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Pleasing the crown, catfight films and more magazine time + this day in history w/the Rodney King beating and our song of the day by The Drums on your Morning Monarchy for March 3, 2017.

Thought control, Oscars so what and CERN-inspired psych rock + this day in history w/Grey Tuesday and our song of the day by His Name Is Alive on your Morning Monarchy for February 24, 2017.

What happens when a scientist at CERN asks musicians to make an album about the Large Hadron Collider? You get a pulsating piece of psychedelic concept rock called "Patterns Of Light" by long-running Michigan band, His Name Is Alive.

It's a meeting of the mutual admiration society as Media Monarchy finally gets to talk to Right Said Fred on the occasion of their new LP, 'Exactly!'. We talk about the business of show and the business of politics on this long-awaited interview.

Boycott culture, real enemies and getting things wrong + this day in history w/Voice of America and our song of the day by Nikki Lane on your Morning Monarchy for February 17, 2017.

"Klosterman conducts a series of intriguing thought experiments in this delightful new book about how we conceive of the future."

Believable ads, movie ops and comically "BrainDead" + this day in history w/Ziggy Stardust's premiere and our song of the day by De La Soul on your Morning Monarchy for February 10, 2017.

Merger minds, ticket schemes and magazine time + this day in history w/Iran options and our song of the day by London Grammar on your Morning Monarchy for February 3, 2017.

Liberal lawsuits, "Trained to Kill" and Obama's legacy + this day in history w/Iran's Inaugural hostages and our song of the day by Ghost on your Morning Monarchy for January 20, 2017.

Continuing where we left off discussing "Suddenly", we reach an inauguration day that brings America back to fractious times we've seen before - with the publication of the new book, "Trained to Kill: The Inside Story of CIA Plots Against Castro, Kennedy, and Che".