The Lunatic Fringe? 2. The Empire Goes to the Moon
Director of the UK National Space Centre, Anu Ojha, attributes claims the Lunar landings were hoaxed to a ‘seductive conspiratorial method of thinking’, which he asserts poses ‘a real threat to our democratic way of life’. Is he right, or should we be cynical when a vast imperial machine, high on violence and fueled by propaganda, claims to have sent men to the Moon and back? To support the show and for access to the forum and regular online meetups see: https://payhip.com/b/Sq0ZB Buy me a Coffee page: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/DSConsciousness Notes: Anu Ojha, Conspiracy theories: Why do so many people doubt the moon landings? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdW--4HKx38 We Went to the Moon, article by David Chandler and Don Davis: https://davidchandler-61838.medium.com/we-went-to-the-moon-97ece06c2250 Contemplating Conspiracy, Episode Six: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5T0IjQJnCo&list=PLpISWTfiuVApGIzcQS6-sbFb9eGUf_5_D&index=6 Audio of Dave McGowan’s Wagging the Moondoggie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etUgUJLmuGU
21 Okt 202231min
The Energy of Empire 14. World War I - Prolonging the Agony?
Whatever effect the naval blockade ultimately had on the outcome of the war, it of course did not succeed in bringing it to a swift conclusion the way people believed and Churchill implied it might. Gerry Docherty and Jim McGregor contend this was because it was deliberately porous on the level of bureaucracy. They describe this as a conflict between the Admiralty, who wanted to institute an effective blockade, and the Foreign Office, who did not. Notes Harry Patch: Anti War Hero: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d26IVqVivE Hidden History: The Secret Origins of the First World War, by Gerry Docherty and James MacGregor: https://tinyurl.com/4pdt37sj Robert A. Doughty: Pyrrhic Victory French Strategy and Operations in the Great War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WmmaZ-iHVM Thank The Universe Podcast - Hidden History: Secret Origins of the First World War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKXrUcN8sJ8 Century of War: Anglo-American Oil Politics & the New World Order, by F. William Engdahl: https://tinyurl.com/4v7da7sd The World War One Conspiracy, documentary by James Corbett https://www.corbettreport.com/wwi/
17 Okt 202231min
Arguing about Viruses with Alex Tsakiris (Skeptiko Podcast)
I was recently invited on Alex Tsakiris’ Skeptiko podcast, to explain why I’ve transitioned from assuming the idea ‘viruses don’t exist’ is some sort of lunatic fringe, to thinking it may well be true. Alex thinks this is crazy, Flat Earth science, probably a psychological operation run by the government. I attempt to use philosophy of science to assert why this paradigm should be firmly on the table. The show is currently being discussed on the Skeptiko Forum: https://www.skeptiko-forum.com/threads/richard-cox-being-right-about-no-virus-573.4846/ To support this show and for access to the forum and regular online meetups see: https://payhip.com/b/Sq0ZB
13 Okt 20221h 18min
The Lunatic Fringe? What Should We Think About Moon Landing Conspiracies?
It seems strange to me that throughout all human history, if anyone had told you man had been to the Moon, you’d have been a gullible fool to believe them. That position completely reverses on July 20th 1969, when all of a sudden you’d be a gullible fool not to believe them. Is it really that obvious we went to the Moon? How should we even approach the question? To support the show and for access to the forum and regular online meetups see: https://payhip.com/b/Sq0ZB Notes Today I Found Out, How Do We Actually Know We Landed on the Moon? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqfMv3kYrp8 Richard Gage interviewed by Patrick Ben David: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3X4UMJNlGA We Went to the Moon, article by David Chandler and Don Davis: https://davidchandler-61838.medium.com/we-went-to-the-moon-97ece06c2250 American Moon documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpuKu3F0BvY Reddit Thread ‘Debunking’ American Moon: https://www.reddit.com/r/SensibleSite/comments/eqfeqs/debunking_american_moon/ Dave McGowan, Wagging the Moon Doggie: http://whale.to/c/Dave%20McGowan%20-%20Wagging%20The%20Moon%20Doggie.pdf Reddit Thread ‘Debunking’ Wagging the Moon Doggie: https://www.reddit.com/r/SensibleSite/comments/hs6zji/debunking_wagging_the_moondoggie_part_1/ Jarrah White’s article on Chandrayaan-2: https://www.aulis.com/j_white_col2.htm
9 Okt 202236min
The Energy of Empire 13. World War I - Perfidious Albion?
In contrast to the Boer War, where British actions are pretty hard to defend, in the First World War they look either virtuous, coming to the aid of neutral Belgium, or at worst defensive, acting to prevent a German dominated Europe. For a more critical take it seems we look outside of mainstream academia, to more independent historians. Perfidious Albion is the subject of Gerry Docherty and Jim MacGregor’s book: Hidden History, The Secret Origins of the First World War. To support the show and for access to the forum and regular online meetups see: https://payhip.com/b/Sq0ZB Notes Why Did The First World War Break Out? Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KESpCFmYMk Hidden History: The Secret Origins of the First World War, by Gerry Docherty and James MacGregor: https://tinyurl.com/4pdt37sj Century of War: Anglo-American Oil Politics & the New World Order, by F. William Engdahl: https://tinyurl.com/4v7da7sd July 1914: Countdown to War, by Sean McMeekin: https://tinyurl.com/mw2ebkfa The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914, by Christopher Clark: https://tinyurl.com/564zrh2f How Big Oil Conquered the World, documentary by James Corbett: https://www.corbettreport.com/how-big-oil-conquered-the-world/ The World War One Conspiracy, documentary by James Corbett https://www.corbettreport.com/wwi/ Gerry Docherty on the Hidden History of WWI, https://www.corbettreport.com/gerry-docherty-on-the-hidden-history-of-wwi/ BBC World at War Series: https://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/ww1
1 Okt 202259min
The Myth that Viruses Cause Disease, with Daniel Thompson-Mills
A period of ill health led today’s guest, Daniel Thompson-Mills, on an investigative journey, cumulating in his writing a book titled: The Myth that Viruses Cause Disease In this interview I ask Daniel to talk us through that intellectual journey to a position most would consider extremely radical. It’s a journey that includes Daniel working as a lawyer on the McLibel trial, witnessing nefarious police infiltration of left wing groups. Find Daniel’s written work here: https://www.dandelionspeaks.msvr.uk/ To support the show and for access to the forum and regular online meetups see: https://payhip.com/b/Sq0ZB
20 Sep 20221h 14min
Car Seat Contraception?
Question: How are children's car seats a form of contraception that has causes over a hundred thousand babies not to be born? Can't figure it out? Listen in for the answer. To support the show and for access to the forum and regular online meetups see: https://payhip.com/b/Sq0ZB Sam Peltzman on mandatory seatbelt laws: https://www.econtalk.org/peltzman-on-regulation/ Jordan Nickerson and David H. Solomon on car seats as contraception: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3665046
12 Sep 20227min
The Podcast for the New American Century, with Ben and Erik
Today I'm joined by Ben and Erik from the Podcast for the New American Century, which takes a deep dive into the geopolitics of all things 9/11. As we’re approaching the quarter way mark of this American Century, I Invited them on to discuss how they think this modern incarnation of imperialism is going. To support the show and for access to the forum and regular online meetups see: https://payhip.com/b/Sq0ZB Follow Ben and Eric at: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-for-the-new-american-century/id1588658729 And on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/PNACpod
6 Sep 20221h 23min
