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whats with the left podverse seemingly coordinated crusade against crypto? its gonna be awkward if it bounces back

i rly hope everything is good in their relationship but if by chance they ever do a divorce, could you have Ben pass my # along to his wife? Jus be like “hey sorry it didnt work w/ us, but this dude is there 4 u” But def all the best 2 them for now

We hack into the mainframe and chip away bit by bit at the strange and mind-numbingly stupid story of the couple arrested in connection with the infamous 2016 Bitfinex hack. We detail their attempts at laundering close to $3.6 billion worth of coins, try to figure out how this happened, and wrestle with the confusing and weird un-reality of the internet's least favorite scammer: Razzlekhan. 

See also Episode 180: Untethered (soundcloud.com/trueanonpod/untethered)

Episode 208: The Wrath Of Razzlekhan

We’re getting absolutely zooted on microplastics for today’s ep, then looking at Bill Clinton’s “if I didn’t do it” article in the Atlantic on his true intentions behind NATO expansion in the 90’s, and another piece on what the Democrats can do to recapture Gen Z for the midterms.

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618 - Z Whispers (4/11/22)

We just noticed it happens to be a midterms year, so your favorite presidential podcasting duo of Chris and Matt have teamed back up to relaunch our beltway insider series. We’re joined by campaign reporter extraordinaire Dave Weigel to break down the key races to watch, track the trends to follow, and generally put drills to our temples as we attempt to once again engage in American Electoral Politics.

If you want to catch us a Pickathon near Portland, OR in August, tickets here: https://pickathon.com/

620 - Beltway Phoenix at the Midterms of Madness feat. Dave Weigel (4/18/22)

He is not appreciated... the boys are joined by Pod About List to talk Father Stu, the new movie from Hollywood Catholic powerhouses Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson, and Mel Gibson's girlfriend.

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622 - Hip Priest feat. Pod About List (4/25/22)

Fighting suppression from Joe Brandon’s Ministry of Truth, the boys go berserker to bravely take on the dual enemies of Dark MAGA and reactionary article-slingers who dare ask, “are all films actually fash?”

624 - Valhalla Whining (5/2/22)

Author, anti-crypto advocate (and yes, film & TV star) Ben McKenzie stops by to talk Cryptocurrency. We discuss the lies & fraud at the center of Crypto, the use of celebs to boost the scheme, and his experiences traveling to the Miami Bitcoin conference and a Bitcoin mining server farm to research his forthcoming book. 

Keep an eye out for Ben and Jacob Silverman’s forthcoming book. You can find some of their recent writing on the topic in Slate here: https://slate.com/author/ben-mckenzie

626 - Simian Slurp feat. Ben McKenzie (5/9/22)

In a more serious episode, we talk to author and journalist Nick Bryant about his 2009 book “The Franklin Scandal: A Story of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse & Betrayal.” We’ve mentioned the Franklin Credit Union scandal in passing on the show before, but it begins with the collapse of the Franklin Credit Union in Omaha, Nebraska in 1988 due to rampant corruption and embezzlement of its manager, Lawrence E. King, Jr. Soon after, King was accused, along with GOP lobbyist Craig Spence, of orchestrating a massive child prostitution ring, shuttling minors between Omaha and D.C., and using their solicitation to blackmail high ranking political figures. Bryant’s work examines the evidence behind this, and we discuss the scandal, the victims, the cover up, intelligence agency connections of its perpetrators, and the crucial links between intelligence-led sexual political blackmail operations of the past with the Epstein case today.

Follow Nick on Twitter here: @nick__bryant
Find more info, Nick’s book and Nick’s blog on his website here: nickbryantnyc.com

628 - Real Detective feat. Nick Bryant (5/16/22)

Throughout the Cold War, NATO conducted large-scale terror campaigns in several European countries using a network of secret agents and neo-Nazis. We take the examples of Italy & Belgium and tie them into the larger NATO project.

UNLOCKED! Episode 213: NATO (Part 2)

After the Cold War, NATO needed to reinvent itself politically for the post-Soviet world. For the final installment of our three-part series, we welcome back Ben Howard to talk through the collapse of the USSR, the rise and fall of the Partnership for Peace, and NATO interventions from Yugoslavia to Afghanistan, and we try to figure out just what Article V really means.

Kamala press conference video: twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1501904857749405699

UNLOCKED! Episode 214: NATO (Part 3)

We take a long look at a short man and delve into the big life of Shrimp Boy, San Francisco’s Chinatown Capo, and the FBI sting that took this lil guy to the Big House.

Episode 230: Big Trouble in Little China

Between a piece on “the left’s” positions on Ukraine, the NYT’s coverage of the death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, and Rebecca Traister’s new profile of Dianne Feinstein, the theme of today’s episode is “looking the truth in the face and ignoring the most obvious conclusion.”

626 - Simian Slurp feat. Ben McKenzie (5/9/22)

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