#007 - Jerryworld 4: WAR, Pt. 2

#007 - Jerryworld 4: WAR, Pt. 2

We're back in Jerryworld in times of war. After a quick recap, we follow Jerry Ford into the Navy in the wake of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Jerry quickly finds himself in his element - leading sports and physical training among the recruits just like in his (very recent) coaching days. But he's not contented with stability and gets back on his grindset, landing himself significant promotion and a spot on the bridge of a light carrier in the Pacific theater.


Once again, the hand of providence seems to guide Jerry through dangerous situations, brushes with death, and up the ladder. First in the Navy, and later on the Grand Rapids political scene.


Jerry kept in regular contact with his step dad and stayed abreast of the goings-on in his hometown, even while overseas. Gerald Ford Sr. began to serve as a surrogate for Jerry Jr. in the Republican Home Front group - a well-intended conspiracy of local leaders and likely freemasons to unseat the party boss holding the keys to political participation in Michigan; Frank McKay.

Jerry's participation in the political war against McKay parallels in some respects his participation in the hot war in the Pacific. Each bring their typical (for Jerry) mix of luck, cunning, charm, and timing.


We even check in with Harry Conover and follow the eventual termination of Gerald Ford's partnership in his modeling agency.

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#030 -The Warren Commission Decided 8: Specter's Spectre (Side B)

#030 -The Warren Commission Decided 8: Specter's Spectre (Side B)

Continuing our exploration into Arlen Specter, in this episode we focus on Specter’s work on the Commission, and his claim to fame: the infamous single bullet theory.  We examine how Specter built out...

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#029 - The Warren Commission Decided 8: Specter's Spectre (Side A)

#029 - The Warren Commission Decided 8: Specter's Spectre (Side A)

This week marks the return of our series within a series, The Warren Commission Decided.  Continuing our exploration into the Commission’s staff, in this episode we focus on the man behind the “single...

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#028 - Technofascism with Jacob Silverman

#028 - Technofascism with Jacob Silverman

This week, we are thrilled to welcome a very special guest, journalist and author Jacob Silverman. Jacob’s writing focuses on the tech industry; particularly on the political activism of tech billiona...

7 Feb 20251h 29min

#027 - Conspiracy Epistemology: An Interview With Max Good

#027 - Conspiracy Epistemology: An Interview With Max Good

This week, we are grateful to welcome another guest to the pod - filmmaker and researcher Max Good. You may know him from his truly excellent (and we mean really, truly excellent) documentary "The Ass...

31 Jan 20251h 12min

#025 - The Warren Commission Decided 7: Doing the Work

#025 - The Warren Commission Decided 7: Doing the Work

It’s Friday, and you know what that means—time for another installment of The Warren Commission Decided. We’re calling this week’s episode “Doing the Work” because in it, we take  a deep look at the n...

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#024 - The Warren Commission Decided 6: Dulles

#024 - The Warren Commission Decided 6: Dulles

Happy New Year! We’re back with another installment of The Warren Commission Decided to round out our excavation into the backgrounds and baggage of the seven commissioners LBJ appointed to seal up th...

10 Jan 20251h 24min

#023 - The Warren Commission Decided 5 pt. 2: The Real McCloy (side B)

#023 - The Warren Commission Decided 5 pt. 2: The Real McCloy (side B)

We are back to finish off our excavation into the life, times, and legacy of Reichsman extraordinaire, John J. McCloy. We last left off with McCloy’s service in WWII under Henry L. Stimson. We heard s...

3 Jan 20251h 7min

#022 - The Curse of the Big Eater

#022 - The Curse of the Big Eater

This week we take a brief hiatus from our series within a series “the Warren Commission Decided,” and travel back to the present day to weigh in on a topic of much discussion these last few weeks: the...

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