(Unlocked from Patreon) [note: I quoted/translated extensively from Oswaldo Zavala's Los cárteles no existen: Narcotráfico y cultura en México (2018) because it had not yet been translated yet into English. Subsequently, an English translation has come out] First entry into a new series on paranoid cinema, and I'm joined by Dmitri (@drposhlost) of Subliminal Jihad to discuss the Sicario films, Sicario (2015) and Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018). We go through the plots of each film and discuss how they might function as a limited hangout. Among various topics, we talk about Taylor Sheridan and the nature of screenwriting.  Then we discuss the broader Mexican drug war. We talk about the banks, McCoy and Peter Dale Scott, plane crashes and container ships, and then compared the Sicario films to the analysis provided by the book Los Carteles No Existen (The Cartels Do Not Exist) by Oswaldo Zavala, before arriving at the dark truth about the drug war in Mexico. Songs: Ghost Dope by Juicy J Sanguinarios del M1 by El Movimiento Alterado Push It to the Limit by Paul Engemann La Granja by Los Tigres del Norte

(unlocked from Patreon) Today I'm joined by Fergal Schmudlach (@irregnata) from the Kingless Generation podcast to discuss paleo-parapolitics.  We start by discussing several points of mutual interest regarding Japan. Then we get into what anthropology can tell us about Marxism and serial killing. We talk about The Power of Ritual in Prehistory: Secret Societies and Origins of Social Complexity by Brian Hayden among other works.  Songs: for the twin by Daisuke Tanabe hard off haul by Daisuke Tanabe dried donuts by Daisuke Tanabe Links: https://twitter.com/irregnata  https://www.patreon.com/irregnata/posts  https://programmed-to-chill.myshopify.com/

(unlocked from Patreon; episode 4 of 4) Reid (@seriations) and Wendy Painting (@BirdWendy2) finish our conversation about Ghostbusters. In this episode, I go through Dan Aykroyd's career, his family history, the history of mediums, sus gurus, and the producer Ivan Reitman. Then I get into the Simon Necronomicon and the Magickal Childe bookstore and the crossover with themes in Ghostbusters. We attempt to explain the wave of films about psychics in the 1980s as part of the same rightward cultural push and attempt to vindicate the Ghostbusters EPA agent. Then, to finish, Wendy does a tarot reading for me and Reid. Full disclosure: the first reading was way too accurate and personal to leave in, though maybe I will explain it one day. Wendy Painting's Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/wendyspainting artwork by @DEEP_RED_BELLS Songs: Magic by the Cars Mind Crawler by Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats The Passenger by Iggy Pop Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr. Links: Patreon: ⁠www.patreon.com/ProgrammedToChill⁠ Merch: https://programmed-to-chill.myshopify.com/

(unlocked from Patreon; episode 3 of 4) Reid (@seriations) and Wendy Painting (@BirdWendy2) continue our conversation about Ghostbusters. In this episode, we continue with the film and discuss dissociation and possession, sus architecture, the backstory of Ivo Shandor, the Tuguska Incident, and more.  Wendy Painting's Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/wendyspainting artwork by @DEEP_RED_BELLS Songs: Superstition by Stevie Wonder Ghost Ryders In The Sky by Johnny Cash Links: Patreon: ⁠www.patreon.com/ProgrammedToChill⁠ Merch: https://programmed-to-chill.myshopify.com/

(unlocked from Patreon; episode 2 of 4) Reid (@seriations) and Wendy Painting (@BirdWendy2) continue our conversation about Ghostbusters. In this episode, we continue discussing scenes from the film. Along the way, we discuss parapsychology, gifted children, Thelma Moss and Marilyn Monroe, hologram technology, all manner of things.  Wendy Painting's Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/wendyspainting artwork by @DEEP_RED_BELLS Songs: Trepanation by Millennium Parade Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend by Marilyn Monroe Magic Man by Heart Links: Patreon: ⁠www.patreon.com/ProgrammedToChill⁠ Merch: https://programmed-to-chill.myshopify.com/

(unlocked from Patreon; episode 1 of 4) For Crackpotoberfest 2023, I am joined by Reid (@seriations) and Wendy Painting (@BirdWendy2) to discuss the hit film Ghostbusters (1984). In this episode, we get into a poll as to which Ghostbusters character we'd be and then begin discussing the film. Wendy Painting's Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/wendyspainting artwork by @DEEP_RED_BELLS Songs: Hello From the Spirit World by Aesop Rock I Believe It’s Magic by Mick Smiley The Gods Of Science by the Coup Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ProgrammedToChill Merch: https://programmed-to-chill.myshopify.com/

(unlocked from Patreon) Today I'm joined by a special guest, the great Keith Allen Dennis, to continue our discussion about Ryōichi Sasakawa, the world's richest fascist. In this episode, we cover the Liberal Democratic Party, the Three Amigos (Kodama, Sasakawa, and Kishi), the 1955 system, and Sasakawa's ultranationalist ties. We cover Sasakawa's life from the 1950s on through into the 1990s.  This includes his interactions with the Moonies and other cults like waterology, recovering looted war gold, open-air brothels, karate, and the repair of Sasakawa's reputation, such as it is. We go over the "plata o plomo" approach to Sasakawa's reputation laundering, including the long list of casualties of Sasakawa's critics, and ask the question "how much money do you have to give to become a good person?" Finally, Keith Allen Dennis leaves us with a good old fashioned ghost story. Links: https://keithallendennis.bandcamp.com/ https://www.oldbisbeerecords.com/keith-allen-dennis Songs: Wikiup by Keith Allen Dennis The Wind by Keith Allen Dennis

(unlocked from Patreon) Today I'm joined by a special guest, the great Keith Allen Dennis, to discuss Ryōichi Sasakawa, the world's richest fascist. In this episode, we cover Sasakawa's early life through into the 1950s and 1960s, but largely focus on his pre-war and wartime activities. Along the way, we discuss Sasakawa's interest in aviation, his legitimate and illegitimate business ventures, his entry into the world of organized crime, and the general ultranationalist milieu. Along the way, Dennis tells us about Moral Rearmament as well as the Moonie connections. Part 2 will cover more of Sasakawa's life from the 1950s on through the rest of his life. "more like Sus-akawa, am I right?" Links: https://keithallendennis.bandcamp.com/ https://www.oldbisbeerecords.com/keith-allen-dennis Songs: Up the Hassayampa by Keith Allen Dennis Venus in Twilight by Keith Allen Dennis Twilight Zone by Keith Allen Dennis

(unlocked from Patreon) Today I'm joined by Joe from the Deeep Fried Friends podcast for the second of two episodes on the Rote Armee Fraktion aka the Red Army Faction  aka the Baader-Meinhof Gang. We examine this group through the lens of the film, the Baader Meinhof Complex. Joe walks us through the second half of the film where the RAF executes a series of increasingly alienating terrorist actions.  We go over the various types of blowback this brought down on Germany and the Left. We discuss the second and third generations which were even more compromised and untethered from the workers and the masses than the first generation. We talk about the film's director and producer and their weird careers, and then get to the meat of how the RAF was undoubtedly manipulated by state actors on both sides. Episode 2: Baader Meinhof by Baader Meinhof (Luke Haines) Ulrike’s Brain is Missing by Luke Haines There's Gonna Be an Accident by Baader Meinhof (Luke Haines) Back on the Farm by Baader Meinhof (Luke Haines) Ulrike by Chumbawamba Links: ⁠https://deepfriedfriends.podbean.com/⁠ https://programmed-to-chill.myshopify.com/⁠

(unlocked from Patreon) Today I'm joined by Joe from the Deeep Fried Friends podcast for a two-parter on the Rote Armee Fraktion aka the Red Army Faction  aka the Baader-Meinhof Gang. We examine this group through the lens of the film, the Baader Meinhof Complex. Joe explains Germany's New Left and 1968 movements leading into the formation of the terrorist organization, some of their earlier actions, and one or two very interesting events in their early career. Songs: Baader Meinhof by Baader Meinhof (Luke Haines) Vitamin C by Can Theme from “Burn, Warehouse, Burn” by Baader Meinhof (Luke Haines) Mogadishu by Baader Meinhof (Luke Haines) GSG - 29 by Baader Meinhof (Luke Haines) Links: https://deepfriedfriends.podbean.com/ https://programmed-to-chill.myshopify.com/