

Left Unread
Left Unread
A podcast about history, politics, leftism, weirdness, and crime by two friends trying to make each other laugh.
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Feb 28, 2023 • 1h 9min
78. Leave Tolkien Alone
Reuploaded due to technical issues.
For today’s episode, we sat down to talk about a variety of topics in the news recently, including Scott Adams shenanigans, more East Palestine, Ohio news, drinking the Devil’s milkshake, the CIA forcing prisoners to buttchug, and the unfortunate news that more Lord of the Rings content will be made.
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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.

Feb 14, 2023 • 1h 7min
77. Nice to Meet Us
This week, while we’re in the LU Lab whipping up some big stuff for the coming weeks, we thought it might be nice to set some time aside and answer some personal questions we’ve received in an effort to get a little closer to our audience. Promise to be as open and honest as possible.
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Email enquiries:
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Theme music courtesy of Interesting Times Gang:
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Feb 7, 2023 • 1h 8min
76. Woody & the Tramp: Woody Harrelson and His Mysterious Father
At the top of this week’s episode, we discuss the two videos that were released recently of Tyre Nichols and Paul Pelosi.
Then, we get into a light-hearted (and light-researched) discussion of actor Woody Harrelson and his mercurial father Charles Voyde Harrelson, mafia hitman and alleged JFK assassination-hanger-on. We also discuss some of Woody Harrelson’s excellent roles with parapolitical tilts to them.
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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.

Jan 27, 2023 • 1h 45min
75. The Somerton Man Case
This week we discuss one of the most famous unsolved mysteries in Australian history: the Somerton Man. Who was he? Where was he from? Has modern science cracked the case? Find out within the hallowed halls of the Left Unread Mind Palace (L.U.M.P.)
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Theme music courtesy of Interesting Times Gang:
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Jan 17, 2023 • 1h 29min
74. Ancient Mysteries IV: The Divine Experience and the Cult of Mithras, pt. 2
Join us this week as we dive back into the Ancient Mysteries series from last year. As we pick it back up from where we left off, we dive into the nature of the experience at the heart of the mystery rituals and what we can glean from this divine experience, and then we dive much deeper into the shadowy Roman cult of Mithras.
You can get initiated as a Corvus in the Mithraic mystery on Twitter:
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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.

Jan 9, 2023 • 2h 13min
73. Julius Caesar III: Unmitigated Gaul
This week we wrap up the tale of Julius Caesar’s Conquest of Gaul. First we will discuss his fun little jaunt over to Britannia, and then we will explore his clashes with the great Gallic leader Vercingetorix, culminating with Caesar’s victory at Alesia, and his plans for returning home to Rome.
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Theme music courtesy of Interesting Times Gang:
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Dec 12, 2022 • 1h 55min
72. Julius Caesar II: Comentarii, Celts, & Conquest
This week we pick up the story of Gaius Julius Caesar where we left off like… ten months ago. In Episode 50: Julius Caesar Goes on Holiday, we discussed the rise of one of Rome’s greatest generals and politicians, and the shoddy pretext for his invasion of the vast Western European region known to posterity as Gaul. This time, almost one year later, I’m returning to the story to discuss the Caesar’s Book, Comentarii de Bello Gallico, A brief description of Gaul, and the commencement of the actual Wars themselves. A third installment will follow this one IMMEDIATELY, not a year later, and will conclude Caesar’s conquest and return to Rome.
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Email enquiries:
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Theme music courtesy of Interesting Times Gang:
itgang.bandcamp.com

Dec 6, 2022 • 1h 19min
71. Everything Sucks, and That’s Pretty Cool
In a bit of a different episode for us, we sat down to talk about some recent events, including the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX and its founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, as well as the wild week (and year) for Kanye West and the coterie of right wing vampires he has chosen to surround himself with.
You can defraud investors with the LU boys 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

Nov 22, 2022 • 1h 46min
70. Oliver Stone’s Nixon feat. Patrick and Ian
This week, we sat down once again with Left Unread Extended Universe guests Ian Miller and Patrick to discuss an Oliver Stone flick - this time it was 1995's Nixon, Stone's second film about how the #CIAkilledJFK. As usual, we use the film to look more broadly at the covert operations carried out by the American deep state and the Nixon resignation's relationship to the Kennedy assassination.
You can break into the Watergate hotel on Twitter:
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If you'd like to reach out, feel free on Twitter or at our email: leftunreadpod@gmail.com.
Theme music courtesy of Ian's project Interesting Times Gang, as well as all other tracks on this episode from Ian's ITG album The Spirit of Science Fiction. You can stream it anywhere or purchase it at itgang.bandcamp.com.

Nov 15, 2022 • 1h 14min
69. THE SEX NUMBER
lol.
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Theme music courtesy of Interesting Times Gang: itgang.bandcamp.com