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Ep. 82: Bobbie Brown on Modeling, Dating Rock Stars,...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2019/04/16

Drugs. Sex. Rock 'n' Roll. Big hairdos. They're the hallmarks of 80s/90s glam metal, which is finally experiencing its nostalgia moment thanks to the new Motley Crue biopic The Dirt on Netflix. Everyone knows the stories of sleazy rock star debauchery on the Sunset Strip, but what about the female perspective on those wild days? Joining us on this edition of Parallax Views is Bobbie Jean Brown, author of Dirty Rocker Boys: Love and Lust on the Sunset Strip and a starring figure in Fuse's reality TV

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Ep. 81: Journalist Jenna Orkin on 9/11's Deadly Dust

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2019/04/11

A fine detail of the latest budget proposal by President Donald Trump is that it will defund the federal agency responsible for compensating first responders to the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attack who were adversely effected by the dust and degrees at Ground Zero in New York. The story of 9/11's "Deadly Dust", however, goes much deeper and the lives it has damaged reaches far beyond the heroic first responders of that fateful September day. Joining us on this edition of Parallax Views to

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Ep. 80: Ben Burgis DESTROYS the Right w/ LOGIC,...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2019/04/10

There's a meme, perpetuated by figures like "Facts Don't Care About Your Feelings" Ben Shapiro and "Not An Argument" Stefan Molyneux, that the left runs only on emotion while the right are the bastions logic, reason, and Rationality(TM). Ben Burgis, author of the upcoming book Give Them An Argument: Logic for the Left, disagrees and joins us on this supersized edition of Parallax Views to DESTROY the right-wing noise machine. Ben Burgis is a regular contributor at The Michael Brooks Show, The

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Ep. 79: David Golumbia on The Silicon Valley...

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2019/04/09

On this edition of Parallax Views, we probe the possible intersection between the ideology of Silicon Valley tech culture's obsession with strong AI, or General Artificial Intelligence, and the issues of racism and white supremacy with David Golumbia, author of The Cultural Logic of Computation, The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism, and the recent essay (and subject of this episode) "The Great White Robot God: Artificial General Intelligence and White Supremacy". We begin the

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Ep. 78: The Satanic Panic & the Repressed Memory Myth...

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2019/04/05

On this edition of Parallax Views, we uncover a world of mass hysteria and medical malpractice known colloquially as the Satanic Panic with journalist Joseph L. Flatley, author of Satan Goes to the Mind Control convention, and Lucien Greaves, founder of The Satanic Temple. In Reagan's America, the 1980s, the suburbs became gripped with a paranoia. Through and amalgamation of the Christian Right, television hucksters, and "repressed memory therapists" a narrative arose that cadres of

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Ep. 77: Journalist David Bixenspan on Reporting on...

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2019/04/03

On the eve of WrestleMania 35, which will be presented by WWE this Sunday April 7th, 2019, journalist David Bixenspan joins us on this edition of Parallax Views to discuss his reporting on the world of pro wrestling. Hot off the heels of John Oliver's recent segment on treatment of pro wrestlers within the industry, David and I discuss all of wrestling's various controversies from pay to steroids to the depiction of race and gender in the sports entertainment spectacle. Additionally, we discuss how

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Ep. 76: JP Sottile on the Mueller Report and...

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2019/03/29

On this edition of Parallax Views it's another double feature! Two guests, one episode! First up a return conversation with "The Newsvandal" JP Sottile recorded only hours ago on the hot off the presses developments in the fallout from Russiagate and the end of the Mueller Probe. Then journalist Jaya Sundaresh joins us to discuss a number of topics related to media and activism as well as her recent piece on a new play by the legendary playwright Ishamel Reed that criticizes the musical phenomenon

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Ep. 75: Confronting the Right w/ Twitch Streamer...

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2019/03/26

The far right has been on the rise internationally as many citizen around the globe feel themselves disaffected by globalization. How should the Left respond to this dangerous development. On this edition of Parallax Views, two guests join us to answer that question. First up is Twitch gaming steamer Destiny aka Steven Bonnell II who has become popular for debating right-wing ideologues on topics like race, immigration, gun control, gender identity, and more. Then, noted antifascist activist and

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Ep. 74: Radio Gunk's Monique on The Hypocrisy of...

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2019/03/23

Howard Stern has gone from a sleazy shock jock interviewing C-list celebrities to a pop culture icon whose a friend of Jimmy Kimmel and a judge on America's Got Talent. Not all of Howard's fanbase have stayed with him through thick and thin, however. In fact, a group of former fans have started a podcast called Radio Gunk dedicated to exposing what they see as the alt-radio host's hypocrisy. Radio Gunk's Monique joins us to discuss the podcast and her journey from Howard fanatic to Stern

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Ep. 73: Phil Torres on Existential Risks, Steven...

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2019/03/22

Catastrophic Climate Change. Superintelligent AI. It's the end of the world as we know it on this edition of Parallax Views as author and researcher Phil Torres joins us to discuss the emerging field of study known as existential risks. The concept of existential risk, which philosopher Nick Bostrom describes as "One where an adverse outcome would either annihilate Earth-originating intelligent life or permanently and drastically curtail its potential", may seem like the stuff of a dystopian sci-fi

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Ep. 72: Billie Winner-Davis on Her Daughter Reality...

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2019/03/21

Since the inception of the War On Terror there has been a parallel war waged by the National Security State to silence whistleblowers. Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, and John Kiriakou are just some of the victims in the War on Whistleblowers. In 2017 27 year old air force veteran and former NSA contractor Reality Leigh Winner became the first target of the Trump administration's continuation of this ongoing War on Whistleblower after leaking classified information concerning the possibility of

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Ep. 71: Journalist Albert Lanier on the College...

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2019/03/21

Lori Loughlin, known as pop culture's beloved Aunt Becky on the hit 90s sitcom Full House, has been in the news lately, alongside Desperate Housewives actress Felicity Huffman, for being embroiled in a college admissions bribery scandal. But the story of this scandal is not limited to these two higher-profile celebrities and is a deep case of privilege and corruption in America's New Gilded Age. Joining us on this edition of Parallax Views is returning guest and veteran journalist Albert Lanier to

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Ep. 70: Journalist JP Sottile on the Mueller Probe,...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2019/03/19

Following a brief tribute to the legendary surf rock guitarist Dick Dale and some other opening comments, two-time Emmy-award winning producer and journalist JP Sottile of Newsvandal returns to discuss the Mueller Probe, the college admissions scandal, the Democrats' freshman congresswomen, rising Islamophobia in culture, and the Christchurch terror attack. The conversation begins with JP and I discussing a recent poll showing the Americans may be turning on the Mueller Probe. JP gives his take on

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Ep. 69: Pop Culture Esoterica from Paranormal TV...

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2019/03/17

And now for something completely different! On this edition of Parallax Views, Coast to Coast AM news editor Tim Binnall, "The Sublime Scoundrel of the Paranormal", joins us to discuss all things esoteric (ie: fringe, weird, off-the-beaten path) in pop culture including paranormal TV shows, History Channel's Project Blue Book UFO drama, conspiracy theories going mainstream, the Momo Challenge, and even pro wrestling! Did that last one throw you for a loop? Listen to this episode to find out why we

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Ep. 68: The REAL Roger Stone w/ Former Stone...

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2019/03/15

On this edition of Parallax Views, we return to the subject of political "dirty trickster" Roger Stone, whose trial has just been set for November 5th. Who is the "real" Roger Stone behind the public image? Joining us to help answer that question is the controversial former Roger Stone collaborator Robert Morrow, who co-authored The Clintons' War on Women with Stone. Robert tells the story of how he came to work with Roger Stone through the book The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against LBJ

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Ep. 67: Jeffrey Epstein Update & the Cindy Yang...

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2019/03/13

On this edition of Parallax Views, Porkins Policy Review's Pearse Redmond rejoins the show to discuss recent developments in the case of billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein (see eps. 29 & 30) and the recent prostitution scandal that ties together New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, seedy-massage-parlor-owner-cum-MAGAhead Cindy Yang, and Donald Trump. Trump and Epstein The conversation begins with Pearse and I discussing how the Jeffrey Epstein case has gone mainstream. We talk about the

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Ep. 66(6): Lords of Chaos Movie & Black Metal w/...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2019/03/10

On this extremely casual weekend edition of Parallax Views, sometimes Antifada co-conspirator Alex Gendler joins us to discuss VICE Films' Lords of Chaos, a dark dramedy detailing the arsons, murders, and other acts of delinquency committed in the name of Satan by Norway's teenaged black metal scene in the 1990's. In addition we also discuss the film's director Jonas Akerlund and his connection to the metal genre, Mayhem's Euronymous as a precursor to tankie edgelords that worship Stalin, the

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Ep. 65: Alexander Stille on the Importance of...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2019/03/08

On this edition Parallax Views, award-winning veteran journalist Alexander Stille joins us to discuss the importance of journalism, understanding President Donald Trump and the rise of right-wing populism through the scandalous reign of Italy's longest-running post-war Prime Minsiter Silvio Berlusconi, and how we arrived at a moment of "alternative facts" and fake news that have led to a social "truth decay" in which media consumers have wildly different conceptions of what constitutes

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Ep. 64: Shadowproof's Kevin Gosztola on the State of...

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2019/03/07

On this edition of Parallax Views, Shadowproof Press managing editor, producer and co-host of Unauthorized Disclosure, and all-around maverick reporter Kevin Gosztola joins us to discuss the state of journalism today, his extensive coverage of whistleblowers from Chelsea Manning to Reality Winner, the recent tensions between CNN and his colleague Rania Khalek, and witnessing the Bernie Sanders 2020 campaign rally in Chicago. We begin the conversation by discussing the state of journalism and the

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Ep. 63 PREVIEW: Shadowproof's Kevin Gosztola on the...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2019/03/07

In this special preview of Parallax Views episode 63, guest Kevin Gosztola, ace reporter and managing editor of Shadowproof, discusses the Bernie Sanders 2020 Presidential Campaign's recent rally in Chicago!

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