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During the cold war, the CIA was obsessed with mind-control. There vision was creating a something like a Cylon from Battlestar Galactica. And so, they began a division called the MK-ULTRA, within MK-ULTRA, they conducted many gruesome experiments on human beings around the world. Some of it came to light during the church hearings. Some of it came to light because of diligent researchers who use the freedom of information act, and others through leaks.

I don’t believe in judging people by the actions of their family. For example, Herman Goring was an embodiment of evil. But his brother Albert Goring helped many people escape occupied Czechoslovakia by forging his brother’s signature. Unfortunately, Representative Liz Cheney is no Albert Goring. Yesterday, during the January 6th hearings, Liz Cheney apparently, denounced her fellow Republicans for being Trumpists.

Uh oh, we have a case of the Schrödinger's Presidency1, a phenomenon that seems to crop up during Democratic presidency. This time, the president is allegedly powerless to control gas prices and he can irrationally blame Russia for it. On June 1, President Biden lied about his ability to control gas prices and food prices, in a barely coherent rant (as seen in our video).

The conservatives complain about godlessness, reactionaries think god punishes America for its godlessness, progressives think that America is too religious. But, wherever one might be on the spectrum, they each are unhappy about how religion manifests itself in America. Today, we have Justin Clark from Red Reviews Podcast here to talk about the history of Atheism, secularism and other types of godlessness in America.

May 17 • 54M Jeff Epstein Interviews Asad Zaman on capitalism and Free markets and the end of the road Open in playerListen on ); Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. You are listening to Historic.ly: a show where we decolonize history and debunk myths taught in school and on corporate media. Editor’s note: Apologies for the delay. I had a seizure and I was in the hospital. During the seizure I also broke my nose. We will resume with our regular weekly content.

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Today Jeffrey Epstein talks with Asad Zaman about the 2001 edition of Karl Polanyi's 1944 book, The Great Transformation. Professor Zaman is a PhD economist based in Pakistan, with many lectures, papers, and posts on the topic. The Great Transformation reveals, essentially, that what we think to be a foundation of our economy and society is, in fact, an illusion.

Today's part two of my two-part conversation with Jackson Winter, on the 2001 edition of Karl Polanyi's 1944 book, The Great Transformation. This is also part two of a larger four-part series on the book. Jackson is co-writer and editor for PEGS Institute, which is a project to demystify and explain some commonly misunderstood realities of the modern world. Here's their YouTube channel. (A list of the "audio chapters" in this episode can be found at the bottom of this post.

This month, we will have four special episodes hosted by our correspondent,Jeffrey Esptein. Today, he will talk author Jackson Winter about the 2001 edition of the Karl Polyani book, “The Great Transformation” Jackson is co-writer and editor for PEGS Institute, which is a project to demystify and explain some commonly misunderstood realities of the modern world. The Great Transformation is the centuries-long history of how our current rentier capitalism came to be, and what preceded it.

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Mar 21 • 1HR 5M Today, we interview the director of the documentary Ukraine on Fire about the true story of Ukraine. Open in playerListen on ); Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. You are listening to Historic.ly: a show where we decolonize history and debunk myths taught in school and on corporate media.