Trevor Aaronson - The Bizarre Story Behind The FBI Fake Documentary About The Bundy Family Oct 22, 2023 "RYAN BUNDY SEEMED uneasy as he settled into a white leather chair in a private suite at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. As the eldest son of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, who had become a national figure for his armed standoff with U.S. government agents in April 2014, Ryan had quite a story to tell. Eight months had passed since Cliven and hundreds of supporters, including heavily armed militia members, faced off against the federal government in a sandy wash under a highway overpass in the Mo ..read more

Shadow Diplomacy - Lev Parnas’ wild ride from Brooklyn to Donald Trump’s inner circle Dec 5, 2023 One of the longest serving Trump insiders is Lev Parnas; as a key member of Trumps' inner circle, Parnas had front row seats so to speak on the movements, motives and mantras of the former President, from his tycoon real estate heyday to some of his post-Presidential activities. This gives him a unique insight into Trump, and it's really a study in thought control and management. He tells Ed Opperman some juicy stories of his time in the shadow of the Republican front runner. From Government Wir ..read more

Matthew Phelan - James O'Keefe, Project Veritas Sep 22, 2023 Matthew Phalen joins Ed Opperman to discuss the mysterious yet widely referenced machinations of Project Veritas, and one of its' founders, James O'Keefe. Project Veritas is an American far-right activist group founded by James O'Keefe in 2010. The group produces deceptively edited videos of its undercover operations, which use secret recordings in an effort to discredit mainstream media organizations and progressive groups. Project Veritas also uses entrapment to generate bad publicity for its targets, and has propagated disinform ..read more

Melanie L. Carlson is an indie researcher who works at the nexus of the hegemonic pop culture industry, corporate consolidation and upperworld crime. She stopped being a nihilistic punk in 2002 after getting an underaage drinking charge and choosing to do community service at Athens Free Press. She spent 10 years working in the domestic violence field as a survivor advocate, scholar, and educator. You can read her contemporary investigative work on Substack and her older works on her website. Mx_Defying is her handle across social media platforms. Become a supporter of this podcast: https ..read more

Doug Poppa - The October 1 Shooting An hour ago On October 1, 2017, a mass shooting occurred when 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire on the crowd attending the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada from his 32nd-floor suites in the Mandalay Bay hotel. He fired more than 1,000 rounds, killing 60 people and wounding at least 413. The ensuing panic brought the total number of injured to approximately 867. About an hour later, he was found dead in his room from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The motive for the shooting is officially undetermined. The incident is ..read more

Jules Cameron - Pontifical Secret February 23 Pontifical Secret* facilitated and covered up sexual crimes against children and vulnerable adults for the past century. Thank you, Pope Francis, for lifting “Pontifical Secret” on matters related to child sexual abuse and abuse of vulnerable adults, on your 83rd birthday. A step on your path to protect children from criminal clergy and religious staff. Please make protection of children your pontifical priority by plugging and creating clear canon laws. Embrace mandatory reporting of abuse to civil authorities with the same devotion Mary has f ..read more

Matt Sergiou – The Beatles, The Stones, the 60’s and Mind Control. Dec 6, 2022 Matt Sergiou has made a big effort to research not only the Beatles and their occult references and connections, but also the infiltration of the 60s counter culture and psychodelic influences. Were the Beatles and the Stones involved, albeit indirectly, in Decca Records funnelling money into military research? Were they coerced into giving an illusion that the peace movement could achieve it’s stated aims? How were the drugs which were responsible for one of the most creative and anarchic periods in music and art ..read more

Don Crutchfield: Confessions of a Hollywood PI Oct 9, 2021 Don Crutchfield has been a private investigator for three decades. His list clients and subjects reads like a Who’s Who of Hollywood. Present and former clients include Marlon Brando, the Beatles, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Charles Bronson, Jerry Lewis, and Carroll O’Connor. Subjects of his investigations include Michael Jackson, Lisa Marie Presley, Tim Allen, Donald and Marla Trump, Roseanne Barr, Tom Arnold, and O.J. Simpson. Crutchfield has an international reputation, but his primary base of operations has always been the Los An ..read more

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Scott Carney : The Red Market: On the Trail of the World's Organ Brokers, Bone Thieves, Blood Farmers, and Child Traffickers “An unforgettable nonfiction thriller, expertly reported….A tremendously revealing and twisted ride, where life and death are now mere cold cash commodities.” —Michael Largo, author of Final Exits Award-winning investigative journalist and contributing Wired editor Scott Carney leads readers on a breathtaking journey through the macabre underworld of the global body bazaar, where organs, bones, and even live people are bought and sold on The Red Market. As gripping as ..read more