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The Ripple Effect Podcast has journalists on like Ben Swann, historians like Dan Carlin, musicians like Burton C. Bell from Fear Factory, researchers like James Corbett, scientists like Rupert Sheldrake, comedians like Jim Florentine, doctors like Dr. Burzynski, filmmakers like Mikki Willis, authors like Christopher Ryan, philosophers like Daniele Bolelli, athletes like Justin Wren, professors like Richard D. Wolff and many others like Gov. Jesse Ventura, Freeway Rick Ross, Del Bigtree, Matt Farah, Dr. Dominic D’Agostino, G. Edward Griffin & Whitney Webb, in hopes to bring our listeners the most interesting people, & the most interesting conversations, with the goal of “Provoking Thought & Starting A Ripple.”

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Episode 580: The Ripple Effect Podcast (What Is Truth? From Lincoln To Epstein) Apr 28, 2026

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VIDEO LINK: https://youtu.be/55munkAeCvI
Weezy is the host of The What Is TRUTH? Podcast which is a raw, conspiratorial, and independent show focused on questioning official narratives,, covering topics like 9/11, historical revisions, & the Epstein files. The podcast aims to "peel back the layers of reality" through, in-depth interviews and, often, a "no-holds-barred" approach to investigating hidden agendas.
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Episode 579: The Ripple Effect Podcast (Dr. Alexander & Dr. Rose | WE ARE NOT MACHINES: Beyond Darwin & Algorithms) Apr 14, 2026

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Dr. Jessica Rose & Dr. VN Alexander join The Ripple Effect Podcast for a deep, thought-provoking conversation that challenges mainstream assumptions about science, intelligence & reality itself. With backgrounds spanning computational biology, immunology, evolutionary theory & philosophy, they explore the limits of artificial intelligence, the complexities of living systems & why human consciousness cannot be reduced to algorithms. From questioning Darwinian orthodoxy to exposing the dangers of centralized technological power, this episode pushes beyond conventional thinking & invites listeners to reconsider what it truly means to be human in an increasingly artificial world.
VN ALEXANDER, PhD (aka Tori):
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0EhWf2Vswdg7DwKKKZ34ng
DOAC AI Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn8HBj8QAbk
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Episode 578: The Ripple Effect Podcast (Attorney Brian Festa | MEDICAL KIDNAPPING) Apr 10, 2026

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Brian Festa, ESQ. is a Civil Rights Attorney who, along with his business partner and friend Dawn Jolly, founded We The Patriots USA to preserve and reclaim our God-given inalienable rights. Brian is a father of two who first became involved in health freedom activism and legal work after his son was seriously injured by a flu shot. Brian regularlytravels throughout the nation to speak about the work of We The Patriots USA. Brian is a returning guest and has also been a guest on dozens of broadcasts, including The Glenn Beck Program, The Charlie Kirk Show, The Steve Deace Show, Conservative Review with Daniel Horowitz, Steve Bannon’s War Room, and The Health Ranger Report with Mike Adams.
BRAIN FESTA
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SHOT DEAD (Movie): https://wethepatriotsusa.org/shot-dead-movie/
RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION FORM: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OOULSx6O-SZZooEwaWNZm3bdRufobnlL/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=106243108810344336512&rtpof=true&sd=true
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Episode 577: The Ripple Effect Podcast (Clint Russell | The Charlie Kirk Assassination & The Fog of War) Mar 29, 2026

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Clint Russell is a libertarian commentator, entrepreneur & the host of the Liberty Lockdown podcast, which he launched in 2020 to critique government overreach and the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. A former mortgage broker with nearly two decades of experience in the industry, Russell leverages his financial background to analyze Austrian economics, inflation, and the housing market. He rose to significant political prominence within the Libertarian Party, notably seeking the party’s Vice Presidential nomination in 2024. Based in Florida after relocating from California, Russell is a vocal advocate for non-interventionist foreign policy & uses his platform to challenge mainstream narratives.
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Episode 576: The Ripple Effect Podcast (Peter Duke | Reframing Reality Part 2: How We Know What We Know) Mar 25, 2026

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Peter Duke is a Creative Director, Technologist, and Photographer with a diverse background in technology, games, communications, and marketing. His clients include 20th Century Fox, Virgin Entertainment, Sega GameWorks, Universal Studios, SHOAH Foundation Institute, The United States Army, The National Security Agency, Microsoft, Lions Gate, Capitol EMI, IMAX, Vanity Fair, and Glamour magazines.
In 2010, Peter met Andrew Breitbart and co-founded the outlet GotNews and the news-based crowdfunding sites WeSearchr and FreeStartr. All three enterprises were defunded and de-platformed for wrongthink. In 2017, he was featured in an attempted hit piece in the New York Times, where he was labeled "The Annie Leibovitz of the Alt-Right." While immersed in open-source journalism, he discovered a world of unreported stories, which led to a dizzying, eye-opening reframing of reality. Today, he continues to use his abilities to move the truth forward against the titanic forces of the Power Elite and their henchmen.
His current focus is on examining revisionist history and finding ways to communicate with people hypnotized by media.
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Episode 575: The Ripple Effect Podcast (Peter Duke | Reframing Reality: Behind The Curtain of Control) Mar 23, 2026

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Peter Duke is a Creative Director, Technologist, and Photographer with a diverse background in technology, games, communications, and marketing. His clients include 20th Century Fox, Virgin Entertainment, Sega GameWorks, Universal Studios, SHOAH Foundation Institute, The United States Army, The National Security Agency, Microsoft, Lions Gate, Capitol EMI, IMAX, Vanity Fair, and Glamour magazines.
In 2010, Peter met Andrew Breitbart and co-founded the outlet GotNews and the news-based crowdfunding sites WeSearchr and FreeStartr. All three enterprises were defunded and de-platformed for wrongthink. In 2017, he was featured in an attempted hit piece in the New York Times, where he was labeled "The Annie Leibovitz of the Alt-Right." While immersed in open-source journalism, he discovered a world of unreported stories, which led to a dizzying, eye-opening reframing of reality. Today, he continues to use his abilities to move the truth forward against the titanic forces of the Power Elite and their henchmen.
His current focus is on examining revisionist history and finding ways to communicate with people hypnotized by media.
PETER DUKE:
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Books: https://DukeReportBooks.com
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Episode 574: The Ripple Effect Podcast (Hassan Mourad | THEY ARE LYING: A Ground-Zero Warning From Lebanon) Mar 16, 2026

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Hassan Mourad is a humanitarian, researcher & content creator. Hassan joins the us directly from Lebanon to provide a perspective you will not see on corporate news.

Hassan pulls back the curtain on the reality of the war, the strategic failures of the military-industrial complex & the invisible forces—from AIPAC lobbying to compromised politicians—directing American foreign policy. We dive deep into the history war propaganda, the plan for regional chaos, what is really happening on the ground in Lebanon & the truth about Operation Epic Fury & Operation Roaring Lion.

This isn't just a political analysis; it’s a raw, unfiltered report from a man living through the bombing of his ancestral homeland.
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Episode 573: The Ripple Effect Podcast (Alex Krainer | WW3: How It Starts & How It Ends) Mar 14, 2026

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Alex Krainer is the founder of KRAINER ANALYTICS, he is a trader, researcher, historian, author & blogger. Some of his work includes Mastering Uncertainty, Alex Krainer’s Trend Following Bible, and the banned book, Grand Deception: The Truth about Bill Browder, the Magnitsky Act & Anti-Russian Sanctions.

ALEX KRAINER:
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Personal Blog: https://thenakedhedgie.com/
For Traders & investors: I-System TrendCompass Newsletter: https://isystem-tf.com/trendcompass/
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Episode 572: The Ripple Effect Podcast (THE A.I. DEBATE: Oracle or Overlord | Alex Tsakiris vs Ricky Varandas) Mar 12, 2026

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Alex Tsakiris is a technology entrepreneur, author, and podcaster. He is best known as the founder of the A.I. company MindPath Technologies back in 1986, and the host of the long-running podcast Skeptiko, a popular podcast that explores the intersection of science and spirituality. With a background combining a strong technical background information systems and artificial intelligence along with a scientific curiosity and a deep interest in spirituality, Alex Tsakiris has become a significant voice in debates surrounding the nature of consciousness and its relation to the physical world. Alex is also a best selling author who's work includes WHY SCIENCE IS WRONG...: About Almost Everything, and Why Evil Matters: How Science & Religion Fumbled a Big One, and his newest book Why AI? Is Smartest... Is Dangerous... Is Divine.
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SIGNAL BEYOND PROJECT: https://signalbeyondproject.com/
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Episode 571: The Ripple Effect Podcast (Ex-CIA John Kiriakou | War On Whistleblowers: The High Cost of Speaking Truth To Power) Feb 27, 2026

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John Kiriakou, from a decorated high-ranking CIA counter-terrorism chief who led the 2002 capture of al-Qaeda’s Abu Zubaydah, to a federal inmate, John Kiriakou’s life is a masterclass in the high cost of speaking truth to power. In 2007, he became the first CIA official to publicly confirm the agency’s use of waterboarding, explicitly calling it torture—an act of whistleblowing that eventually led to him being the only person imprisoned in connection with the torture program. After serving 23 months, he reinvented himself as a sharp-witted author and commentator, hosting the Deep Focus podcast and penning books like The Reluctant Spy, and the gritty survival manual Doing Time Like a Spy, effectively using his intelligence background to critique the very systems he once served.
JOHN KIRIAKOU
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Deep Focus Podcast (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/@DeepFocuswithJohnKiriakou
DeProgram Podcast (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/@DeProgramShow
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