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Media Monarchy plays City Morgue, Chemical Brothers, Danny Darko and more on #PumpUpThaVolume for January 8, 2018. ♬

Dronearchy in the UK, men & the holograms and the dark side of the moon landing + this day in history w/Blackstar and our song of the day by City Morgue on your Morning Monarchy for January 8, 2019.

Media Monarchy plays Paul Orwell, Babyteeth, Lucille Furs and more on #PumpUpThaVolume for January 7, 2019. ♬

Radio agents, femme fatales and Marxist trash + this day in history w/impeachment trials and our song of the day by Reverend Horton Heat on your Morning Monarchy for January 7, 2019.

Aimen Dean, born Ali Al-Duranni, was MI6’s spy inside Al Qaeda from 1998 to 2006. In this episode I do...

Since the publication of National Security Cinema last summer, we have seen an uptick in the media coverage of the Pentagon in Hollywood, much of it originating with the Pentagon itself. This week I take a look at the PR efforts the DOD has embarked upon, about its own PR efforts in Hollywood. From Captain Marvel to Gerard Butler, this is a reflection on the power of exposing information.(Read more...)

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“Do you remember all the songs they used to play” on Media Monarchy’s year-end mixtape: "Firepower" and the #BestOf2018! Over six hours of our favorite music from the last year: Indie rock, pop, metal, country, jazz and more! ♬

In this penultimate review episode I look at how the education system is a poor place to learn anything, how standardised testing is a form of child abuse, the fundamental problems of electoral politics, and expand on why an intelligence-based approach to societal problems is always better than a military-based approach. I also talk about the politicisation of police investigations, the relevance of Michel Foucault and what The Wire has to do with the murder of Meir Kahane by followers of the Blind Sheikh.

In this month's subscriber-only podcast I discuss the links between the sacking of the manager of Manchester United, why there isn't a new Star Wars film out this Christmas, and the macroeconomics of Brexit. I examine all three in the context of a failing economic system, recounting the history and economics of the UK's relationship with the EU, and complain about how some of the world's great entertainment franchises are run by total incompetents.