Subscriber Podcast #31 – Rollerball
In this month's subscriber-only podcast I examine the 1975 movie Rollerball, about an...
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Subscriber Podcast #31 – Rollerball
In this month's subscriber-only podcast I examine the 1975 movie Rollerball, about an...
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ClandesTime 184 – Political Paralysis in the Information Age
What happens when people are given too much information? They feel overwhelmed, which quickly...
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ClandesTime 185 – An Alternative History of Al Qaeda: Morten Storm
Morten Storm is a Danish man who converted to Islam in the 1990s and got involved in the jihadi...
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Subscriber Podcast #32 – The Looming Tower
On this feature-length subscriber podcast I analyse the Hulu TV drama The Looming Tower (based on...
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NCIS is a wildly successful TV drama, one of the most popular series of the last 20 years. This...
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ClandesTime 187 – When Entertainment Liaison Offices Go Bad
The relationship between government liaison offices and the entertainment industry usually works...
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ClandesTime 188 – An Alternative History of Al Qaeda: Mubin Shaikh
The 2006 arrests of the Toronto 18 was a key moment in the post-9/11 war on terror. It helped...
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Subscriber Podcast #33 – American Moon
Did we really go to the moon? Yes, probably, but American Moon is an epic 3 1/2 hour documentary...
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ClandesTime 190 – Karl Rove and the Cultural Impact of 9/11
In the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, President Bush’s chief spin doctor and senior...
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ClandesTime 191 – The ‘Disguised’ Political Film in Hollywood
Why isn’t the ‘political film’ a genre of cinema? Hollywood puts out a consistent stream of...
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ClandesTime 192 – The Cinema of the Navy SEALs
The US Navy SEALs are known as the ‘quiet professionals’, but in recent times they have become...
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ClandesTime 193 – An Alternative History of Al Qaeda: Aukai Collins
In 1998 the CIA got an opportunity to infiltrate one of their spies into the Al Qaeda camps in...
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Subscriber Podcast #34 – Anti-Capitalist Pop Culture
Why is it that capitalist economies and cultures produce anti-capitalist products? In this...
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ClandesTime 195 – The New Cultural Cold War
The original Cultural Cold War has been the subject of numerous books and articles on both sides...
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Subscriber Podcast #35 – China, Censorship and South Park
Over the last few weeks a storm has been brewing about the Chinese government’s censorship of...
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ClandesTime 197 – The Spycops Scandal
For decades undercover British intelligence officers have infiltrated almost every notable...
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ClandesTime 196 – The Final Countdown
The Final Countdown is a classic of good bad cinema, featuring an aircraft carrier that goes...
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Ep. ~ 158 Oswald in New Orleans: Orest Pena, Warren De Brueys, and the FBI
On this episode we examine and analyze the HSCA testimony of Orest Pena and his allegations of...
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Subscriber Podcast #36 – The LAPD’s Hollywood Office
Just like many federal agencies the Los Angeles Police Department have a dedicated entertainment...
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