Left Unread

This week, in part one of a three parter, the LU Boys journey to the New World of the 16th Century, and discuss the two key players in one of history’s most tragic events. We will examine the flourishing Mesoamerican Mexica civilization, and set the stage for one of modern history’s most tragic conflicts. Follow the Priests of Xipe Totec here: @leftunreadpod @poorfidalgo @gluten_yung Email enquiries here: leftunreadpod@gmail.com Theme music courtesy of the inimitable Interesting Times Gang: itgang.bandcamp.com  

The conclusion of our 5 part series, Allen Dulles’ American Utopia. Episodes 24, 28, 40, and 51 make up the first 4 parts, with companion episodes in 31, 35, and 54. To round out the series, we discuss the Gehlen Organization, Gladio, MKULTRA, Cuba, the Godfather Part II, the rise of JFK, and the death of Patrice Lumumba. We will eventually discuss some of these at much greater length in future episodes, so consider this final installment of our as-yet longest series a primer for those successor episodes. You can hire Murder, Inc. on Twitter: @leftunreadpod (Twitter and Instagram) @poorfidalgo @gluten_yung You can reach out to us at leftunreadpod@gmail.com. Suggestions and hate mail welcome. Theme music by Interesting Times Gang. Check them out at: itgang.bandcamp.com.

This week, in a companion piece to last week's Falun Gong episode, we discuss the various fraudsters who have infiltrated the world of Martial Arts. We also spend a good chunk of the episode discussing the recent tragic events in Uvalde, TX.  Contact the Green Dragon Society's School of Red Scorpion Blue Lizard Brown Puddle Martial Arts Society of the Purple Lotus here: @leftunreadpod @poorfidalgo @gluten_yung All email enquiries: leftunreadpod@gmail.com Theme music courtesy of the inimitable Interesting Times Gang: itgang.bandcamp.com

This week the LU boys return from their time in the desert to explore the Chinese spiritual and political group Falun Gong, and the various ways in which they have evolved and spread since the 90’s. Ever seen a poster for Shen Yun? Well, you’ve been touched… by Falun Gong. Reach the Practitioners here: @leftunreadpod @poorfidalgo @gluten_yung email us with questions or ideas or whatever at: leftunreadpod@gmail.com Theme song courtesy of Interesting Times Gang: itgang.bandcamp.com

A brief update on the current status of the podcast, the road ahead, and some musings on how absolutely terrible everything is here in the good ol' U S of A. We will be back to our regularly scheduled programming soon enough. Until then... You can follow the covert operation known as the Evan Files on the Muskverse: @leftunreadpod (Twitter and Instagram) @poorfidalgo @gluten_yung Send tips on possible paranormal and extraterrestrial events to leftunreadpod@gmail.com. We want to believe. Theme music by Interesting Times Gang. Check them out at: itgang.bandcamp.com.

In 1952, American prisoners of war in Korea began to make public comments about war crimes being committed by the United States, up to and including the use of outlawed biological and chemical weapons. While they were written off in the press as being given under duress and through torture and brainwashing by the communists in China and North Korea, the American military and intelligence communities were eager to get the men home and subject them to their own new frontier in interrogation that would come to morph into the infamous MKULTRA program. The reason military intelligence was so eager to get the men home? The soldiers were telling the truth. You can become a Manchurian candidate on Twitter: @leftunreadpod (Twitter and Instagram) @poorfidalgo @gluten_yung Check out Alex’s commentary on his exit from Russia on episode 31.3 of the Providence Leftist Radio Podcast, or read his article for Uprise RI here: https://upriseri.com/confronting-experience-and-contradictions-in-the-russia-ukraine-crisis/ You can reach out to us at leftunreadpod@gmail.com. Suggestions and hate mail welcome. Theme music by Interesting Times Gang. Check them out at: itgang.bandcamp.com.

This week we take a break from the past to discuss current events. Our buddy and previous guest Alexander Herbert joins us from St. Petersburg, Russia to discuss the unfolding situation in Ukraine. We also delve briefly into the recent Nazi assault outside the Red Ink Community Library in Providence which occurred last week. We had a great time talking to Alex, as always, and we hope you'll enjoy it as much as we did. Follow the LU Squad: @leftunreadpod @poorfidalgo @gluten_yung @AHerbert45 Check out Alex's fantastic podcast work: Providence Leftist Radio & The History of Rhode Island Podcast Theme music by the inimitable Interesting Times Gang: itgang.bandcamp.com

This week, the LU Boys return to the world of Cryptozoology to discuss the pervasive human Wild Man myth. Present in multiple cultures across the globe, and perhaps most famously in the North American Sasquatch and Himalayan Yeti myths, tales of giant, hairy, ‘missing link’ type creatures has long captured our imaginations…for better or worse. Follow the Squatch Hunters here: @leftunreadpod @poorfidalgo @gluten_yung Email all queries and whatever else here: leftunreadpod@gmail.com Theme music by Interesting Times Gang, check them out here: itgang.bandcamp.com

In our return to the American Utopia series, we discuss the ascension of the Eisenhower-Nixon-Dulles administration in 1952, the consolidation of power by the power elite, Joseph McCarthy’s red-baiting crusade in Washington, and the CIA coups in Iran in 1953 and Guatemala in 1954 led by Allen Dulles once he took control of the CIA as Director of Central Intelligence. You can travel to the scenic Bohemian Grove on Twitter: @leftunreadpod (Twitter and Instagram) @poorfidalgo @gluten_yung You can reach out to us at leftunreadpod@gmail.com. Suggestions and hate mail welcome. Theme music by Interesting Times Gang. Check them out at: itgang.bandcamp.com.

In this episode, we’re going to talk about a person virtually everyone has heard of: Gaius Julius Caesar. You’ve seen the ‘Veni, Vidi, Vici’ chest tattoos. You’ve had the salad and the $5 pizzas, but this week we’re going to discuss the series of conquests and conflicts that turned Caesar from an ambitious young upstart into one of the most powerful military leaders Rome had ever seen. And, you guessed it, it involves lots of killing. Like, lots. Find us on Twitter and Insta: @leftunreadpod @poorfidalgo @gluten_yung Email enquiries:  leftunreadpod@gmail.com Our awesome theme music was created by Interesting Times Gang: itgang.bandcamp.com