We’re joined by Jonathan Melrod , author of the new autobiography “ Fighting Times. ” We talk about the factory turn of the 1960s, SDS/RYM II, encounters with the Red Squad, and his 13 years fighting in American auto plants and as an activist in the UAW. Jonathan's FBI file...
We take a trip to Israel with Noah Kulwin and talk about Israeli political culture, Netanyahu, liberalism, money, and the Judicial Overhaul. Truly, Israel is a land of contrasts! Tickets for the final Year of the Smile show in Austin, TX Transcript of Yair Netanyahu telling his friends they can have sex with his girlfriend...
Hey Gumshoes! So excited to announce a new Patreon reward: podcast commentary tracks. Soon we’ll be offering a behind-the-scenes look at how all your favorites got made, from the people who made them. To start us off, Brace, Liz, and Yung Chomsky go back to 2019 to walk through the recording of our every first episode, The Ep-Files. Enjoy, and as always, like and subscribe!
Arts week on TrueAnon rolls on: This is a conversation with Brad Phillips about all kinds of pain, regret, art, being addicted to whatever, and a bunch of other stuff Essays and Fictions by Brad Phillips
We snap our 78s over our knees and examine some of the industry-shattering changes that music has undergone in the recent past: how we make it, listen to it, think about it, own it, and pay for it — and who gets the money. Thanks to Sean Agnew from Union Transfer , Noah Kohll from Color Green , John Dwyer from Oh Sees, Geoff Rickley from Thursday, Jess Williamson , Timmy Hefner, and Zola Jesus . (MOBY is not mentioned in this episode we just had to put a guy as the picture and he is funny lookin...
We check back in with John Vanderslice, the subject of our limited series Keep the Dream Alive , a year after its release. We chat about scraping by in the music industry, the Bay Area scene, and John's new record. Check out John's upcoming tour dates on his instagram. The final performance of TrueAnon's Year of the Smile will be on April 15 in Austin, TX ....
We placed all our bets on Juicero and all our money in the bank — this is the story of how TrueAnon lost everything in the SVB collapse. Plus we talk shit about VCs.
Podcast Legends Matt Christman and Chris Wade join our funky asses for a frank discussion on their new series, HELL ON EARTH , about the Thirty Years' War. We talk printing, Purgatory, blood, looting, Christ’s Foreskin and AMORC…
Freelance journalist Jacob Silverman joins us to talk about the collapse of Silvergate Capital, the shakedown of crypto, and his forthcoming series on Sam Bankman-Fried and the implosion of FTX’s billion-dollar fraud.
Long March? But it just started! We head down Peking’s way to look at why the US keeps shooting all the Balloons, our situationship with Taiwan, and why every US politician can’t stop talking about China.
TrueAnon visits your home (Virgin Islands) to talk about the fallout from the controversial case levied by former AG Denise George against JP Morgan’s involvement with Jeffrey Epstein—and the damning Jes Staley emails that have come out.
We’re joined again by Matt from Ghost Stories for the End of the World for a look at the Sicilian Mafia’s place in Italian society and the history of the organization through to the present day.
Following the arrest of mafia boss and murderous gamer Matteo Denaro, we grab Matt from Ghost Stories for the End of the World and take a trip to Sicily for a two-parter on Cosa Nostra, the mafia’s role as handmaiden and parasite, and the early history of the Sicilian Mob. Ghost Stories Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd...
We check into the old Grey Bar Hotel and take a look at some of this year's guests: Ghislaine Maxwell, Andrew Tate, and David Hamblin.
We take a look at the killing of environmental activist Tortugita and the protests in Atlanta over the controversial development of the sprawling police training facility known as Cop City. Atlanta Community Press Collective
We take a trip to Buccal di Fatto with SNL's Sarah Squirm as she and Liz teach Brace about the the Real Housewives, Ozempic, and a bizarre procedure involving sewing cheeks
We take a look at Prince Harry’s new tell-all SPARE, talk through Mexit and the couple's turn toward content, the death of The Queen, and the historic role of the British Monarchy
We take a look at the damage to Brasillia and talk about what led up to the moment, plus the coup that brought Bolsonaro to power in the first place. TrueAnon live tickets
We dig through the threads and threads of Twitter Files to discuss the cozy relationship between the FBI and the social media giant, the populist pressures behind deplatforming @realdonaldtrump, and the impossible project of content moderation at scale.
Journalist and former CEDU student David Safran joins us to talk about his experience assisting a detective at the San Bernardino Sheriffs Department in investigating the disappearance of three children from the behavioral modification program CEDU between 1993-2004, and how the department moved to block the investigation and shut it down. LA Mag: Are Police Stifling the Investigation Into 3 Teens Who Vanished From a Controversial Residential Treatment Facility? Medium Anonymous: Running My Ange...
The Christmas Elves of Human Kindness crawl from their wretched warrens and join us in a frenzied session of forgiving and forgetting some of 2022s biggest Losers and Haters
We make a deposit in the Learn Bank and learn about Hipster Eugenics, advances in baby-making, Elon Musk’s brood, and Baby Einsteins real and imagined. What we find will make you spit out your pacifier.
TrueAnon FinCo correspondent and Financial Times journalist Alexandra Scaggs joins us to make sense of the multiple charges levied against FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried, what this has to do with our old friends at Tether, and just what JPoww and the Fed really think about the labor market situation.
TrueAnon St. Louis correspondent Devin Thomas O’Shea joins us to talk about his new piece in Protean combining the history of the Pruitt-Igoe public housing project and US government chemical testing on the residents of major American cities. TrueAnon Live Tickets
San Francisco’s police department and mayor dare to ask: Do Robot Cops Shoot at Electric Crooks? And if not, can we make them? TrueAnon looks at the failed rollout of unmanned vehicle-borne IEDs by SF’s police department .
We call the Bahamas and talk FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, BIG DOLLAR DONATIONS, polycules and plenty of clues in the aftermath of the latest crypto scam explosion.
We do a Pennsylvania roadshow with Independent Parapolitics Researcher Robert Skvarla to discuss the history and practice of COINTELPRO — what it meant and what it means today. Tickets for our February shows in CAMBRIDGE, TORONTO, MONTREAL, DENVER, MINNEAPOLIS, AUSTIN will be available to Patrons right here on this website tomorrow, 11/4 /22 at 12 EST LA 11/16 SHOW https://t.co/SrCMolYV7D SF 11/26 SHOW https://t.co/6eRRXGEr4H...
Jack Wagner from Otherworld joins us to talk ghosts, spirits, energies, and The Gateway Process. Liz tells her tale of seeing a ghost. Find Otherworld on twitter and instagram Get TrueAnon live tickets
We take a trip with Marlon Ettinger to a LaRouche Conference in Manhattan and talk about the nature of truth and reality
Part One: The Early Years of Chuck Dederich, a history of rehabs and Alcoholics Anonymous, acid tests at UCLA, and the birth of Synanon. Additional voices by: Mark Ames, Michael S. Judge, Ben Howard, John Vanderslice, and Matt Christman.
