Capitalism's Invisible Army (CIA) - Bill Yarborough on MKUltra, Operation CHAOS, Nixon & the Plumbers, the 40 Committee, Operation Gladio, Paperclip Nazis, Stranger Things, and Healing from Torture
For Hemlock #41 on the History of Philosophy Audio Archive I am joined by MKUltra survivor Bill Yarborough to discuss government secrecy, Cold War hijinks, the refinement of torture techniques over th...
5 Jan 1h 37min
Carved In Stone: Matthew Davis on Mount Rushmore, Wounded Knee & Medals of Honor, Deadwood, the Lakota, Stone Mountain and the Klan, American Aesthetics, Custer, Whitman, Jackson, and the Black Hills
Support the Archive on Patreon! Follow William Engels's writing on Substack. Who do the Black Hills really belong to? Was George Armstrong Custer a hero, an idiot, or a fanatic? Who carved Mount Rushm...
4 Jan 1h 15min
#178a David Foster Wallace: The Complete Audio Archive of Interviews, Speeches, and Public Appearances (Winter Solstice Special - Part 1 of 2)
Support this work on PatreonRead the full write-up on this archive on William Engels's Substack, Hemlock.Part 1 of 2:We all have our little solipsistic delusions, ghastly intuitions of utter singulari...
22 Dec 20256h 34min
#178b David Foster Wallace: The Complete Audio Archive of Interviews, Speeches, and Public Appearances (Winter Solstice Special - Part 2 of 2)
Support this work on PatreonRead the full write-up on this archive on William Engels's Substack, Hemlock.Part 2 of 2:We all have our little solipsistic delusions, ghastly intuitions of utter singul...
22 Dec 20256h 56min
SAURON, INCORPORATED: A Corporate History of Palantir - Part 2: CEO Alex Karp, or Evil Genius Adult-Baby Demands New Cold War
SOCIALSWill’s Patreon - patreon.com/c/hemlockpatreonWill’s Substack (Hemlock) - williamengels.substack.comBad Role Models on YouTube: youtube.com/@hemlock-ytThe Big BRM Playlist on YouTubeBad Role Mod...
16 Dec 20251h 44min
SAURON INCORPORATED: A Corporate History of Palantir (feat. the Bad Role Models) Part 1: Peter Thiel Crawls Out of an Apartheid-Era Uranium Mine and into the White House
SOUND CREDIT: The Chamber Stage (YouTube)Support the boys (Thomas Vanek & Richard Sinex) and I on Patreon and YouTube:https://patreon.com/c/hemlockpatreonhttps://www.youtube.com/@hemlock-ytBecause som...
12 Dec 20251h 51min
Escape from the TechnoSphere feat. Jacob Ward: Sam Altman, AI Girlfriends, Karp and Thiel, the Dubious Hobbits of Palantir, Jevon's Paradox, and The Unstoppable Onslaught of Clanker-Made Slop
Looks like we're stuck with the Bad Elves, Frodo.You can find Jake’s work on his website, (The Rip Current) and you can find his podcast (same name) on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube. His 2022 book The L...
9 Dec 202546min
Nuclear Cascade with Jack Kennedy - Nukes in South Korea, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, New Cold War with China, Russia/Ukraine, Deterrence, Iran's/Iraq's WMDs, NeoCons, and Missile Defense
Hemlock #39Nuclear war, and nuclear risk, are still just as real and just as close as they have been during the tensest eras of the Cold War. I had questions about where suspected nuclear flashpoints ...
24 Nov 20251h 27min
