👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this edition of Parallax Views , we begin our annual "Spooky Season" Halloween countdown with a chilling true crime story that shows how online conspiracy theories can spiral into dangerous cults — and even death. Journalist Tony Rus...
Sep 30, 2025•1 hr 58 min•Ep. 1092
👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ In this episode of Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael , I speak with renowned foreign policy expert Vali Nasr about his book Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History . We examine the historical roots of Iran’s political and strategic thin...
Sep 27, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 1090
👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ Apologies for background, but it was raining at Dorsey's house in Singapore. On this edition of Parallax Views, Israel continues bombing Gaza, Houthis launch a drone strike on the Israeli city of Eilat, Israel conducts airstrikes in Doh...
Sep 24, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 1091
👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this edition of Parallax Views , a previously unreleased conversation from July 2025 with Yale historian and legal scholar Samuel Moyn returns to the program to unpack the arguments in his recent Guardian article, “America is over ne...
Sep 18, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 1074
👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this edition of Parallax Views, a cross-over episode w/ Jason Myles' This is Revolution that was recorded last Thursday on the assassination of Charlie Kirk and what political violence in America means in the 21st century. This was r...
Sep 18, 2025•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 1089
👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this episode of Parallax Views , Charlotte Dennett, author of Follow the Pipelines: Uncovering the Mystery of a Lost Spy and the Deadly Politics of the Great Game for Oil , unpacks the high-stakes geopolitical and economic forces beh...
Sep 08, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 1088
👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this edition of Parallax Views, Richard Silverstein joins us to discuss his reporting for Jacobin on the dramatic shift in American public opinion on Israel amid the ongoing civilian casualities in Gaza . For the first time ever, pol...
Sep 04, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 1087
👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this edition of Parallax Views , J.G. Michael speaks with journalist and author Ross Halperin about his new book Bear Witness: The Pursuit of Justice in a Violent Land . Halperin takes us deep into the Honduran barrio of Nueva Suyapa, where poverty and gang violence created a landscape...
Sep 02, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 1086
👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. On this edition of Parallax Views , journalist and author Daniel Lazare, author of The Frozen Republic: How the Constitution is Paralyzing Democracy , joins the show to dissect the forces behind Trumpism and the broader American political landscape. They explore why Lazare believes Trump is not a fascist, despite popular claims, and what his rise reveals about the collapse of liberal institutions. This does not, however, ...
Aug 27, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 1068
Taking a slight detox from social media to recalibrate. So I thought now was a good time for a replay. Specifically this episode about Howard Stern, who has been in the news lately over the question of whether SiriusXM will renew his contract. 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 fa...
Aug 20, 2025•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 1085
👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. On this edition of Parallax Views , journalist and war correspondent Tom Mutch, author of The Dogs of Mariupol: The Invasion of Ukraine and the Future of War , joins the show to discuss his frontline reporting on the Russia–Ukraine war and the hard lessons of a conflict that continues to reshape global politics. We begin by revisiting the shocking first days of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, when many in M...
Aug 15, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 1076
👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. On this edition of Parallax Views , Alex Jordan and Courtney Rawlings — hosts of the Quincy Institute’s foreign policy podcast Always at War — join the show for a hard-hitting conversation on some of the most urgent global issues. We discuss the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where starvation is setting in and U.S. politicians have failed to halt the suffering or reconsider military aid to Israel. From there, we e...
Aug 11, 2025•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 1083
👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. In this explosive episode of Parallax Views , investigative journalist Jack Poulson joins host J.G. Michael to uncover the shadowy post-retirement career of Michael Anne Casey-Tyler, a former CIA official alleged to be one of the real-life inspirations behind Jessica Chastain’s character “Maya” in Zero Dark Thirty . She's also for her controversial role in the CIA’s Bin Laden Issue Station, namely being accused of blockin...
Aug 06, 2025•56 min•Ep. 1084
👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. On this edition of Parallax Views, journalist Eric Margolis returns to discuss his articles "The Honey Trap on East 71st" and, more recently, "The Epstein Scandal" . Margolis recounts his experience at a luncheon hosted by Epstein at his palatial residence on East 71st Street in New York City. Margolis was offered a 'massage' soon after arriving at Epstein's house, and was puzzled by it. As someone who'd spent time in Rus...
Aug 04, 2025•49 min•Ep. 1082
👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. In the wake of Hulk Hogan’s death, this episode of Parallax Views looks past the familiar WWE narrative to uncover the real history of professional wrestling’s popularity—before, during, and after Hulkamania. Wrestling historian Matt Farmer joins us to explore the career of Hulk Hogan—from his early days in Verne Gagne's American Wrestling Association and Japan as well as his first WWE run to the meteoric rise of "Hulkman...
Aug 01, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 1080
👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. On this edition of Parallax Views, Matthew Ellis, a senior instructor in Portland State University's film and media studies program, joins the show to discuss, and more specifically demystify, the much celebrated "New Hollywood" period of American cinema. Don't be mistaken, this episode isn't an attack on the great films that came out of that period: Arthur Penn's Bonnie & Clyde , William Friedkin's Sorcerer , Haskell...
Aug 01, 2025•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 1079
👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. On this edition of Parallax Views , we dive deep into the 17th BRICS summit, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 6–7, 2025. BRICS—originally made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—is an bloc of emerging economies seeking to build an alternative to the U.S. global economic order outside traditional Western-dominated institutions. In recent years, BRICS has expanded to include countries like Iran, Egyp...
Aug 01, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 1081
On this episode of Parallax Views , J.G. Michael is joined by writer and self-described film analyst Albert Lanier to discuss his work on the blog The Final Cut and his Retro Reviews website. We kick things off by exploring why Albert prefers the term “film analyst” over “movie reviewer,” delving into what it means to engage deeply with cinema rather than simply judge it. From there, we dive into his thoughtful takes on: Psycho II, the surprising and often overlooked sequel to Hitchcock’s classi...
Jul 31, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 1078
On this edition of Parallax Views, George Beebe — Director of Grand Strategy at the Quincy Institute, former director of the CIA's Russia analysis, and a former staff advisor on Russia matters to Vice President Dick Cheney — about the shifting architecture of global power and its impact on U.S. foreign policy. We begin by unpacking the rise of multipolarity: what it really means for America, why it could encourage balance and restraint, and why it also carries serious risks of miscalculation and...
Jul 26, 2025•50 min•Ep. 1077
👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. On this episode of Parallax Views , J.G. spoke with Lev Parnas—former Trump insider turned whistleblower—for an unfiltered conversation about Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, and the transactional world of MAGA politics. For many, Parnas is a controversial figure. Some hail him as a whistleblower, others question his credibility due to his conviction related to campaign finance crimes. His story involves working with Rudy G...
Jul 23, 2025•57 min•Ep. 1075
👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. On this edition of Parallax Views , Chris Lehmann, D.C. Bureau Chief at The Nation , joins the program to unpack the unraveling of Trump’s deep‑state narratives — and how it could spark fractures within his own movement. At the heart of our conversation: Trump’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Faced with mounting pressure from the QAnon‑influenced wing of MAGA — who’ve long treated “the Epstein client list” as pr...
Jul 18, 2025•42 min•Ep. 1072
👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. On this edition of Parallax Views , journalist Klaus Marre —senior editor for Politics and director of the Mentor Apprentice Program at WhoWhatWhy —joins the show to explore rising tensions inside the MAGA movement over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal and whether it could spark a kind of “MAGA Civil War.” Recently, Donald Trump has publicly dismissed supporters still demanding answers about the Epstein case. Meanwhile, the FB...
Jul 18, 2025•48 min•Ep. 1073
👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. On this edition of Parallax Views, the Center for Economic and Policy Research's Dean Baker, author of the "Beat the Press" blog at the aforementioned CEPR, joins the program to discuss President Donald Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, Zohran Mamdani's Mayoral primary win against Andrew Cuomo, and how the political status quo rigs the market in favor of the rich. A good deal of this conversation is centered on market myths, pa...
Jul 16, 2025•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 1066
👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. On this edition of Parallax Views, urban theorist Joel Kotkin, author of The New Class Conflict and The Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Class , to discuss his provocative UnHerd article, "Beware the New Eugenics." Together, they explore how today’s tech billionaires and Silicon Valley elites are reviving dangerous eugenic ideas—not through government programs, but through cutting-edge AI, gene edit...
Jul 16, 2025•52 min•Ep. 1070
👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. In this episode of Parallax Views , former senior CIA analyst and national security expert Paul R. Pillar returns to break down his latest article, “Trump’s use and misuse of Iran intel,” published in Responsible Statecraft . We explore how the Trump administration clashed with U.S. intelligence threat assessments over Iran, the problem with threat exaggeration/threat inflation, and Trump's attempt shape public perception...
Jul 10, 2025•53 min•Ep. 1069
👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. On this edition of Parallax Views, we examine how the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)—an Israeli-backed and U.S.-funded aid initiative—is being accused of turning famine relief in Gaza into a real-life Squid Game . The allegation is disturbing: a chilling “Red Light, Green Light Game” scenario wherein starving Palestinian civilians are being forced to approach GHF aid distribution centers for food, only to risk being s...
Jul 08, 2025•47 min•Ep. 1067
🎙️ 4TH OF JULY SPECIAL 👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. On this edition of Parallax Views , acclaimed author and Pulitzer Prize–winner Viet Thanh Nguyen, author fo the hit novel The Sympathizer , joins us to discuss his powerful new essay in The Nation , “Greater America Has Been Exporting Disunion for Decades.” We explore how U.S. foreign policy—past and present—continues to shape not only global politics but domestic disunion. Nguyen draws on his rece...
Jul 04, 2025•44 min•Ep. 1065
🎙️ MEGA-DROP FOR MEDIA THAT MATTERS Four episodes. One day. Zero corporate backing. This is independent media at work — and we need your help to keep it going. 👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. On this episode of Parallax Views , Jeet Heer, National Affairs correspondent for The Nation, joins us to unpack the political shockwaves of Zohran Mamdani’s insurgent victory in the NYC Democratic Party Mayoral primaries and explore how Peter Thiel’s techno-utopi...
Jul 02, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 1063
🎙️ MEGA-DROP FOR MEDIA THAT MATTERS Four episodes. One day. Zero corporate backing. This is independent media at work — and we need your help to keep it going. 👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. On this edition of Parallax Views , libertarian author and critic James Bovard joins J.G. Michael to unpack Donald Trump’s recent bombing of Iran through the lens of “presidential absolutism.” Bovard argues that what appears to be unprecedented aggression is actua...
Jul 02, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 1062
Note: There's a little bit of crackle in the audio in this episode. Attempts were made to remove crackle as much as possible, but it remains at some point. Hopefully it does not pose too much of a problem for listening. 🎙️ MEGA-DROP FOR MEDIA THAT MATTERS Four episodes. One day. Zero corporate backing. This is independent media at work — and we need your help to keep it going. 👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. On this edition of Parallax Views, James M. ...
Jul 02, 2025•56 min•Ep. 1061
