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Apr 10, 2024 • 1h 2min

Bonus Episode 10 - The Neverending Rabbit Hole: the Life and Times of Alexander Guterma pt. 2, feat. Boyd Beaver

Expert Boyd Beaver and host dissect Alexander Guterma's business ties, RFK's war on IG Farben, mafia conflicts, political blackmail rings, Resorts International, diamond mining, and more. Touches on Howard Hughes, drug trafficking, and Roswell connections.
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Apr 9, 2024 • 1h 45min

Bonus Episode 09 - Why the Economy is Not Real: the Life and Times of Alexander Guterma pt. 1, feat. Boyd Beaver

[originally published on Patreon Jan 12, 2022; for the retarded theory that Guterma was a tulpa, see Penny Royal's episodes instead] Part 1 of 3: Today I'm joined by a very special guest, Boyd Beaver (@Boyd_Beaver) to discuss one of the weirdest figures in modern history, Alexander Guterma, who was a con man, businessman, figure involved in organized crime, and intelligence asset. We discuss Isaiah Leebove, Sam Garfield, and the Purple Gang before Boyd establishes (conclusively, in my opinion) Guterma's origins as a Russian Jew whose family resettled in Manchuria. Then, we talk about Guterma's misadventures in China, Hawaii, and the Philippines before Guterma's eventual arrival in Florida. We discuss the nature of collaboration with the Japanese, his contacts with intelligence, and why this would be significant. Guterma resettled to Florida, and we discuss kenaf at length, and then the long and surprising list of companies he managed to acquire, including the spooked up Hal Roach film studio, and a radio network. All of this leads us to hypothesize that the economy is simply not real. Songs (largely curated by Boyd Beaver):
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Apr 8, 2024 • 1h 26min

Premium 19 - Immanuel Velikovsky: Heresy, Freud, Catastrophism, Spies, Psychological Operations, and the Occult

[originally published on Patreon Today I go through the life and times of Immanuel Velikovsky, one of the most interesting figures in recent times. I discuss the importance of Freud to Velikovsky's works, and the main themes of Worlds in Collision. I discuss Einstein's relationship to Velikovsky, and Velikovsky's network of followers. While this is probably not the final word on Velikovsky, I think I come to a pretty grounded explanation of how and why the Velikovsky affair got so out of hand, and why Catastrophists and New Chronologists all seem to be spooks and occultists. Songs: Saturn by Sufjan Stevens Venus by Frankie Avalon For What It's Worth by Buffalo Springfield
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Apr 7, 2024 • 1h 5min

Premium 17 - Q&A 5, or, “spies? in MY New Chronology study group? it’s more likely than you think”

[originally published on Patreon Jan 3, 2022] Today's a fun one because I answer a Q&A question about how much of what we know about history is crafted into a false narrative. I go through a straightforward discussion of a few major gray areas including Stonehenge, and Heribert Illig's Phantom Time Hypothesis, and discuss the evidence for and against it. That opens up a very deep rabbit hole. We're talking New Catastrophism, New Chronology, Velikovsky, Christoph Marx, Alfred de Grazia, and a Soviet spy ring embedded within a New Chronology study group.  Songs: Na Dne by Molchat Doma Discoteque by Molchat Doma
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Apr 6, 2024 • 1h 3min

Premium 16 - Novels as Spycraft pt. 5, the Paranoia Fulfilled, with Ira Levin, William Peter Blatty, and David St. John

[originally published on Patreon Dec 29, 2021] You're premium subscribers, you already know the score. Yes, Ira Levin and William Peter Blatty were both spies, but What Does It Mean? I go through the careers of both authors and flag the times they worked for US intelligence, then how perhaps their writing was affected by that fact, and then the reverberations their work has had on society. With Levin, we meet the Ayn Rand circle, Malachi Martin, the weirdness of Rosemary's Baby, the Stepford Wives, the Boys From Brazil, Son of Rosemary, and so on. With Blatty, we discuss USIA, the Groucho Marx connection, the Ninth Configuration, the Exorcist, Mark David Chapman, the Zodiac, the Exorcist III, Dahmer, and I cite the great pd187 and Christopher Knowles on the Exorcist film.  To wrap it up, I discuss the "less well-known" David St. John, who weirdly corresponds with Candy Jones, and how the saga of Tom Dooley III shows that religious psyops are not exactly new. And the songs are pretty great this episode too, lol. Songs: Black Sabbath by Coven Pact with Lucifer by Coven Wicked Woman by Coven excerpts from the Exorcist soundtrack Room 213 by Church of Misery
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Apr 5, 2024 • 1h 17min

Premium 15 - Novels as Spycraft pt. 4, J.D. Salinger, the CIC, Nazis, Brainwashing, and the Exoteric Message of Freemasonry

[originally published on Patreon Dec 7, 2021] Today's episode is nuts. I don't hear anyone referring to Salinger as a spy, and yet he was very much a spy. He served in the army's counterintelligence corps where, as it turns out, he saw some remarkable and horrific things. Then  possibly got brainwashed by Nazis? I'm legitimately not joking; he was at least in the position to be brainwashed. After that, he married a Nazi spy and brought her to the US. I discuss his spiritual dilettantism, and then I go over the Joyce Maynard affair, pulling out a few very curious details that rarely get addressed. Then of course I talk about the curious role the Catcher in the Rye has played in various assassinations, and what might be in the novel that would catch the eye of an assassin. To wrap it up, I discuss the possibility that the novel contains Freemasonic themes and messages.  Songs: "Catcher in the Rye" - Dandy Warhols "fais moi mal Johnny" - Boris Vian "Catcher in the Rye" - GRANT "Everything is Gonna Be Alright" - John Hinckley Jr.
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Apr 4, 2024 • 47min

Premium 14 - Novels as Spycraft pt. 3 - Edward Bulwer-Lytton and the Cult of Isis

[originally published on Patreon Today's all about Edward Bulwer-Lytton, whose works are very unique. His writing was incredibly popular and full of high strangeness, if not outright occult themes. In this episode, I talk about The Last Days of Pompeii, Zanoni, and Vril: the Power of the Coming Race.  I also discuss the Morning of the Magicians, a curious work by some French journalists that discusses (among other things) esoteric Nazism and how it intersects with Vril. I also talk about Willy Ley, an interesting German science fiction author. To wrap it up, I examine Bulwer-Lytton's family and political legacy, and that of his children. Milner, Rhodes, and the RIIA come up, and so do the British Theosophical networks in India and Germany. Then I confront the Dope Inc. thesis that there was a "cult of Isis" that British elites sought to foster. songs: Flaming Lips - "In the Morning of the Magicians" Brahmastra - "The Vril Society" (btw after recording it was later verified that Brahmastra is NSBM which is bad but it was too specific not to use)
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Apr 3, 2024 • 42min

Premium 13 - Patagonian Revolution pt. 3, the Avenger, the Avenger’s Avenger, and the Avenger’s Avenger’s Avenger

[originaly published on Patreon Nov 16, 2021] In case you've ever wondered what the political fallout from a massacre is like, this is your episode. Brave Colonel Varela faced obfuscation and misdirection from Yrigoyen's government, attacks from the socialists in Congress, attacks in the press, silence, and eventually a "promotion". Then, Varela was blown up, and the chain of revenge spins out from there. It's quite a story, though!
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Apr 2, 2024 • 48min

Premium 12 - Patagonian Revolution pt. 2, the Second Conquest of the Desert

[originally published on Patreon Nov 10, 2021] Today's the second of three episodes about the Patagonian Revolution. If you don't know what happens, don't spoil it for yourself or others. We pick up from the resounding victories of the strikes of 1920, and discuss the ongoing struggles and strikes of 1921, which do not go quite as well, to put it mildly. This one's rough, folks. At least at the end, there's a nice sex worker-positive story of resistance, I suppose. But just wait for next week, where there's -some- measure of justice. songs: Hijos del Pueblo by Frente Popular No soy de aqui ni soy de alla - Jorge Cafrune
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Apr 1, 2024 • 44min

Premium 11 - Patagonian Revolution pt. 1, or, “me, going back for more general strikes”

[originally published on Patreon Nov 3, 2021] Today's the first of a 3-part series (or 4 if you include the Simon Radowitzky episode) on the Patagonian Revolution, which a lot of people don't know about. In some ways, the story continues as these events occurred after the Radowitzky episode, also. We talk about the politics of the time, Argentina's Tragic Week and who owned Patagonia. Understanding the economic base of Patagonia is crucial to understanding the story, as well as the different forces exploiting the economy. It all culminates in waves of strikes which allow the workers to win major concessions. Much of this episode sets up the events for episode 2-3, but I promise it's not boring. songs: a track called Ленин (Спасибо, Ильич!) A Las Barricadas

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