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Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael

A podcast where politics, history, and culture are examined from perspectives you may not have considered before. Call it a parallax view.
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Episodes

The Killing of Alex Pretti and the Siege at Ruby Ridge: Examining the Parallels w/ Jim Bovard

👉 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 , libertarian gadfly Jim Bovard returns to dissect the federal killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis and its disturbing parallels to the infamous Ruby Ridge standoff. Bovard, author of ten books includi...

Jan 28, 202641 minEp. 1123

Trump's ICE Age: The Killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti w/ Sheldon Richman

👉 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’re joined by Sheldon Richman, executive editor of The Libertarian Institute and former senior editor at the Cato Institute, to unpack his provocative article “TGIF: The Trumpian ICE Age.” Richman ar...

Jan 26, 20261 hr 22 minEp. 1122

Is the Post–Cold War Era Over?: Trump, Mark Carney's Speech, and Global Vertigo w/ Deep State Kuba

👉 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, geopolitical analyst Deep State Kuba—a veteran of both public and private sector work and a regular guest on THIS IS REVOLUTION and GIVE THEM AN ARGUMENT w/ Ben Burgis — returns to unpack Mark Carney’s...

Jan 24, 20261 hr 44 minEp. 1120

Connecting Dots: Trump’s Peace Board, Iran, Venezuela, Greenland, & the World Order w/ James Dorsey

👉 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, journalist James M. Dorsey of The Turbulent World blog returns to unpack Donald Trump’s proposed “Board of Peace” for the reconstruction of Gaza and why, despite its branding, it is not really just abo...

Jan 24, 20261 hr 22 minEp. 1119

A Look at the Middle East in 2026 from a Historian's Perspective w/ James Gelvin

👉 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 , I’m joined once again by historian James L. Gelvin to assess the state of the Middle East in 2026. Drawing on his 2017 book The New Middle East: What Everyone Needs to Know , we examine what has chang...

Jan 20, 20261 hr 12 minEp. 1118

The Fall of Maduro, Trump's Gunboat Diplomacy, and A Tale of Two Venezuelas w/ Alejandro Velasco

👉 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, historian Alejandro Velasco—associate professor at New York University and author of Barrio Rising: Urban Popular Politics and the Making of Modern Venezuela —joins the show for an in-depth analysis of...

Jan 17, 202646 minEp. 1117

Trump, Venezuela, and the Emerging Multipolar Order w/ Christopher Mott

👉 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, Christopher Mott of the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy joins the show to break down the Trump administration’s alleged abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the escalating fears of war w...

Jan 09, 20261 hr 37 minEp. 1116

Maduro's Abduction, Trump's Venezuela Policy, & the Cuban-American Lobby Connection w/ Kyle Anzalone

👉 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 continue covering the explosive developments of last week with the abduction of Nicolas Maduro by the United States. Joining me is Kyle Anzalone, opinion editor at Antiwar.com and host of Conflicts...

Jan 06, 20261 hr 4 minEp. 1115

Trump, Venezuela, the Media, and the Abduction of Maduro w/ Nolan Higdon

👉 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 , critical media literacy scholar Nolan Higdon of The Gaslight Gazette joins the show to unpack what is unfolding right now in Venezuela following the U.S. military’s seizure of President Nicolás Maduro...

Jan 06, 202634 minEp. 1114

BEST OF: Epstein, Les Wexner, Iran/Contra, and the Iraq War w/ Bob Fitrakis

👉 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/ Replay for the holiday season (and because yours truly is having issues with his equipment): a timely episode from 2020 on Epstein with Ohio-based investigative journalist Bob Fitrakis that's relevant in lieu of the Epstein Files droppi...

Dec 22, 20251 hr 5 minEp. 1113

Netflix/Warner Bros., Monopoly Capitalism, & Theaters as a Bulwark Against Atomization w/ Corey Atad

👉 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 , J.G. Michael is joined by freelance film journalist Corey Atad, who has written for such publications as The Baffler and Defector, to break down the growing likelihood of Netflix acquiring Warner Bros...

Dec 16, 20251 hr 59 minEp. 1112

Project Censored's State of the Free Press 2026 w/ Mickey Huff

👉 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, J.G. Michael is joined by Mickey Huff, director of Project Censored, to discuss Project Censored’s State of the Free Press 2026 , a landmark edition marking the 50th anniversary of the long-running med...

Dec 12, 202537 minEp. 1111

The AI Hivemind Threat aka The Loop: How AI Is Creating a World Without Choices w/ Jacob Ward

👉 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 , J.G. Michael speaks with acclaimed journalist and author Jacob Ward, former NBC News technology correspondent and author of The Loop: How AI Is Creating a World Without Choices and How to Fight Back ....

Dec 06, 20251 hrEp. 1110

Bonfire: American Sociocide, Broken Relations, & the Quest for Democracy w/ Charles Derber

👉 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 , J. G. Michael speaks with sociologist and public intellectual Charles Derber about his urgent new book BONFIRE , a sweeping analysis of whether the United States is now committing sociocide, which Der...

Nov 27, 20251 hr 21 minEp. 1109

The History of Dick Cheney and the Neocons & How They Paved the Road for Trump w/ Jim Lobe

👉 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, J.G. Michael speaks with Jim Lobe, one of the foremost critical chroniclers of neoconservatism as an intellectual movement and a key analyst of the role neoconservatives played in shaping the post-9/11...

Nov 22, 20251 hr 55 minEp. 1107

The Most American King: King Abdullah of Jordan w/ Aaron Magid

👉 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, J.G. Michael speaks with journalist and author Aaron Magid about his major new biography The Most American King , an in-depth exploration of King Abdullah II of Jordan and his quarter-century on the th...

Nov 22, 20251 hr 13 minEp. 1106

The Case Against a U.S. Regime Change Operation in Venezuela w/ Justin Logan

👉 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, J.G. Michael is joined by Justin Logan, Director of Defense and Foreign Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, for a deep-dive into the dangers of U.S.-led regime change in Venezuela. Logan discusses th...

Nov 20, 202552 minEp. 1108

Al-Sharaa in Washington, MBS's Saudi Arabia, Gaza Ceasefire, & MAGA Split on Israel w/ James Dorsey

👉 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 , independent journalist James Dorsey of The Turbulent World with James Dorsey returns for our regular Middle East update. In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss the historic visit of Al-Sharaa t...

Nov 12, 20251 hr 13 minEp. 1105

Terms of Servitude: Silicon Valley and Censorship of Pro-Palestinian Voices w/ Omar Zahzah

👉 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, writer, scholar, and activist Omar Zahzah, author of Terms of Servitude: Zionism, Silicon Valley, and Digital Settler Colonialism in the Palestinian Liberation Struggle . Zahzah discusses how he came t...

Nov 05, 202559 minEp. 1104

Dissecting Cannibal Holocaust w/ Nathan Wardinski

👉 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, film writer and critic Nathan Wardinski, author of Dissecting Cannibal Holocaust , joins me for a spooky season deep dive into one of the most infamous, controversial, and, perhaps, critically misunder...

Oct 28, 20252 hr 7 minEp. 1103

The Warrens, The Conjuring, & Satanic Panic: Paranormal Exploitation w/ Benjamin Radford

👉 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 the Parallax Views spooky season series, we dive into the world of Ed and Lorraine Warren, the infamous paranormal investigators whose cases inspired the Conjuring films. The Warrens became household names for claimin...

Oct 27, 20251 hr 18 minEp. 1101

Fear Before the Fall: Horror Films in the Late Soviet Union w/ Alexander Herbert

👉 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/ This spooky season on Parallax Views , we venture behind the Iron Curtain with historian Alexander Herbert, author of Fear Before the Fall: Horror Films in the Late Soviet Union . Herbert uncovers a hidden world of Soviet horror cinema ...

Oct 27, 20251 hr 25 minEp. 1102

Fly By Night: The Secret Story of Spielberg, Warner Bros, & the Twilight Zone Deaths w/ Steve Chain

👉 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 continue our annual Spooky Season series with a chilling deep dive into one of Hollywood’s most infamous real-life tragedies — the Twilight Zone: The Movie helicopter crash. Journalist Steve Chain,...

Oct 26, 20251 hr 17 minEp. 1100

From Ed Gein to Ted Bundy: Writing the Horrors of True Crime for Film w/ Stephen Johnston

👉 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 continue our Halloween “spooky season” series with an episode exploring how true crime stories—particularly those involving serial killers—are brought to life on screen. Screenwriter Stephen Johnst...

Oct 24, 20251 hr 59 minEp. 1096

Tales from the Art Department: Working on Horror Movie Sets w/ Jason Nunes

👉 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/ The Parallax Views spooky season series continues with a brand-new Halloween treat! Host J.G. Michael unearths a never-before-released conversation with Jason Nunes — a behind-the-scenes veteran of ’90s horror and B-movie filmmaking who...

Oct 22, 20252 hr 9 minEp. 1097

Gardening Can Be Murder: Poisonous Plants and Grim Gardens in Mystery Fiction w/ Marta McDowell

👉 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 continue our annual Halloween “spooky season” episodes with Marta McDowell, author of Gardening Can Be Murder: How Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writer...

Oct 22, 202557 minEp. 1099

Inside DSA’s Ground Game Behind Zohran Mamdani’s Primary Victory w/ Hadas Thier

👉 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 , host J.G. Michael speaks with journalist and activist Hadas Thier, author of A People’s Guide to Capitalism: An Introduction to Marxist Economics , about her recent Nation magazine article, “How DSA B...

Oct 17, 202549 minEp. 1098

Are the Gaza "Peace Talks" a Facade? w/ Annelle Sheline

👉 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, the Quincy Institute's Middle East program research fellow Dr. Annelle Sheline, known for resigning from the State Department over the Biden administration's handling of Gaza, returns to the program to...

Oct 08, 202545 minEp. 1095

Will the Bombing of Gaza End? & Israel's Foreclosed Future w/ Ori Goldberg

👉 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 , Israeli dissident commentator Ori Goldberg returns to discuss the current situation in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank amid the U.S. President’s push for a Gaza peace deal. A frequent guest since the ...

Oct 08, 20251 hr 30 minEp. 1094

Extreme Horror Movies & Running a Boutique Blu Ray Label w/ Unearthed Films' Stephen Biro

👉 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 continue our annual Halloween "spooky season" series with a previously unreleased, wide-ranging conversation with Stephen Biro — filmmaker, writer, and the driving force behind the boutique cult la...

Oct 05, 20252 hr 7 minEp. 1093
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