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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Bam Margera Surveillance State, AoT#483
12/29/2025
Bam Margera Surveillance State, AoT#483
The underground counterculture world of independent DVD production spanned a huge variety of niche interests. Outlaw motorcycle stunt man Ghost Rider is an example of something that can never be replicated in today’s world of total surveillance. Topics include: Ghost Rider motorcycle DVDs, underground indy media in 90s and 2000s, Bum Fights, INDECLINE graffiti collective, ADDTV, underground audio, Bam Margera, CKY, Jackass show, Big Brother videos, skateboard culture, Jump Off a Building Toy Machine video, Pennsylvania, prostitution, Bill Hicks, irony of laws, real life characters, modern internet motorcycle outlaws always get caught, surveillance built into technology and media, content creation, cameras ubiquitous, AI, no escape for anyone, TikTok divestment, Larry Ellison, Oracle, Middle East sovereign wealth films, total corruption, big money buying off executive branch, Paramount, David Ellison, Warner Brothers Discovery, buying up all media, Netflix, CBS, Bari Weiss, pay to play, CNN, technocratic oligarchy taking over American government, AI economic bubble, bringing nuclear power plants back up and running, nuclear fusion company merge with Trump media, data centers, so called green energy just a competitor being pushed out of the market, chemical industry takeover of EPA, doubling legal level of formaldehyde in air, real criminals at the top of the system, new media also part of propaganda system, right wing influencers, in-fighting of MAGA, JD Vance doing damage control at TPUSA America Fest
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The Narrative Shift, AoT#482
12/22/2025
The Narrative Shift, AoT#482
There is a major narrative shift now underway, and it centers on everyone being sick of our Strong Man in chief. Topics include: attention economy online, digital media, rage bait, click bait, analytics, influencing elections, right wing content creators, Alex Jones, MAGA, public relations, Trump losing support, medical issues, oligarchs in control, Neocons, exploitation of conspiracy theories, purposeful destruction of American government, consolidation of all media, America Fest, Shapiro vs Carlson, deconstructing media, Bernays, propaganda, early optimism over internet, career as online content creator, public should demand to know who pays content creators, mad about Trump after they sold the administration in the first place, useful idiots, hollowness of social media success, Candace Owens growing audience, Roger Stone vs Steve Bannon, disinformation, tiers of power in right wing media, medium is in ultimate control, AGI, transhumanism, anxiety over the future, new robber barons, sci fi reality, relying on new technology to fix the problems made by old technology, baseless optimism, new Cold War geopolitical narrative, US vs China
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Big Tech Oligarchs Pretending to be Christian, AoT#481
12/08/2025
Big Tech Oligarchs Pretending to be Christian, AoT#481
Don’t feel bad if you aren’t sure what to do right now. Even the high and mighty captors of America are relying on social media analytics to know what to say. Topics include: esoteric transhumanism, Peter Thiel, Patreon, AI automating online content creation, waiting for something to happen, no normal life, rapid pace of change, Big Tech AI projects, data centers, electrical power needs increasing, Ray Kurzweil, AGI, TMI, Tech oligarch version of Libertarian politics, UBI, social media and legacy media being consolidated, dependence of technological system, technique perfecting itself, faith in creation of technological god, Joe Rogan’s transhumanist views, pretending to be Christian, using analytics to craft new media narratives, appropriating conspiracy culture, previous Big Tech religious identities, mainstreaming of fringe media and tech figures, social media marketing, Communism as boogey man scape goat, no accountability built into new American government, no way out of total surveillance
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Will the Technocrats Dump Trump? AoT#480
11/19/2025
Will the Technocrats Dump Trump? AoT#480
Strong Man is living in a glass house, and he isn’t one for setting stones aside. Even Roger Stone may not be able to save him now. Topics include: Lancer conference, Revolve book, audience, niche topic, Sora video, AI, transhumanism, uploading consciousness, digital clones, soft uploads, technocrats controlling government and more, purposely destroying old government, new mainstream media, social media as propaganda outlet, crafting narratives, atomized audience, algorithms, MAGA infighting, Trump himself is disposable, JD Vance preferred presidential puppet, Vance 2028 beta test, Musk’s new political party, performative outrage from the actual oligarchs, conspiracy topics mainstreamed and used for propaganda, collecting data all the time, Epstein a continuing problem for Trump, Stewart Rhodes, Oath Keepers, presidential pardons, Tucker Carlson, Thomas Crooks, Butler PA, FBI coverup, Kash Patel, MTG, obvious corruption, purges, Cybertron, data centers and huge power use
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Rockbridge Network MAGA Manipulation, AoT#479
11/10/2025
Rockbridge Network MAGA Manipulation, AoT#479
Silicon Valley billionaires have been exploiting the MAGA movement to do their political bidding. The Rockbridge Network has been established to keep this ball rolling forward into the future. Topics include: back from break, eczema, minuscule audience, top transhumanism podcasts, online living, tech billionaires, propaganda, mainstreaming fringe online ideas, woke joke, Rockbridge Network, Ohio, Hocking Hills, wealthy tech titans exploiting MAGA movement, databases of potential voters, using surveillance tech to influence elections, Thiel, JD Vance, Chris Buskirk, new MIC, American aristocracy, morons in executive cabinet positions, destroying US Constitutional government on purpose, total corruption, bribery, American Greatness total shill site, transparent PR articles, creative destruction, California Forever, Network State, Freedom Cities, packing masses into cities, unholy alliance, contrarians, UBI, automated society, old man fading away, actual ruling powers would like to replace president, beta testing Vance 2028 on social media, MAGA world fractures, narrative control, Cambridge Analytica, dystopian future, online entertainment, becoming a trillionaire, luxury bunkers
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Dark Idealist Technocrat Takeover, AoT#478
10/12/2025
Dark Idealist Technocrat Takeover, AoT#478
The maniacs taking over the US government are actually idealistic. They are the quixotic, dark idealists, pushing their Dark Enlightenment philosophy. Topics include: Don Quixote, quixotic, idealists, etymology, Tron Ares, occult concepts, virtual reality, Monterey CA, mundane world, The Ninth Gate, Grail legend, Left Hand Path occultism, dark idealism, Peter Thiel, Anti Christ lecture series, misunderstanding occult, theology, Christianity, Gil Duran, 33, transhumanism, Singularity, AGI, Mark Andreessen, contradictions, controlling and being above the government, displacing American Constitutional government, Curtis Yarvin, Silicon Valley, America turned inward to war on itself, Executive Branch used as a tool of destruction, useful idiots of online media, Tolkien, Anduril, Palantir, wizards, Lord Of the Rings, Martine Rothblatt, technocracy, Stargate, AI vs AGI, X propaganda platform, reviving War on Terror, luxury bunker, divide and conquer, martial law, nonviolent resistance, deposing tyranny, nothing is real, the Event
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Consolidating the Propaganda Machine, AoT#477
10/06/2025
Consolidating the Propaganda Machine, AoT#477
America First is going full steam ahead as our new technocratic overlords successfully consolidate media. They use the platforms they buy to turn the population inward, and against itself, all the while international influence shifts to America’s adversaries. Topics include: esoteric side of transhumanism, Looking For Truth in all the Wrong Places, living online, social media, information war, propaganda, the new mainstream media, misinformation, divide and conquer, algorithms, Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, consolidating media ownership, TikTok ownership swap, China, national security, American oligarchs, Great Powers Competition, Stargate AI project, geopolitics, technocracy, America’s Constitutional government being purposely destroyed, advocates for civil war, techno feudalism, shifting global influence, America First destroying American international relations, Chinese investment in Space X, Tesla, Trump Russian money lifeline, silly alternative media taboos, international adversaries benefit from MAGA in power, culture war nonsense, exploitation of supposed free speech, military deployed domestically, pandering to the figurehead of power, political martyrs, Tony Blair is now an Ellison puppet, Silicon Valley takeover of government
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Too Far Gone For Falun Gong, AoT#476
09/28/2025
Too Far Gone For Falun Gong, AoT#476
Aaron and Chuck have a conversation about foreign influence campaigns. Getting beyond confirmation bias is a real stumbling block when it comes to this topic. Topics include: Revolve, esoteric side to transhumanism, old days of Truth Movement, conspiracy and fringe topics exploited by establishment, early days of podcasting, alternative media scene infiltration, politicized narratives, JFK research, video project, non linear editing, hippies to yuppies, T Snyder, Lauren Southern This Is Not Real Life book, White Noise documentary, right wing commentary and influencers, signal boosting, Tenet Media, Russian influence operations, money sources obscured to creators, just another job, pushed by algorithms, destruction of America, dark alchemical side of conspiracy culture, confluence of interests, divide and conquer schemes, multiple goals, other foreign influence operations, other media outlets that fell at the same time as Tenet, Falun Gong, Rob Schneider and Adam Sandler, Epoch Times, possible Chinese intelligence connection, glomming onto MAGA narratives, organ harvesting story, cults, controlled opposition, Shen Yun dance show, James Jesus Angleton, counter intelligence, pigeon holed partisan views on influence ops
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Consolidating the New Mainstream Media, AoT#475
09/21/2025
Consolidating the New Mainstream Media, AoT#475
The new mainstream media is social media, but the new propaganda is starting to look similar to the old War on Terror propaganda. Topics include: digital media, Truth Movement shifted into the influencer economy, emerging technologies, TikTok divestment going through, Larry Ellison Oracle, Andreessen Horowitz, TikTok ban story was a farce, social media being bought up by tech oligarchs, truth is in the details, reactionary social media distractions, new mainstream media and propaganda network is social media, billionaires in control, government controlled by Big Tech, JD Vance is a plant, transhumanism, Peter Thiel Antichrist lecture protest, common misconceptions of California, Huntington Beach, Network State ideology, destroying US Constitution, Vance guest host Charlie Kirk podcast, Stephen Miller, new War on Terror, branding the Left as violent extremist group, fractures in MAGA media world, Charlie Kirk honest in his convictions, Turning Point USA, Epstein
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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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