Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael

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Parallax Views Gets Hit by the Ochelli Effect: A...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2019/08/20

Chuck Ochelli, host and producer of the Ochelli Effect radio program/network, is an eclectic figure within the world of online media. He has a keen interest in the JFK assassination, got through a rough and tumble early life that brought him into contact with organized crime and outlaw bikers gangs, and was heavily involved in the East Coast punk and metal scenes. Both articulate and street-wise, Chuck Ochelli has managed to do a great deal in his lifetime. And, inspirationally, he's done it while

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Showbiz Legend & Godfather of Reality TV John Barbour...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2019/08/18

John Barbour John Barbour is a showbiz legend. He worked with Frank Sinatra. He interviewed such figures as boxer Muhammad Ali, gangster Mickey Cohen, Ronald Reagan, Jane Fonda, and American labor leader Cesar Chavez among others. He helped create reality TV in 1979 with the groundbreaking show Real People. He was a player in the 1960's "sick humor" comedy circuit alongside greats like Redd Foxx, Dick Gregory, and Lenny Bruce. And now he's telling his story in a funny, warm, and comprehensive

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Roberta Glass on Epstein, Dershowitz, the NXIVM Sex...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2019/08/17

The sordid saga of Jeffrey Epstein has gained widespread public attention, however it is not the only case of wealthy, well-connected abusers to make waves in recent years. The cases of Jimmy Savile, Bill Cosby, and Harvey Weinstein have likewise helped open the floodgates. One of the strangest, however, is NXIVM. Presenting itself as a multi-level marketing organization peddling self-help under the tutelage of the manipulative, Manson-esque guru Keith Raniere, NXIVM has since been exposed as a sex

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David Frum & the Post-Epstein Circus of DOOM! w/ JP...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2019/08/16

The post-Epstein media ecosystem has been a clown car crash. You could say it's a... CIRCUS OF DOOM! Faithful listeners will remember the Circus of Doom from when Parallax Views covered the media brouhaha over Roger Stone w/ Pearse Redmond and Ed Opperman. This time returning guest JP Sottile, the NewsVandal himself, joins us to discuss not only the media circus around Epstein, but also establishment pundit David Frum's clownish declaration that Trump could be the US's "1st Marxist President". The

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Conspiracy Theories in the Aftermath of Epstein w/...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2019/08/15

#ClintonBodyCount. #TrumpsBodyCount. The concern trolling over all the speculation. Conspiracy theory is experiencing its moment in the mainstream thanks to the demise of wealthy sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Joining us to discuss this renewed public interest in conspiracy theories is a student of "parapolitics", Gumby (@Gumby4Christ), whose Twitter following has been experiencing an uptick in light of recent events. Gumby begins by commenting on the public response to Epstein's death before

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Libertarian Hunter DeRensis Critiques the National...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2019/08/13

On this edition of Parallax Views, libertarian Hunter DeRensis, foreign policy reporter for The National Interest, joins us to discuss last month's National Conservatism Conference that set out to define the path of America's conservative movement in the age of Trump. DeRensis and I are no doubt divided on most political issues given that I'm openly to the left whereas he positions himself on the libertarian right. However, both DeRensis and I stand in opposition the war-hawk foreign policy

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NY Journalist Marlon Ettinger on Epstein’s Death,...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2019/08/12

Over the weekend Jeffrey Epstein, the wealthy sex offender whose sordid saga has taken the nation by storm, was found unconscious in prison and later declared dead. New York-based journalist Marlon Ettinger, who has been covering the case at the courthouse, joins us to discuss this huge development as well as discussing the recently unsealed documents from the Giuffre v Maxwell and his experiences reporting the case from the courthouse (including encounter with Mike Cernovich and Conchita Sarnoff

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Daniel Hopsicker Says We're Living on Gangster...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2019/08/09

Are we living on a Gangster Planet? That's the explosively provocative but intriguing claim investigative reporter Daniel Hopsicker has made for almost two decades since he began delving into the wild story of Medellin Cartel drug smuggler Barry Seal. But Hopsicker say Barry Seal, who recently became the subject of the major motion picture American Made starring Tom Cruise, is only the tip of the iceberg. In fact, it took him down many rabbit holes from the Venice, FL flight school where 9/11

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Arun Gupta on the No More Concentration Camps...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2019/08/07

Questioning Authority... Now And... Then On this edition of Parallax Views, the them is questioning authority with two guests who highlight resistance in both the present and our historical past. First up, investigative reporter Arun Gupta, founding editor of The Indypendent, joins us to talk about his work organizing the No More Concentration Camps movement. Firecracker congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez caused a stir recently by referring to ICE detention centers for migrants and refuges as

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ARG Pioneer Joseph Matheny on the Counterculture's...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2019/08/06

On this edition of Parallax Views, a special, previously unpublished conversationwith Joseph Matheny, a pivotal fixture of the bohemian tech counterculture during the early days of the internet, who may offer a key to understanding the wild social media phenomenon of QAnon and the general hijacking of counterculture by right-wing and corporate forces. This should be of particular interest in light of the recent FBI memo pointing towards QAnon conspiracy theories presenting a potential domestic

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T.J. Coles on Boris Johnson, Neoliberalism, & The...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2019/08/01

On this edition of Parallax Views, British author and commentator T.J. Coles joins us to discuss the UK's controversial new Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the midst of Brexit. Since June 23rd, 2016, when the U.K. voted in favor of a referendum to leave the European Union, Britain has experienced a sustained period of political turbulence. Who was behind the Brexit campaign? Who were the forces opposing it? What does the British exit from the United Kingdom entail? And, of course, how did this

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Journalist Eric Draitser on Peter Thiel’s Palantir,...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2019/07/30

On this edition of Parallax Views, journalist Eric Draitser of Counterpunch, joins us to discuss his recent article "Records Show Palantir Made $60 Million Contracting with ICE for Mobile App". Palantir Technologies, a software company co-founded by the controversial Silicon Valley Trump supporter Peter Thiel, has recently come under heavy scrutiny thanks to a July expose that detailed it's relationship with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE). Draitser, however, argues that

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Pearse Redmond on The Sordid Saga of Jeffrey Epstein:...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2019/07/25

On this, the return edition of Parallax Views, independent journalist Pearse Redmond of Porkins Policy Review joins us once again for the latest in the sordid saga of Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire sex offender with associates in the highest positions of wealth and power. Pearse famously joined us for a two-part deep dive into the dirty details of the Epstein case in September of 2018 (see episodes 29 and 30). Fast-forward to July 2019: Epstein has been arrested in New York on federal charges of

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Ep. 88: Video Essayist José on the Youtube Alt Right...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2019/04/30

Reports indicate that YouTube has become a breeding ground for alt right radicalization. How did this powerful platform become a haven for the far-right? Joining us on this edition of Parallax Views to tease out some details that may answer that question is video essayist José. José, whose Youtube videos feature deep-dive critiques of right-wing ideologues like Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux, explains how the reactionary turn of the YouTube community goes back to the New Atheist Movement

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Ep. 87: Barrett Brown on Anonymous, Whistleblowing,...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2019/04/26

On April 11, 2019 Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by British authorities after almost 7 years of asylum in London's Ecuadorian embassy. Reviled by many and revered by others, Assange and Wikileaks became a magnet of controversy for over a decade thanks to their publishing leaked media like the Collateral Damage video and the Podesta emails. Wikileaks, however, was part of a broader movement called "hacktivism" that became increasingly popular in the early 2000's through work of the

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Ep. 86: Jen Hobbs on American Hemp’s History, Health...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2019/04/25

Hemp, a strain of cannabis sativa, has had a long, strange, and storied history in America from being grown by the Founding Fathers to being rendered virtually illegal by the United States government for decades. There was even a state-sponsored effort encouraging farmers to grow hemp to support the U.S.'s efforts in WWII! Now, with the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill Act, hemp is finally receiving its moment in the 21st century. And according to our guest on this edition of Parallax Views it's a

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Ep. 85: Terry Tapp on Art, Culture, Religion,...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2019/04/24

On this edition of Parallax Views, New York-based author, artist, and returning guest Terry Tapp joins us for a discussion of his latest creative endeavor, The Lungfish Project, which traverses questions of evolution, time, human origins, religion, storytelling, and more in the form of what Terry calls picto-philosophy. Terry explains how the Lungfish Project found inspiration in the late beatnik writer William S. Burroughs' rumination on the space age at the Nova Convention and how the project is

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Ep. 84: The Serfs’ Lance on Youtube Banning,...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2019/04/22

On this edition of Parallax Views, Lance, one half of the YouTube lefty comedy duo The Serfs, joins us to discuss The Serfs getting removed from YouTube and the grassroots campaign that has brought it back, algorithms and the alt right pipeline, combating the right-wing presence on YouTube, the lefty YouTube equivalent Breadtube, and The Serfs taking on Intellectual Dark Web figures like Joe Rogan and Stefan Molyneux. We get into some doom 'n' gloom that explains how we got in our present

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BONUS: ”Zizek Vs. Peterson” w/ Slimy Clearing’s...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2019/04/21

Here's an Easter gift from Parallax Views! Slimy Clearing's Nathan Sacket and I discuss the April 19th "Great Debate" that saw public intellectuals Jordan B. Peterson, the Jungian psychologist of the Intellectual Dark Web, and Slavoj Zizek, the Slovenian bear and Hegelian-Lacanian philosopher, face off in the squared circle... er, the Sony Center in Toronto. The debate was titled "Happiness: Capitalism Vs. Marxism" and generated a great deal of fanfare for both Peterson and Zizek. Nathan and I

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Ep. 83: Brian Rosenquist on the Christian Scare Films...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2019/04/20

On this Easter weekend edition of Parallax Views, filmmaker Brian Rosenquist joins us to discuss the Christian scare films of Ron Ormond. Evangelical convert Ron Ormond, along with his wife June Ormond and the help of Baptist minister Estus W. Pirkle, created supremely bizarre, gory, and shocking movies meant to literally scare the hell out of sinners and convert them to Christianity. Ormond's notorious "Christsploitation" films The Burning Hell, The Believer's Heaven, The Grim Reaper, and the

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