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Episode 68: It’s the Stupid Economy | Unfilter 68 Sep 26, 2013

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This week marked the five-year anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers investment bank, which triggered the largest financial crisis since the Great Depression. And it also marked second anniversary of the start of Occupy Wall Street.

And while the establishment uses false metrics to assure us everything is going in the right direction, the cold numbers paint a much different picture. On the eve of another political showdown that threatens yet another government shutdown, we’ll dig into the fundamental issues that leave us like boiling frogs.

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Episode 67: Gaming is to Blame | Unfilter 67 Sep 19, 2013

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Another mass shooting grabs the attention of the nation, and while the essential details of the story are yet to emerge, the media has already cast their villain, video games. In their quest to demonize their #1 competition, they once again rob the people of a balanced dialog. We’ll do our best, to fix that.

Plus: The world economies dodged a major bullet by the name of Larry Summers. We’ll dig into this parasites destructive past and why this week was a victory for everyone.

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Episode 66: Russia to the Rescue | Unfilter 66 Sep 12, 2013

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Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has silenced America’s war drums, at least for now. While special interests continue to push for war, American’s have awoken from their industrial media induced commas and taken to the streets. We’ll cover the mounting pressure against a new war.

Then the NSA is caught again, this time subverting industry standards and covertly influencing major tech companies. We’ll bring you up to date.

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Episode 65: Why so Syria | Unfilter 65 Sep 05, 2013

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After an abrupt change of course President Obama’s plan to bomb Syria has won key congressional support, as lawmakers prepare to authorize America’s new war, we’ll blow past the patriotic platitudes and superficial reasons for the conflict and call out the real interest behind this aggression, and the dangerous blowback even a limited strike could bring.

Plus: Revelation of the NSA’s rampant spying continue to leak, this week we learned the NSA captured the emails of Brazil and Mexico presidents, and they’re not very happy about it.

Then the good news for Cannabis legalization, your feedback, and much much more.

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Episode 64: 75% of the Internet | Unfilter 64 Aug 22, 2013

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Declassified documents today reveal the NSA has intentionally abused their surveillance program, and retained data on US citizens despite a court order. All this as more details emerge about how the NSA collects nearly 75% of all US Internet traffic

David Miranda Glenn Greenwald’s partner was held for nine hours under an Orwellian anti-terrorism law. They confiscated his equipment, and questioned him about the Guardian’s reporting of the Snowden Leaks.

Plus we follow the money in Egypt, your feedback, and much much more.

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Episode 63: Gupta: Weed Hypocrisy | Unfilter 63 Aug 15, 2013

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The War on Drugs has never looked more antiquated after receiving a major blow in public opinion, and by the Justice Department. And while the nation moves forward on the issue, ground zero of Cannabis legalization takes a step backward. We’ll reflect on what might be a legitimate turn for the better, in one of the larger embarrassments for the United States.

But first: An interview with Lavabit’s founder brings into focus the depth and reach of the Obama Administration’s attempt to cover up their warrantless surveillance programs.

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Episode 62: Convenient Emergency | Unfilter 62 Aug 08, 2013

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Terror ALERT! The Obama Administration claims to have intercepted significant chatter warning them to an impending attack from terrorist. Forcing the US to shutter nearly two dozen diplomatic posts and evacuate personnel around the world.

The convenient emergency arises during major new revelations of domestic spying abuse.

The Drug Enforcement Administration is using intelligence gathered by the NSA to investigate US citizens for domestic crimes, a and then covers it up. We’ve got the details.

Plus: Snowden leaves the airport , your feedback, our follow up, and much much more…

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Episode 61: In NSA We Trust | Unfilter 61 Aug 01, 2013

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A diagram that literally puts the NSA’s world wide spying system on the map has been exposed in a newly released presentation giving us a better picture of the surveillance system that is said to hold a three day buffer of the Internet. We’ll dig deep into the details, explain how it works, and what you need to know.

Plus: An update on Bradley Manning, the Obama Administration pledges not to torture Snowden, and the US continues to dance around that big problem in Egypt.

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Episode 60: Detroit Out of Gas | Unfilter 60 Jul 25, 2013

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The Obama Administration has doubled their efforts to protect and defend the NSA’s massive surveillance programs, launching a four star campaign publicly and behind closed doors to derail initiatives to neuter the NSA’s spying apparatus. We’ll share the details.

The birthplace of America’s middle class files for bankruptcy this week, but things are never as simple as they seem. Syria’s getting complicated we got an update

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Episode 59: The Zimmerman Distraction | Unfilter 59 Jul 18, 2013

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We’ll push past the distractions and focus on the important events. During an interview this week NSA Whistleblower Russ Tice claims to have held the orders in his hands to wiretap top government officials, today the NSA Admits It Analyzes more people’s data than previously revealed, in what continues to be a series of story changes. We’ll bring you up to date.

Then: Edward Snowden seeks asylum in Russia, while the media runs wild with claims of a secret NSA blueprint.

Plus a follow up on the death of Michael Hastings, your feedback, and much much more.

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