Media Roots Radio
Abby & Robbie Martin
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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Listen to all previous episodes on soundcloud, itunes, spotify and stitcher.
All $5 and up patrons get an exclusive bonus episode every month!
Episodes
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Apr 1, 2019 • 2h 20min
Ecstasy, Israeli Art Students & the Mossad
Robbie Martin of Media Roots Radio guides the listener through the history of the infamous 'Israeli Art Student' spy ring that was identified by the DEA in an official leaked document from 2000 and how this spy ring crosses over with the illicit global MDMA/Ecstasy trade, the 9/11 hijackers in Florida and possibly dozens of Mossad cut-out operations operating inside the United States.
In the episode we provide an exclusive report from Dancesafe.org co-founder Emanuel Sferios about his own encounter with the Israeli spy ring in 1999.
Additional documentation, video clips and pointers were provided by researchers Jon Gold and DJ Thermal Detonator
*Opening track is 'Alien Disco' by Cosmosis from 1996
*Robbie incorrectly says the Dancesafe.org office was in San Francisco, CA, it was actually located in Oakland, CA
*Robbie incorrectly refers to Urban Moving as 'Urban Moving Systems' several times before realizing his error

Mar 28, 2019 • 1h 22min
Mueller Time Fail, 5 Years of Putin Hysteria, Real Goal of Russiagate?
Abby and Robbie discuss the culmination of the long-awaited Mueller report, the five year build-up of anti-Putin hysteria, and the real goal of Russiagate being the soft censorship of anti-establishment news outlets.
Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast please consider donating to Media Roots Radio on Patreon: www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio
Check out Robbie's documentary series about the New Cold War, A Very Heavy Agenda: http://www.averyheavyagenda.com
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Mar 22, 2019 • 2h 28min
Leaving Neverland: Case Closed on Michael Jackson
Abby and Robbie start the podcast talking about the massacre of Muslims in Christchurch, New Zealand, and the widespread culpability from those who have promoted Islamophobia.
TRIGGER WARNING: From thirty minutes on, there is very strong language describing sexual assault as they discuss the documentary "Leaving Neverland" and the evidence behind Michael Jackson's child sexual-abuse allegations. They describe the film as a paradigm shift to understanding the grooming tactics of pedophiles and child molesters.
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Mar 1, 2019 • 1h 22min
Rubio Unchained, Staged Aid Outrage & Venezuela Coup
Abby and Robbie go over the latest updates in Trump's Venezuela coup operation, where Marco Rubio and others staged multiple provocations at the Colombia/Venezuela border through the guise of humanitarian aid delivery. They also discuss how progressives are running cover for the coup.
Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast please consider donating to Media Roots Radio on Patreon: www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio
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Feb 28, 2019 • 1h 59min
SCADS & Political Assassinations of the Sixties w/ Aaron Good
In this special edition of Media Roots Radio, Abby and Robbie talk to Aaron Good, a PhD student and researcher at Temple University whose work focuses on US hegemony and State Crimes Against Democracy (SCADS). Good takes a deeper look at the political assassinations of JFK, RFK and MLK during the 1960s, and reclaims the "Deep State" narrative that has been hijacked by the Trump camp. We hope you enjoy our discussion with Aaron Good about these traumatizing events in US history.
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Feb 25, 2019 • 1h 4min
The Illustrious & Horrifying Career of Neoconservative Elliott Abrams w/ Jon Schwarz
Robbie Martin interviews Jon Schwarz of The Intercept/Tiny Revolution about the shocking and horrific legacy of Iran-Contra criminal, policy-wonk and State Department neocon Elliott Abrams.
The discussion starts with the Reagan administration and Abrams' role in covering up the atrocities by death squads in Latin America. Jon later explains the specific role Abrams played in funneling money to not just the contras, but other US-sponsored proxy forces in South America. He concludes with the curiosity surrounding Abrams appointment into the Trump administration.
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Feb 20, 2019 • 1h 59min
Ilhan Omar VS The Blob, Pro-Coup Tucker, US War in Venezuela
On Media Roots Radio, Robbie gives tribute to the late genius electronic musician Phillip Western and Abby talks about her experience on Tim Heidecker's podcast 'Office Hours.' They discuss the 'free speech' grifters turning issues like internet censorship partisan, the DC Blob's coordinated smear campaign against Ilhan Omar, the ongoing US coup attempt in Venezuela and how supposed 'anti interventionists' like Tucker Carlson are actually helping promote regime change.
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Feb 1, 2019 • 1h 58min
Rand Trump Bromance, Neocon Update, The Wall Already Exists
Abby and Robbie Martin give an update to the ongoing US-backed coup attempt in Venezuela, the ridiculous government shutdown over a wall that already exists, the criminal prosecution of No More Death volunteers who leave lifesaving aid for migrants crossing the desert, Rand Paul's bromance with Trump and continued attempts to paint him as an anti-interventionist, an update on the neocons who have rebranded themselves as resistance heroes, and Trump's ever-changing timetable on the Syria troop withdrawal.
Abby's Venezuela Reports: bit.ly/2FRgPup
Best of Luck With The Wall: https://bit.ly/2g4EmuO
Empire's War on the Border: https://bit.ly/2UxzKO2
No More Deaths Statement: https://bit.ly/2UxLlg9
Fat Joe & Bill Kristol: https://bit.ly/2EYnz9l
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Jan 31, 2019 • 2h 20min
Glass Film Review, the Unbreakable Trilogy & the Disneyfication of Culture w/ Leslie Lee III
Robbie Martin starts the episode having a discussion with fellow podcaster Leslie Lee III of Struggle Session about the ‘Disneyfication’ of pop culture and why Disney absorbing the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Star Wars is actually a bad thing for the future of entertainment culture. They also discuss the current state of super hero films dominating Hollywood and movie critics being brainwashed into loving them, especially ones released by Disney.
In the second half of the episode Abby Martin joins Leslie and Robbie for a long form analysis of the Unbreakable trilogy by M. Night Shyamalan leading into an in-depth review of the last installment in the trilogy: ‘Glass’. Abby, Robbie and Leslie conclude with the question: did M. Night Shyamalan make the best super hero film (Unbreakable) and best super hero trilogy of all-time on a far lower budget than Marvel Studios?
WARNING: SPOILERS of Glass start at 1:34:00~ and SPOILERS of Split and Unbreakable start at 51:00~
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Jan 28, 2019 • 1h 8min
NewsGuard & the Fake News Watchdog Racket w/ Whitney Webb of Mint Press News
In this special episode of Media Roots Radio Robbie Martin interviews journalist and writer Whitney Webb about her recent 'NewsGuard' expose for Mint Press News. NewsGuard is the most recent iteration of the neocon/neoliberal/corporate agenda to soft-censor alternative news and status-quo challenging view points on the internet. First there was 'Prop or Not' then there was 'Alliance for Securing Democracy' now there is 'NewsGuard'.
Whitney Webb's in-depth expose of NewsGuard: https://bit.ly/2CfExvY
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