2 OST - Tower of Souls
Castlevania IV OST - Prologue
Actraiser OST - Title
Illusion of Gaia OST - Great Pyramid
Castlevania IV OST - Password
Castlevania IV OST - The Cave
Castlevania IV OST - Pillared Corridor

Dec 2, 2020 • 21min
John Quincy Adams, Anti-Masonic Gatekeeper? The Masonic History of the US Part 4 [Preview]
This is a preview clip of Part 4 of the Media Roots Radio Patreon subscriber exclusive podcast series, the Freemasonic History of the United States. The full episode: The Grand Obelisk, a Golden Age of Fraternalism & the 33rd Degree is available now on our Patreon page
https://www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio
Description: Description: Robbie starts episode 4 of his ongoing United States Masonic History series with the Mexican-American war and delves into Albert Pike's role in the invasion of Mexico. Freemasonry was still popular but not as public during this time period except for one major architectural undertaking in Washington, DC, the Washington monument, designed by architect Robert Mills in the style of an Egyptian obelisk. Instead of being carved out of a single stone like ancient obelisks were, this obelisk was to be 5x larger, standing at 555 feet tall, the tallest structure in the world made from giant stone blocks, an obelisk of classic masonry. After an infamous duel between Albert Pike and Colonel Roane, Pike then decides to devote the rest of his studies and energy towards Freemasonry. Being deeply attracted to and intrigued by it's secrets, Albert Pike ascends to the 32nd degree of the Scottish Rite in only 3 years and then got the idea that it was his mission to not just re-write the entire 4th-32nd degree rituals but to re-invent Freemasonry itself.

Nov 28, 2020 • 3h 19min
The Storm Recedes? QAnon Post-POTUS & the Chan Board Origin Story of Q w/ Fredrick Brennan
Following Robbie Martin's 2-part podcast QAnon breakdown on Media Roots Radio, the anonymous (self- proclaimed) 'government insider', Q continued to post on the 8kun message board but appeared to be running out of steam, lacking the creativity and spark it once had. Trump has lost the election and gone into hiding and interestingly the anonymous poster known as Q decided to do the same, only posting 3 times total in the month of November. Unfortunately for the sitting president, Q now seemingly describes Trump as 'post-POTUS'. But what happens if or when Q stops posting? Has the QAnon movement become stronger than the identity itself? What the hell does this all mean? Robbie attempts to decipher all this from @ 01:16:00 onward. The co-founder of 8chan, Fredrick Brennan joins Robbie at the beginning of the episode to discuss his political trajectory and how he was intimately close to the technical backend of the 8chan website enough to have a plausible theory on who may be behind Q. Is it possible Jim and Ron Watkins, the father/son duo and owners of 8kun are currently posing as Q? Take another journey with Media Roots Radio into QAnon land to find out answers to these bizarre questions and more....
intro/outro music: Gescom - Seventh Stone Triangle
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Nov 22, 2020 • 2h 11min
Conspiracy Pilling the Left & Deep State Arm of Capital w/ TrueAnon's Brace Belden and Liz Franczak
Robbie and Abby are joined by Brace Belden and Liz Franczak of True Anon to discuss Bay Area music, conspiracy culture and Biden's cabinet.
Intro/Outro music: Psycho Solider OST - Theme
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