#69: Lose Extra Pounds of Brain & Bone the JFK Way, pt. 1
REISSUED!
Nuclear weapons, the Cold War, and an introduction to your friends and wardens at the Central Intelligence Agency; or, two secret wars: World War III (1945-1991) and the American Military-Intelligence Coup (1953-1963).
NOTE, c. 2020: When I talk (briefly) about JFK's assassination as the work of a cadre within the CIA, I say something to the effect that the Director need not have known about it for it to take place, and that I hadn't seen proof that he did. I was trying to make a point about the modular, amorphous nature of the CIA, but of course Allen Dulles was profoundly involved in the Kennedy murder and may well have been its ultimate instigator (and I'm pretty sure I make that point later in the series).
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Wish you had more of these collections 👀
We need to go back to .... Rome?
Listening to this five years late and want to say 1) Eduardo Galeano mentioned ✅ and 2) how much do you know about the Surf’s Up cover art and the sculpture it’s based on?
Just listening to this for the first time, good lookin fella in the picture, he could be an actor!
The East India Company was likely "vested" with the power of the Crown as an exclusive monopoly--this is the same situation that the Hudson's Bay Company had in Canada, which is why all the treaties/land purchases negotiated by HBC representatives are still legally binding today because the company had been awarded a special licence on behalf of the Crown to do bizness on its behalf. I suspect the history of these monopolies can be traced back to the papal bulls in the 1400s such as "inter caetera," which stipulates that the first christian nation to set foot on land would have discovery rights over that land (hence, preventing inter-christian hostilities over land). The "finder's keepers" law must have some purchase over these later monopolies held by the British and French monarchies. In any case, this logic of domination and christian priority over enslaveable peoples and exploitable lands has a much longer genealogy.
track ID 11:02?
Excellent episode, love your style.
Thanks boo
i fucked around and read Devil’s Chessboard, Dark Alliance, and Family of Secrets since i listened to these earlier this year. losing my fucking mind again now thanks
episode 69? nice
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I always tell people I think that H.W. personally killed JFK, not because it’s true, but because it’s really funny
everyone needs to hear these
yassss thank you, timely "reissue," I shit you not, I only thought LHO killed him before this ep, thnx for the redpill, chum ;)
no problem, king
KZPS plays the hits. All killer, no filler.
11/22, baby!