Jamie joins me to cover 4 B, or almost B, movies that we recently struggled with. Three of the four were actually enjoyable (from my perspective), and one was unbearable (yet bizarre!). All 4 make for an enjoyable evening of golden garbage cinema magic, all blended into a tasteful garbage juice smoothie. We will analyze […]
By Jeremy Salt | American Herald Tribune | January 3, 2019 In 2016 the White Helmets were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Justin Timberlake thought they should get it. So did Bear Grylls, Ben Affleck, Michael Palin, Daniel Craig, Rowan Williams, Ridley Scott, George Clooney, Sacha Baron Cohen, Vanessa Redgrave and various other artists, […]
Jennifer gets a star, Michelle gets canceled and Lana goes to Israel + this day in history w/the Judas Priest trial and our song of the day by Paul McCartney on your Morning Monarchy for August 24, 2018.
Real world, new venture and a treasure trove + this day in history w/the death of Jayne Mansfield and our song of the day by Kanye on your Morning Monarchy for June 29, 2018.
Hollywood plots, candid collusion and 200,000 vinyl records + this day in history w/the original Friday The 13th and our song of the day by Thundercat, Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald on your Morning Monarchy for October 13, 2017.
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Writer and comic book reviewer Ryan Carey joins me for an in depth discussion of the comic industry and its relationship with the CIA. We begin by looking at the early days of comic books and their first forays into politics during WWII. Ryan talks about the overt left leaning politics of the original Superman comics and how this evolved into a nationalistic pro-US series during WWII. Next we move onto ex-CIA agent Tom King who’s charmed life has led him to the pinnacle of comics, writing the latest Batman comics.
Pearse and Tom round off season 1 looking at the 2012 Oscar winning historical drama Argo, which is based on a real life exfiltration operation during the Iranian revolution. We discuss the CIA’s almost too-obvious involvement in the film, the background of how the story was declassified and turned into a movie including the shadowy figures of producer David Klawans and writer Chris Terrio. We stick the boot into Ben Affleck and his film, not just for its ‘Reel Bad Arabs’ racism but also its outrageous and possibly intentional historical inaccuracy. We analyse the weirdest Oscar
The western propaganda system is again trotting out the refrain that “rebels in Congo have been defeated.” The latest so-called “rebels” — the M23 forces — are actually Rwandan government troops, not rebels. (True Congolese “rebels” — such as the Mai Mai [also spelled Mayi-Mayi] are always denigrated by the international corporate media system.)
