The Age of Transitions
Author and digital filmmaker Aaron Franz hosts this podcast about transhumanism, social manipulation, the occult, and much more.
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All Too Real Virtual World Assassination News, AoT#474
09/14/2025
All Too Real Virtual World Assassination News, AoT#474
Trying to find some meaning with the insanity of this digital simulacrum. Also, just another take on the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Topics include: Patreon posts, small audience, hermit tendencies, This is Not Real Life Book, Lauren Southern, Alt Right, Unite the Right rally, White Noise documentary, honest behind the scenes stories, Tenet Media, Charlie Kirk assassination, video all over social media, rushing to judgement, conspiratorial takes, karma, nature of digital medium overriding our free agency, labeling political enemies as demons, timeline, AI slop books, distortion of existential truths, divide and conquer, faux debates, users in TRON, civil war, mankind’s crime against itself, threats, free speech
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The New Peter Thiel Is Contrarian Not Libertarian, AoT#473
09/07/2025
The New Peter Thiel Is Contrarian Not Libertarian, AoT#473
The pretense of being a Libertarian was just too much work to keep up with for Peter Thiel, and so a new label has been conjured up to describe him. As a contrarian, he now has the luxury of not having to believe in anything, and instead maintain an appearance of antagonism to the status quo. Topics include: Patreon posts, Carroll Quigley, mainstreaming of conspiracy culture, transformation of former Truth Movement, creative spark is back, transhumanism becoming a mainstream topic, exposing technocratic propaganda, disinformation everywhere, Peter Thiel the contrarian, public relations, building public persona, move away from Libertarian identity, adaptations within right wing propaganda stream, shifting narratives, Elon Musk public profile model, Christian Identity, Anti-Christ lecture series, no charisma Silicon Valley billionaires, Ray Kurzweil, Rogan interviews, Andreessen, Techno Utopian Manifesto, taking attention away from real problems, puritanical dark religious aspect to right wing propaganda, international disinformation campaigns, Bernays, Technological Society, perfection of technique, global government, luxury bunkers, end times head space, Revelation of the Method, occult concepts, poor or no research feeds you into disinformation stream, encouraging nihilism, pretending not to be the new establishment, old mainstream media no longer exists, going deeper into the virtual world, rapid change
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Angelic Investor Blessings to the Self Righteous Ones, AoT#472
09/01/2025
Angelic Investor Blessings to the Self Righteous Ones, AoT#472
The former “Truth Movement” is no longer in existence, however some of the personalities involved in it are still out there making media. The many unfortunate changes in their messaging are discussed here, and Aaron will be going further with this in his ongoing Patreon series. Topics include: improvements on Patreon, listeners who sent DVDs in the mail, history of Truth Movement, alternative conservative commentators, left wing denigration of truth seeking, algorithm leading the way, MAGA takeover, concept for YouTube documentary, creators getting huge out of nowhere, Fox News, angel investors, tech overlords in the shadows, rise of podcast format popularity, shifting over of mainstream media to digital media, old format of presenting research now gone, everything is reactionary, Guy Fawkes masks, misplaced paranoia, federal profiling of researchers, continuation of post 9/11 Neocon agenda against civil liberties, beyond the left/right paradigm, shift to full on racist material, Muslim takeover scare, Dearborn MI, history of demonizing specific ethnic groups
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Alaska Plummet 2025, AoT#471
08/18/2025
Alaska Plummet 2025, AoT#471
What heights were reached at the Alaska meeting of The US and Russia? What depths have we reached in terms of digital life? Topics include: Patreon project, Looking For Truth In All the Wrong Places, enemy combatants, Trump and Putin Alaska summit, bad audio with interpreter, peace, podcast imagery, red carpet, runway, fish avatars, gaining audience, optics, fighter jets, decline of American Empire, F35, Air Force, MIC was aerospace industry, B2 Stealth Bomber, world wars, tech advances bring new warfare, aviation, emerging technologies, AI, Space Force, communications, digital connectivity, internet, Global Propaganda Matrix, influence ops, Russian influence on elections a taboo idea, marketing bad ideas, shift in American power elite, internal war within MIC, government contracts, technocracy, martial law in DC, the Constitution in Libertarian propaganda, creation of domestic enemies, Neo Feudalism, Elon Musk, Ukraine, business, information warfare, justice, don’t have to pretend to not be racist anymore, fooled by lowest common denominator
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Social Media Propaganda Is Worse Than TV, AoT#470
08/11/2025
Social Media Propaganda Is Worse Than TV, AoT#470
There is an ongoing war in the podcast world. The latest comedian defector is Marc Maron, and he has done a good job calling out the unofficial leaders of the space. Topics include: Patreon ideas, scheduling live streams, continuing to produce online media, absence of Elon Musk, template for online behavior, AI, stolen election allegations, NSA audit, reversing the narrative, Butler assassination attempt, Epstein client list, starting point of truth seeking, lies, click bait, eugenics, Orchid Health, roof of White House, internet way worse propaganda delivery platform than television, facade of truth seeking, podcast wars, marketing techniques, woke as tool of division, Marc Maron, WTF podcast done, Rogansphere, new comedy special, political correctness, have to change your act, terrible comedians, Alex Jones always getting attention, cats, defying liberal tropes, using publicity tour to deliver political message, Tim Heidecker, Elephant Graveyard, reactions to reactions, free speech, control by the super wealthy, Alex Karp, billion dollar babies
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The Prince of Darkness and the Self-Righteous Ones, AoT#469
07/28/2025
The Prince of Darkness and the Self-Righteous Ones, AoT#469
Aaron and Chuck discuss the passing of Ozzy Osbourne. Later in the show, Aaron attempts to make sense of our senseless reality. Topics include: continuing on in the face of adversity, death of Ozzy Osbourne, Back to the Beginning, off of meds, charity event, Black Sabbath, solo career, heavy metal, darkness, trademark sound, identity, Lemmy, Parkinsons, Ozzfest, freak sideshow acts, rock bottom, Suicide Solution, art, fiction accurate portrayals of evil, Running Man movie, free speech, propaganda, Epstein, Big Data, using social media for social experimentation, analytics, narrative crafting, Strong Man is disposable, true powers that be, right wing media is in state of confusion, charlatans, Conspiracy Culture taboos, currently in holding pattern, coming Singularity scenario, destruction of old institutions, useful idiots, international rival countries, oligarchs
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Digital Prison Industrial Complex, AoT#468
07/25/2025
Digital Prison Industrial Complex, AoT#468
They are trying to build a prison for you and me to live in. Another prison system. Topics include: technical difficulties, Patreon videos, Singularity Summit interviews, International Alchemy Conference, New World Fest, insanity of the day, East Coast trip, new digital media propaganda, global propaganda, Epstein, taking away ability to think, influencer tools, tech elite, defense contracts, Anduril, Palmer Luckey, obsession over PR, mic gain, JD Vance, surveillance state, same project of Neocons, World War 3, information warfare, disinformation campaigns, schizophrenic government, no victory upon Trump death, Peter Thiel, salesman for MAGA, exploitation of patriot movement, eugenic philosophy, life extension research, new Superman movie, Amazon in its early days, inauguration, Technological Singularity, Kurzweil, Alligator Alcatraz, things are things, inventors, virtual worlds, complaining before it’s too late, deepfakes, knobs, Uncle TikTok videos, prison industrial complex, Freedom City, gig economy, dystopia
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Untold QAnon Origins part 2 with guest Y, AoT#467
07/17/2025
Untold QAnon Origins part 2 with guest Y, AoT#467
Aaron welcomes back Y as his guest to talk more about his Untold QAnon Origins article series. Here, they pick up with Julian Assange and Wikileaks. Topics include: Wikileaks, Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, The Family cult, Great White Brotherhood, QAnon, White Hats, Australia, arrest for hacking, online message boards, helping Russia hack the election, Gucifer, early Suburbia Australian ISP, IQ dot org, shopping Wikileaks concept, Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers, counterculture, tech culture, Anonymous, hacktivism, art activism, Cicada 3301, ARG, MAGA, Trust the Plan, memes, Chaos Magic, internet as a medium, interactive media, WWG1WGA, networks, New Age, cybernetics, trolling, anons vs identified users online, ego, SJWs, identity politics, channeling, Theosophy, cryptic posts, Ron Watkins, influencing politics, nihilism, no culpability, Medium article series, YAnon
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Bonus Podcast preview Singularity Summit 2009 tapes
07/07/2025
Bonus Podcast preview Singularity Summit 2009 tapes
In 2009, I went to New York City, and met up with my friend / TransAlchemy blog collaborator , to attend the Singularity Summit as independent press. We got seven tapes worth of footage, mainly interviews of speakers at the conference. I just finished a seven part Patreon series. In each episode I play one of the tapes from this event, uncut.
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Untold QAnon Origins with guest Y, AoT#466
06/29/2025
Untold QAnon Origins with guest Y, AoT#466
The guest on this episode is the author of the Untold Origins of QAnon article series. Here, he explains connections between seemingly separate movements such as Anonymous, The Venus Project, Technocracy Inc and more. Be sure to read Y’s articles, and hopefully we will do another show that continues on these topics soon. Topics include: Technocracy Incorporated, Anonymous, QAnon, conspiracy culture, 4Chan, hacker culture, Occupy movement, Pizzagate, online message boards, internet culture as a whole, lack of critical analysis, leaderless movements, appearance of spontaneity, early anti Scientology Anonymous protests, backstory to Truth Movement, Untold QAnon Origins articles, Elon Musk’s grandfather, price system, energy accounting, Social Credit, possible common origins, distributist economics, automation, Howard Scott, faking identity as German engineer, A.R. Orage, avant garde scenes, Bolshevik Revolution, Gurdjieff, Russian mysticism, esoteric religion intertwined with political movements, occult history, art, Venus Project, Zeitgeist movie series, Jacques Fresco, shared terminology, Peter Joseph, New Age, appearing to be left leaning, odd truth filmmaking techniques, Venus Project films, visionary persona, Buckminster Fuller, futurism, cybernetics, philosophic schizophrenia, Zeitgeist Movement, Wikileaks, hactivism, white and black hat hacking, IRC, What Is The Plan dot org, Trust the Plan, Venus Project’s The Plan, phases of The Plan, extreme content on message boards, ARG, meme magic, chaos magic, controlled scarcity concept, Jordan Maxwell, solutions for discourse only, Cold War history, alternative socialist ideas, modern Russian propaganda, Aleksandr Dugin, East and West occult historical takes, shifting between right and left wing political extremes, government subsidies, 2011 important year, Podesta emails, political rise of Trump, Seth Rich, trialectics, getting caught up in Truther scene
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Strong Man's Time of Decision, AoT#465
06/22/2025
Strong Man's Time of Decision, AoT#465
Strong Man has now been put into a situation that he wasn’t built for. He has to make a clear decision in regard to Israel and Iran. Gone are the days of ad libbing on the debate stage. This is the World Stage, and it is serious. Topics include: making sense of the senseless, life in digital space, old predictions of internet influence, Global Propaganda Matrix, conspiracy tropes, America’s position on Israel and Iran (day before bombing happened), MAGA regime, America First and anti-war take on MAGA, infighting is legitimate, Musk vs Trump, can no longer have things both ways, ties to Moscow, Tucker Carlson, Tulsi Gabbard, Israel ties to US, Neocon origins of current American political establishment, War on Terror, Total Information Awareness, current surveillance state, Palantir, public private projects, new MIC, contracts with Israel, stock price surging, Big Tech, geopolitics, real version of Dump Trump, placing JD Vance into power, Trump can’t handle being pulled in several directions, weaponization of Conspiracy Culture, Republican Party identity changes, surveillance state used as political tool, dark side of comedy and right wing ecosystem, confrontational nonsense, lowest common denominator always rules online, simple reality has become heresy, gatekeeping, fringe websites reborn on TikTok, new age, technical improvement of online video, AI driving automation and job loss, being led into digital world, living in a virtual reality, transhumanist future, appearance of anti-establishment credibility, Newt Gingrich still Trump’s champion, giving due credit to the power of conspiracy ideas
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Trolling All the Way to the Top, AoT#464
06/12/2025
Trolling All the Way to the Top, AoT#464
Social media is dominated by trolls, and they have used their influence to wreak mass destruction on and off line. Topics include: making sense of things, no allegiances, social media interactions, Tim Pool, bots, trolls, sarcasm, communication, social media Nihilism, trolling is now seen as good, MAGA riding dark online wave, Russian money, Tenet Media, targets of propaganda, alternative thinking taboos, American decline, divide and conquer, Trump vs Musk, telling jokes, rising to top by being an internet troll, comedy routine at debate, Vivek Ramaswamy, being the biggest winner and loser at the same time, billionaires acting like clowns, pro wrestling, is the fight real?, technocratic overlords, Heritage Foundation, Project 2025, Administrative State, privatized system of control, attention economy, pay to play, possible schism within right wing world, MTG, Alex Jones, making excuses for Palantir, hall of mirrors, alternative is already the new mainstream, Steve Albini, being confrontational for its own sake, recanting edge lord past, analog media is dead, living a virtual reality, deflecting, nebulous enemies, literally demonizing your enemy, Golden Age, Western geopolitical alliances breaking on purpose, alchemical dissolution, nebulous ideas as enemies, Red Pill, cosplaying The Matrix, 3 AIs talking to each other
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Pearse Redmond guest, Porkins Policy Reviews a World Gone Mad, AoT#463
06/01/2025
Pearse Redmond guest, Porkins Policy Reviews a World Gone Mad, AoT#463
Pearse Redmond makes his grand return as a guest on this special episode. Reflections on an ever changing digital media space, and our collective struggle against confusion are had along with some memories of days gone by. Topics include: early Porkins Policy Radio episodes, looking back at earlier days of podcasting, KONY 2012, information overload, Musk’s black eye, possibility of P Diddy pardon, early Epstein coverage, bitterness, commoditization of stories, idea that Trump would expose Epstein truth, alt media personalities exploiting story, dog whistle, end of conspiracy media, MAGA establishment pretending not to be the establishment, public threshold for failure low, J6 pardons and claims of Antifa involvement, live-streamers portraying themselves as truth tellers, war Gaza, simulation and virtual reality, RFK Jr, kicking the can down the road, not reading news can be good, debate culture, reactionary content creation, the platform leads the creator, analytics and SEO, rise of AI, nothing is real or original, lack of superintelligence, college students cheating with AI, mediocrity in and out, new Mission Impossible, social media platforms as propaganda platforms, perception warped, Great Powers Competition, resources, multipolar world, international propaganda, soft power, becoming radicalized to good causes can lead to disaster
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White-House-Genocide, AoT#462
05/27/2025
White-House-Genocide, AoT#462
The distraction machine is constantly being upgraded. Don’t think it won’t get you. Topics include: Patreon supporters, online platforms, Trump’s BBW, new kind of material for shows, fake Prince tape at Diddy trial, falling victim to disinformation, AI automated content generation, salacious stories used to propagate misinformation, exploitation of counter culture, key words and SEO, attention economy, narratives, propaganda, distraction and misdirection, Epstein, Bongino and Patel as traitors to the cause, twisting truth movement as a way to vote in a new regime, tech oligarchs, Tim Dillon CNN interview, part of a new establishment, lame talking points, wishing the shills well, far right hate conspiracies have gone mainstream, White Genocide in the White House, receipts talking point, media is saying Elon Musk is stepping down, Grok, fat guy on Ozempic, eugenic breeding program, South Africa, legitimate disruptor would be good, possible cooptation of alternative community building, Network State, Freedom Cities, alt media already coopted, real story of longterm goals of DOGE, technocracy, possible privatization of USPS, hostile takeover by Amazon, cancelling X premium
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Middle East AI Tour, AoT#461
05/19/2025
Middle East AI Tour, AoT#461
Peace through strength involves taking world tours to make the big technological deals. Topics include: communication breakdown, technology leading humanity to its own ends, digital dark age, Middle East presidential tour, technological arms race, AI, microprocessors, G42, Humain, China, Saudi Arabia, NVIDIA, AWS, AI zones, UAE, propaganda, TSMC, Taiwan, government contracts, X pure propaganda platform, transitions, fighting the establishment, nationalism, cyber security, free will impossible in techno prison, make the most out of your situation, false consciousness of AI systems, intergenerational warfare, accountability, no normal, impossible to plan a life, metadata
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From a Remote Outpost, AoT#460
05/13/2025
From a Remote Outpost, AoT#460
While the United States proudly destroys itself, other global power players take the opportunity to bolster their “charm offensives.” Topics include: bad information, information warfare, conspiracy culture, analytics tools, pitting the poor against each other, woke scapegoat, racist posts, alchemical process of social deconstruction, QAnon, obvious conspiracy traps, possessed by misinformation, faith in authority figures, America being purposely destroyed, intellectual self defense, salesmanship, divide and conquer, immigrant scapegoat, promoting idea of civil war, technocratic control system, Palantir, Big Tech, artficial control systems, new MIC, luxury bunkers, excitement about possibility of apocalyptic events, world views of the United States, destruction of anti-war movement, UK history of appeasing fascists, moronic shills, talking points, being the person no one likes, burnt at the stake, Meta hiring former Pentagon officials, Llama AI, charm offensive, military and government contracts, IShowSpeed in China, Chinese international propaganda campaign, soft power, targeting younger generation, Voice of America targeted by Trump administration, China portraying itself as the better alternative to US, geopolitics, new power players, efficiency propaganda point, Libertarian farce, pride in being a total misfit, digital tyranny, spiritual resistance, Eye of Sauron, Lord Of the Rings, no Red Pill or other pills
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Robin Unger guest, The Weaponization of Counter Cultural Ideas, AoT#460
05/05/2025
Robin Unger guest, The Weaponization of Counter Cultural Ideas, AoT#460
Robin Unger returns to the show to pick up where we left off talking about Carroll Quigley. This episode is more about the alternative media landscape generally. A hollowed out shell of what it once was, so much of supposed counter culture is now being used to sell authoritarian technocracy. Topics include: Mark Carney, establishment leaders, The Age of Transitions video, Truth videos from aughts, Alchemy in Popular Music, Mystery Girl Roy Orbison song, Bono, Themes & Memes, Carroll Quigley, Curtis Yarvin, orbital power, UN as a problem, weapons as unifying political tools, changing alternative media takes, Dark Enlightenment, Libertarian farce, fascism, technocracy, Anglo American Establishment, promotion of dominant minority, Left Hand Path occultism, Zelensky Star Wars fandom, the Dark Side, National Reconnaissance Office, selling counter cultural narratives, QAnon, intel ops, The Storm, Elon Musk, Steve Bannon, MAGA infighting, pretending to be antagonistic, Biosphere 2, stirring the pot, Roger Stone hiding away, Jason Bermas, Australian fronted media companies, supporting political candidates only to disrupt elections, alternative media ventures as a means to mask actual sources of funding, hijacking Truth Movement, Flat Earth, DOGE, Alex Jones support from Musk, The Onion short lived ownership of Infowars, Canadian trucker convoy protest, Bill Cooper, exploiting emergency powers, Patriot Act, PNAC, shilling for new establishment, Tucker Carlson, Curt Weldon, 9/11 Truth, converging interests, Cass Sunstein white paper about weaponizing conspiracy theories, military intelligence, terror acts instigated by feds, Michigan governor kidnapping plot, Operation Gladio, making media about weaponization of alt media, Media Roots, James Corbett, return of Sibel Edmonds, spiritual self improvement
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Not So Fab CHIPS Acts on the World Stage, AoT#458
04/27/2025
Not So Fab CHIPS Acts on the World Stage, AoT#458
Are we now living in a Great Powers Competition or Great Powers Cooperation? The story changes daily, so pay close attention to be able to make any kind of sense of it all. Topics include: technology, transhumanism, singularity, global tech war, development, trade, geopolitics, propaganda, social media information war space, influence operations, Huawei microchip developments, TSMC, Taiwan and China, GPU, graphics chips, AI, LLMs, NVIDIA, tariffs, AI arms race, 910C chip, SMIC fab, Sophgo, threats of invasion, changing perceptions of the Great Powers Competition, CFR, silliness of propaganda narratives, exploiting American bias, government claiming to be business, exploitation of American conspiracy culture, philosophy of current presidential administration based on conspiracy ideas, American Exceptionalism as a weakness, Russian influence ops, question of scale, Tim Pool in Whitehouse press room, Bizzaro Nature Boy, flimsy ideological environment, no consensus, dependency on digital information space, Elon Musk inflated autobiography, Big Tech power brokers both powerful and foolish, believing your own propaganda
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Ebbing, Flowing, Still Going, AoT#457
04/21/2025
Ebbing, Flowing, Still Going, AoT#457
Aaron takes the opportunity to do a bit of brainstorming and reflection on media production. We live in a time of flux, and all we can do is keep moving within the raging current. One can stay afloat by simply realizing the reality of the situation, and not merely being washed away. Topics include: Candid Truth, being invited onto shows, Revolve book, being around for years, ebb and flow of popularity, drop off of female audience for Ochelli Effect, Skype as an original online broadcasting tool, Discord, herbivorizing predators video debate, bioengineering, content farm, time to create content, true independence is valuable, algorithms, online propaganda, social media online propaganda war, taboo topics, influencers, interesting email feedback, connected fringe groups, actual research, optimism, motivation, rules changing constantly, Uncle’s TikTok, short videos, Meria Heller as the Italian Grandma, social media as a form of therapy, layers of translations, international audiences, banned in China, propaganda specific to TikTok, propaganda is not completely untrue, exploiting US weaknesses, new normal in media, playing with crazy
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Robin Unger guest, Carroll Quigley Evolution of Civilizations, AoT#456
04/15/2025
Robin Unger guest, Carroll Quigley Evolution of Civilizations, AoT#456
Robin Unger comes on to talk with Aaron about Carroll Quigley. Infamous in the world of conspiracy culture, some of his best work continues to go mostly unnoticed. His book, The Evolution of Civilizations, is looked at here. Topics include: Canada, Carroll Quigley, Evolution of Civilizations, Historical Analysis, Tragedy and Hope, Cecil Rhodes, Council on Foreign Relations, foreign policy think tanks, Georgetown University, Bill Clinton, right wing conspiracy culture, John Birch Society, Alan Watt, Anglo-American Establishment, scientific method applied to history, social sciences, Anna’s Archive, Weapon Systems and Political Stability, unfinished manuscript, Classical Civilization, Western Civilization, Middle Ages, 7 stages of civilization, mixing of civilizations, instruments of expansion, institutions become special interests, MacMillan publishing issues, book plates destroyed, Allen Dulles, no true secrets in intelligence work, open source intelligence, no secrets in nuclear research during the Cold War, GSG & Associates, Milner Group, DeBeers Diamonds, Rhodes Scholars, All Souls, British Empire, Lyndon LaRouche, current Age of Conflict, inner class wars, tech takeover, Technocracy Incorporated, Robin’s art projects
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Forever Lost in the Algorithm, AoT#455
04/08/2025
Forever Lost in the Algorithm, AoT#455
Everyone is a victim of American Exceptionalism. Topics include: podcast reviews, algorithms and shadow banning, future listens, Herbivorize Predators livestream debate, Robin Unger, Carroll Quigley, Uncle livestreams, normal life, digital world, contradictions, transhumanism, Martine Rothblatt, new propaganda narrative, Destroy and Rebuild, regime change, civil liberties, talking points, Joe Rogan’s podcast spinoff TV show, merging with machines, Elon Musk, X as propaganda platform, Tesla boycott is working, vandalism of Tesla as propaganda, fire symbol, uptick in racist posts, typical progression to full white supremacy, mainstreaming of fringe ideas, conspiracy culture, no talk about occult concepts, globalism, Great Powers competition, US national identity crisis, clashing with former allies, global influence ops, strength, China, Russia, fall of Soviet Union, trained to only look inward, veiled national arrogance, possible collusion between domestic and foreign power players, heresy, closed minds, tariffs, new American imperialism, North American Union, rare Earths, Greenland, Social Darwinism, leaders can barely speak, throat nanobots used to neutralize targeted individuals via squirt gun
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They Will Call It Liberty, AoT#454
03/31/2025
They Will Call It Liberty, AoT#454
We are now witnessing a complete upgrade of the US government and our very lives. The War on Terror foundation and blueprint is there, and being used to go even further. There can be no true freedom from here on out, but there sure will be a lot more things labeled as “liberty.” Will you “stand with” this abomination? Topics include: Bookshop dot org affiliate link and buying books, techno eugenics, recent guests, digital propaganda stream, Tech moguls in charge of our government, total control, flaunting themselves in public view, evolution of Military Industrial Complex, Big Tech takeover from Aerospace, national security, defense, DIB, DIU, Eric Schmidt, cyber security, AI, future warfare, implied crony capitalism, F35, new dominant narrative centered on government waste, Deep State boogeyman, pure Libertarian Capitalism, Art of the Deal, new American Imperialism, American exceptionalism, cyber terror attacks, new rulers will exploit attacks, Musk and his super geniuses, desire for apocalyptic events by super rich, DOGE, facade of efficiency, AI directed government, ownership of data, privacy, Peter Thiel brand of Libertarianism, freedom and liberty, crushing individual rights, War on Terror foundations, PNAC, safety and security, 9/11, enemy combatants, Bush as the bad guy, daughter Cheney, DC corruption, MAGA narrative, 1776ing, Orwell, Erik Prince criticism of War on Terror, anti-establishment aspect of new dominant propaganda narrative, the new mainstream media, enemy networks capitulation, future of cable TV, social media is the new mainstream, interactive media, algorithms, systems designed to promote favored content, former iconoclastic critics of establishment now are mouthpieces of ruling regime, information war, bullhorns, brazen attitude at street protests, international deals, social media feeds meant to distract and confuse, Freedom Cities vs 15 Minute Cities, constant updates, lowest common denominator continues to work, guise of conservatism, I Stand With movement
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Gil Duran interview, The Nerd Reich, AoT#453
03/17/2025
Gil Duran interview, The Nerd Reich, AoT#453
Gil Duran is an independent journalist and mind behind The Nerd Reich Blog, which is one of the absolute best sources of information about the Big Tech billionaires who are now attempting a hostile takeover of the United States government. In this interview, he talks about this Earth shattering story that can no longer be ignored. Topics include: Silicon Valley, freelance journalism, transhumanism, Bryan Johnson, Don’t Die conference, cult like ideology, life extension, true believers, fringe vs mainstream ideas, Neuralink, X, algorithm, billionaires, rich people are crazy, long form podcast interviews, journalists tuned out, career in politics, hostile takeover, California Forever, Solano County, secret group buying up farm land, slow growth ordinance, Network State, Mark Andreessen, Andreessen Horowitz, Amsterdam conference, surveillance and high end security, unite left and right to reject the development project, false claims of addressing the housing crisis, special economic status, Freedom Cities, Peter Thiel, potential takeover of FDA, hierarchical society controlled by a corporation, luxury bunkers, apocalyptic ethos, prepper movement, the Sovereign Individual book, homeless epidemic, accelerationist Millenarian philosophy, Exit, Voice, stealing other’s ideas, Curtis Yarvin, CEO as dictator of federal government, Butterfly Revolution, duty of the Press, old and new media, Fifth Generation Warfare, 5GW, controlling perception, John Robb, information war, pressure on academia, religion, parallel reality, propaganda, disinformation, Russian influence ops, talking points, kleptocracy, oligarchy, Autocracy Inc book, Project Russia, town hall confrontations, Democratic Party hiding, former political suicide not a problem for new power players, need for pushback, force leaders to action, moral battle, AI, sci fi villains, dystopia, power of the people, fake strength, nothing but show, accountability, rationing eggs, superficial media narratives, data that federal government holds
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Anita Say Chan interview, Predatory Data and Techno-Eugenics, AoT#452
03/03/2025
Anita Say Chan interview, Predatory Data and Techno-Eugenics, AoT#452
Anita Say Chan is the author of “Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future.” Here, she speaks about her book and the very important connection between eugenics and the current Big Tech data regimes that we all live under. Topics include: Uncle is on vacation, Ochelli Radio Network, Skype going away, 666-HELL, Singularity Summit 2009, eugenics, transhumanism, Bookshop(dot)org, University of Illinois, history of information sciences, data economy, predictive methods, social media, STEM, Silicon Valley, archives, critical humanities, Francis Galton, colonization, against diversity, demise of the West, paranoia, racial demise, datafication of populations, natural hierarchy, numbers, disinformation, non-Nordic classes, immigration laws, criminality, policy lobbying, misuse of science, sterilization laws, patrician classes, California eugenic policies, Stanford, Elon Musk, funding far right political movements, global order, attack on democracy, racial hierarchy, US as model for Nazi Germany eugenics, techno eugenics, false empiricism, divest from public institutions, Thiel, Andreesen, radical elitism, MAGA, promoting procreation of the well born, super genius, biological predetermination, Silicon Valley, Modi, Hindu Nationalism, Facebook in India, social media posts leading to real world violence, mob violence, attacks on minority populations, regulation on AI, public safety, psychopathic cost benefit analysis, taking power back
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The Dominant Digital Propaganda Space, AoT#451
02/24/2025
The Dominant Digital Propaganda Space, AoT#451
The new political propaganda machine did not just appear overnight. It’s been a long road built in a relatively short period of time, and we are speeding down it now. If you just merged onto this freeway be warned, nothing is as advertised on the billboards. Topics include: no Uncle show this week, 2009 Singularity Summit, Peter Thiel, Ray Kurzweil, NYC, MIRI, Google, Macroeconomics and Singularity, Libertarian politics, government contracts, intelligence, Palantir, PayPal Mafia, billionaires, limited government, consolidation of fringe and mainstream, alternative media, ideological shifts, political technology, social media, big data, surveillance, Big Tech, crazy wins elections, data as a commodity, analytics, Information Age, political campaigns as potential data purchasers, world of contradictions, technocracy, Trump and Musk, crypto, claims to be disclosing hidden secrets, chainsaw at CPAC, transhumanism, zero charisma spokesmen, Joe Rogan, podcasts, comedy, fake underground, Gravitron ride, online media is the new establishment, cult of personality, X, AI, Culture Wars as a distraction, executive orders made to placate the electorate, propaganda, Thiel Fellowship, powers that be now on public display, talking points, acting like automatons, Russian disinformation, confluence of interests, Hulk Hogan, Idiocracy, dumbing down of America, Ochelli Radio Network, performance art, stand up comedy, branding, There is an Us and Them however you’ve gotten the identities of both wrong
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Tea Krulos interview, Political Monsters, AoT#450
02/09/2025
Tea Krulos interview, Political Monsters, AoT#450
Freelance journalist and author, Tea Krulos, is the guest on this episode of The Age of Transitions podcast. His zine, Political Monsters, has built onto a theory that posits that there are more vampire movies during Democratic presidencies, and more zombie movies with Republican administrations. Tea’s addition to this concept is that Trump has a whole horror genre unique to his reign, the killer clown movie. Topics include: Political Monsters zine and ebook, horror movies, original theory from Obama years, Democratic vampires and Republican zombies, collective fears, Trump clowns, MAGA Party, Great Clown Panic of 2016, archetypes, data presented in graphs, Dracula, public domain, Jimmy Carter, Joe Biden, Nosferatu, war commentary, Hollywood copycat films, collective reality, identity narratives, new fears, chaos, other subgenres to look for, Joker, rabble rouser, Jan 6, nostalgia, movies on TV, YouTubers, Juggalos, Violent J, DC march, live presentations, Milwaukee, Lion’s Tooth bookstore
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A More Perfect North American Union, AoT#449
02/03/2025
A More Perfect North American Union, AoT#449
The Global Propaganda Matrix is raging onward in this world gone mad. Be on the lookout for the transformation of the “alternative media” into the fully fledged patriot media. Topics include: transhumanism, converging technologies, current events emergencies, AI, tech and biology merger, posthuman, continuum of human history, big picture, DeepSeek, generative AI, ChatGPT, NVIDIA, cheap development, national security, shift in MIC, Aerospace vs Big Tech, arms race, Eric Schmidt, NSCAI, DIB, DoD, app stores, Chinese app controversies, TikTok, digital hall of mirrors, Strong Man, US picking fights with neighbors, North American Union, Mexico, Canada, Greenland, change in alternative media, temporary identity crisis, New World Order, game show host savior, patriot propagandists, peace through strength, cyber warfare, false flag terrorism, 9/11, The Apprentice, administrative state, various forms of online propaganda, Elon Musk, Alternative for Deutschland, idiotic trolling, prodding the opposition, scapegoats, social media are propaganda distribution networks, shills, reposting every lie, bully techniques, actual resistance, free thinking, using culture wars as a weapon, data and analytics, command and control, technique
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Project 2025 Now In Full Swing, AoT#448
01/26/2025
Project 2025 Now In Full Swing, AoT#448
Strong Man is back, and he has come toting a stack of executive orders. Make no mistake, these EOs have not appeared out of thin air. They were written in advance by the Project 2025 team at the Heritage Foundation. Is our glorious leader trying to endear himself to the electorate by fulfilling campaign promises, while also setting up his billionaire backers for total takeover? Topics include: word of mouth podcast promotion, The Third Rail, Ochelli Radio taking new hosts, garage bands, foray into alternative media, transhumanism, insight from doing this for a long time, return of Strong Man, big changes, Project 2025, Newt Gingrich, hippies, bald identity, Turning Point USA, executive orders, DOGE repurposed USDS, assassination records releases, J6 pardons, campaign promises, immigration enforcement, alt media bought and paid for, tech overlords, USPS will be given to Bezos, inauguration parties for online media creators, voices of dissent now appearing, Stargate, Steve Bannon, AfD party, Musk, Nazi salute, alt media identity crisis, doing something different
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There is no TikTok Ban, AoT#447
01/20/2025
There is no TikTok Ban, AoT#447
As everyone frets about the impending “ban” of TikTok the world’s greatest businessman and politician is already two steps ahead and solving the problem. In an uncertain future the one thing that we can make out is that everyone stands to get something out of all the great deals that are yet to come. Topics include: David Lynch, David Wants to Fly, upcoming inauguration, TikTok Supreme Court ruling, supposed ban, China, Joe Biden, Bytedance, Trump with final say on any issues, technocracy, billionaires buying influence, wooing younger generation, online propaganda, Xi Jinping, changing narratives, the best is yet to come wall poster, alt media having temporary identity crisis, rebranding, popular apps from China, left-right paradigm, doing business as new American political propaganda model, social media as propaganda distribution network, shills, when the fringe becomes mainstream, patriotism, North American Union used to be a great evil, Columbus Oh, Anduril Arsenal-1 drone factory, Peter Thiel, jobs, new MIC, Newt Gingrich worried about immigration enforcement
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A Surreal Year Begins, AoT#446
01/13/2025
A Surreal Year Begins, AoT#446
The year just started, and is already throwing all kinds of unexpected events our way. Is this merely the harbinger of even wilder things to come? Topics include: Goat Mountain video, technocratic oligarchy, Musk, Trump, Greenland, Canada, TikTok Supreme Court, Great Powers Competition, online propaganda, Culture War, Los Angeles fires, natural disasters, World War 3, hybrid and cyber war, underwater structures, UAP drones, military denials, Lakehurst base, UFOlogy, orbs, UAP in Southern California Inland Empire, sightings all week long, drone forms, orb form morph into drone form UAP, types and patterns of lights, Lake Hills, patrolling drones, large bulbous headlights, drawings and notes, no sound in flight, out in plain sight, Radio segue about UFO, online message boards and apps with posts about sightings, cannabis, surreal reality, current events also bizarre, Trudeau resignation, former allies possibly becoming enemies, media changes, George W Bush, War on Terror propaganda, billionaire late comers donating to inauguration, unfettered power brokers, no hiding the truth, billionaire tech moguls podcast guest appearances, regular people in good spirits despite things getting worse, sense of togetherness, better communication and understanding, culture war issues always infused into stories that would otherwise unite everyone, staying on track, digital surveillance, distraction, human interaction goes in the right direction, noting pitfalls, The Event, luxury doomsday bunkers, guests using AI to find the show, Say Yes to the Guest
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