Podcasts about media roots

Robin Unger returns to the show to pick up where we left off talking about Carroll Quigley. This episode is more about the alternative media landscape generally. A hollowed out shell of what it once was, so much of supposed counter culture is now being used to sell authoritarian technocracy.  Topics include: Mark Carney, establishment leaders, The Age of Transitions video, Truth videos from aughts, Alchemy in Popular Music, Mystery Girl Roy Orbison song, Bono, Themes & Memes, Carroll Quigley, Curtis Yarvin, orbital power, UN as a problem, weapons as unifying political tools, changing alternative media takes, Dark Enlightenment, Libertarian farce, fascism, technocracy, Anglo American Establishment, promotion of dominant minority, Left Hand Path occultism, Zelensky Star Wars fandom, the Dark Side, National Reconnaissance Office, selling counter cultural narratives, QAnon, intel ops, The Storm, Elon Musk, Steve Bannon, MAGA infighting, pretending to be antagonistic, Biosphere 2, stirring the pot, Roger Stone hiding away, Jason Bermas, Australian fronted media companies, supporting political candidates only to disrupt elections, alternative media ventures as a means to mask actual sources of funding, hijacking Truth Movement, Flat Earth, DOGE, Alex Jones support from Musk, The Onion short lived ownership of Infowars, Canadian trucker convoy protest, Bill Cooper, exploiting emergency powers, Patriot Act, PNAC, shilling for new establishment, Tucker Carlson, Curt Weldon, 9/11 Truth, converging interests, Cass Sunstein white paper about weaponizing conspiracy theories, military intelligence, terror acts instigated by feds, Michigan governor kidnapping plot, Operation Gladio, making media about weaponization of alt media, Media Roots, James Corbett, return of Sibel Edmonds, spiritual self improvement

The Age of Transitions and Uncle 5-2-2025 Robin UngerMore Quigly Wiggly than you can shake a left-handed wonder wand at in a century of enslavement with The Artist GREENSEEDROBINhttps://x.com/brokenribhttps://www.instagram.com/rcunger/?hl=enConspiracy TheoriesCASS R. SUNSTEINhttp://ochelli.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ssrn_id1084585_code254274.pdfAoT#459Robin Unger returns to the show to pick up where we left off talking about Carroll Quigley. This episode is more about the alternative media landscape generally. A hollowed out shell of what it once was, so much of supposed counter culture is now being used to sell authoritarian technocracy. Topics include: Mark Carney, establishment leaders, The Age of Transitions video, Truth videos from aughts, Alchemy in Popular Music, Mystery Girl Roy Orbison song, Bono, Themes & Memes, Carroll Quigley, Curtis Yarvin, orbital power, UN as a problem, weapons as unifying political tools, changing alternative media takes, Dark Enlightenment, Libertarian farce, fascism, technocracy, Anglo American Establishment, promotion of dominant minority, Left Hand Path occultism, Zelensky Star Wars fandom, the Dark Side, National Reconnaissance Office, selling counter cultural narratives, QAnon, intel ops, The Storm, Elon Musk, Steve Bannon, MAGA infighting, pretending to be antagonistic, Biosphere 2, stirring the pot, Roger Stone hiding away, Jason Bermas, Australian fronted media companies, supporting political candidates only to disrupt elections, alternative media ventures as a means to mask actual sources of funding, hijacking Truth Movement, Flat Earth, DOGE, Alex Jones support from Musk, The Onion short lived ownership of Infowars, Canadian trucker convoy protest, Bill Cooper, exploiting emergency powers, Patriot Act, PNAC, shilling for new establishment, Tucker Carlson, Curt Weldon, 9/11 Truth, converging interests, Cass Sunstein white paper about weaponizing conspiracy theories, military intelligence, terror acts instigated by feds, Michigan governor kidnapping plot, Operation Gladio, making media about weaponization of alt media, Media Roots, James Corbett, return of Sibel Edmonds, spiritual self improvementUtp#367Uncle's TikTak is growing, and the callers reminisce about having their ear drums hit by loud concerts. Topics include: last show using Skype, TikTak, comedy hour, Trump and Xi Jinping phone calls, believing weird stuff, government hour ideas, bad hearing in the house, loud live bands, KISS without makeup, small club shows, pyrotechnics, simultaneous calls, reposting videos to YouTube, food videos, frozen pot pie, wrestling impersonations, other uncle podcasters, audience engagement, parallel universe, the topic, reusing old content, social media team, Cooley news, Arnold and HHH, wrestling---FRANZ MAIN HUB:https://theageoftransitions.com/PATREONhttps://www.patreon.com/aaronfranzUNCLEhttps://unclethepodcast.com/ORhttps://theageoftransitions.com/category/uncle-the-podcast/FRANZ and UNCLE Merchhttps://theageoftransitions.com/category/support-the-podcasts/---Email Chuckblindjfkresearcher@gmail.comBE THE EFFECTOchelli Link Treehttps://linktr.ee/chuckochelli

On March 26, 2025, ⁠Collider. VC⁠ hosted ⁠Building Blocks 2025⁠, as part of ETH TLV. Our host, ⁠Yitzy Hammer⁠ was invited to come and interview guests and speakers.Live from Building Blocks at Jaffa Port in Tel Aviv, Yitzy Hammer sits down with Lou Kerner, founder of Crypto Mondays. Lou traces his journey from a Wall Street analyst to a social media pioneer, running BOLT (pre-MySpace) and nearly buying Facebook in its infancy. His crypto awakening came in 2017 after a transformative Israel trip in 2015, sparking his Zionist passion and the viral blog that caught Netanyahu's eye. Lou shares how Crypto Mondays grew from a 2018 New York meetup into a global, decentralized movement, thriving on community and zero rules (except no permission needed!). He reflects on Israel's innovative ecosystem, RWAs, and his latest investment. Join Lou and Yitzy as they plan a Crypto Mondays revival in Modiin and beyond!Lou's mega-popular blog: https://loukerner.medium.com/Lou on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loukerner/ Lou on X: https://x.com/loukerner?lang=en

Abby Martin is an American journalist and activist, host of the interview series The Empire Files, and a co-founder of the citizen journalism website Media Roots. She joins Ash Sarkar to discuss her political journey after 9/11, working for the state broadcaster Russia Today, how Israelis really talk about Palestinians, and why she believes the […]

Media Roots Special DatesThe Age of Transitions and Uncle 1-26-2024 Robbie Martin AOT #411Robbie Martin returns to the show to talk a bit about the strange and ever-changing landscape of online media. Media Roots spread deep and sure, but new and evermore beguiling media outlets, personalities, and trends keep emerging at a breakneck pace. Robbie and Aaron do their best to make some kind of sense of it all here. Topics include: Media Roots, podcasting, Masonic history, alternative media, UFO community, monetization schemes, over saturation, Lex Friedman, Joe Rogan, copies of copies, old conspiracies and hoaxes have lasting power, far right extremism and mainstream convergence, family upheavals, mental health, MAGA, Project 2025, strategy of tension, Jan 6, ruling class factions at war with each other, civil war, QAnon, Julian Assange, Wikileaks, Podesta emails, counterintelligence, Accelerationism, Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk, rightwing influencers, glomming onto fringe topics, 9/11 Truth, Flat Earth, Alex Jones, Singularity, AI, Kurzweil, transhumanism, virtual spaces, fictionally augmented digital realities, LLM fueled disinformation campaigns, NeuralinkUTP #321A lively night of calls, chatting in the crack room, and wild discussion ensued on this episode of the broadcast. Remember, we are live every Friday night, and you can join us. Topics include: NFL talk, Blackjack live app investigation, chat, Twitch live-stream aesthetic, Love on the Spectrum, autism, dating shows, humor, comedy shows, normal people, dating etiquette, neurodiversity, Trader Jose dark beer, Uncle QR code, Giant Rock, Skinwalker Ranch, VHS watch party, Bowflex video tape, Thighmaster, Suzanne Sommers, Kobe Bryant shirts, MST shirt, Guiness beer, Red Stripe beer, Red Dog beer, Jagermeister girls promoting in bars, Columbus Ohio FRANZ MAIN HUB:https://theageoftransitions.com/PATREONhttps://www.patreon.com/aaronfranzUNCLEhttps://unclethepodcast.com/ORhttps://theageoftransitions.com/category/uncle-the-podcast/FRANZ and UNCLE Merchhttps://theageoftransitions.com/category/support-the-podcasts/KEEP OCHELLI GOING. You are the EFFECT if you support OCHELLIhttps://ochelli.com/donate/Ochelli Link Treehttps://linktr.ee/chuckochelliBASIC MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP$10. USD per Month Support Ochelli & in 2024 Get a Monthly Email that deliversThe 1st Decade of The Ochelli Effect Over 5,000 Podcasts by 2025BASIC + SUPPORTER WALL$150. USD one time gets same all The Monthly Benefits for 1 Year+a spot on The Ochelli.com Supporters Wallhttps://ochelli.com/membership-account/membership-levels/

Robbie Martin returns to the show to talk a bit about the strange and ever-changing landscape of online media. Media Roots spread deep and sure, but new and evermore beguiling media outlets, personalities, and trends keep emerging at a breakneck pace. Robbie and Aaron do their best to make some kind of sense of it all here.  Topics include: Media Roots, podcasting, Masonic history, alternative media, UFO community, monetization schemes, over saturation, Lex Friedman, Joe Rogan, copies of copies, old conspiracies and hoaxes have lasting power, far right extremism and mainstream convergence, family upheavals, mental health, MAGA, Project 2025, strategy of tension, Jan 6, ruling class factions at war with each other, civil war, QAnon, Julian Assange, Wikileaks, Podesta emails, counterintelligence, Accelerationism, Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk, rightwing influencers, glomming onto fringe topics, 9/11 Truth, Flat Earth, Alex Jones, Singularity, AI, Kurzweil, transhumanism, virtual spaces, fictionally augmented digital realities, LLM fueled disinformation campaigns, Neuralink

It's our first FDR of Kink Month 2023, so Capt'n Max & I are set to let our kink flag fly & recap the amazing Abby Martin's art party, which we do—but that's not all we do… Hours before showtime, Hamas attacked Israel, killing 100s of Israelis & taking dozens of hostages in what many call “Israel's 9/11,” its bold ferocity demonstrating Israel's breakdown in so-called “intelligence.” In response, Israeli forces are bombing Gaza, murdering 100s of Palestinians with vengeful vows of war & more war. I'm pretty shaken up about it, so I talk about it, but there's no simple solution to this war or any war, except never to start a war, occupation or apartheid colonization in the first place, no matter how “holy” the land. Warning: Explicit Conversations About Politics, Culture, & S3xuality!  Make Kink Not War! That's the Bonobo Way & my motto every day—especially in the kink-positive month of Kinktober—though wars are not kinky, at least not by my definition, which involves consenting adults only. Indeed, war is the opposite of kink, though gruesome *war p0rn* floods our media. I talk about learning a lot about the brutal apartheid nature of the Zionist occupation of Palestine from none other than Abby Martin whose “Gaza fights for Freedom” & other Empire Files documentaries are excellent reports on the plight of Palestinians. Capt'n Max *discovered* the amazing Abby Martin back in 2014 on the once-great RT (Russian TV), & then I invited her on The Dr. Susan Block Show for a remarkable interview. Last year, Abby & Mike Prysner interviewed Dr. Suzy on their Dosed Show about sex, violence & the Bonobo Way & a couple years earlier, she talked politics & cuckolding on Media Roots with Abby's brother Robbie Martin. Abby & Mike also attended our erotic-verging-on-orgiastic Bonoboville Reunion, so yes, you can see them (mostly in the background) on our ViceTV piece (now over 225K views!) So, we were delighted to join Abby & Mike at their art show & going away party at Queerspace Little Secret.  What a fun time dancing, chatting & ogling Abby's gorgeous abstract art. I was honored that Abby gave me “Hell Yeah,” one of her most beautiful paintings, as a gift. What a good time AND also an aphrodisiac, at least for Max & I. Even though, thx to Max's shingles, we can't touch each other's most intimate places right now, we managed to have a little orgasmic sex right after the party & before this show. Go Bonobos for disabled senior sex! Great music is the soundtrack to great sex, & sweet sounds played a big part in Abby's party. Go Bonobos for Max Collins of Eve 6, Mz Neon, Metal Mother, Televangel + DJs Succubus & Infernx! Music also plays a recurring role in this FDR podcast, starting with Max in the afterglow warbling “I'm in the Mood for Love.” Then moving onto the return of Brady calling in from Texas to sing his new song (part of his upcoming antiwar album), “Just Say No to NATO.” But the best singer is Brady's SUZY Award-winning dog Rufio crooning to the moon, “Just Say Noooo to NATOOooooo.” Other subjects on the Love Train include Olivia Wilde, niece of late great Counterpunch publisher Alex Cockburn – pronounced Cohburn, not cock-burn—though we have a field day with that pronunciation; coconut oil (good for cock burn); GW Bush & the Yale Skull & Boneheads, plastic in our water; & the terrible attacks on Ekolo ya Bonobo. Stay tuned for our arbitration against Zuck the META cuck making mega bucks off our exploitation & then rewarding our hard work with deactivation. And Be Bonobo. Even if we can't stop wars in the Middle East, Ukraine or anywhere in this war-torn world, we can at least make our voices heard - unless we're censored... Well, we can at least Be Bonobo & make peace through pleasure in our own lives. It's a start! Happy Kink Month 2023! It may not seem like it for sooo many reasons, but it really is a better time than ever to… Make Kink Not War. Check out more of my prose & shows: https://drsusanblock.com/kinktober-2023 Need to talk privately? Call Our Therapists Without Borders anytime: 213.291.9497. We're here for YOU. 

Pt 1 of a 3 part series examinig the new QAnon adjacent 'save the children' movement involving Mel Gibson, Jim Caviezel, former CIA agent Tim Ballard, the LDS Church, Operation Underground Railroad, free market propaganda for children & the upcoming dog whistle in the form of a feature film, The Sound of Freedom. Access Pt 2: Minimizing American Slavery for QAnon Backdoor & Pt 3: Spooky Tim Ballard's Dog Whistle & Operation Underground Railroad immediately by becoming a subscriber to Media Roots @ https://www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio

Robbie Martin is joined by Max aka Compostghoul, a researcher and Media Roots collaborator who has been working with Robbie to turn previous Media Roots anthrax investigative podcasts into long form written pieces. They start by giving their opinions about what was good and bad about the new Netflix documentary: Anthrax, In the Shadow of 9/11. Halfway through the podcast Robbie and Max emphasize how the recently unearthed abandoned St Petersburg hoax letters thread alone undermines the entire FBI case about Bruce Ivins, possibly the strongest evidence point at the current moment that proves that the anthrax attacks must have been the work of at least 2 individuals, but probably more. In the last third Robbie throws out darker possibilities for suspects, including the liklihood that whoever conducted the 2001 anthrax attacks had foreknowledge of the 9/11 attacks and was planning the anthrax attack before 9/11 actually occured. Robbie mentions several crucial previous Media Roots works on the 2001 anthrax attacks throughout the podcast, please see all the links below: Schrödinger's Super Patriot : The 2001 Anthrax Mystery (true crime long form investigative podcast w/ Abby Martin) https://soundcloud.com/media-roots/schrodingers-super-patriot-the-2001-anthrax-mystery-pt-1-of-2 American Anthrax 1.5 (video documentary from 2015) https://youtu.be/0PqU7dXEirU The Anthrax Cache .4 (a massive cache of public documents compiled by Robbie Martin and Gumby collecting together vital information about the anthrax attacks) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DD92jEbey5c6FIqbpmjTyFutApNW--ue?usp=sharing Amerithrax 20th Anniversary: St Petersburg Letters, Bruce Ivins' Bilocation & the Anthrax Timeline https://soundcloud.com/media-roots/amerithrax-20th-anniversary-st-petersburg-letters-the-anthrax-timeline-bruce-irvins-bilocation?ref=clipboard&p=a&c=0&si=6ce8a1f7f10b4dc092f78acdbb2c2dc2 the Enquirer, BioOne, Sabre, Anthrax, AMI, Rudy Giuliani, David Pecker, Rustine, Manafort & Marcor https://soundcloud.com/media-roots/the-enquirer-bioone-sabre-anthrax-ami-rudy-giuliani-david-pecker-rustine-manafort-marcor Kathy Nguyen the Anthrax Victim FBI Called a Terrorist & Swabbing Hijacker Remains in Shanksville https://soundcloud.com/media-roots/kathy-nguyen-the-anthrax-victim-fbi-called-a-terrorist-swabbing-hijacker-remains-in-shanksville The Florida 2001 Attacks Event Map compiled by Robbie Martin https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=10jYWhDZQN36arFw6K5sVy_i146uE3Zsx&usp=sharing

We discuss the recent Mediaroots podcast by Abby and Robbie Martin, titled "RIP RT America: The End of an Era," which details Abby's time at RT and some of hers and Robbie's thoughts and recollections. We talk about some of Abby's strong points in terms of activism and journalism as well as areas where her coverage and perspective falls short. We close by discussing Russian state media policy related to September 11th, bringing in Abby as well as John Kiriakou of Radio Sputnik. https://soundcloud.com/media-roots/rip-rt-america-the-end-of-an-era https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvpW36yo4Q4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=revx-akHmAM https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnZSaKYmP2s https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/26/magazine/how-fake-news-turned-a-small-town-upside-down.html https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/gaza-fights-for-freedom/ https://twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/763105569712410624 http://911blogger.com/news/2016-08-17/max-blumenthal-finds-abby-martin-not-guilty-911-truth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_(TV_network) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Yah_Satellite_Communications https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxtel https://newrepublic.com/article/148342/cia-spy-became-russian-propagandist --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-antedote/support

From the moment Russian troops invaded Ukraine the entire corporate media apparatus in the US moved to 24-7 coverage, filling airwaves with talking heads relentlessly beating the drums of war. Combined with Big Tech's sophisticated means for silencing and punishing dissenting voices, the increasingly hostile and propaganda-filled discourse that is taking shape today is eerily reminiscent of the “Russiagate” fervor and the cultural hysteria that permeated the post-9/11 years. TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez speaks with longtime journalist and activist Abby Martin about how the media's manufactured “bloodlust” for war makes us all less safe and how we must use independent media to advance the cause of peace.Abby Martin is an American journalist, show presenter, activist, and artist. She helped found the citizen journalism website Media Roots and is the host of the investigative documentary and interview series The Empire Files. Martin has been involved in numerous film projects, including producing the recent feature documentaries Gaza Fights for Freedom, and she is currently producing another feature entitled Earth's Greatest Enemy.Pre-Production: Maximillian AlvarezStudio/Post-Production: Cameron GranadinoRead the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/abby-martin-how-the-media-manufactures-bloodlust-for-warHelp us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer: Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-podSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/newsletter-podLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

‘If you think Alex Jones is right then it's an overwhelmingly good thing he warned everyone about this emerging fascism. If you think he's wrong then he's scare mongered people into non-compliance with entirely sensible public health measures. What I want to point out though is that if Alex is guilty of creating fear and suspicion of government mandated medicine, then Abby Martin is no less so. Examining why takes us right into the heart of the Left and Libertarian anti-imperialist divide.'   Notes: Abby and Robbie Martin's Media Roots conversation   Abby's series The Empire Files   Alex Jones' documentary Endgame

Abby and Robbie Martin wrap up 2021 by discussing the anniversary of January 6th and QAnon's lasting impact, Trump's recent off-script media appearances, US Navy poisoning Hawaii's water, Biden's drone war and the extradition of Assange on Media Roots Radio. Happy New Year Empire babies! Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe to Media Roots Radio on Patreon // www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio Patreon subscribers at the $5 tier get access to an exclusive bonus episode per month. FOLLOW // twitter.com/AbbyMartin // twitter.com/FluorescentGrey //

Guerrilla History- Intelligence Briefings will be roughly a twice monthly series of shorter, more informal discussions between the hosts about topics of their choice.  Patrons at the Comrade tier and above will have access to all Intelligence Briefings. We have another fun Intelligence Briefing this time, with a special guest!  For this conversation to mark the 20th anniversary of the Amerithrax case, we bring onto the show Robbie Martin from Media Roots Radio, who has been doing a tremendous amount of research into the topic.   Robbie Martin (alongside his sister Abby) is one of the two cohosts of Media Roots Radio, a show they've been doing since 2010 with a critical eye on American politics and imperialism.  You can listen to Media Roots's public episodes wherever you get your podcasts, and you can support them and get bonus content by subscribing to their patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio.  You can follow Robbie on twitter @FluorescentGrey and Media Roots @MediaRootsNews. Your hosts are immunobiologist Henry Hakamaki, Professor Adnan Husain, historian and Director of the School of Religion at Queens University, and Revolutionary Left Radio's Breht O'Shea. Follow us on social media!  Our podcast can be found on twitter @guerrilla_pod.  Your contributions make the show possible to continue and succeed!  Please encourage your comrades to join us, which will help our show grow. To follow the hosts, Henry can be found on twitter @huck1995, and also has a patreon to help support himself through the pandemic where he breaks down science and public health research and news at https://www.patreon.com/huck1995.  Adnan can be followed on twitter at @adnanahusain, and also runs The Majlis Podcast, which can be found at https://anchor.fm/the-majlis and the Muslim Societies-Global Perspectives group at Queens University, https://www.facebook.com/MSGPQU/.   Breht is the host of Revolutionary Left Radio, which can be followed on twitter @RevLeftRadio cohost of The Red Menace Podcast, which can be followed on twitter at @Red_Menace_Pod.  You can find and support these shows by visiting https://www.revolutionaryleftradio.com/. Thanks to Ryan Hakamaki, who designed and created the podcast's artwork, and Kevin MacLeod, who creates royalty-free music.

Senator Mike Gravel passed away on June 26, 2021 at the age of 91. Leaving an amazing activist and political career behind him Robbie and Abby decided to reflect on and celebrate his *true* legacy, one that has been white washed and cherry picked even in the recent newspaper obituaries. A legacy that included sticking his neck out on taboo issues like advocating for a new 9/11 investigation and pushing legislation that encouraged cooperation with the formerly People's Republic of China. Gravel had been a huge inspiration to Media Roots since the very beginning, leaving a lasting imprint on both Abby and Robbie since they watched him on the presidential debate stage VS Barack Obama in 2008. Because of this admiration, Robbie and Abby felt lucky they got Senator Gravel on Media Roots Radio twice as a guest over the years. Early internet independent journalists Eric & Mike Jackman also known as the Jackman brothers had an opportunity to meet Gravel during the 2008 primary, as they happened to live in New Hamphshire, a prime spot for visiting campaigning candidates during the presidential primary season. While Gravel was campaigning in New Hampshire, Mike Jackman landed a job working for Senator Gravel as his driver. Of course one of the more entertaining aspects of the job was hearing many hilarious and fasccinating anecdotes in long car rides with the Senator. The Jackman brothers then continued to keep in contact with Senator Gravel for the next 13 years. There's nothing complicated about today's episode, this is a celebration of the life and career of Senator Mike Gravel featuring Robbie Martin, Abby Martin, Mike Jackman & Eric Jackman. Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to Media Roots Radio on Patreon // www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio Patreon subscribers at the $5 tier get access to an exclusive bonus episode per month. FOLLOW // twitter.com/AbbyMartin // twitter.com/FluorescentGrey

As a holiday special for 4th of July, a researcher who is well known on Twitter and goes by the pseudonym Gumby4Christ and Joanne talk about his research on the Covid origins lab leak theory, the pandemic in general and how basic freedoms and rights in our society have been impacted by the response to all of it. FOLLOW @gumby4christ on Twiitter.  Around the Empire aroundtheempire.com is listener supported, independent media. SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW on Rokfin rokfin.com/aroundtheempire, Patreon patreon.com/aroundtheempire, Paypal paypal.me/aroundtheempirepod, YouTube youtube.com/aroundtheempire, Spotify, iTunes, iHeart, Google Podcasts FOLLOW @aroundtheempire and @joanneleon.   Recorded on July 4, 2021. Music by Fluorescent Grey. Reference Links: The Lab-Leak Theory: Inside the Fight to Uncover COVID-19's Origins, Vanity F RFK Jr The Defender podcast: Fauci's Smoking Gun with Dr. Meryl Nass MediaRoots podcast: Libs Love Lab-Leak, Geopolitical Sting Op & the Wuhan Coincidence w/ gumby4christ MediaRoots podcast: The Oswald Institute of Virology, COVID-19 Origins & US Military Biowarfare w/ gumby4christ In-Depth Interview: Author Kris Newby and Prof. Mark Crispin Miller Talk About Chronic Lyme Disease, and Its Likely Origins, Peter B. Collins Documents from gumby4christ FOIA request CDC FOIA: USAMRIID

This week we went deep on the growing pains of a startup, from PR nightmares to co-founder breakups, the challenge of shifting from a scarcity to growth mindset, and so much more with Jack Smith, serial entrepreneur & investor. @_jacksmith has co-founded multiple startups: Vungle, Coin, Shyp and advised many others. We talk everything from his startup outgrowing him to his lack of focus getting him to the right place & right time. --Billion Dollar Moves is THE show for the top US-Asia funders, founders, and execs. From building a unicorn to IPO, and scaling a VC firm - all of these efforts require vision from the leaders at the helm. --

In this episode, Whitney and Robbie Martin of Media Roots discuss how the recent heavy promotion of UFOs by the military and intelligence communities masks a decades-old neoconservative agenda to militarize outer space as a way to indefinitely secure American military hegemony. Originally published June 12, 2021 on Rokfin.com Post for The Neocon Agenda to Militarize Space with Robbie Martin.

Despite publicly urging caution, restraint and calling for a ceasefire, the United States government continues to aid Israel, this week approving $375 million worth of arms sales to the Jewish state, even as it uses U.S.-made weaponry to attack civilian buildings and other infrastructure in the Gaza Strip. Hospitals, health clinics and homes have been destroyed, with reports confirming the deaths of at least 63 children in Gaza alone. Three pregnant women have also been killed. As of Wednesday morning, the death toll stands at 276.Also destroyed was the largest bookshop and publishing house in Gaza. “They not only want to shut down our voices, but our access to other works. This is an attack on knowledge, education, literature, and the exchange of narratives,” wrote Palestinian writer Mariam Barghouti.After more than one week of bombing, a reported 38,000 people have been displaced within Gaza alone, with thousands taking shelter in United Nations buildings and schools.The Biden administration has stood firm in its support for Israel, blocking three times this week United Nations statements that condemned the Jewish state for its offensive. As the bombs rained down, President Joe Biden reiterated his belief that “Israel has a right to defend itself,” a statement that has drawn criticism from a growing number on the left. Senator Bernie Sanders, for instance, characterized the U.S. as an apologist for the far-right Netanyahu government. In response, Trump lawyer and Israel advocate Alan Dershowitz labeled Sanders a “self-hating Jew” and accused media outlets like The New York Times of supporting Hamas.Global opinion, however, is distinctly more hostile towards Israel’s actions. Both Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders have accused Israel of “war crimes” in targeting residential buildings and media outlets. The Israeli government has also been condemned by the Arab League and a number of Asian nations.Joining MintPress to talk about the situation in Palestine is journalist, activist and filmmaker Abby Martin. Abby began her journalistic career in 2009, founding her own citizen journalism outlet, Media Roots. She later hosted Breaking the Set on RT America and is now an independent filmmaker for Empire Files. She recently made the 2019 feature-length documentary movie Gaza Fights for Freedom, free to watch on the Empire Files YouTube channel.Support the show (https://www.mintpressnews.com/donations/)

https://mediaroots.org/ Since 2010, siblings and journalists Abby Martin and Robbie Martin have been doing Media Roots Radio, a political podcast with a critical eye on US foreign policy, political partisanship and what people can do to fight back. Conversational, controversial, passionate and explicit, Media Roots stands apart from the majority of podcasts coming from a similar point of view. ----- https://watchdogsbark.com/ In 2009, documentarians Duffy and Nowosielski arrived at the offices of Richard Clarke, the former counter-terror adviser to Presidents Clinton and Bush. There, for the first time, Clarke boldly accused his friend and one-time Central Intelligence Agency director George Tenet of “malfeasance and misfeasance” in the pre-war on terrorism. Thus began an incredible—never-before-told—investigative journey of intrigue into how the fall-out from a covert decision within America's intelligence community about two future September 11th hijackers may have come to secretly define the terror wars and launched a “war on whistleblowers.” Audio taken from: https://soundcloud.com/media-roots/the-watchdogs-didnt-bark-interview-w-john-duffy-ray-nowosielski

Abby & Robbie Martin speak to filmmaker Cullen Hoback, a returning Media Roots guest and the director behind the documentary miniseries Q: Into the Storm. They discuss why sanitizing the internet of any existence of QAnon sets a bad precedent, the psychology behind his documentary subjects who not only followed QAnon seriously but who also ran the message board (8chan) in which Q exclusively posted and the strange confluence of US Military intelligence officials (like Paul Valley & Michael Flynn) who helped spread QAnon as a movement. Intro/Outro song: Fluorescent Grey & Laurie AK - We Are Not Robots To Do With As You Please FOLLOW // twitter.com/AbbyMartin // twitter.com/FluorescentGrey Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to Media Roots Radio on Patreon // www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio

In this episode, Whitney and Robbie Martin of Media Roots discuss the Biden administration's plan to withdraw some, but not all, US military personnel from Afghanistan by September 11 of this year. The real reasons for the US invasion, the CIA's role in Afghanistan pre- and post-invasion and the parallels between Biden's withdrawal plan and that of his predecessor Donald Trump are also discussed. Whitney and Robbie also cover the recent confirmation of the US Capitol Police stand-down order on January 6th and the disturbing background of the military bases in Texas currently housing migrant children at the US-Mexico border. Post for The Illusion of a US Withdrawal in Afghanistan with Robbie Martin.

Hoss chats w/ Robbie Martin (Twitter: @fluorescentgrey) about everything from “cancel culture” to conspiracy theories to the Jan 6 Capitol riots to more stuff. Please show him some love on Twitter and subscribe to Media Roots Radio. And/or visit MEDIAROOTS.org. What a show! Robbie Martin is cohost of MEDIA ROOTS RADIO, alongside his sister Abbie Martin. But he's so much more than that! He's an indispensable voice in the left-o-sphere, an awesome musician, an auditory AND visual documentarian, and so much more EVEN than all that! Much loaf! Oh, here's the episode of POUNDCAST Robbie Martin was on, which we reference—he tells the INSANE story about the fake beheading video in this: https://youtu.be/NqKcKxjahII Support Hoss on Patreon at: https://patreon.com/hoss_bossman Follow Hoss on Twitter and Instagram and Twitch: @hoss_bossman Support Hoss AND get the best album ever made (THE SOUNDS OF BREADSHEET) at https://hossbossman.bandcamp.com Visit https://www.hoss.fun for ALL YOUR HOSS NEEDS Media Roots Radio is available on all major podcasting apps and releases three free and one Patreon-exclusive episode each month. Access that fourth episode at patreon.com/mediarootsradio Follow Robbie Martin on Twitter at @fluorsecentgrey. Check out Robbie Martin's streaming show MAME Politics at youtube.com/AVeryHeavyAgenda — A Very Heavy Agenda is also the name of his documentary, which you can find at AVeryHeavyAgenda.com — Visit fluorescent-grey.bandcamp.com to download some of Mr. Martin's awesome electronic music if you dig the tracks I use in this episode. First Fluorescent Grey song used in intro: “LARD SCAR HUE” - https://fluorescent-grey.bandcamp.com/track/lard-scar-hue SECOND Fluorescent Grey song used in outro: “Uncle Sew” - https://fluorescent-grey.bandcamp.com/track/uncle-sew OTHERZ: Twitter: @hoss_bossman https://twitter.com/hoss_bossman Instagram: @hoss_bossman https://instagram.com/hoss_bossman Twitch: hoss_bossman https://twitch.tv/hoss_bossman Check out Hoss's YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/hosstube Follow me on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/hossbossman/ Hear The K-Macks (my old band, "real music" written and performed by me and Max and Jake) AND support me/us financially: https://thekmacks.bandcamp.com/album/tobacco-and-firearms --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hossbossman/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hossbossman/support

On this edition of Parallax Views, Robbie Martin of Media Roots joins us to discuss his recent podcast series on the history of Freemasonry in America as well as his thoughts on the QAnon phenomena. In Robbie's estimation, QAnon seems to be a political, or perhaps even intelligence, operation. But to what end? Find out on this edition of Parallax Views! Among the topics covered:- Is the history of Freemasonry in the U.S. is more interesting than the sensationalist interpretations of Masonic figures like Alex Jones? Robbie thinks so! - Anti-Masonry and the Anti-Masonic Party in the U.S. and the disappearance of William Morgan; the Catholic Church Vs. Freemasonry - How the sensationalism around fraternal organizations and secret societies actually undermines the fact that such organizations can potentially create networks of privilege and preferential treatment - What is going on with QAnon? Is it a psyop? What effect will it have on the stifling of information on the internet? - 8chan whistleblower Frederick Brennan and 8chan owner Jim Watkins, who has been discussed as the pivotal figure in pushing QAnon. Is there more to it than Watkins? - How the concept of the "deep state" has been denigrated by QAnon's nonsense; the Grand Unified Conspiracy subculture under QAnon... QAnon's followers infiltrating everything from UFO subculture to the 9/11 Truth Movement - The damage that QAnon and figures like Alex Jones have had on skepticism of intellectual and academics critiques of government, imperialism, etc. - Figures like former CIA Bin Laden Unit head honcho Michael Scheuer and Tom Clancy ghostwriter/former State Department figure Steve Pieczenick; Bin Laden's niece, Noora Bin Laden, is a QAnon supporter? - QAnon after Trump has gotten COVID; belief of some QAnon supporters that Trump is faking illness to bring about "The Storm" and the arrest of Hillary Clinton; Q's posts, called "Q Drops" becoming lazier and more akin to your average electoral conspiracy theories rather than the more outlandish theories that QAno's WWG1WGA army has become used to devouring - Russiagate and QAnon; does QAnon strive off energy from Russiagate; the Israeli private intelligence firm Psy Group and its relationship to the Trump-Russia story; Trump aggressing Russia ahead of arms treaty expiring; Russian bounties story - The faux populism and the big money (or dark money) behind the American Right and Trumpism This Episode Brought to You By:The War State:The Cold War Origins of the Military-Industrial Complex and the Power Elite, 1945-1963byMichael SwansonofThe Wall Street Window

Originally Broadcast on October 3 2020 on Rokfin.com - Whitney is joined by repeat guest Robbie Martin of Media Roots to discuss the first presidential debate as well as the new "warnings" and predictions from suspect national security officials that a bioterror attack on US soil is imminent in the months ahead.

On this episode, Eric & Mike are joined by writer, director and host of Media Roots, Robbie Martin! They discuss #QAnon, Pizzagate, Epstein, the upcoming 2020 election, and more! Robbie's show can be found at www.Mediaroots.org Follow him on Twitter: @FluorescentGrey

[Preview of Media Roots Radio Patreon exclusive] When we go 1 we go all into a gigantic satanic panic psyop that may or may not be managed by US intelligence services. Robbie Martin continues his deep dive into the conspiracy theory movement and anonymous figure known as 'QAnon' in Part 2 of this special Media Roots podcast and concludes the episode with audience questions & answers. You can get access to the full 2 hour episode by becoming a Patreon subscriber of Media Roots Radio for as little as $5 a month : https://www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio The Origins of #QAnon, Follow the White Rabbit Into a Deeper Layer of the MAGA Cult Part 1: https://soundcloud.com/media-roots/the-origins-of-qanon-follow-the-white-rabbit-into-a-deeper-layer-of-the-maga-cult-pt-1-of-2 FOLLOW // twitter.com/FluorescentGrey

Danny Haiphong of Black Agenda Report joins Robbie Martin on Media Roots for an in depth discussion about how the Covid-19 pandemic has shown without a doubt that America is a declining empire and how it has also revealed an ugly undercurrent of anti-Chinese xenophobia and anti-Asian racist sentiment that has exploded exponentially in the wake of the pandemic. In the second half of the podcast Robbie asks Danny how the Black Lives Matter movement could eventually merge with other long standing leftist issues movements like anti-imperialism and the class struggle and also how leftists can effectively oppose the Trump administration without resembling the neoliberal press that thrives on sensationalizing everything Trump does. In the last third Robbie brings up the 'Boogaloo Boys' shooting death of an officer in Oakland, CA which was initially blamed on antifa but was actually done by an active duty US air-force sergeant inspired by a troll right-wing group on 4chan that wants to start a civil war. Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to Media Roots Radio on Patreon // www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio FOLLOW // twitter.com/AbbyMartin // twitter.com/FluorescentGrey // twitter.com/SpiritofHo

Robbie Martin of Media Roots joins Whitney to discuss the 2001 anthrax attacks and their relevance to the current coronavirus crisis.

Returning guests Robbie Martin, Charlie Robinson & Jeffery Wilson join me for a CoronaVirus round-table discussion. Robbie Martin is a journalist for MediaRoots.org, co-hosts of Media Roots Radio with Abby Martin, and documentary filmmaker who's work includes 'American Anthrax' and 'A Very Heavy Agenda.' Charlie Robinson is a researcher, author of 'The Octopus of Global Control' and host of the Macroaggressions with Charlie Robinson podcast. Jeffery Wilson is the host of the ItsMeSpkn2U podcast, co-host of Everything Combat & The Conspiracy Farm Podcast with UFC & MMA legend, Pat Miletich.

Thank you so much for tuning in for another episode of Tin Foil Hat with Sam Tripoli. This episode we welcome Abby Martin to the show to discuss her lawsuit against the state of Georgia for violating her 1st Amendment rights. Thank you so much for all of your support!Please check out:Abby Martin Movie- Gaza Fight For Freedomhttps://gazafightsforfreedom.comHer podcast:Media Roots: https://mediaroots.orgHer YouTube page:Empire Files- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG29FnXZm4F5U8xpqs1cs1QTwitter: https://twitter.com/abbymartinOur Youtube pageYoutube.com/SamTripoliCheck out all the Tin Foil Hat Full Episode Videos atbrokensimulation.comMy youtube.comYoutube.com/SamTripoliPatreon:Patreon.com/TinFoilHatTshirts:TinFoilHattshirts.comCameo.comwww.cameo.com/samtripoliThank you to our sponsors:Strong Coffee: Go to www.strongcoffeeltd.com/tinfoil FOR 30% OFFOMAX CryoFreeze: Get 20% off a full bottle of CryoFreeze Pain Roll Relief and anything site wide plus free shipping just go to OMAXhealth.com promocode TINFOILHAT.Manscaped: Get 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code TINFOILHAT at Manscaped.com. That’s 20% off with free shipping atmanscaped.com, and use code TINFOILHATBlue Chew: Visit Blue Chew dot com and get your first shipment free when you use promo code tinfoil. Just pay $5 shipping. That’s B-L-U-E-Chew dot com promo code tinfoil. Chew it and do it!ADsuits.com: hey have tons of different colors and styles. they have suits in solid colors, pinstripes, plaids, houndstooth, double breasted, corduroy, tuxes. and all for $39 to $69. AND they give away 1 free suit every week to one of our listeners. thats just tinfoil hat fans. we announce the winner here the following week on the show. Just go to ADsuits.com/TinFoilHat and put in your email. or don't put in your email in for the free suit and just go to ADsuits.com/TinFoilHat and get a 2-button suit for $39Live Shows:Feb 25th: Comedy Chaos Live at the Comedy StoreApril 11th: Tin Foil Hat Comedy Night Live at the Rec room @7pmApril 11th: Tin Foil Hat Podcast with Special Guest An0malyMay 1st: Spokane Comedy ClubMay 2nd: Tacoma Comedy ClubMay 5th: Chicago at The Den Theatre

Abby Martin is an American journalist and presenter of The Empire Files, an investigative news program on the satellite network teleSUR and YouTube. She was formerly the host of Breaking the Set on the Russian network RT America, working from the Washington, D.C. bureau. Before hosting her own show, she had worked for two years as a correspondent for RT America. Martin is also an artist, activist, and helped found the citizen journalism website Media Roots. She serves on the board of directors for the Media Freedom Foundation which manages Project Censored. Martin appeared in the documentary film Project Censored The Movie: Ending the Reign of Junk Food News and co-directed 99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film.   Follow Abby on Instagram   Listen to Oppo   People talk about this episode here   Sign up for the weekly email   Buy me a coffee on Patreon   Here's my Instagram   The Motherfucker Awards   Contact: info@kyle.surf   SC Medicinals Use the code KYLE10 to get 10% off everything at SC Medicinals.   Intro music by Nashe Howe   “Life moves pretty fast ... if you don't look around once and a while, you could miss it.” - Ferris Buller Get full access to Writing by Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Abby Martin is an American journalist and presenter of The Empire Files, an investigative news program on the satellite network teleSUR and YouTube. She was formerly the host of Breaking the Set on the Russian network RT America, working from the Washington, D.C. bureau. Before hosting her own show, she had worked for two years as a correspondent for RT America. Martin is also an artist, activist, and helped found the citizen journalism website Media Roots. She serves on the board of directors for the Media Freedom Foundation which manages Project Censored. Martin appeared in the documentary film Project Censored The Movie: Ending the Reign of Junk Food News and co-directed 99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film.   Follow Abby on Instagram   Listen to Oppo   People talk about this episode here   Sign up for the weekly email   Buy me a coffee on Patreon   Here's my Instagram   The Motherfucker Awards   Contact: info@kyle.surf   SC Medicinals Use the code KYLE10 to get 10% off everything at SC Medicinals.   Intro music by Nashe Howe   “Life moves pretty fast ... if you don't look around once and a while, you could miss it.” - Ferris Buller

Plus, Mark Lukasiewicz on the 'deliberate deception' of conspiracy theories; Tara Dowdell on the 'powerful forces' supporting Trump; fact versus fiction in Clint Eastwood's new movie 'Richard Jewell;' and how the Afghanistan Papers reveal 'the truth about the war.' Masha Gessen, Mark Lukasiewicz, Tara Dowdell, Jim Lehrer, Gretchen Carlson, Kevin Riley, Brian Lowry, and Craig Whitlock join Brian Stelter.

A Note to Listeners: Please Consider Supporting This GoFundMe for the Medical Expenses of a Family in Need. Your Support Would Mean the World to Parallax Views & J.G. Michael  On this edition of Parallax Views, the culture wars are raging as Antifa brawls in the streets with the alt right and the South African hip-hop sensation experiences a controversy around homophobia. Meanwhile the Jeffrey Epstein case becomes a conspiratorial tennis match between Trump and Clinton supporters. Joining us to cover the culture wars in the age of the 24/7 news cycle is Robbie Martin, co-host of Media Root Radio with his sister Abby Martin and the director of the documentary A Very Heavy Agenda about the history of neoconservativism along the D.C. beltway. Discussion of cancel culture, deep fakes, and more on this edition of Parallax Views! LISTEN TO MEDIA ROOTS RADIO WITH ROBBIE AND ABBY MARTIN Abby Martin's New DocumentaryGaza Fights for FreedomNow Available for Streaming SUPPORT PARALLAX VIEWS ON PATREON!

On this week's show, we have a crossover between the "Unauthorized Disclosure" weekly podcast and "Media Roots" radio. In the first part of the show, Rania Khalek highlights a recent project for "In The Now," Kevin Gosztola shares some of the work he is doing to cover Julian Assange's case, Abby discusses her documentary being made about Gaza and Robbie talks about his latest work on neocons. Later they talk about Russiagate era censorship of alternative media, the ongoing efforts by the Trump administration to force regime change in Venezuela and the right-wing attacks backed by law enforcement against the Venezuela embassy in Washington, D.C. Listen to the full show on our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio

On this week's show, we have a crossover between the "Unauthorized Disclosure" weekly podcast and "" radio. In the first part of the show, we talk with Abby Martin and Robbie Martin of Media Roots about some of the projects they're involved in currently. Abby tells us about "Empire Files." Robbie mentions he is working on another documentary in his "A Very Heavy Agenda" series on neoconservatives. Both Rania and Kevin talk about some of their recent work. Rania highlights a recent project for "In The Now." Kevin shares some of the work he is doing to cover Julian Assange's case. Later in the show, they talk about the ongoing efforts by the Trump administration to force regime change in Venezuela, as well as the right-wing attacks backed by law enforcement against the Venezuela embassy in Washington, D.C. *** This was a reward show for patrons who helped "Unauthorized Disclosure" reach a 200-patron milestone a few months ago. Rania and Kevin had Abby and Robbie record an additional segment entirely for patrons, where they talked about the threat of censorship and other media issues. If you would like to hear this segment, . If you are already a patron, to listen. Thanks again to all of our wonderful patrons who help make our show a continued success, and thanks to Abby and Robbie for helping us make this week's episode possible. We plan to join forces on a more regular basis.

Your unhappiness might have a pricetag, and the free social media you use could be the ones ringing the cash register. That's one of the modern cultural phenomena writer, speaker, and digital anthropologist Brian Solis recognized while writing his latest book, "Lifescale: How to live a more creative, productive, and happy life." In this episode of Hack the Process, Brian will tell us what motivated him to overcome his fear of public speaking, why he has managed all his own social media for most of his career, and how he realized that some of the technologies he has spent a lifetime working with might be at the root of his own discontent. For links to the resources mentioned in this episode, please check out the show notes: https://www.hacktheprocess.com/brian-solis-digs-into-the-social-media-roots-of-our-discontent-on-hack-the-process-podcast/

RIP William Henry Blum March 6, 1933 – December 9, 2018 An interview conducted by Abby & Robbie Martin with historian and writer William Blum. The recording was believed to be lost in a hard drive crash shortly after, In a bittersweet turn of events Robbie later recovered the recording after William's passing. This episode from the Media Roots archive is a discussion with William Blum on the history of the CIA secret wars and lesser known US atrocities committed largely under the cover of darkness. Episode recorded: May 8th, 2015 Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast please consider donating to Media Roots Radio on Patreon: www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio FOLLOW // twitter.com/AbbyMartin // twitter.com/FluorescentGrey

On this edition of jam-packed, 2 1/2 hour edition ofParallax Views, Media Roots Radio's Robbie Martin returns to the show to discuss what has been referred to in Washington, D.C. beltway media circle's as "The Blob": the foreign policy consensus that dictates the United States' actions abroad. BUT FIRST...   Ben Shapiro, Gavin McInnes, & Other Right-Wing Loons Go to the Circus in... KILLER KLOWNS FROM THE PERPETUALLY ANXIOUS RIGHT! Robbie and I begin by discussing the right-wing meme of "clown world". During this portion of the conversation Robbie gives his take on the right-wing's hysterics over cultural change and how they take focus away from issues like late-stage capitalism and antiwar issues. And, of course, we talk about Gavin McInnes and his bizarre stunt involving wearing a Southern plantation owner outfit out the Southern Poverty Law Center. THEN... Robbie tells us about the D.C. "Blob" that guides foreign policy decisions in the United States! We begin by discussing how the metaphor was popularized through the former Obama administration National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes to describe the beltway figures that led the U.S. into the disastrous mistake of the Iraq War. From there we delve into how the "Blob", the D.C. foreign policy establishment, seeks to dictate a highly interventionist war/peace ideology within the beltway regardless of who is holding court in the White House. Robbie details how the Blob's rhetoric is permeating all areas of the political discourse from the-right-to-the-left and, in his view, originates with the neoconservative movement (for more on that see Robbie's first appearance on Parallax Views in ep. 22). We then have a short back-and-forth about the idea that "neocon" is a codeword for Jews. Robbie argues that this is not true, although I counter that elements of the paleoconservative movement were using the term as an anti-Semitic shorthand for Jews within the beltway. Robbie calmly answers these criticisms and outlines the problems and faults of the paleoconservative conception of the neoconservative movement as a Jewish "Israeli-firster" conspiracy. He then goes onto argue that the neocons are not driven primarily by Israeli-first sentiments as much as a American hegemony. Israel, in this conception of the neoconservative movement, is not guiding American foreign policy but rather just another arm of U.S. hegemony. This portion of the conversation also includes a little bit of talk about the USS Liberty incident, neocons taking a degree of inspiration from Mossad operations, and hasbara. From there we delve into the issue of propaganda, including the U.S.'s long history of propaganda efforts overseas. Then Robbie delves into his research of how VICE ties into the subject of U.S. foreign policy propaganda and I note the sensationalistic, colonialist tone that makes up many of VICE's early documentaries. Robbie also notes the involvement of Bill Maher and Iraq War proponent Fareed Zakaria in VICE media that, he argues, should have been warning signs about the slants in VICE's geopolitical coverage. We also discuss VICE's recent firings of it's writers and some of VICE co-founder Shane Smith's troubling history that has been by overshadowed by Gavin McInnes. We then pivot into another figure within the Blob, namely MSNBC host and Rhodes scholar Rachel Maddow. This then leads us into a conversation about how the Blob's rhetoric now permeates Hollywood and the entertainment industry and liberal media's favorite buzzword "Whataboutism" (see the Citations Needed podcast for more on that topic). Robbie gives his take on the idea that any criticisms of the Blob are ultimately part of a Russian plot to undermine America's institutions. We then go on to note how the Trump juanta's stance on Venezuela actually coalesces with the Blob's promoters in D.C. and the media. This leads us into an extended conversation about the Venezuela situation. I myself am open to criticism of Maduro, but am nonetheless concerned about the U.S.'s regime change plans, the involvement of Iran/Contra figure Elliot Abrams in this situation, and the sanctions that the U.S. is imposing upon Venezuela that will have a detrimental effect on U.S. citizens. We discuss the parallels between regime change in Venezeula and the U.S.'s interventionist actions in Iran since the 1950s as well as how the current situation relates to plans for eventually starting a heated conflict with Iran. Robbie and I then briefly discuss the history of Elliot Abrams, his sordid history in Latin America, the media's underwhelming defense of him, and Robbie's interview with The Intercept journalist Jon Schwarz on Abrams career. Watch "An Ocean of Lies on Venezeula" from The Empire Files w/ Abby Martin From there we delve into the return of neoconservative Bill Kristol with The Bulwark, which paints itself as conservative #NeverTrump Resistance punditry, and how one of The Bulwark's writers is a former Bush administration official who, under the guise of being an online Twitter troll, creepily attacked Robbie's sister Abby Martin on social media. We use Kristol's history and reinvention as a way to discuss how the Blob has become a force that devours everything in its sight. Then we discuss the Blob's "sleeper agents" such as Ann Coulter and Tucker Carlson, who paint themselves as nationalistic anti-interventionists while laying the groundwork for regime change in Venezuela. This leads us around to Rand Paul, long-celebrated by antiwar libertarians, and his suspicious silence on Venezuela as well as his infamous run-in with Abby Martin in 2012 and its fallout. After that we go back to the subject of Venezuela, the mainstream media's coverage of Venezuela, and what the truth of the situation in Venezuela is right now politically. Robbie argues the situation on the ground is very nuanced and, from an outside perspective, difficult to sift through. We also the U.S.'s prior history of interference in Venezuela under Hugo Chavez and the effects that sanctions will have on the civilian population. In fact, Robbie goes so far as to argue that we are on the brink of a military invasion of Venezuela based around provoking Maduro into violence. Then we talk about Robbie's Media Roots Radio coverage of Newsguard and attempts to stifle alternative media starting with PropOrNot. Robbie argues that there is a slippery slope where Newsguard's attempts to ferret out fake news be abused to dismiss any media outlets critical of U.S. foreign policy. During the part of the conversation Robbie and I also discuss how websites like Breitbart and The Drudge Report are being conflated with left-wing websites like Media Roots and Counterpunch by Newsguard. Robbie speculates that this may be leading up to an attempt to smear left-wing websites as being under the same racist, right-wing umbrella of figures like Mike Cernovich, Richard Spencer, etc. Robbie argues that alt right voices may be being signal boosted to destroy the antiwar left, which Robbie believes is a threat to the foreign policy Blob. Robbie also gets into how YouTube videos are being demonetized for promoting conspiracy theories and the recent issue in which advertisers left the platform due to its attracting child predators. Why does certain content get boosted over other content in Youtube's algorithms? Robbie and I address all this in this portion of the conversation. Finally, we begin wrapping up the show by discussing Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the elements trying to push the Democratic Party left. Robbie takes a bit more issue with Bernie in light of the Venezuela situation, but we manage to have a civil conversation about criticizing politicians and public figures, including the ones we like. And, of course, as always we try to end on a positive note. LISTEN TO MEDIA ROOTS RADIO WITH ROBBIE AND ABBY MARTIN

In this episode of the solecast I chat with Abby Martin of The Empire Files. Abby is a grassroots independent journalist who has worked previously for RT, Telesur and helped found Media Roots. Her show Empire Files does in depth analysis on the US empire with wide ranging guests from Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, Chris Hedges, and Noam Chomsky to name a few. Due to US sanctions on Venezuela Telesur's funding of Empire Files was cut off so now they continue that work and are a 100% viewer funded operation. This is a wide ranging and at times funny conversation with some huge takeaways. There were many things Abby articulated in this interview I've never heard articulated elsewhere. Abby's vantage point has given her a one of kind approach and analysis that you will not hear anywhere else. In this podcast we discuss: How the “fake new” narrative has negatively impacts independent journalists The ways corporate media algorithms & clickbait are shaping our world Making sense of Donald Trump's foreign policy The strange evolution of conspiracy culture A recent historical backdrop to the Venezuela situation and her recent personal experiences there How NGO funding models impacts “independent media” The importance of art and nature to remain grounded in the fight To learn more about The Empire Files subscribe to their newsletter, watch em on youtube and back em on patreon.

Get the full episode and dozens of other deep dives at http://www.patreon.com/strugglesession On today's Struggle Session we talk about the final piece of M. Night Shyamalan's superhero triptych Glass. Spoiler: It's good! Listen to Leslie discuss the whole trilogy on Media Roots with Abby Martin and Robbie Martin: https://soundcloud.com/media-roots/glass-film-review-the-unbreakable-trilogy-the-disneyfication-of-culture-w-leslie-lee-iii

Abby Martin is an American journalist and presenter of The Empire Files The Empire Files is an investigative news program on the satellite network teleSUR English and YouTube. She was formerly the host of Breaking the Set on the Russian network RT America, working from the Washington, D.C. bureau. Before hosting her own show, she had worked for two years as a correspondent for RT America. Martin is also an artist and activist, and helped found the citizen journalism website Media Roots. She serves on the board of directors for the Media Freedom Foundation which manages Project Censored. Martin appeared in the documentary film Project Censored The Movie: Ending the Reign of Junk Food News (2013), and co-directed 99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film (2013). The Empire Files “explores the U.S. Empire, its rise to world hegemony and its impact on people and the planet… recording a world shaped by war & inequality.” The Empire Files can also be heard on new North State radio station KFOI 90.9 fm. Videos can be watched on TheEmpireFiles.tv or YouTube. You can also find some content from The Empire Files at TheRealNews.com. Or you can listen free to podcast episodes of The Empire Files on SoundCloud. One might think that Abby Martin's sensibilities are because she experienced political oppression, but Wikipedia says that she “grew up in Pleasanton, California, where she attended Amador Valley High School, graduating in 2002. She became interested in journalism when her old high school boyfriend enlisted in the military after the September 11 attacks in 2001. ‘I didn't want him going to war, let alone fighting in one', she recalls. ‘I began to critically ask ‘What is really going on?' By the time she was a sophomore at San Diego State University, she began questioning what she called the ‘selling' of the Iraq War by the media.” Millennial Magazine portrayed Martin in 2014 as an “unfiltered” media representative for the Millennial generation who reports “stories that deserve public recognition”. Weblinks: The Empire Files:   

This is a reupload of an earlier episode for rebroadcast. Brian Griffith is off this week.For our first segment, we will be discussing several unfolding world events. The United States has unveiled its new embassy in occupied Jerusalem, as Israel opens fire on protesters in Gaza. The ceremonial opening of the embassy stands in stark contrast to the violence being leveled against Palestinians across the country, which has continued largely unabated between Palestinian Land Day on March 30, Nakba Day on May 15, and the present. Later, Maduro has been reelected as the president of Venezuela with 67 percent of the vote. Venezuelan elections have been monitored by hundreds and sometimes thousands of international observers and the Venezuelan electoral system has been described as one of the most transparent in the world by many commentators, including former president Jimmy Carter. But the U.S. media largely refuses to acknowledge these certifications. Instead, most U.S. media has taken fringe right-wing elements of the Venezuelan opposition at face value. What is at stake for Maduro and the PSUV as they continue their process of stabilizing the country after right-wing attacks and crippling U.S. sanctions?We are joined for this discussion by Abby Martin, host of The Empire Files on Telesur and co-founder of the citizen journalism project Media Roots.This week we’re also talking with Dr. Gerald Horne, professor of history and African American studies at the University of Houston, about his 2014 book, The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America. Rather than begin the story of the American Revolution in the late 1700s, Dr. Horne examines the colonial history of a century earlier, asserting that the independence movement in the American colonies grew largely out of an attempt to preserve slavery for the white landowning ruling class. The result of American independence can thus be seen not as a major leap forward for democracy, but as a world historic defeat for African and indigenous peoples.

This is a reupload of an earlier episode for rebroadcast. Brian Griffith is off this week.For our first segment, we will be discussing several unfolding world events. The United States has unveiled its new embassy in occupied Jerusalem, as Israel opens fire on protesters in Gaza. The ceremonial opening of the embassy stands in stark contrast to the violence being leveled against Palestinians across the country, which has continued largely unabated between Palestinian Land Day on March 30, Nakba Day on May 15, and the present. Later, Maduro has been reelected as the president of Venezuela with 67 percent of the vote. Venezuelan elections have been monitored by hundreds and sometimes thousands of international observers and the Venezuelan electoral system has been described as one of the most transparent in the world by many commentators, including former president Jimmy Carter. But the U.S. media largely refuses to acknowledge these certifications. Instead, most U.S. media has taken fringe right-wing elements of the Venezuelan opposition at face value. What is at stake for Maduro and the PSUV as they continue their process of stabilizing the country after right-wing attacks and crippling U.S. sanctions?We are joined for this discussion by Abby Martin, host of The Empire Files on Telesur and co-founder of the citizen journalism project Media Roots.This week we’re also talking with Dr. Gerald Horne, professor of history and African American studies at the University of Houston, about his 2014 book, The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America. Rather than begin the story of the American Revolution in the late 1700s, Dr. Horne examines the colonial history of a century earlier, asserting that the independence movement in the American colonies grew largely out of an attempt to preserve slavery for the white landowning ruling class. The result of American independence can thus be seen not as a major leap forward for democracy, but as a world historic defeat for African and indigenous peoples.

You can support us and our content at http://www.patreon.com/strugglesession On this episode of Struggle Session we're joined by journalist Abby Martin (Media Roots, The Empire Files). We talk about the horrific assault on Gaza and propaganda campaign that followed, her appearances on the Joe Rogan show, Jeff VanderMeer's Annihilation series, and the US government's numerous attacks on her work. Support Abby's work and listen to Media Roots at https://www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio Tune: Ganser - Touch Insensitive (https://ganser.bandcamp.com/)

Abby Martin is an American journalist and presenter of The Empire Files, an investigative news program on the satellite network teleSUR and YouTube. She was formerly the host of Breaking the Set on the Russian network RT America, working from the Washington, D.C. bureau. Before hosting her own show, she had worked for two years as a correspondent for RT America. Martin is also an artist and activist, and helped found the citizen journalism website Media Roots. She serves on the board of directors for the Media Freedom Foundation which manages Project Censored. Martin appeared in the documentary film Project Censored The Movie: Ending the Reign of Junk Food News and co-directed 99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film. Follow Abby on Instagram Buy me a coffee on Patreon Support Wildcoast Follow me on Instagram Kyle.surf Get full access to Writing by Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Abby Martin is an American journalist and presenter of The Empire Files, an investigative news program on the satellite network teleSUR and YouTube. She was formerly the host of Breaking the Set on the Russian network RT America, working from the Washington, D.C. bureau. Before hosting her own show, she had worked for two years as a correspondent for RT America. Martin is also an artist and activist, and helped found the citizen journalism website Media Roots. She serves on the board of directors for the Media Freedom Foundation which manages Project Censored. Martin appeared in the documentary film Project Censored The Movie: Ending the Reign of Junk Food News and co-directed 99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film. Follow Abby on Instagram Buy me a coffee on Patreon Support Wildcoast Follow me on Instagram Kyle.surf

Today, The Soapbox is presenting an interview that Robbie Martin of MediaRoots did with Cindy Sheehan about (s)elections in the US and other hot topics of war and peace. Please, also listen to the companion podcast of the interview Cindy did with Robbie about his new film and "Neocons for Hillary" CLICK FOR THE SHOW

9/11 and the Rise of Neoconservative Foreign Policy. For this 14th anniversary 9/11 special program, co-hosts Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips speak with Media Roots journalist and filmmaker Robbie Martin about his new film “A Very Heavy Agenda.” The film looks in depth at the Kagan family and the rise of neoconservative foreign policy prior to and since the events of 9/11. Tune in for a detailed discussion about the development of the US policy driving American Empire. The post Project Censored – September 11, 2015 appeared first on KPFA.