Just Imagine - a podcast series from Imagine Theatre, one of the biggest pantomime producers in the world. With over 200 professional pantomime productions under their belt, Imagine really are one of the global experts in the field of pantomime. We'll go behind the scenes to meet the people behind the company, listen to their stories and find out what 'they do for the rest of the year' when it isn't panto season. With our host Martin Ballard we'll find out what makes Imagine Theatre tick, an ...
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Programmed to Chill is a show about business, crime, parapolitics, and esoterica, hosted by @JimmyFalunGong graphics by harmless individual music by: theoutoflimits.bandcamp.com/
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They are the Org. Their mission is simple: to assimilate and report on Star Trek series: TNG, DS9, Dosciveryu & Picard. And to drink beer. Lots of beer.
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The Podcast For Honest Conversations With Interesting People
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We are a brother sister podcast reviewing and discussing films that we loved from our childhood.
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Find out what's quacking with the Service Ducks - the UKs funniest ServiceNow Podcast! "Talk to the Duck" and join our co-hosts, James Downs and Russell Shear (aka ServiceNerd) every other week for a hilarious spin on all things ServiceNow. We promise to keep you entertained with all the ups and downs of the ServiceNow world - and who knows, you might even learn something useful! So come on over and join the fun - the ducks are waiting!"
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Buttons & Figs is a podcast for kids about playing with words.
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An Englishman, a Frenchman and a Canadian walk into a watch shop. Here's what happens next...
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Four friends with an unending passion for Pokemon want to take you on a journey quite unlike anything you've heard before...or they've heard before...as they are pretty much making it all up from scratch. Each week, Stew, Ali, David and Tom gather around to tell the story of Kenny, Theo and Brandi through the power of improv and dice rolls, as they set off on their very own Pokemon adventure, in a completely made up Pokemon region. There are battles, there are puns and, most importantly, the ...
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Three friends just trying to figure out life. Join Van Hemmo & the babbling Bell Brothers as they discuss and discover the absurdity of the universe.
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Join AJ & Curtis Pritchard every week as they chat and bicker over everything under the sun! From Strictly, to Love Island, family life, showbiz, relationships and more! They'll kick the topics around before going head to head in a weekly quiz, with a forfeit for the loser, chosen by you! You can follow the boys here: Twitter: @Aj11Ace & @CurtisPritchard Instagram: @Aj11Ace & @CurtisPritchard12
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Taking you behind the scenes in theatre, TV and film. Weather it be acting, dancing or singing, Performer Talks gives you industry insight and advice from leading professionals in the performing arts sector from all stages of their journey. Download your free performing arts magazine here: https://pamag.co.uk/performing-arts-mag
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Lighting Designers James Farncombe and Bruno Poet host conversations about the complex and sometimes messy business of making theatre. With guests from all aspects of production, from directors and designers to actors, stage managers, technicians, builders and producers, the aim is to create a broader awareness of all things involved in bringing a show to the stage.
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Brigadoon is a global affairs news and information platform for curious decision-makers and world citizens. Brigadoon lives and breathes with the emerging issues and the independent thinkers shaping commerce and culture. Brigadoon provides premium professional resources for global street smarts, with newsletters, weekly readouts, quarterly memos, and podcasts that foster deeper knowledge, and organizes video calls, salon dinners, workshops, city safaris, excursions, and multi-day experiences ...
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Life on Rails is Greater Anglia’s new podcast, hosted by Juliette Maxam and Lucy Wright. In each episode we’ll speak to special guests to look behind the scenes and find out how the railway works. We’ll be talking about new trains, how to get the cheapest fare, what makes us green and putting a spotlight on some of the people who work at Greater Anglia. We’ll also be running a travel surgery to help one guest find the ideal location to visit on our network. We’d love to hear from you, please ...
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Jenn and Daniel first crossed paths at a taco party in West Hollywood before heading to a space they both consider sacred, the holy grounds of a Phish show! Jenn, a multi-faceted artist and online phish personality recently discovered that (MUCH to her surprise) she is a channel, with the ability to summon spirits such as… David Bowie. After several months of serious self doubt, depression and exhaustion from googling disorders such as psychosis and schizophrenia, she decided to finally acce ...
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Premium Episode 136 - United Fruit Company, Blood Bananas and the Guatemalan Genocide pt. 3: Bloody Colombia, el Bogotazo, and Operation Pantomime
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[originally published on Patreon February 23, 2024] In this episode I discuss Colombia's relationship to United Fruit Company aka El Pulpo. In particular, I open with the massive strikes against UFC in 1928 culminating in the massacre at Ciénaga which was so memorably fictionalized in Gabriel García Márquez's Cien años de soledad. From there, I dis…
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Episode 81 - Behind the scenes at the 2024 Pantomime Awards
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Join Martin as he goes back stage at this year's UK Pantomime Awards. Taking place on Tuesday 18th June at G Live in Guildford, the 2024 pantomime awards were another star studded, glittering evening celebrating all things panto! Martin talks to presenters Ore Oduba, Angelica Bell alongside lots of the award winners and members of the UK Pantomime …
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Anne-Marie and Peter cover Strange New Worlds S2, episode 10- Hegemony. Next up, on 20th June, they begin their coverage of S3 of The Original Series, looking at Spectre Of The Gun. Feel free to send your thoughts in (just keep the feedback to less than 5 minutes please). Borgcast@gmail.com The Star Trek theme used was written by Alexander Courage,…
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The new show continues! Mike & Megan’s monthly discussions continue with their thoughts on pantomimes. Pantomimes are a traditional British comedy/musical/theatrical performance with several unusual elements to them (which you’ll have to listen to hear about) and Megan also performed in a pantomime in early 2024, so she talks about her first on-sta…
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Anne-Marie and Peter cover TOS S3's The Spectre Of The Gun. On 27th June they begin their coverage of Lower Decks Season 4. Then the next TOS episode to be covered will be Elaan Of Troyius, recording on 11th July Feel free to send your thoughts in (just keep the feedback to less than 5 minutes please). Borgcast@gmail.com The Star Trek theme used wa…
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Premium Episode 135 - United Fruit Company, Blood Bananas and the Guatemalan Genocide pt. 2: Sam the Banana Man
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[originally published on Patreon February 15, 2024] Today I discuss more criminals involved in the banana trade, introducing the Vaccaro Brothers and Sam the Banana Man Zemurray. I discuss that intersection between organized crime and Wall Street that intersected precisely in the banana trade through these figures. I go through Zemurray's career, f…
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Premium Episode 134 - United Fruit Company, Blood Bananas and the Guatemalan Genocide pt. 1: Origins of the Octopus
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[originally published on Patreon March 15, 2024] Today is the opening salvo for a 15-part series on the rolling waves of crimes involving the Octopus that is United Fruit Company, the banana trade, Guatemala specifically, and Central America more generally, culminating in the Guatemalan Genocide. In this episode, I discuss the origins of the Octopu…
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Premium Episode 123 - the Tupamaros Revisited: Plan Satan, Urban Guerrilla Warfare, Wikileaks Disclosures, and A Supreme Life
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[originally published on Patreon February 9, 2024] As if I didn't discuss the Tupamaros enough, I revisit the story in light of even more information I found. In particular, I look at a RAND report on the MLN-T and cross-reference it with several more books on the group. This leads us to the interestingly-named Plan Satán, as well as much more cont…
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Get ready for an exhilarating ride as James unveils his jaw-dropping Game of Thrones figurine collection, while Russ spills the beans on his pro financial hacks! 💰🏰 Diving into the world of 'Change Freezes,' our dynamic duo, Russ and James, tackle topics like clone backs, upgrades, platform governance, and instance management. 🛠️🧊 In this episode, …
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Premium Episode 122 - Spyclopedia #5 - Eight Years with the CIA pt. 2: the Parallel Apparatus, the Q Files, and Systematized Blackmail Operations
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[originally published February 7, 2024] I finish the story of Manuel Hevia Coscullela, the Cuban spy, based off his memoir, Pasaporte 11333 : ocho años con la CIA (1978). I examine what exactly Hevia was doing for the agency and what USAID's Office of Public Safety was up to. I discuss Lyndon B. Johnson's visit to Punta del Este, Uruguay for the Or…
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Premium Episode 121 - Spyclopedia #5 - Eight Years with the CIA pt. 1: Into the Car Trunk - the Glamorous Life of a Cuban Double Agent
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[originally published on Patreon February 1, 2024] I continue the extended story of the Tupamaros by examining the life of Manuel Hevia Coscullela, the Cuban double (or triple) agent embedded in the CIA in Uruguay. I obtained his memoir, Pasaporte 11333 : ocho años con la CIA (1978) and translated various passages into English. As far as I know, th…
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Premium Episode 120 - Paranoiac Films 12 - State of Siege and the Tupamaros pt. 2 - “Everyone Dances or No One Dances”, Cuban Intelligence, the Mormon Tupamaro, and the Mitrione Family, feat. Bodine
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[originally published on Patreon January 25, 2024] Today I'm rejoined by Dr. Pig Bodine aka CJ (@pussy___teeth) to continue our discussion on the 1972 film State of Siege by Costa-Gavras. We open with a discussion on the death squad as a general concept and in its specific applications in Uruguay. Then, we discuss exactly why the Tupamaros were so …
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Premium Episode 119 - Paranoiac Films 12 - State of Siege and the Tupamaros pt. 1 - “Words Divide Us, Action Unites Us”, MKULTRA, OPS/USAID, and Torture, feat. Dr. Pig Bodine
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[originally published on Patreon January 18, 2024] Today I am rejoined by old friend of the show Dr. Pig Bodine aka CJ (@pussy___teeth) to discuss the 1972 film State of Siege by Costa-Gavras. We begin by reviewing the plot of the film and the real-life events. From there, we quickly descend into darkness as we discuss the life of Dan Mitrione (bey…
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#237 – Bringing Jane Austen To Life Through Audio: Choosing Voices, Powerful Narration And The Challenges Of A Shared Universe With Ada McCartney & Tony (A.R.) Farina
This week Mike speaks with Tony (A.R.) Farina & Ada McCartney; Tony is author of the Austen Chronicles while Ada has performed/recorded for both audiobooks thus far! In more detail, the trio discuss how Ada & Tony met, why Ada was chosen to perform each of The Austen Chronicles audiobooks and the challenges Ada faced recording a shared universe. Th…
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#237 – Bringing Jane Austen To Life Through Audio: Choosing Voices, Powerful Narration And The Challenges Of A Shared Universe With Ada McCartney & Tony (A.R.) Farina
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This week Mike speaks with Tony (A.R.) Farina & Ada McCartney; Tony is author of the Austen Chronicles while Ada has performed/recorded for both audiobooks thus far! In more detail, the trio discuss how Ada & Tony met, why Ada was chosen to perform each of The Austen Chronicles audiobooks and the challenges Ada faced recording a shared universe. Th…
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Premium Episode 84 - Programmed to Be Kingless, an Exploration of Paleo-Parapolitics, feat. Fergal
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[originally published on Patreon Today I'm joined by Fergal Schmudlach (@irregnata) from the Kingless Generation podcast to discuss paleo-parapolitics. We start by discussing several points of mutual interest regarding Japan. Then we get into what anthropology can tell us about Marxism and serial killing. We talk about The Power of Ritual in Prehis…
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Premium Episode 83: Ira ‘the Unicorn’ Einhorn pt. 3, or, the Mass Psychology of Psychic Fascism, feat. Reid
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[originally published on Patreon January 12, 2024] Today I'm joined by Reid (@seriations) to finish our conversation about Ira 'the Unicorn' Einhorn. We pick up on his life story by getting into Einhorn's attempts at publishing both his own works and that of others. To that end, we discuss Einhorn as crank, Einhorn as magician, and especially Einho…
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Victoria and Stuart continue with second helping of rainforest fairy fun.. may contain lots of NSYNC content.
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Premium Episode 82: Ira ‘the Unicorn’ Einhorn pt. 2, or, Planetary Enzyme? or PT Barnum of Hippiedom?, feat. Reid
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[originally published on Patreon January 5, 2024] Today I'm joined by Reid (@seriations) to continue our conversation about Ira 'the Unicorn' Einhorn. We get into Einhorn's relationship to Andrija Puharich, his involvement with Earth Day, Bell Telephone company, and the development of "Einhorn's Network". Reid explains the importance of the Diebold…
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Premium Episode 81: Ira ‘the Unicorn’ Einhorn pt. 1, or, Maximum Jeopardy at All Times, feat. Reid
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[originally published on Patreon Dec 29, 2023] Today I'm joined by Reid (@seriations) to discuss maybe the most conceited man in the world - Ira 'the Unicorn' Einhorn. In this episode, we get into Einhorn's family history and early life, his time studying to be a guru, and his work as a snitch and informant. I lost my damn mind researching a relate…
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Premium Episode 90 - Ophiology: the Metal Gear Solid Franchise and the Case of Keenie Meenie Services, feat. Nick Vyssotsky
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[originally published on Patreon Dec 22, 2023] Today I'm joined by Nick Vyssotsky (@cuss_otaku) to discuss Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid video game franchise. Nick takes us through the franchise's alternate history and we discuss the various themes involving Private Military Contractors, parapsychology, Programed to Kill themes, black budgets, AI…
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Premium Episode 80 - Plantation Accounting in the Deep South
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[originally published on Patreon Dec 15, 2023] After having introduced accounting concepts and laid out their applications in Jamaica, I continue my close reading of Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management by Caitlin Rosenthal. I discuss the nature of 'book farming', the nature and origin of value, and discuss the ubiquity of King Cotton in …
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Premium Episode 79 - Plantation Accounting in Jamaica
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[originally published on Patreon Dec 9, 2023] Having laid out various accounting concepts, I now introduce their application in a horrible setting: plantation accounting in Jamaica. To do this, I rely on a close reading of Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management by Caitlin Rosenthal. Her work simply demolishes the traditional business histor…
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#236 – Clone Wars Conversations Season 3 Pt 2 (E12-22): Nightsisters & Savage Opress, The Prophecy Of The Mortis Gods, Tarkin Meets Anakin & Ahsoka Saves Chewbacca!
Clone Wars Conversations continues with the second half of Season 3 (Episodes 12-22)! Dave, Maff & Mike discuss every episode of Clone Wars in this show, making it the perfect Clone Wars companion podcast! In more detail, the trio discuss four story-arcs within these 12 episodes, starting with the introduction of Savage Opress with Asajj’s separati…
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#236 – Clone Wars Conversations Season 3 Pt 2 (E12-22): Nightsisters & Savage Opress, The Prophecy Of The Mortis Gods, Tarkin Meets Anakin & Ahsoka Saves Chewbacca!
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Clone Wars Conversations continues with the second half of Season 3 (Episodes 12-22)! Dave, Maff & Mike discuss every episode of Clone Wars in this show, making it the perfect Clone Wars companion podcast! In more detail, the trio discuss four story-arcs within these 12 episodes, starting with the introduction of Savage Opress with Asajj’s separati…
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Premium Episode 78 - the Accounting Episode
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[originally published on Patreon Today I attempt to trace the history of accounting from renaissance Venice through the robber barons into the modern era. Along the way, I opine on the nature of moneylending, Shylock, and drill down six key accounting concepts necessary to understanding the next two episodes. While I tried to keep this episode from…
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Premium Episode 77 - Trotskyism pt. 5: “Let One Hundred Fourth Internationals Bloom”, or, the Fair Play For Trotsky Committee, feat. Comrade Chad
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[originally published on Patreon Nov 22, 2023] Today I'm rejoined by Comrade Chad to continue our discussion about post-Trotsky Trotskyism in the US. We continue discussing Burnham's various intrigues and we go pretty deep on Joseph Hansen's perfidious career. Along the way we get into the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Social…
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This week Martin is joined by former contestant on The Great British Sewing Bee and current Deputy Head of Wardrobe at Imagine Theatre, Adam Brooks. Adam talks about those early influences that led to his love of theatre and costume. He also discusses his varied career from drama school, to being a Cruise Director, to becoming Deputy Head of Wardro…
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Premium Episode 76 - Trotskyism pt. 4: Programmed to Split, Cannon, Schactman, Dobbs, Hoffa, Teamsters, and Bag Fumbling, feat. Comrade Chad
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[originally published on Patreon Nov 17, 2023] Today I'm rejoined by Comrade Chad to discuss post-Trotsky Trotskyism in the US, especially their penchant for attacking communism 'from the left'. Comrade Chad walks us through some of the theory and vocabulary necessary. Then we zero in on James Cannon, Max Schactman and James Burnham in particular. …
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Bonus Episode 68: the American Security Council, Edward Lansdale, Hollywood New Left Ops, and Stanford Psychotronic Weapons, feat. Recluse
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[originally published on Patreon Nov 10, 2023) Today I'm joined by S. William Snider aka Recluse (@RecluseS9) to discuss his third and recent book, The Art: The Secret History of Psywar, Conspiritainment and the Shattering of Reality (2023). The book spans centuries and really speaks for itself, but he and I discuss various things in it ranging fro…
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Premium Episode 75: Another View of Israel Keyes, the Deadbeat Dirtbag Serial Killer, feat. Min
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[originally published on Patreon Oct 6, 2023] Today I'm joined by Min (@mintherose) to discuss several aspects of Israel Keyes that have developed after the publication of the two books, and things I did not get into in the first three episodes. In particular, we look at the possibility of Keyes being a huge fucking loser, separate from the whole s…
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Premium Episode 74 - FBI vs. PTK pt. 9: Israel Keyes part 3: Extreme Prosecutorial Misconduct, or, "A Unicorn of a Deal Secretly Made at the Highest Levels of Government"
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[originally published on Patreon Oct 6, 2023] Finishing up with the Keyes story, we discuss the events of his extradition and interrogation by the FBI. I talk about the US attorney prosecuting Keyes and the potential prosecutorial misconduct including bizarre treatment, handling of evidence, and "a unicorn of a deal secretly made at the highest lev…
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#235 – What Is Dissociative Identity Disorder? Misconceptions, Harmful Representation & More, Explained By Someone With DID – With Leyna (Of The Doug Vincent System)
This week brings a special episode where Mike speaks with Leyna; she is one of several alters in the Doug Vincent System, to explain the condition of Dissociative Identity Disorder (trigger warning: suicidal thoughts & self-harm are briefly discussed in this conversation). In more detail, Leyna first explains why she & the Doug Vincent System have …
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#235 – What Is Dissociative Identity Disorder? Misconceptions, Harmful Representation & More, Explained By Someone With DID - With Leyna (Of The Doug Vincent System)
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This week brings a special episode where Mike speaks with Leyna; she is one of several alters in the Doug Vincent System, to explain the condition of Dissociative Identity Disorder (trigger warning: suicidal thoughts & self-harm are briefly discussed in this conversation). In more detail, Leyna first explains why she & the Doug Vincent System have …
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Premium Episode 73 - FBI vs. PTK pt. 9: Israel Keyes part 2: American Gladio and somehow yet more OKC Bombing Connections
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[originally published on Patreon Sep 29, 2023] Continuing with the Keyes story, I pick up on his personal life and the circumstances of his move to Alaska. I discuss the Church of Wells, the cult which his parents and siblings joined. Then there are the bank robberies, then the kill kits and the kidnappings. I discuss the theories that Keyes was th…
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Premium Episode 72 - FBI vs. PTK pt. 9: Israel Keyes part 1: A Supersoldier with a Black Heart
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[originally published on Patreon Sep 22, 2023] cw: rape, assault, etc. This is the first episode about the serial killer Israel Keyes. I begin with the logical starting place: the Keyes family, and get into a brief history of Christian Identity in the UK and US. From there, we discuss the Kehoe family including some interesting details which are of…
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Victoria and Stuart follow Chrysta as she and the other fairies try and save the forest from the evil that is Hexxus
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Premium Episode 71 - Bolaño’s By Night in Chile, or, Bolaño’s Fully Gladiopilled, feat. Dani and Rodolfo
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[originally published on Patreon Sep 8, 2023] Today I'm joined by Dani and Rodolfo to discuss three Bolaño novels: the Third Reich, Distant Star, and By Night in Chile. In this episode, we discuss By Night in Chile. In this novel, Bolaño examines the fascist mindset via religion and literary criticism. Along the way, we get into how Bolaño was comp…
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[originally published on Patreon Aug 25, 2023] Today I'm joined by Dani and Rodolfo to discuss three Bolaño novels: the Third Reich, Distant Star, and By Night in Chile. In this episode, we discuss Distant Star. In this novel, Bolaño examines the fascist mindset via the specifically Chilean context of the 1973 coup, Pinochet's Chile, death squads, …
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[originally published on Patreon Aug 25, 2023] Today I'm joined by Dani and Rodolfo to discuss three Bolaño novels: the Third Reich, Distant Star, and By Night in Chile. In this episode, we reintroduce Bolaño and then dive into a less-discussed work, the Third Reich. In this novel, Bolaño examines the fascist mindset via its historical ideology of …
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Premium Episode 68 - José Vigoa pt. 3, or, Never Do One Last Score, or, the CIA’s Very Honest Account of the Dangers of Cuban Intelligence
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[originally published on Patreon Aug 18, 2023] The heists will continue until morale improves. We finish the story of José Vigoa by following the rest of his heist career. Then we discuss the circumstances surrounding his arrest and imprisonment, the discovery of his Spetsnaz commando background, and some of his purported intelligence activities po…
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Premium Episode 67 - José Vigoa pt. 2, or, the World is Yours
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[originally published on Patreon Aug 16, 2023] I discuss how José Vigoa became a drug kingpin in Las Vegas. I get into some of the particulars on why he ran a very unique, specialized operation, and the anomalous way in which he got busted. Then, the heist spree begins, culminating with the Mandalay Bay job. episode art by Robert Voyvodich @r.voy__…
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Monthly Mike & Megan: Pantomimes (Episode 2) – What’s A Pantomime And Megan’s Experience In One
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The new show continues! Mike & Megan’s monthly discussions continue with their thoughts on pantomimes. Pantomimes are a traditional British comedy/musical/theatrical performance with several unusual elements to them (which you’ll have to listen to hear about) and Megan also performed in a pantomime in early 2024, so she talks about her first on-sta…
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Premium Episode 66 - Paranoiac Films 9: Michael Mann’s Heat and the Real-Life Neil McCauley, José Vigoa, pt. 1
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[originally published on Patreon Aug 10, 2023] Today I discuss the seminal 1995 film Heat, it's plot, the "dudes rock" factor, and the philosophical themes of the film. Then I discuss a real-life parallel to the de Niro character from the film. Not the actual real-life Chicago criminal Neil McCauley, but the story of José Vigoa. Vigoa was many thin…
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Strange New Borgcast 2.09- Strange New Eurovision
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So, the plan was for Peter to sit this out, since he mostly hates musicals, and for Quinn to join Anne-Marie, to give Subspace Rhapsody an easier ride. Did it work out that way? Listen to find out. On 6th June Anne-Marie and Peter record their thoughts on the final episode of S2, Hegemony. Then it's back to the Original Series, with S3's Spectre of…
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[originally published on Patreon Jul 28, 2023] I'm rejoined by Monty (@MontyBaby7) to finish our conversation about the Jesters (and many more things) relating to the Gosch and Franklin cases. We start with a high-level overview of the timeline of the Gosch and Franklin cases. Then I examined Alan Baer's family history, which is to say, the Brandei…
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Episode 79 – Stage Management and Training
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This week Martin talks to two key members of the Imagine team about how they got into the industry and their experiences of training in stage management. Ruth Porter, Deputy Head of Stage Management and Props and Jazmyne Evans, Operations and Production Administrator talk to Martin about how their early experiences of theatre led them to work in th…
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Premium 64 - the Royal Order of Jesters and the Johnny Gosch Case, feat. Monty
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[originally published on Patreon Jul 20, 2023 and unlocked on free side shortly thereafter; reuploading it due to the narrative continuity with the Freemasonry episodes] I couldn't help myself; not long after Monty and I did our four-part series on Freemasonry, I came into more information about the Jesters which in some ways unlocked the gates of …
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Premium Episode 63 - Freemasonry 4, or, the Dark Carnival of the Jesters, or, True Detective Season 2 was a Documentary, feat. Monty
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[originally published on Patreon Jul 14, 2023] I'm rejoined by Monty (@MontyBaby7) to conclude (I thought) our conversation on Freemasonry by exploring the Dark Carnival of the Royal Order of Jesters. To set the stage, Monty lays out the history of the Shriners, from which the Jesters are an outgrowth. Then we explore the history of the Jesters, th…
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Premium Episode 62 - Freemasonry 3, or, “a most dishonest and infamous swindle of the proletariat by the radically inclined section of the middle classes”, feat. Monty
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[originally published on Patreon Jul 7, 2023] Monty and I start by discussing the Freemasonic aspects to the Whitechapel murders and then get into the question of crimes involving Freemasonry vs Freemasonic crimes. We discuss Freemasonry's role in the United Kingdom's police force and society at large. We explore Freemasonry's ties to the UK's land…
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