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.

Chapo Trap House

618 - Z Whispers (4/11/22)

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.

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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)

We are unlocking a recent episode about a topic that remains very relevant.

We dig deep into Effective Altruism and Longtermism, laying out the origins, beliefs, and actions of this ideological moral system and the networks of influence and wealth that it’s plugged into. Along the way we critique the extreme logical conclusions it leads to, the extremely simpleminded fairy tales it’s based on, and the extremist group of moral zealots, useful idiots, and cynical bullshiters that rule this rationalist religion. 

Some stuff we reference:
••• The Case for Longtermism https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/05/opinion/the-case-for-longtermism.html
••• The Reluctant Prophet of Effective Altruism https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/15/the-reluctant-prophet-of-effective-altruism
••• Stop the Robot Apocalypse https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v37/n18/amia-srinivasan/stop-the-robot-apocalypse 

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*Unlocked* – 185. In the Long Term We Are All Dead

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Part Four: Liquor, beatings and tax fraud bring trouble for Synanon, Straight Inc. blooms in Florida, WWASPs international criminal syndicate, and the cash-fueled ascent of behavioral modification programs.

This episode contains discussion of rape, self-harm, and suicide.

The Game Part 4: Dissipations (trailer)

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We take a trip with Marlon Ettinger to a LaRouche Conference in Manhattan and  talk about the nature of truth and reality

Episode 250: Lyndon LaRouche: Assassins Creed III (trailer)

Charles and Alex talk about reactionaries reinventing old Beatles conspiracy theories and Bob Dylan faking signatures on his $600 book. More Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

142 - Dylan's Signature Goes Electric

With the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) recently happening, we dig into the political economy of green policy, green investing, green finance, green technology, green capitalism. What is driving the transition necessary to sustain the billions of lives – and trillions in profits – on Earth? Who are the vanguards of sustainability lighting our way into the future? 

Stuff we reference:
••• The Wall Street Consensus at COP27 | Daniela Gabor https://www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/the-wall-street-consensus-at-cop27/
••• Money and the Climate Crisis https://www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/money-and-the-climate-crisis/ 
••• The ESG Mirage https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2021-what-is-esg-investing-msci-ratings-focus-on-corporate-bottom-line/ 
••• Neoliberalizing Space | Jamie Peck, Adam Tickell http://overgaardtonnesen.dk/TEKSTERNE/03-Peck-Tickell-Neoliberalizing-Space.pdf 
••• Fossilised Capital: Price and Profit in the Energy Transition | Brett Christophers https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13563467.2021.1926957 

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216. How Green Finance is Making an Investable Future

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Ty Williams's Album

Street Fight with Adam Johnson

Matt Christman goes off live on http://www.twitch.tv/chapotraphouse
Topics:  Talking about "no one is talking about", College, The Last of Us, Cereal v. Fungi, human/animal hybrids

Grill Stream

238 - Airborne Toxic Event Planner 02.13.23

Matt Christman goes off live on http://www.twitch.tv/chapotraphouse
Topics: Dialectic history, Spanish Civil war, Meditation & Mindfulness, Social media husks, Reconstruction failures & Benjamin Butler

254 - Anti-Antidisestablishmentarianism 06.22.23

Following today's mob violence at the U.S. capitol building, we break down how, once again, American media would rather ignore homegrown currents of white supremacist vigilantism and their buddy buddy relationship with law enforcement and focus instead on how an anomalous President Trump makes us like those horrible poor people of the Global South.

US Media Incapable of Criticizing MAGA Mobs Without Evoking Racist Cliches About "Third World"

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