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Premium Episode 79 - Plantation Accounting in Jamaica Jun 09, 2024

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[originally published on Patreon Dec 9, 2023]

Having laid out various accounting concepts, I now introduce their application in a horrible setting: plantation accounting in Jamaica. To do this, I rely on a close reading of Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management by Caitlin Rosenthal. Her work simply demolishes the traditional business history about the development of these concepts. As it turns out, slave plantations actually led the global economy in new developments of field and factory regarding management styles, industrialization, organizational structure, accounting methods, and a number of other things.

I discuss the nature of the sugar trade, questions of efficiency, the weaponization of data, the question of absentee ownership, and the nature of quantification itself.

episode art by Robert Voyvodich @r.voy__

Songs:

My Queen is Ada Eastman by Sons of Kemet

Great Britain by Scorzayzee

Premium Episode 78 - the Accounting Episode Jun 08, 2024

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[originally published on Patreon

Today I attempt to trace the history of accounting from renaissance Venice through the robber barons into the modern era. Along the way, I opine on the nature of moneylending, Shylock, and drill down six key accounting concepts necessary to understanding the next two episodes. While I tried to keep this episode from being boring, it's very much a setup episode.

episode art by Robert Voyvodich @r.voy__

Songs:

Count This Money by Gucci Mane

Countin’ Money by Bun B feat. Gucci Mane and Yo Gotti

Premium Episode 76 - Trotskyism pt. 4: Programmed to Split, Cannon, Schactman, Dobbs, Hoffa, Teamsters, and Bag Fumbling, feat. Comrade Chad Jun 06, 2024

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[originally published on Patreon Nov 17, 2023]

Today I'm rejoined by Comrade Chad to discuss post-Trotsky Trotskyism in the US, especially their penchant for attacking communism 'from the left'. Comrade Chad walks us through some of the theory and vocabulary necessary. Then we zero in on James Cannon, Max Schactman and James Burnham in particular. We attempt to explain the theoretical positions this entailed within both Trotskyism. Marxism, and Cold War geopolitics before explaining their actions in the labor movement.

Along the way we discuss Farrell Dobbs, Jimmy Hoffa, Joseph Hansen, Burnham's theoretical works, the Congress for Cultural Freedom, and much more.

episode art by Robert Voyvodich @r.voy__

Songs:

Teamster Power by Tex Williams

After You’ve Gone by the Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio

Moiritat (Mack the Knife) by Sonny Rollins

Bonus Episode 68: the American Security Council, Edward Lansdale, Hollywood New Left Ops, and Stanford Psychotronic Weapons, feat. Recluse Jun 05, 2024

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[originally published on Patreon Nov 10, 2023)

Today I'm joined by S. William Snider aka Recluse (@RecluseS9) to discuss his third and recent book, The Art: The Secret History of Psywar, Conspiritainment and the Shattering of Reality (2023). The book spans centuries and really speaks for itself, but he and I discuss various things in it ranging from the American Security Council, Edward Lansdale, psychological operations in Hollywood and against the New Left, and we even find time to discuss psychotronic weaponry.

Note: Recluse refers to an upcoming, as-yet-unreleased appearance on P2C, but I didn't splice it out because it would have cut out his train of thought, lol.

episode artwork is the book's cover, used w/ permission from the author

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Devil’s Work by Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats

Premium Episode 75: Another View of Israel Keyes, the Deadbeat Dirtbag Serial Killer, feat. Min Jun 04, 2024

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[originally published on Patreon Oct 6, 2023]

Today I'm joined by Min (@mintherose) to discuss several aspects of Israel Keyes that have developed after the publication of the two books, and things I did not get into in the first three episodes. In particular, we look at the possibility of Keyes being a huge fucking loser, separate from the whole serial killing thing. Along the way we go into underreported sex worker and Native American victims, the coverup, and new developments in the case.

artwork by @DEEP_RED_BELLS

Songs:

Sinnerman performed by Nina Simone

Bad Kids by Black Lips

Stinky Man by Graduating Life

Premium Episode 74 - FBI vs. PTK pt. 9: Israel Keyes part 3: Extreme Prosecutorial Misconduct, or, "A Unicorn of a Deal Secretly Made at the Highest Levels of Government" Jun 03, 2024

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[originally published on Patreon Oct 6, 2023]

Finishing up with the Keyes story, we discuss the events of his extradition and interrogation by the FBI. I talk about the US attorney prosecuting Keyes and the potential prosecutorial misconduct including bizarre treatment, handling of evidence, and "a unicorn of a deal secretly made at the highest levels of government".

Keyes began confessing to the FBI. I go through Keyes' known travels and movements. Terrorism comes into the plot. Then, Keyes commits suicide and everything is wrapped up - no further questions remaining.

(the following fourth episode will consist of a conversation about Keyes and aspects of the story I didn't get into with 'the main three episodes')

artwork by @DEEP_RED_BELLS

Songs:

Heaven’s a Lie by Lacuna Coil

More Human Than Human by Rob Zombie

Halo by Soil

Premium Episode 73 - FBI vs. PTK pt. 9: Israel Keyes part 2: American Gladio and somehow yet more OKC Bombing Connections Jun 02, 2024

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[originally published on Patreon Sep 29, 2023]

Continuing with the Keyes story, I pick up on his personal life and the circumstances of his move to Alaska. I discuss the Church of Wells, the cult which his parents and siblings joined. Then there are the bank robberies, then the kill kits and the kidnappings. I discuss the theories that Keyes was the Boca Killer, and then we get to the formal serial killings leading up to the Samantha Koenig case, which was the case for which he was caught and arrested.

I discuss the circumstances of his arrest, the police's early discoveries, and the unique route they chose to extradite him.

Songs:

Fiend by Coal Chamber

Spit It Out by Slipknot

Imaginary Fire by Carpenter Brut (outro)

Premium Episode 72 - FBI vs. PTK pt. 9: Israel Keyes part 1: A Supersoldier with a Black Heart Jun 01, 2024

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[originally published on Patreon Sep 22, 2023]

cw: rape, assault, etc.

This is the first episode about the serial killer Israel Keyes. I begin with the logical starting place: the Keyes family, and get into a brief history of Christian Identity in the UK and US. From there, we discuss the Kehoe family including some interesting details which are often left out of the conversation.

Then I go over Israel's early life and upbringing, his early military service, his first major relationship, and end discussing Israel's Grand Plan.

(note 1: I wrote and recorded this before I had Wendy Painting on the show and consequently realized I kept saying 'Aberrations' instead of Aberration in the Heartland of the Real, the correct title

note 2: I have learned much more about Fort Gulick since writing these episodes and I think Keyes was trained there)

Songs:

I Saw the Sign by Ace of Base

Loco by Coal Chamber (when talking about psychiatric evaluation?)

TRYNA SPIT GAME by STOVE X DJ AKOZA (outro)

Premium Episode 71 - Bolaño’s By Night in Chile, or, Bolaño’s Fully Gladiopilled, feat. Dani and Rodolfo May 30, 2024

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[originally published on Patreon Sep 8, 2023]

Today I'm joined by Dani and Rodolfo to discuss three Bolaño novels: the Third Reich, Distant Star, and By Night in Chile. In this episode, we discuss By Night in Chile. In this novel, Bolaño examines the fascist mindset via religion and literary criticism. Along the way, we get into how Bolaño was completely gladiopilled.

episode art by Robert Voyvodich @r.voy__

Songs:

La Rabia by Bbs Paranoicos

Las Injusticias Caen Como Pesadillas EP by Los Crudos

el Pueblo Unido performed by Inti-Illimani

Premium Episode 70 - Bolaño’s Distant Star, or, It Takes a Poet to Catch a Poet, feat. Dani and Rodolfo May 29, 2024

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[originally published on Patreon Aug 25, 2023]

Today I'm joined by Dani and Rodolfo to discuss three Bolaño novels: the Third Reich, Distant Star, and By Night in Chile. In this episode, we discuss Distant Star. In this novel, Bolaño examines the fascist mindset via the specifically Chilean context of the 1973 coup, Pinochet's Chile, death squads, and the New Chilean poetry.

Note: although this may just be Bolaño's literary invention, there was a skywriter present during the PBSUCCESS invasion in Guatemala, though he was not a poet (or serial killer) but a used car salesman from the US.

episode art by Robert Voyvodich @r.voy__

Songs:

Luchar y Vencer - FSLN Song

Alerta Antifascista by Sin Dios

Manifiesto by Victor Jara

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