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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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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The Rise of American Technocracy, AoT#445
12/29/2024
The Rise of American Technocracy, AoT#445
We are in the thick of The Age of Transitions now. It’s a time of technocracy, and control by Big Tech oligarchs who have bought and paid for the government. Not even the former beneficiaries of the MIC are safe from their data driven rule by force. Topics include: Chuck not well, Ochelli Radio Network, new Rumble channel, Patreon content, Singularity Summit interviews, new Themes & Memes episode, peers, tech oligarchs, shadow banning, share the show, AI powered guest referral systems, transcripts, artificial intelligence, MIC shifting from aerospace to Big Tech contractors, Space X, Palantir, Anduril, Open AI, consortium, retooling DoD, CDAO, JAIC, DDS, JADC2, Trump presidential campaign, tech billionaires, technocracy, cybersecurity, cyber 9/11, War on Terror, national security, social media, global propaganda matrix, exploitation of anti-establishment ideas, rise of online media, analytics, data surveillance, weaponization of culture war, Ramaswamy and Musk, acquisition of foreign talent in tech, MAGA base racist, Andreesen, Thiel, deportation agenda, new Cold War, China as antagonist, drag time story hour, divide and conquer, Trump himself not in charge, watch for narrative changes, TikTok divestment, Trump meeting with Bytedance CEO, Bezos, media now bowing to new administration, no one cares about truth, DOGE tool to remove regulation, civil liberties, privacy, Project 2025, prison industrial complex cashing in on deportation, police state, martial law, PNAC, Neocons, War on Terror continued, Mangione, billionaire podcast guests
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John Kirwin interview, Conspiracy Theory Survival, AoT#444
12/16/2024
John Kirwin interview, Conspiracy Theory Survival, AoT#444
John Kirwin is the author of The Conspiracy Theorist Survival Guide. In this interview he talks a bit about the book, and his motivations in pursuing the truth as he sees it. Topics include: Wake up or else, 508(c)1, legal education, Sovereign Citizen trigger term, conspiracy theorist trigger term, Federal Reserve, rifts in family life, ultimatums, God, religion, truther group, mind control programming, personal sacrifices, waking up, charlatans, insinuation of character flaws, 10 rabbit hole portfolio, normies, false narratives, chemtrails, in the world not of the world, willful ignorance, vaccine as bioweapon, vaccine issue forcing conversation to extremes, absolute truths, virologists, conspiracy ideas used in mainstream, red pills, UFOs, states banning chemtrails, children’s library books, alternative space doing more harm than good, digital propaganda space, covert influence operations, citizen journalism, weaponized government, money for hurricane victims, choosing not to give up, Mandela Effect, vivid memories undone, convictions, pop culture, misremembering the same way, conventional thinking, implanted thoughts, mathematic impossibilities
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David Hirschfeld interview, AoT#443
12/08/2024
David Hirschfeld interview, AoT#443
David Hirschfeld is the founder of Tekyz software development company. In this interview he shares some interesting examples of how he has used artificial intelligence for projects that he has worked on. There are also some speculations on what we may expect to see in the near future. Topics include: Patreon material, David Hirschfeld, software development, Tekyz, artificial intelligence, no one understands how AI works, technology, training data, medical devices, AI integrated into new software, AI development assistant, idea that AI hype is overblown is wrong, Elon Musk, data centers, robotics, autonomous vehicles, parking garages, rideshare companies, Waymo, regulations, DOGE, AI hallucinations subsiding, coding, self improving systems, autonomous vehicle safety, AGI, data privacy, agentic workflow, Microsoft reopening Three Mile Island, geopolitical side to AI development, tech administered influence operations, near future implications
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Age of Transitions update and new content, AoT#442
12/01/2024
Age of Transitions update and new content, AoT#442
A quick update to let you know about some live-streams and Patreon content you may have missed. topics include: Themes & Memes, War on Christmas Thanksgiving Spectacular, Singularity Summit 2009 video tapes Patreon shows, transhumanism, listener suggestions, making media fun
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New Media and Old Scams, AoT#441
11/18/2024
New Media and Old Scams, AoT#441
Onions are known to cause tears, but this time they ain’t the tears of liberal snowflakes. No way, these are the tears of everyone’s favorite rightwing beefcake. Topics include: Patreon content, Singularity Summit 2009, NYC, James Hughes, 2B movie premiere, War on Christmas Thanksgiving Spectacular, video, changing media landscape, legacy media vs new media, Onion auction purchase of Infowars, Alex Jones, satire of alt media overdue, shills, Paul brothers, making money from media production, advertisers, home shopping channels, viewer demographics, content creator as career, online media high production value, Global Propaganda Matrix, fabs, microprocessors, TSMC, Intel, world war, CHIPS Act, technology, New Albany OH, Columbus, Les Wexner, Mike Jeffries, get rich quick, billionaires, made in America, gods, Antichrist
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Strong Man Returns, AoT#440
11/12/2024
Strong Man Returns, AoT#440
The glorious leader will soon make his triumphant return to the office he was born to sit in. In truth, he likely won’t do much more than sit, but he is bringing all of the best people to help him to do the job. Topics include: Patreon improvements, War on Christmas Thanksgiving Spectacular live-stream, return of Trump, Stop the Steal 2, election fraud, content creators are always right, MAGA marketing, Trump brand, techno oligarchs, Big Tech, Silicon Valley Libertarianism, loss of civil liberties, technocracy, Freedom Cities, coming challenges, Grifter Industrial Complex, dying Legacy Media, Neocons, Bush administration, unitary executive, War on Terror, racism, Patriot Act, Supreme Court ruling on Presidential immunity, disenfranchised working class, Trump not actually in charge, Project 2025 is the plan, lawyers have written executive orders, old age, America First, foreign policy, karma, World War 3, South China Sea, Indo Pacific, China, Russia, Japan, Australia, Phillippines, Taiwan, Chinese statements placating the American ego, cyber attacks, new patriotic propaganda campaign, PNAC, “alt media” is the establishment again, Strong Man, outlawing dictionaries
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Eray Özkural interview on AI, AoT#439
10/28/2024
Eray Özkural interview on AI, AoT#439
This week’s episode of The Age of Transitions podcast is an interview of Eray Özkural. An AI professional, transhumanist, and all around free thinker, he has a lot of first hand experience from within the world of artificial intelligence technology that he talks about here. Topics include: Marvin Minsky, Usenet, philosophy of mind, machine learning, biocomputing, history of AI, AI research shut down on purpose, AI Winter artificially induced, experts can be fooled by propaganda, misinformation, science of influence, media, examachine, Open AI, scare tactics to keep tech in hands of a few, Sam Altman, free markets
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The End of Democracy, AoT#438
10/20/2024
The End of Democracy, AoT#438
Apparently, The End of Democracy is upon us. As that plays itself out, let’s try to get a firm hold on whatever is left. Topics include: crafting propaganda narratives, artificial world, self, epiphany, human experience, American democracy, presidential election, lost faith in electoral process, true wealth hoarded, turned on each other, foundations, anti-intellectual sentiment, rapid change, Singularity, history, stake holders, gaming the system, virtual life, scapegoating, generational warfare, led by analytics and algorithms, art, truth, upcoming interviews, future options
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So Many Transitions, AoT#437
10/14/2024
So Many Transitions, AoT#437
Some thoughts on the many changes and many ages of transitions that we can look back on. Changing media and political trends have intertwined and brought us to a new marker post. Where do we go from here? Topics include: Age of Transitions, technology, change, subconscious, historical marking posts, Newt Gingrich, politics and media, online reality, party politics, MAGA, fringe conspiracy culture, stolen election narratives, Election Day, ramping up police state, law and order, blanket distrust of politics and government, propaganda, conspiracy theory used as weapon, alchemical metaphors, heat, end of democracy, P Diddy, fringe radio, Tupaq and Biggie murders, black conspiracies, William Cooper, periods in conspiracy culture, self publishing, podcasting, internet history, albums on vinyl, Rush Limbaugh, outsider politics, truth movements subsumed by political movements, Putin, Butler assassination attempt
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IronNet and the Fading US Empire, AoT#436
10/07/2024
IronNet and the Fading US Empire, AoT#436
National security elites wish we were still living during the War on Terror years, but the glory days are gone for the US. Procuring government contracts to simply become wealthy is not good enough anymore. Meanwhile, those claiming to speak truth to power are simply recycling old tropes that no longer apply. Topics include: prophets, IronNet, national security, cybersecurity, NSA, stock prices, C5 Capital, Russia, Keith Alexander, War on Terror, post war US history, foreign policy, wars of aggression, Pienaar, Russian oligarchs, making money for its own sake, corruption, imperial power, false pretexts for wars, 9/11 terror attacks, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bush administration, torture, Truth Movement, loss of civil liberties, unitary executive, Neocons, USA had privileged position, no global challengers, revolving door between public service and private industry, MIC, F35, ED 209, transitional period, Great Powers Competition, BRICS, dominant minority, Post Truth Movement, worn out tropes, funding for Ukraine vs past wars, Silicon Valley vying for more MIC influence, Global Propaganda Matrix, billionaires, falls from grace, double headed eagle, glorious past of various nations
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Southern Crossed, AoT#435
09/29/2024
Southern Crossed, AoT#435
Is Lauren Southern having a private crisis of conscience? Signs point to the probability of this, but only time, and Southern herself, may tell. Topics include: status of Ochelli Radio Network, Brady Bunch collective style video podcasts, agendas, taboo topics, shifts in alternative media, Tenet Media, Lauren Southern, Alt Right, women in media, Charlottesville, young people difficulty with decisions, owning the libs, attention for its own sake, White Noise documentary, Gavin McInnes, misogyny, racism, business as usual for other Tenet affiliated creators, trad wife social media trend, Flintstones, Roseanne and Tom Arnold, Civil War Monuments, free speech, Red Pillers, The Matrix, occult significance of Seven Mountains Mandate, NAR evangelical sect, Microsoft reopening TMI, AI power requirements, belief that AI is overhyped, Heritage Foundation, theocracy, conscience, Sam Altman, Open AI
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Shills and Botnets, AoT#434
09/23/2024
Shills and Botnets, AoT#434
Harping on the Russian influence, but also making time for what China is up to these days according to the NSA. You may want to throw out your old smart toaster just to be safe from the botnet. Topics include: Russian influence on alternative media, Post Truth Movement World, shared interests, global propaganda matrix, governments, taking offense to more, social media, justifying being online, surveillance of everyone, Tenet Media, Tim Pool the world’s biggest moron, Canada, Foreign content creators exerting influence over our national politics, paranoid alt media creators, defense of independent editorial control, other media companies shutting down, financial backers pulled out, guise of free speech, hosts and creators who don’t tow company line are dropped, RFK and Don Jr piece about Ukraine long range missiles, $100K per episode, promotion of civil war, sense that Justice may be done, exploding pagers, Israel, cell phones, future terrorism, NSA Twitter post, PRC botnets, hacking, IoT devices, DDoS attacks, cybersecurity, update devices and get rid of old ones, smart devices, consumer culture creates security risks, Communism vs Capitalism, Cold War 2.0, questions of grey areas concerning war, geopolitics, dystopia, historical perspective, confusion, cognitive dissonance, confidence in knowing what is real, work of podcasting vs manual labor, tools of alt media
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