Earlier this year I read a book called <a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781541703155">The End of Reality</a>  by the writer Jonathan Taplin. The book is a meditation on the outsize power and influence of four billionaires: Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, Marc Andreesen, and Elon Musk. After the election I rang Jonathan up for a special post election conversation about his book and our new Oligarchy.  Also, Radiotopia is running its annual fundraiser right now, we only do this once a year. If you can donate please do! Support this show and indy podcasts.

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 &lt;p&gt;Earlier this year I read a book called &lt;a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781541703155"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The End of Reality&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  by the writer Jonathan Taplin. The book is a meditation on the outsize power and influence of four billionaires: Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, Marc Andreesen, and Elon Musk. After the election I rang Jonathan up for a special post election conversation about his book and our new Oligarchy.  Also, Radiotopia is running its annual fundraiser right now, we only do this once a year. If you can donate please do! Support this show and indy podcasts. &lt;/p&gt;
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Earlier this year I read a book called <a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781541703155">The End of Reality</a>  by the writer Jonathan Taplin. The book is a meditation on the outsize power and influence of four billionaires: Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, Marc Andreesen, and Elon Musk. After the election I rang Jonathan up for a special post election conversation about his book and our new Oligarchy.  Also, Radiotopia is running its annual fundraiser right now, we only do this once a year. If you can donate please do! Support this show and indy podcasts.

Reality Check!

A few years ago I put together a story about the Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory with the writer and historian Martin Jay, today in 2024 the Cultural Marxism Industry is stronger than ever. An update for 2024.

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 &lt;p&gt;A few years ago I put together a story about the Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory with the writer and historian Martin Jay, today in 2024 the Cultural Marxism Industry is stronger than ever. An update for 2024.  &lt;/p&gt;
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A few years ago I put together a story about the Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory with the writer and philosopher Martin Jay, today in 2024 the Cultural Marxism Industry is stronger than ever. An update for 2024.


        A few years ago I put together a story about the Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory with the writer and historian Martin Jay, today in 2024 the Cultural Marxism Industry is stronger than ever. An update for 2024.  
      

Cultural Marxism Industry (2024 Hard Core version)

Joel Whitney’s book <a href="https://orbooks.com/catalog/finks/">Finks</a> is a seminal book about American intellectuals and American security agencies,  mainly because it illuminates the real story behind the CIA’s involvement with the founding of a little magazine called The Paris Review  which hit the scene in the early 1950s at the height of the Cold War. In Joel Whitney’s new book <a href="https://orbooks.com/catalog/flights/">Flights</a>,  he continues his historical excavations -  more stories about writers intellectuals and activists who found themselves in the cross hairs of American security agencies like the CIA and the FBI.  Your host discusses both books with Joel Whitney and the discipline of secret history itself.

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 &lt;p&gt;Joel Whitney’s book &lt;a href="https://orbooks.com/catalog/finks/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Finks&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is a seminal book about American intellectuals and American security agencies,  mainly because it illuminates the real story behind the CIA’s involvement with the founding of a little magazine called &lt;em&gt;The Paris Review&lt;/em&gt;  which hit the scene in the early 1950s at the height of the Cold War. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In Joel Whitney’s new book &lt;a href="https://orbooks.com/catalog/flights/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Flights&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;,  he continues his historical excavations -  more stories about writers intellectuals and activists who found themselves in the cross hairs of American security agencies like the CIA and the FBI. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;Your host discusses both books with Joel Whitney and the discipline of secret history itself. &lt;/p&gt;
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Flights, Finks and Secret History with Joel Whitney

Joel Whitney’s book <a href="https://orbooks.com/catalog/finks/">Finks</a> is a seminal book about American intellectuals and American security agencies,  mainly because it illuminates the real story behind the CIA’s involvement with the founding of a little magazine called The Paris Review  which hit the scene in the early 1950s at the height of the Cold War. 

In Joel Whitney’s new book <a href="https://orbooks.com/catalog/flights/">Flights</a>,  he continues his historical excavations -  more stories about writers intellectuals and activists who found themselves in the cross hairs of American security agencies like the CIA and the FBI. 

Your host discusses both books with Joel Whitney and the discipline of secret history itself.

Forty years ago in 1984 your host was twelve years old and like George Orwell’s protagonist Winston Smith, he kept a diary, for the citizens of the future. For this special installment of Benjamen Walker’s Theory of Everything we travel back in time and give this diary a soundtrack. TV commercials, radio spots, movie clips – all sound from 1984 (the year, not the book). Find out what totalitarianism really sounds like. <a href="https://medium.com/@benjamenwalker/1984-the-year-not-the-book-87aca847c0c3">*********more details on this  installment**********</a>

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 &lt;p&gt;Forty years ago in 1984 your host was twelve years old and like George Orwell’s protagonist Winston Smith, he kept a diary, for the citizens of the future. For this special installment of Benjamen Walker’s Theory of Everything we travel back in time and give this diary a soundtrack. TV commercials, radio spots, movie clips – all sound from 1984 (the year, not the book). Find out what totalitarianism really sounds like. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://medium.com/@benjamenwalker/1984-the-year-not-the-book-87aca847c0c3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*********more details on this  installment**********&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Forty years ago in 1984 your host was twelve years old and like George Orwell’s protagonist Winston Smith, he kept a diary, for the citizens of the future. For this special installment of Benjamen Walker’s Theory of Everything we travel back in time and give this diary a soundtrack. TV commercials, radio spots, movie clips – all sound from 1984 (the year, not the book). Find out what totalitarianism really sounds like. 

<a href="https://medium.com/@benjamenwalker/1984-the-year-not-the-book-87aca847c0c3">*********more details on this  installment**********</a>

1984 (the year not the book) 40th Anniversary edition

We now have many ways to tell the story of America's tilt towards authoritarianism, but for your host one image  sums up the whole sordid business: a mashup of Donald Trump and the Marvel comic book character The Punisher. In this episode we talk with Kent Worcester, author of a new <a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/C/bo208658766.html">cultural history of the Punisher</a>. It's a conversation about America's fascination with, and attraction to, a black and white vision of justice and vengeance.

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 &lt;p&gt;We now have many ways to tell the story of America's tilt towards authoritarianism, but for your host one image  sums up the whole sordid business: a mashup of Donald Trump and the Marvel comic book character The Punisher. In this episode we talk with Kent Worcester, author of a new &lt;a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/C/bo208658766.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;cultural history of the Punisher&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. It's a conversation about America's fascination with, and attraction to, a black and white vision of justice and vengeance. &lt;/p&gt;
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We now have many ways to tell the story of America's tilt towards authoritarianism, but for your host one image  sums up the whole sordid business: a mashup of Donald Trump and the Marvel comic book character The Punisher. In this episode we talk with Kent Worcester, author of a new <a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/C/bo208658766.html">cultural history of the Punisher</a>. It's a conversation about America's fascination with, and attraction to, a black and white vision of justice and vengeance.

America & The Punisher

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