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A MUFON investigator looks into the abyss only to find it staring back at him. Jesse Peak on Twitter. Jesse's website. COINTELPRO Official Twitter. Co-hosts: Mike Spencer and Austin. Our Patreon page. Support the show

Mike Spencer discusses his recent publication for Protos with Austin.  Since 2020, the Human Rights Foundation has distributed grants to developers and educators working on improving the usability and infrastructure of Bitcoin.  The Bitcoin Development Fund's director says its a worthy human rights cause because it promotes civil and financial freedoms that undermine authoritarian rulers. Mike sat down with with Alex Gladstein and HRF's grant recipients to find out more.   Support the show

Austin and Mike react to growing up in a country post-Columbine.  We discuss the multifaceted causes of this violence, the immutable rhetorical cycle in the media, and the political dysfunction that ensures it will never stop. You can follow us on Twitter, along with our personal accounts: AustinMikeYou can support our work on Patreon. Support the show

We discuss the first Congressional UFO hearing in more than 50 years and one hell of a strange Easter egg that a United States Congressman decided to enter into the Congressional record. We provide context for the infamous Wilson-Davis documents and what this entry into the public record might mean for future hearings on UFOs. You can follow us on Twitter, along with our personal accounts: AustinMikeYou can support our work on Patreon. Notes: Bryan Bender's 5/16/22 POLITICO article: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/16/intelligence-agencies-congress-ufo-hearing-00032713A link to the entire Congressional UFO hearing: https://www.c-span.org/video/?520133-1/hearing-government-investigation-ufos&live The infamous Wilson-Davis documents: https://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url=https://documents2.theblackvault.com/casefiles/wilsonleak.pdf&hl=enTheories of Everything interview with Ross Coulthart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM3kxeU_oDE Support the show

"Remember the Maine" -- In this week's episode Dr. Arlene Diaz joins Mike Spencer, Austin to discuss the start of the Spanish-Cuban-American War.  As tensions build in Cuba, American imperialists order the USS Maine into Havana Harbor.  In February of 1898, the ship exploded and a sensationalist media industry of the Gilded Age used it to break in the war, focusing public opinion around the perception that the Spanish were responsible.  But were they?  Follow us on Twitter and support us on Patreon. Support the show

"American Blood on American Soil" -- In this week's episode Mike, Austin, and Dr. Peter Guardino discuss the start of the Mexican-American War. With troops garrisoned in Corpus Christi, President James K. Polk sent future President Zachary Taylor across the Nueces River and into Mexican territory, where Polk would later claim that Mexican cavalry had attacked American soldiers on their own land. Follow us on Twitter and support us on Patreon. Support the show

We kick off our second series on the pod this week.  By highlighting three instances when facts and events have been manipulated and adjusted to fit the motives of interested factions in the U.S. ruling class, we endeavor to raise skepticism and awareness of such efforts in the near future.  Follow us on Twitter and support us on Patreon. Support the show

We discuss Ezra Klein's NYT article "The Enemies of Liberalism Are Showing Us What it Really Means."  Klein is in dialogue throughout with Matthew Rose's book from Yale University Press called A World After Liberalism.  Mike and Austin attempt get to the bottom of liberalism's conflicting definitions and historical background, demonstrating how the ideology is being used to construct a western political identity.  Follow us on Twitter and support us on Patreon. Support the show

It was September 18th, 1976. That night, the Iranian capital city of Tehran, was quiet. It was still dark out when civilians started noticing something strange hovering over the city. Four separate phone calls were received by the Iranian Air Force. The military’s interest peaked after Hossein Pirouzi, the night supervisor and air traffic controller fielding the calls, decided to take a look outside for himself before completely writing off the barrage of accounts from nearby eyewitnesses.  Follow us on Twitter and support us on Patreon. https://www.nsa.gov/portals/75/documents/news-features/declassified-documents/ufo/now_you_see.pdf Support the show

We induct a fifth film into the COINTELPRO canon.  Nicholas Cage, John Goodman, and Holly Hunter star in the second Coen Brothers' movie. We discuss the connections between this film, the western genre, and No Country for Old Men; and, explore a class analysis of this classic. Follow us on Twitter and support us on Patreon. Support the show

We are joined this week by David Marler, an independent researcher who is widely known in the field of UAP research as the foremost expert on triangular UFOs. In 2013, he published the book, Triangular UFOs: An Estimate of the Situation. David has served as the Illinois State Director of the Mutual UFO Network, the largest civilian research organization in the country devoted to the study of unexplained aerial phenomena. He has lectured on the subject to many academic and civilian audiences over the years. Marler has assisted multiple major television networks like the History, Discovery, and Smithsonian Channels with their productions on UFOs over the years.  Follow us on Twitter and support us on Patreon. Support the show

Our world conflict preview, I guess? Recorded March 1, 2022. Follow us on Twitter and support us on Patreon. Support the show