Episodes

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    Nov 29 2023
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    2 mins
  • Episode 334: JFK 201 (Part 1)
    Nov 16 2023

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    We bring back Aaron Good and Ben Howard for the 60th anniversary of the JFK shooting. CIA bureaucrats, fakes and falsehoods, the mysteries surrounding Lee Harvey Oswald, and more…


    Listen to our previous JFK episodes here 

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Episode 333: A Child Called Bullshit
    Nov 13 2023

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    We sit down with Thomas Morton to seek emotional truth among the shaky facts of some bestselling bullshit memoirs and a recent comedy “scandal.”

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    1 hr and 52 mins
  • Episode 331: Grief Is A Witch-Hag (Part 2)
    Nov 6 2023

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    We visited legendary writer William T. Vollmann (Rainbow Stories, Europe Central) in his Sacramento studio for a long talk about lots of things. Part two of two.

    Read his new essay “Four Men” in Harper’s

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    1 hr and 31 mins
  • Episode 330: Grief Is A Witch-Hag (Part 1)
    Nov 2 2023

    We visited legendary writer William T. Vollmann (Rainbow Stories, Europe Central) in his Sacramento studio for a long talk about lots of things. Part one of two. 


    Read his new essay “Four Men” in Harper’s

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    1 hr and 39 mins
  • Episode 326: Palestine
    Oct 16 2023
    We’re joined by Akram Salhab, a Palestinian activist based in Jerusalem, to talk about Gaza, the West Bank, refugees, and more. Get bonus content on Patreon

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • UPDATED: Episode 75: The Lobby
    Oct 12 2023

    In light of the current situation in Palestine, we are re-uploading this episode, recorded in 2020 with Noah Kulwin, with a brief new introduction. You can check out the other episodes mentioned here: 

    Episode 131: Norman Finkelstein Part 1

    Episode 132: Norman Finkelstein Part 2

    Episode 281: Next Year in Jerusalem 

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    We welcome back Noah Kulwin to discuss the explosive yet basically unseen Al-Jazeera documentary The Lobby detailing illegal lobbying efforts by the Israeli government and just why you literally have not seen this film

    The Lobby UK

    The Lobby USA:

    * Episode 1

    * Episode 2

    * Episode 3

    * Episode 4

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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Episode 325: Sam Jailman Trial
    Oct 10 2023

    We’re joined by crypto-court reporter Jacob Silverman to talk about the first week of the trial of SBF, witness testimony, betrayal, parents, what makes a polycule, and more.


    More from Jacob:

    https://airmail.news/issues/2023-10-7/the-journalist-and-the-fraudster

    https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/1353-the-naked-emperor

    https://www.jacobsilverman.com/p/the-coming-trials-of-sam-bankman

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    1 hr and 30 mins