I remember everything about the day the OKC bombing happened. I also remember thinking I "had it right" when I figured it was "domestic terror," but I know now that the story is far more complex. The reason we know this is because of the work of folks we talk about today with my guest Richard Booth (@booth_okc). He joins me today to discuss his research and address some recent drama in the OKC research community.  CITATIONS Richard's extensive OKC archive Aberration in the Heartland of the Real, by Wendy Painter Oklahoma City: What the Investigation Missed—and Why It Still Matters, by Andrew Gumbel & Roger Charles Nuts & Boltzmann, Substack by Boltzmann Booty --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brook-hines/support

Kartik Krishnaiyer joins for an expansive chat about the ghost of Ronald Reagan in current political trends (erm, quagmires). Break out your trusty smudge stick and let's exorcise some demons.  CITATIONS Rick Perlstein's books can be found here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brook-hines/support

One Christmas I found out Santa wasn't real...but it didn't sink in until the next year.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brook-hines/support

Are your BELIEFS your own? 'Cognitive Warfare' is happening right now on all forms of media and social media. What are you gonna do to avoid the draft? Or have you already been conscripted? Listen to find out. CITATIONS Behind NATO's 'cognitive warfare': 'Battle for your brain' waged by Western militaries — by Ben Norton, The Grayzone NATO REPORT #1 — "Cognitive Warfare" [this is what i refer to as the 'nonpartisan' report] NATO REPORT #2 — "An attack on truth and thought" (Johns Hopkins/NATO) [this is the "red meat" report] More NATO documents on cognitive warfare found here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brook-hines/support

THIS WEEK Finally getting to the bottom of Russiagate (story by Aaron Maté) with new indictment (download) Russiagate? More like Watergate (story by Matt Taibbi) Warnings about engineered bat coronaviruses in 2015 Covid treatment roundtable and leaked CDC slide deck Dem operatives use DARPA technology in Covid propaganda operation run by Gen. Stanley McChrystal (no paywall) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brook-hines/support

Covid discourse from the "left" is constructed with rightwing logic, and it's not playing out well. Examining Dr. Vinay Prasad's "How Democracy Ends" essay which you can find on Substack and YouTube. Nathan J. Robinson's essay: "Don't Use The Right's Assumptions To Make The Left's Arguments." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brook-hines/support

THIS WEEK'S STORIES mins  0:00—15:00 Finally getting to the bottom of Russiagate (story by Aaron Maté) with new indictment (download) Russiagate? More like Watergate (story by Matt Taibbi) mins  15:00—39:00 Warnings about engineered bat coronaviruses in 2015 mins  40:00—1:14:00 Covid treatment roundtable and leaked CDC slide deck mins  1:14:00—1:21:00 Dem operatives use DARPA technology in Covid propaganda operation run by Gen. Stanley McChrystal (no paywall) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brook-hines/support

Time for The Left to play catch-up on Covid. Some are leading the way while others continue to disappoint. Appealing to authority is not a good look for the The Left. Also, a philosophy major tells me I had a wrongthink.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brook-hines/support

The alignment of tech, media, and pharma has doomed our pandemic response, as shown by an extraordinary Rolling Stone FAKE NEWS controversy. RELATED: new trust-in-media crisis. Don't let "Sensemaking" technocrats colonize your brain, please.  Plus! Facebook continues to be an evil and stupid thing.  STILL MORE! Zeroing in on early covid treatment.  CITATIONS Trust in Media Hits NEW CRISIS LOW, Axios ROLLING STONE BOGUS ARTICLE "Gunshot Victims Left Waiting as Horse Dewormer Overdoses Overwhelm Oklahoma Hospitals" Ivermectin Overdose NOT An Issue At Oklahoma ER, KXMX radio fact checking (with hospital rebuttal of bogus article) I-MASK+ prevention and early outpatient treatment protocol for Covid-19, FLCCC Alliance Making Sense of Sensemaking: what it is and what it means for pandemic research, The Atlantic Council Facebook Hires ex-NATO press officer as intel officer to censor speech, The Grayzone --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brook-hines/support

Quick follow-up from last week on "My Vaccine Hesitancy Journey": puzzling doctor visit might be explained later in episode.   Then, how FEDERAL AGENCIES under Health And Human Services are dictating how the media covers healthcare.  A medical doctor in British Columbia shares what he learned about "micro" blood clots, and then loses everything.   CITATIONS How the FDA manipulates the media, by Charles Seife, Scientific American Censorship is called “transparency,” by Charles Seife, Scientific American Bad News: Selling the story of disinformation, by Joseph Bernstein, Harper’s --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brook-hines/support