Indio CA, Home of the Octopus, TRR#87

Aaron records a podcast from the desert town of Indio, CA. For those of you who may not know, this is a place in which the many tentacled Octopus conspiracy came to rest in the early 1980s. This episode is a quick rundown of the Octopus, as well as a collection of insights from Aaron as he reflects on this strange and disturbing story.
Topics include: desert trip, hiking at night, Indio California, Coachella music festival, Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, indian casinos, video, Joshua Tree, Danny Casolaro, murder suicide, assassination, Octopus conspiracy, Inslaw, PROMIS, DOJ, spy software, indian reservation history, sovereign nation status, exempt from regulation, exploitation of tribe, gambling, mafia, skimming profits, poker room, John Phillip Nichols, Fred Alvarez, triple homicide, Ralph Boger, Patricia Castro, Rancho Mirage, gambling laws, Fantasy Springs, Cabazon Cultural Museum, Wackenhut, prison industrial complex, weapons manufacturing, weapons testing, bioweapons, Iran Contra, daughter of Boger, Desertfae, condescending tone of Wired article, writing off serious stories as conspiracy theory
 
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