The digital charlatans are outnumbered only by their legions of online devotees. Understanding the basic nature of our current augmented reality is a necessary first step toward independent thought.

Topics include: June Lake Eastern Sierras, nature, boring artificial world, no true collective human goals, inadvertent problems of technological civilization, pollution, environmental degradation, technique, undeniable reality, wealth inequality, political turmoil, Trump’s appeal to underclass, everything is a con, planned obsolescence, Harris and Democrats have the advantage at present, RFK Jr and Joe Rogan, nihilism of Rogan’s brand, podcast medium, how to get engagement on Twitter X, Stephan Molyneux, exploitation of social media, augmented reality, online personas, propaganda, few people realize extent of digital exploitation, trending topics, taking things for granted, useful idiots, special interest groups, disinformation, online literacy, evil of television, scams, meaning of life, wasting time, honesty

Fires can be great, but it depends on who sets them. Is that a brush fire set by a Revolutionary Patriot, or is it one of those Molotov Cocktails that Antifa throws?

Topics include: independent media, anti intellectual trend, no more books, meme language, grotesque aesthetics, propaganda, dueling narratives, Project 2025, MAGA, exploitation of conspiracy culture, Alex Jones, playing the victim, Joe Biden gone, violence around election, Charlottesville, US intelligence establishment and Russia, PA Farm Show Arena, Paul Dans, Kevin Roberts book title edited, need to know basis, Dawn’s Early Light: Burning Down Washington to Save America, sun symbolism, Jordan Maxwell, dawn of a new day, fire, occult meaning, Revolutionary Faith, James Billington, conjuring Revolutionary War, Fire in the Minds of Men, Taking Back Washington to Save America, lit match cover image, publishing is dead, JD Vance foreword, muskets, pushing idea of new Civil War, amalgamation of Revolutionary and Civil War, domestic warmongering, Freemasonry, dumbed down, Billionaire Libertarians, war over new Military Industrial Complex, Palantir, old Aerospace companies vs new VC Tech businesses, Pentagon

The propaganda machine is rolling away as the political rallies are rallying a little too hard. In a world gone mad how does everyone have all the answers? What if they never did?

Topics include: back on the show, immediate responses to news, paid propaganda, actual work, independent media, motives, noticing patterns, talking points, Jump to Conclusions Mat, Trump assassination attempt, Crooks, Secret Service failure, Democrats did it narrative, lawfare, playing the victim, spiritual battle, deep state, Trump sons, stochastic terrorism, Trump as a liability to his own campaign, MAGA movement bigger than Trump, martyrdom, narcissism clouds grander vision, aging, distancing from Project 2025, Heritage Foundation, Bannon, Kevin Roberts, cult of personality, being on TV, JD Vance, replace all bureaucrats, Peter Thiel, venture capital, Silicon Valley, unitary executive, Bill Kristol, Neocons, erosion of civil liberties post 9/11, Supreme Court, official duties, founder’s intent, Libertarian technocracy, virtual reality, 1984, mind control, alternative media built up to now, flip flopping, culture war, being triggered, political stunts, virtue signaling, Cowboy Catholic posturing, getting attention for political advantage, authoritarianism, Trumpamania, billionaires making money, Andreesen, Techno Utopian Manifesto, saviors

In this podcast a tired guy talks about religion. Is he tired of religion? Maybe.

Topics include: Project 2025, religion, missionary work, Jesus Christ, Christianity, esoteric aspects of all religions, comparative religion, fear of the occult, Godfrey Reggio, living in a monastery, brotherhoods, fundamentalism, Christian Nationalism, public and private schools, peace, reincarnation, ego, human experience, quantification and objective truth seeking, mortality, alchemy, transhumanism, destroying religion with ignorance, AI booms and busts, generative AI imagery, AGI, everyone questioning reality, Dark Night of the Soul, theocracy

It’s funny how those who are screaming and shouting the loudest about the Truth are actually driving us further and further away from realizing it.

Topics include: desert weather, the conspiracy is the conspiracy, truth seeking, alternative movements, fringe topics, dominant minority, online media, global propaganda matrix, shifting narratives, 180 degree turns in opinion, basic truth, divide and conquer, actually confronting the actual problem and enemy, Occupy Wall Street, discontent directed toward political movements, MAGA, QAnon, basic elements of history ignored, American exceptionalism, delusion, genocide of indigenous people, racism, the not racists, Christian religion, money backing propaganda, common people pitted against one another, angry mob as the enemy, status quo, authoritarian movements and impulses, Heritage Foundation, destruction of civil liberties during War on Terror

Did the “Tiananmen Square never happened” tweets fool you? It wouldn’t have if you had seen Shen Yun. America can become even more greater by electing the best rich guy for the job. Our problems aren’t so hard to fix when all the answers just seem to keep falling right in our lap.

Topics include: help promote the show, different sources of content online, propaganda from everyone, disinformation, government, narratives, Chinese Twitter posts, Tiananmen Square, Tank Man, Chinese propaganda, Epoch Times, Falun Gong, religious cults, over the top homophobia, CFO money laundering, what people say means nothing, basic corruption, Shen Yun, Russian propaganda ubiquitous, online news sites used as propaganda portals, Russiagate, Intelligence community shared beliefs, Stop the Steal, geopolitics, competition over resources, US spread thin, divided population, minimum wage increase in CA, insane profits, political cults, apparatus behind Trump, Project 2025, Truth Movement roots of MAGA, redirected energies, coming protests over election results, Insurrection Act, Idiocracy in real life, states pitted against one another

Freelance writer, researcher and historian Robert Skvarla is the guest on this episode of the show. You may know him as the smoking alien from Twitter. This interview was most definitely a close encounter of the informative kind.

Topics include: Pennsylvania, fringe topics, X Files, 90s paranormal and conspiracy boom, writing, hidden American culture, Trump, left vs right wing conspiracy material, propaganda, Edward Bernays, misinformation, Havana Syndrome, narrative wars, defense contracts, civil liberties, truth, inner enemy, DHS accused of being too woke, DHS INA, Project 2025, right wing new turn against intelligence and DOJ, government contingency plans, Rex 84, McCarthyism, concentration camps, conspiracy concepts derive from true histories of oppression, culture wars, political campaign noise, being online, Twitter, micro celebrity, new student protests, crime statistics inaccurate and used for political benefit

Entertainment media is shifting. Meanwhile, the continuing corporate takeover of all internet is only picking up more speed and momentum.

Topics include: remixing the shows, content creation, corporate takeover of online media, Big Tech, MIC, Conner O’Malley, Standup Solutions, mixed media comedy, satire, Google borders change on maps, subversive comedy, new media, Marc Rebillet ad for Google, entertainment, Google employees resign in protest, Alphabet, SEO industry, AI generated imagery dominating image search results, fantasy art, Dead Internet, attention obsession, artificial intelligence does not have intelligence, terminology, hacking slavery, deep fakes, online services, terms of service, ubiquitous surveillance, link back to your own website, idiocy of online content, search may be dead, TikTok as source of information, continuum of our world, thought experiments, seeking truth, climate change, online discourse not inspiring