The Irish woman who shot Mussolini

In E 93 AA dive into the war of words and calls for censorship between Neil Young and other musicians on one side and Spotify, Joe Rogan on the other over and what they consider misinformation during the pandemic. Threatening to pull their music from the streaming platform. I look at Youngs history with Spotify, who actually owns his back catalogue, is pulling his strings and what would seem to be their ulterior motives and what this ultimately would mean for free speech it it gathers more steam. Do they have a point or is this just old media in cahoots with the rich and powerful trying to wrest control back? I think you can guess which side of the divide I fall on...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

4 Feb 202239min

So this podcast is quite the landmark episode! Ireland has more or less lifted all restrictions, moved out of the lockdown fog, while many places in Europe and the Anglo-sphere are doubling down, why is that? what could the reasons be? Are we trolling the EU, is our decision along with the UK to drop all restrictions a signpost for other countries or are we massive outliers? What has Putin been up to on the borders of Ukraine and our buddies at the WEF have rebranded the Great Reset the Great Narrative, seems they are worried that regular people have lost trust in 'elites' ! In AA's opinion we've been divided and conquered in an attempt to remove our common humanity! and various other random blah blah opinions!!! Music chat is coming soon AA promises!!!!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

28 Jan 202241min

Episode 91 is a chat with Scottish comedian LEO KEARSELeo is an open opponent of cancel culture, free speech proponent, famous for not only his award winning comedy but hilarious takes and take downs on and over woke-ism on mainstream terrestrial TV and Youtube. He might also be known to ye for his contributions to the 'Podcast of the Lotus Eaters'IG : nemtheanga_primordialsupport the show over atwww.patreon.com/AlanAverillSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

21 Jan 20221h 13min

In E 90 AA goes all Black Mirror, does a small bit of heavy metal commentary before getting into the recent exchanges in the US congress between Fauci and Rand Paul, the implications of the email leaks, why sports captures the public imagination more than boring old politics. Why are some of our European leaders now leading with language from the Trump playbook? what does the AR Meta, Oculus rift goggles on, stay inside narrative tell us about the near future, is our social society broken and who wants to live forever? certainly more than a few billionaires profiting from lockdown seem to......www.patreon.com/AlanAverillSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

14 Jan 202242min

In the first Episode of the New Year we remain firmly in Season 1 as restrictions still stay in place. Have we sacrificed social society for health and safety? was that the trade, only we were not aware we had signed up to the agreement? A visit it to a testing facility has AA thinking maybe so. A mixed response to an angry post about the fact that Ireland still has an 8pm curfew, and how the state has treated the Arts makes AA wonder is much of this debate simply about faith....? some people have to have faith in the institutions that govern and questioning 'experts' seem to be off limits. A new drum will be ready for banging when it looks like we are beginning to have this situation firmly in the rear view mirror and retreating from view! Til then, AA is your hostest with the mostest!! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

7 Jan 202245min

The last transmission of the year considers what is freedom? did we ever have it? AA considers that it means much much more than simply 'doing whatever you want' as critics of libertarianism claim, it's much more complex than that, and do we get it back, does the new milder variants indicate the end of the pandemic, will vaccine passports stay in place if so, or will there be another emergency around the corner. Do we still live in a democracy, why are so many musicians and artists now carrying water for the '1%'? what happened to sticking it to the man....and also AA's top 3 albums of the year. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

31 Dec 202146min

Episode 87 is a chat with Jackie from Into the Necrosphere podcast, one of the many up and coming metal podcasts out there and definitely a kindred spirit when it comes to issues of freedom of speech, liberty, freedom and sceptical thinking, this one ain't got much music involved, although does contain a story about Avenged Sevenfold, but deals with where we are right now politically, culturally and economically....rate, review and go and support, follow and listen to his podcast also!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

17 Dec 20211h 23min

Episode 86 is a breathless stream of consciousness, a ramble across many topics, is using the words conspiracy or tinfoil hat just the last resort of the lazy and ill informed who have no will to debate but just want to shut down conversation? when did metal and punk become quite so conformist? are there any dissenting voices to the mainstream narrative? are musicians now just carrying water for multinational corporations, even unwittingly? is it just a microcosm of an indulged safety first western middle class society that is now so risk averse anyone standing up for free speech or scepticism is a heretic....?normal service will be resumed when AA takes a breath and books in for that lobotomy....Help the show by becoming a Patron over atwww.patreon.com/AlanAverill for as little as $1 a monththe show is sponsored bywww.metalblade.comwww.eisenton.de (Europe) www.eisenton.com (USA)promo code AAPODCAST for free shipping (MB only for N.America)Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10 Dec 202146min