On this edition of Parallax Views, we uncover a world of mass hysteria and medical malpractice known colloquially as the Satanic Panic with journalist Joseph L. Flatley , author of Satan Goes to the Mind Control convention, and Lucien Greaves , founder of The Satanic Temple . In Reagan's America, the 1980s, the suburbs became gripped with a paranoia. Through and amalgamation of the Christian Right, television hucksters, and "repressed memory therapists" a narrative arose that cadres of secret-de...
Apr 05, 2019•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 91
On the eve of WrestleMania 35, which will be presented by WWE this Sunday April 7th, 2019, journalist David Bixenspan joins us on this edition of Parallax Views to discuss his reporting on the world of pro wrestling. Hot off the heels of John Oliver's recent segment on treatment of pro wrestlers within the industry, David and I discuss all of wrestling's various controversies from pay to steroids to the depiction of race and gender in the sports entertainment spectacle. Additionally, we discuss ...
Apr 03, 2019•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 90
On this edition of Parallax Views it's another double feature! Two guests, one episode! First up a return conversation with "The Newsvandal" JP Sottile recorded only hours ago on the hot off the presses developments in the fallout from Russiagate and the end of the Mueller Probe. Then journalist Jaya Sundaresh joins us to discuss a number of topics related to media and activism as well as her recent piece on a new play by the legendary playwright Ishamel Reed that criticizes the musical phenomen...
Mar 29, 2019•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 89
The far right has been on the rise internationally as many citizen around the globe feel themselves disaffected by globalization. How should the Left respond to this dangerous development. On this edition of Parallax Views, two guests join us to answer that question. First up is Twitch gaming steamer Destiny aka Steven Bonnell II who has become popular for debating right-wing ideologues on topics like race, immigration, gun control, gender identity, and more. Then, noted antifascist activist and...
Mar 26, 2019•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 88
Howard Stern has gone from a sleazy shock jock interviewing C-list celebrities to a pop culture icon whose a friend of Jimmy Kimmel and a judge on America's Got Talent. Not all of Howard's fanbase have stayed with him through thick and thin, however. In fact, a group of former fans have started a podcast called Radio Gunk dedicated to exposing what they see as the alt-radio host's hypocrisy. Radio Gunk's Monique joins us to discuss the podcast and her journey from Howard fanatic to Stern critic....
Mar 23, 2019•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 87
Catastrophic Climate Change. Superintelligent AI. It's the end of the world as we know it on this edition of Parallax Views as author and researcher Phil Torres joins us to discuss the emerging field of study known as existential risks. The concept of existential risk, which philosopher Nick Bostrom describes as "One where an adverse outcome would either annihilate Earth-originating intelligent life or permanently and drastically curtail its potential", may seem like the stuff of a dystopian sci...
Mar 22, 2019•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 86
Since the inception of the War On Terror there has been a parallel war waged by the National Security State to silence whistleblowers. Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, and John Kiriakou are just some of the victims in the War on Whistleblowers. In 2017 27 year old air force veteran and former NSA contractor Reality Leigh Winner became the first target of the Trump administration's continuation of this ongoing War on Whistleblower after leaking classified information concerning the possibility of...
Mar 21, 2019•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 85
Lori Loughlin, known as pop culture's beloved Aunt Becky on the hit 90s sitcom Full House, has been in the news lately, alongside Desperate Housewives actress Felicity Huffman, for being embroiled in a college admissions bribery scandal. But the story of this scandal is not limited to these two higher-profile celebrities and is a deep case of privilege and corruption in America's New Gilded Age. Joining us on this edition of Parallax Views is returning guest and veteran journalist Albert Lanier ...
Mar 21, 2019•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 84
Following a brief tribute to the legendary surf rock guitarist Dick Dale and some other opening comments, two-time Emmy-award winning producer and journalist JP Sottile of Newsvandal returns to discuss the Mueller Probe, the college admissions scandal, the Democrats' freshman congresswomen, rising Islamophobia in culture, and the Christchurch terror attack. The conversation begins with JP and I discussing a recent poll showing the Americans may be turning on the Mueller Probe . JP gives his take...
Mar 19, 2019•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 83
And now for something completely different! On this edition of Parallax Views, Coast to Coast AM news editor Tim Binnall , "The Sublime Scoundrel of the Paranormal", joins us to discuss all things esoteric (ie: fringe, weird, off-the-beaten path) in pop culture including paranormal TV shows, History Channel's Project Blue Book UFO drama, conspiracy theories going mainstream, the Momo Challenge, and even pro wrestling! Did that last one throw you for a loop? Listen to this episode to find out why...
Mar 17, 2019•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 82
On this edition of Parallax Views, we return to the subject of political "dirty trickster" Roger Stone, whose trial has just been set for November 5th . Who is the "real" Roger Stone behind the public image? Joining us to help answer that question is the controversial former Roger Stone collaborator Robert Morrow, who co-authored The Clintons' War on Women with Stone. Robert tells the story of how he came to work with Roger Stone through the book The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against LBJ ...
Mar 15, 2019•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 81
On this edition of Parallax Views, Porkins Policy Review's Pearse Redmond rejoins the show to discuss recent developments in the case of billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein (see eps. 29 & 30 ) and the recent prostitution scandal that ties together New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, seedy-massage-parlor-owner-cum-MAGAhead Cindy Yang, and Donald Trump. Trump and Epstein The conversation begins with Pearse and I discussing how the Jeffrey Epstein case has gone mainstream. We talk about ...
Mar 13, 2019•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 80
On this extremely casual weekend edition of Parallax Views, sometimes Antifada co-conspirator Alex Gendler joins us to discuss VICE Films' Lords of Chaos, a dark dramedy detailing the arsons, murders, and other acts of delinquency committed in the name of Satan by Norway's teenaged black metal scene in the 1990's. In addition we also discuss the film's director Jonas Akerlund and his connection to the metal genre, Mayhem's Euronymous as a precursor to tankie edgelords that worship Stalin, the in...
Mar 10, 2019•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 79
On this edition Parallax Views, award-winning veteran journalist Alexander Stille joins us to discuss the importance of journalism, understanding President Donald Trump and the rise of right-wing populism through the scandalous reign of Italy's longest-running post-war Prime Minsiter Silvio Berlusconi, and how we arrived at a moment of "alternative facts" and fake news that have led to a social "truth decay" in which media consumers have wildly different conceptions of what constitutes reality. ...
Mar 08, 2019•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 78
On this edition of Parallax Views, Shadowproof Press managing editor, producer and co-host of Unauthorized Disclosure , and all-around maverick reporter Kevin Gosztola joins us to discuss the state of journalism today, his extensive coverage of whistleblowers from Chelsea Manning to Reality Winner, the recent tensions between CNN and his colleague Rania Khalek, and witnessing the Bernie Sanders 2020 campaign rally in Chicago. We begin the conversation by discussing the state of journalism and th...
Mar 07, 2019•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 75
On this edition of Parallax Views, award-winning investigative journalist and Counterpunch co-editor Joshua Frank joins the show to discuss his new book, co-authored with Jeffrey St. Clair, The Big Heat: Earth on the Brink . We are living on the frontlines of a warzone, argue St. Clair and Frank, and the fate of the planet is at stake as we hurl towards the probability of climate change catastrophe, continued destruction of wildlife, and an environmental nightmare. The conversation begins with h...
Mar 06, 2019•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 74
On this edition of Parallax Views, Erica Duggan joins the show for a very sobering conversation about the recently deceased fringe political figure Lyndon LaRouche and the LaRouche Organization cult's relationship to the mysterious death of her son Jeremiah Duggan. Lyndon LaRouche died on February 12, 2019, but left behind a legacy of damaged lives at the hands of his private intelligence agency and cult, the LaRouche Organization. The LaRouche movement has broken apart families, ended marriages...
Mar 03, 2019•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 73
On this edition of Parallax Views, we travel across the pond to the United Kingdom to discuss Jeremy Corbyn, Brexit, and British foreign policy with Matthew Alford, co-author with T.J. Coles of Union Jackboot: What Your Media and Professors Don't Tell You About British Foreign Policy . The conversation begins with Matthew filling listeners in on his prior work investigating the Pentagon and CIA's little-known role in the entertainment industry. In his books Reel Power and National Security Cinem...
Mar 01, 2019•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 72
On this edition of jam-packed, 2 1/2 hour edition ofParallax Views, Media Roots Radio's Robbie Martin returns to the show to discuss what has been referred to in Washington, D.C. beltway media circle's as "The Blob": the foreign policy consensus that dictates the United States' actions abroad. BUT FIRST... Ben Shapiro, Gavin McInnes, & Other Right-Wing Loons Go to the Circus in... KILLER KLOWNS FROM THE PERPETUALLY ANXIOUS RIGHT! Robbie and I begin by discussing the right-wing meme of "clown...
Feb 27, 2019•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 71
On this edition of Parallax Views, Counterpunch Radio host and political analyst Eric Draitser ( guest on episode 27 ) returns to the show to discuss skyrocketing wealthy inequality , New York progressives victory over Amazon HQ2 , and Bernie Sanders announcement that he'll be running for President on the Democratic ticket in the 2020 election . The conversation begins with an observation from your host that our current cultural moment feels like a nightmare that could've been written by Hunter ...
Feb 23, 2019•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 69
On this edition of Parallax Views, Synthetic Zero's Michael James joins the show to discuss speculative realism, post-nihilism, the problems of accelerationism, and catastrophic climate change. If you enjoy this conversation there will be a Patreon-exclusive Part II this weekend in which Michael discusses Synthetic Zero's interest in the theory of patchworks, which they are attempting to bring into real-world practice via an experiment akin to the 60s counterculture's communes and shared-living ...
Feb 22, 2019•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 68
Special Presentation! Parallax Views host J.G. Michael joins Aaron Franz and Trans Resistor Radio to discuss the alt right adjacent elements that litter the weird world of transhumanism, a techno-futurist ideology with sci-fi aspirations for the future and a potential capacity for attempting to revive the 20th century horrors of eugenics. Topics covered include: - Elizier Yudkowsky, LessWrong, and the debacle of Roko's Basilisk - Mencius Moldbug - Disgraced "Neoreactionary" Michael Anissimov and...
Feb 19, 2019•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 67
On this bonus episode of Parallax Views returning guests Pearse Redmond of Porkins Policy Reviews and private investigator Ed Opperman of The Opperman Report join us for a roundtable discussion of political "dirty trickster" Roger Stone and his recent, highly publicized arrest in relation to the Mueller Probe. But first Pearse talks about getting blocked on Twitter by sleazeball "journalist" Mike Cernovich. Then Ed and Pearse give their takes on Alan Dershowitz in relation to the ongoing sordid ...
Feb 14, 2019•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 66
Heidi Matthews On this edition of Parallax Views, Prof. Heidi Matthews of Osgoode Hall Law School and host of the recently debuted HMOD (Heidi Matthews On Demand) Podcast joins the show to discuss gender as it relates to law, sex, and social relations vis-à-vis #MeToo as well as the possible potential of using irony, humor, and playfulness to help bridge some gaps in the cultural "Battle of the Sexes". Although I myself have tended to view the #MeToo moment as an overall positive, previous guest...
Feb 14, 2019•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 65
Returning guest and veteran journalist Albert Lanier rejoins the show for the first of a two-part conversation on current goings-on in Washington, D.C. and their relation to history. In Part 1, Albert and I cover the long degeneration of movement conservatism into its present Trumpist form. We begin the show with Albert Lanier giving his thoughts on the continued meltdown of Alex Jones, who was the subject of Lanier's previous appearance on Parallax Views. From there we jump right into the mayhe...
Jan 27, 2019•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 64
Parallax Views returns from a holiday vacation with a special on REAL alternative media. First up, a conversation with Mickey Huff, director of Project Censored . Then a discussion with Nathan J. Robinson, founder and editor-in-chief of Current Affairs . Before presenting these two stimulating conversations, however, I open the show with a special musical intro and an op-ed by yours truly on the state of alternative media today. In this segment I discuss how a new, real alternative media is risi...
Jan 25, 2019•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 63
Ho ho ho! It's a very gothy Christmas at Parallax Views and we're celebrating the holidays in spooky-style with not one but two guests known for their work in the horror genre. So crack out the eggnog, cobwebs, and gingerdead men because the slay bells are ringing at Parallax Views! First up, filmmaker David Ian McKendry joins us to discuss holiday horror movies and All the Creatures Were Stirring , a new yuletide horror anthology directed by David and his wife Rebekah McKendry that stars Crazy ...
Dec 22, 2018•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 62
On this edition of Parallax Views, journalist Shane Burley , author of Fascism Today: What It Is and How To End It , joins the show to discuss the trajectory of the alt right since the Charlottesville "Unite That Right Rally" and the recent conviction of alt right activist James Fields for the death of protester Heather Heyer at that event . The conversation begins with a discussion of the aforementioned August 2017 rally and it's aftermath. We dive into who James Fields is and why people like h...
Dec 19, 2018•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 61
On this edition of Parallax Views, Dr. Harold Schechter , one of America's most prolific and voluminous true crime authors, joins the show for a wide-ranging conversation on history's real-life monsters from Ed Gein to H.H Holmes that attempts elucidate why society is fascinated by serial killers, violent art, murder, and mayhem. The conversation begins with Dr. Schechter explaining how he became interested in true crime through his teaching literature, specifically of the gothic horror genre, a...
Dec 05, 2018•45 sec•Season 1Ep. 60
On this edition of Parallax Views punk rock legend Vadge Moore, former drummer for The Dwarves, joins the show to discuss his lifelong engagement with primality, taboo, and transgression through his time in the hardcore scene on through to his noise music and writings on occultism and philosophy. We begins the conversation with Vadge's recollections of the hardcore punk scene and how he became involved with The Dwarves. This includes a discussion of the contrast between the violence of the scene...
Nov 30, 2018•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 58
