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The Age of Transitions

Aaron Franzageoftransitions.com
The Age of Transitions is an original podcast that covers the topics of: transhumanism, Singularity, geopolitics, history, propaganda, mind control, occult symbolism, and much more.
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Episodes

Untold QAnon Origins with guest Y, AoT#466

The guest on this episode is the author of the Untold Origins of QAnon article series. Here, he explains connections between seemingly separate movements such as Anonymous, The Venus Project, Technocracy Inc and more. Be sure to read Y's articles, and hopefully we will do another show that continues on these topics soon. Topics include: Technocracy Incorporated, Anonymous, QAnon, conspiracy culture, 4Chan, hacker culture, Occupy movement, Pizzagate, online message boards, internet culture as a w...

Jun 29, 202559 minEp. 466

Strong Man's Time of Decision, AoT#465

Strong Man has now been put into a situation that he wasn't built for. He has to make a clear decision in regard to Israel and Iran. Gone are the days of ad libbing on the debate stage. This is the World Stage, and it is serious. Topics include: making sense of the senseless, life in digital space, old predictions of internet influence, Global Propaganda Matrix, conspiracy tropes, America's position on Israel and Iran (day before bombing happened), MAGA regime, America First and anti-war take on...

Jun 22, 20251 hrEp. 465

Trolling All the Way to the Top, AoT#464

Social media is dominated by trolls, and they have used their influence to wreak mass destruction on and off line. Topics include: making sense of things, no allegiances, social media interactions, Tim Pool, bots, trolls, sarcasm, communication, social media Nihilism, trolling is now seen as good, MAGA riding dark online wave, Russian money, Tenet Media, targets of propaganda, alternative thinking taboos, American decline, divide and conquer, Trump vs Musk, telling jokes, rising to top by being ...

Jun 12, 20251 hr 4 minEp. 464

Pearse Redmond guest, Porkins Policy Reviews a World Gone Mad, AoT#463

Pearse Redmond makes his grand return as a guest on this special episode. Reflections on an ever changing digital media space, and our collective struggle against confusion are had along with some memories of days gone by. Topics include: early Porkins Policy Radio episodes, looking back at earlier days of podcasting, KONY 2012, information overload, Musk's black eye, possibility of P Diddy pardon, early Epstein coverage, bitterness, commoditization of stories, idea that Trump would expose Epste...

Jun 01, 20251 hrEp. 463

White-House-Genocide, AoT#462

The distraction machine is constantly being upgraded. Don't think it won't get you. Topics include: Patreon supporters, online platforms, Trump's BBW, new kind of material for shows, fake Prince tape at Diddy trial, falling victim to disinformation, AI automated content generation, salacious stories used to propagate misinformation, exploitation of counter culture, key words and SEO, attention economy, narratives, propaganda, distraction and misdirection, Epstein, Bongino and Patel as traitors t...

May 27, 20251 hrEp. 462

Middle East AI Tour, AoT#461

Peace through strength involves taking world tours to make the big technological deals. Topics include: communication breakdown, technology leading humanity to its own ends, digital dark age, Middle East presidential tour, technological arms race, AI, microprocessors, G42, Humain, China, Saudi Arabia, NVIDIA, AWS, AI zones, UAE, propaganda, TSMC, Taiwan, government contracts, X pure propaganda platform, transitions, fighting the establishment, nationalism, cyber security, free will impossible in...

May 19, 202556 minEp. 461

From a Remote Outpost, AoT#460

While the United States proudly destroys itself, other global power players take the opportunity to bolster their "charm offensives." Topics include: bad information, information warfare, conspiracy culture, analytics tools, pitting the poor against each other, woke scapegoat, racist posts, alchemical process of social deconstruction, QAnon, obvious conspiracy traps, possessed by misinformation, faith in authority figures, America being purposely destroyed, intellectual self defense, salesmanshi...

May 13, 202557 minEp. 460

Robin Unger guest, The Weaponization of Counter Cultural Ideas, AoT#460

Robin Unger returns to the show to pick up where we left off talking about Carroll Quigley. This episode is more about the alternative media landscape generally. A hollowed out shell of what it once was, so much of supposed counter culture is now being used to sell authoritarian technocracy. Topics include: Mark Carney, establishment leaders, The Age of Transitions video, Truth videos from aughts, Alchemy in Popular Music, Mystery Girl Roy Orbison song, Bono, Themes & Memes, Carroll Quigley,...

May 05, 20251 hr 5 minEp. 460

Not So Fab CHIPS Acts on the World Stage, AoT#458

Are we now living in a Great Powers Competition or Great Powers Cooperation? The story changes daily, so pay close attention to be able to make any kind of sense of it all. Topics include: technology, transhumanism, singularity, global tech war, development, trade, geopolitics, propaganda, social media information war space, influence operations, Huawei microchip developments, TSMC, Taiwan and China, GPU, graphics chips, AI, LLMs, NVIDIA, tariffs, AI arms race, 910C chip, SMIC fab, Sophgo, threa...

Apr 27, 202539 minEp. 458

Ebbing, Flowing, Still Going, AoT#457

Aaron takes the opportunity to do a bit of brainstorming and reflection on media production. We live in a time of flux, and all we can do is keep moving within the raging current. One can stay afloat by simply realizing the reality of the situation, and not merely being washed away. Topics include: Candid Truth, being invited onto shows, Revolve book, being around for years, ebb and flow of popularity, drop off of female audience for Ochelli Effect, Skype as an original online broadcasting tool,...

Apr 21, 202555 minEp. 457

Robin Unger guest, Carroll Quigley Evolution of Civilizations, AoT#456

Robin Unger comes on to talk with Aaron about Carroll Quigley. Infamous in the world of conspiracy culture, some of his best work continues to go mostly unnoticed. His book, The Evolution of Civilizations, is looked at here. Topics include: Canada, Carroll Quigley, Evolution of Civilizations, Historical Analysis, Tragedy and Hope, Cecil Rhodes, Council on Foreign Relations, foreign policy think tanks, Georgetown University, Bill Clinton, right wing conspiracy culture, John Birch Society, Alan Wa...

Apr 15, 20251 hr 5 minEp. 456

Forever Lost in the Algorithm, AoT#455

Everyone is a victim of American Exceptionalism. Topics include: podcast reviews, algorithms and shadow banning, future listens, Herbivorize Predators livestream debate, Robin Unger, Carroll Quigley, Uncle livestreams, normal life, digital world, contradictions, transhumanism, Martine Rothblatt, new propaganda narrative, Destroy and Rebuild, regime change, civil liberties, talking points, Joe Rogan's podcast spinoff TV show, merging with machines, Elon Musk, X as propaganda platform, Tesla boyco...

Apr 08, 202556 minEp. 455

They Will Call It Liberty, AoT#454

We are now witnessing a complete upgrade of the US government and our very lives. The War on Terror foundation and blueprint is there, and being used to go even further. There can be no true freedom from here on out, but there sure will be a lot more things labeled as "liberty." Will you "stand with" this abomination? Topics include: Bookshop dot org affiliate link and buying books, techno eugenics, recent guests, digital propaganda stream, Tech moguls in charge of our government, total control,...

Mar 31, 202557 minEp. 454

Gil Duran interview, The Nerd Reich, AoT#453

Gil Duran is an independent journalist and mind behind The Nerd Reich Blog, which is one of the absolute best sources of information about the Big Tech billionaires who are now attempting a hostile takeover of the United States government. In this interview, he talks about this Earth shattering story that can no longer be ignored. Topics include: Silicon Valley, freelance journalism, transhumanism, Bryan Johnson, Don't Die conference, cult like ideology, life extension, true believers, fringe vs...

Mar 17, 202551 minEp. 453

Anita Say Chan interview, Predatory Data and Techno-Eugenics, AoT#452

Anita Say Chan is the author of "Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future." Here, she speaks about her book and the very important connection between eugenics and the current Big Tech data regimes that we all live under. Topics include: Uncle is on vacation, Ochelli Radio Network, Skype going away, 666-HELL, Singularity Summit 2009, eugenics, transhumanism, Bookshop(dot)org, University of Illinois, history of information sciences, data economy, predictive meth...

Mar 03, 20251 hr 2 minEp. 452

The Dominant Digital Propaganda Space, AoT#451

The new political propaganda machine did not just appear overnight. It's been a long road built in a relatively short period of time, and we are speeding down it now. If you just merged onto this freeway be warned, nothing is as advertised on the billboards. Topics include: no Uncle show this week, 2009 Singularity Summit, Peter Thiel, Ray Kurzweil, NYC, MIRI, Google, Macroeconomics and Singularity, Libertarian politics, government contracts, intelligence, Palantir, PayPal Mafia, billionaires, l...

Feb 24, 20251 hr 19 minEp. 451

Tea Krulos interview, Political Monsters, AoT#450

Freelance journalist and author, Tea Krulos, is the guest on this episode of The Age of Transitions podcast. His zine, Political Monsters, has built onto a theory that posits that there are more vampire movies during Democratic presidencies, and more zombie movies with Republican administrations. Tea's addition to this concept is that Trump has a whole horror genre unique to his reign, the killer clown movie. Topics include: Political Monsters zine and ebook, horror movies, original theory from ...

Feb 09, 202550 minEp. 450

A More Perfect North American Union, AoT#449

The Global Propaganda Matrix is raging onward in this world gone mad. Be on the lookout for the transformation of the "alternative media" into the fully fledged patriot media. Topics include: transhumanism, converging technologies, current events emergencies, AI, tech and biology merger, posthuman, continuum of human history, big picture, DeepSeek, generative AI, ChatGPT, NVIDIA, cheap development, national security, shift in MIC, Aerospace vs Big Tech, arms race, Eric Schmidt, NSCAI, DIB, DoD, ...

Feb 03, 202555 minEp. 449

Project 2025 Now In Full Swing, AoT#448

Strong Man is back, and he has come toting a stack of executive orders. Make no mistake, these EOs have not appeared out of thin air. They were written in advance by the Project 2025 team at the Heritage Foundation. Is our glorious leader trying to endear himself to the electorate by fulfilling campaign promises, while also setting up his billionaire backers for total takeover? Topics include: word of mouth podcast promotion, The Third Rail, Ochelli Radio taking new hosts, garage bands, foray in...

Jan 26, 20251 hr 6 minEp. 448

There is no TikTok Ban, AoT#447

As everyone frets about the impending "ban" of TikTok the world's greatest businessman and politician is already two steps ahead and solving the problem. In an uncertain future the one thing that we can make out is that everyone stands to get something out of all the great deals that are yet to come. Topics include: David Lynch, David Wants to Fly, upcoming inauguration, TikTok Supreme Court ruling, supposed ban, China, Joe Biden, Bytedance, Trump with final say on any issues, technocracy, billi...

Jan 20, 202558 minEp. 447

A Surreal Year Begins, AoT#446

The year just started, and is already throwing all kinds of unexpected events our way. Is this merely the harbinger of even wilder things to come? Topics include: Goat Mountain video, technocratic oligarchy, Musk, Trump, Greenland, Canada, TikTok Supreme Court, Great Powers Competition, online propaganda, Culture War, Los Angeles fires, natural disasters, World War 3, hybrid and cyber war, underwater structures, UAP drones, military denials, Lakehurst base, UFOlogy, orbs, UAP in Southern Califor...

Jan 13, 202558 minEp. 446

The Rise of American Technocracy, AoT#445

We are in the thick of The Age of Transitions now. It's a time of technocracy, and control by Big Tech oligarchs who have bought and paid for the government. Not even the former beneficiaries of the MIC are safe from their data driven rule by force. Topics include: Chuck not well, Ochelli Radio Network, new Rumble channel, Patreon content, Singularity Summit interviews, new Themes & Memes episode, peers, tech oligarchs, shadow banning, share the show, AI powered guest referral systems, trans...

Dec 29, 20241 hr 8 minEp. 445

John Kirwin interview, Conspiracy Theory Survival, AoT#444

John Kirwin is the author of The Conspiracy Theorist Survival Guide. In this interview he talks a bit about the book, and his motivations in pursuing the truth as he sees it. Topics include: Wake up or else, 508(c)1, legal education, Sovereign Citizen trigger term, conspiracy theorist trigger term, Federal Reserve, rifts in family life, ultimatums, God, religion, truther group, mind control programming, personal sacrifices, waking up, charlatans, insinuation of character flaws, 10 rabbit hole po...

Dec 16, 20241 hr 9 minEp. 444

David Hirschfeld interview, AoT#443

David Hirschfeld is the founder of Tekyz software development company. In this interview he shares some interesting examples of how he has used artificial intelligence for projects that he has worked on. There are also some speculations on what we may expect to see in the near future. Topics include: Patreon material, David Hirschfeld, software development, Tekyz, artificial intelligence, no one understands how AI works, technology, training data, medical devices, AI integrated into new software...

Dec 08, 202459 minEp. 443

Age of Transitions update and new content, AoT#442

A quick update to let you know about some live-streams and Patreon content you may have missed. topics include: Themes & Memes, War on Christmas Thanksgiving Spectacular, Singularity Summit 2009 video tapes Patreon shows, transhumanism, listener suggestions, making media fun

Dec 01, 202412 minEp. 442

New Media and Old Scams, AoT#441

Onions are known to cause tears, but this time they ain't the tears of liberal snowflakes. No way, these are the tears of everyone's favorite rightwing beefcake. Topics include: Patreon content, Singularity Summit 2009, NYC, James Hughes, 2B movie premiere, War on Christmas Thanksgiving Spectacular, video, changing media landscape, legacy media vs new media, Onion auction purchase of Infowars, Alex Jones, satire of alt media overdue, shills, Paul brothers, making money from media production, adv...

Nov 18, 202459 minEp. 441

Strong Man Returns, AoT#440

The glorious leader will soon make his triumphant return to the office he was born to sit in. In truth, he likely won't do much more than sit, but he is bringing all of the best people to help him to do the job. Topics include: Patreon improvements, War on Christmas Thanksgiving Spectacular live-stream, return of Trump, Stop the Steal 2, election fraud, content creators are always right, MAGA marketing, Trump brand, techno oligarchs, Big Tech, Silicon Valley Libertarianism, loss of civil liberti...

Nov 12, 202458 minEp. 440

Eray Özkural interview on AI, AoT#439

This week's episode of The Age of Transitions podcast is an interview of Eray Özkural. An AI professional, transhumanist, and all around free thinker, he has a lot of first hand experience from within the world of artificial intelligence technology that he talks about here. Topics include: Marvin Minsky, Usenet, philosophy of mind, machine learning, biocomputing, history of AI, AI research shut down on purpose, AI Winter artificially induced, experts can be fooled by propaganda, misinformation, ...

Oct 28, 20241 hr 1 minEp. 439

The End of Democracy, AoT#438

Apparently, The End of Democracy is upon us. As that plays itself out, let's try to get a firm hold on whatever is left. Topics include: crafting propaganda narratives, artificial world, self, epiphany, human experience, American democracy, presidential election, lost faith in electoral process, true wealth hoarded, turned on each other, foundations, anti-intellectual sentiment, rapid change, Singularity, history, stake holders, gaming the system, virtual life, scapegoating, generational warfare...

Oct 20, 202458 minEp. 438

So Many Transitions, AoT#437

Some thoughts on the many changes and many ages of transitions that we can look back on. Changing media and political trends have intertwined and brought us to a new marker post. Where do we go from here? Topics include: Age of Transitions, technology, change, subconscious, historical marking posts, Newt Gingrich, politics and media, online reality, party politics, MAGA, fringe conspiracy culture, stolen election narratives, Election Day, ramping up police state, law and order, blanket distrust ...

Oct 14, 20241 hr 28 minEp. 437
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