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Subscribercast #42 – Systemic Racism and Cop Shows

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 06/14/2020 - 10:36

How much responsibility does the TV crime genre have for police racism, brutality and corruption? On this month’s subscriber-only podcast...

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http://www.spyculture.com/subscribercast-42-systemic-racism-and-cop-shows/

Myths on Screen – The Full Series

Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 06/13/2020 - 10:39

This three-part radio documentary produced by CBC (and featuring Matt, Tanner Mirrlees and myself, among others) explores the role Hollywood...

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http://www.spyculture.com/myths-on-screen-the-full-series/

Theaters of Command Trailer

Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 06/08/2020 - 06:23

Everyone knows truth is the first casualty of war – but in a modern world where America’s wars know no...

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http://www.spyculture.com/theaters-of-command-trailer/

ClandesTime 206 – The Little Drummer Girl

Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 06/01/2020 - 06:22

The Little Drummer Girl is an espionage drama based on Operation Wrath of God – the Mossad operation to track...

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http://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-206-the-little-drummer-girl/

Subscribercast #41 – Keeping Amused

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 05/31/2020 - 16:10

In these times of strife, confusion, hostility and boredom it is important to keep ourselves amused. In this month’s subscriber-only...

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http://www.spyculture.com/subscribercast-41-keeping-amused/

The Rookie: Made by the LAPD (audio version)

Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 05/27/2020 - 05:05

Hi everyone and thanks for tuning in – this is just a quick intro because a listener said I should...

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http://www.spyculture.com/the-rookie-made-by-the-lapd-audio-version/

Myths on Screen Episode 3

Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 05/26/2020 - 15:22

The third episode of CBC’s Myths on Screen – How Hollywood helped the U.S. military sell the War on Terror...

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http://www.spyculture.com/myths-on-screen-episode-3/

ABC’s The Rookie: Made by the LAPD

Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 05/25/2020 - 12:51

In this video essay I reveal the inner workings of the LAPD’s Hollywood office (the Entertainment Trademark Unit), in particular...

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http://www.spyculture.com/abcs-the-rookie-made-by-the-lapd/

ClandesTime 205 – Spy Games

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 05/24/2020 - 09:39

Spy Games is a recent reality TV game show where 10 dipshits compete for the approval of three ex-spooks who...

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http://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-205-spy-games/

Myths on Screen Episode 2

Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 05/20/2020 - 06:27

Part 2 of the excellent Myths on Screen: Hollywood at War series aired this week and is available to download...

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http://www.spyculture.com/myths-on-screen-episode-2/

Myths on Screen: Hollywood’s Role in War and Propaganda – Tom Secker on CBC

Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 05/12/2020 - 07:08

The first episode of the three-part radio documentary Myths on Screen: Hollywood’s Role in War and Propaganda has just come...

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http://www.spyculture.com/myths-on-screen-hollywoods-role-in-war-and-propaganda-tom-secker-on-cbc/

The Hollywood Arms Race: Why Ted Cruz’s Anti Film Censorship Legislation Totally Misses the Point

Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 05/04/2020 - 11:38

Ted Cruz has always been a rich dumbass but his latest legislative venture breaks his own record of cretinous behaviour. ...

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http://www.spyculture.com/the-hollywood-arms-race-why-ted-cruzs-anti-film-censorship-legislation-totally-misses-the-poin...

ClandesTime 204 – Why the Entertainment Liaison Offices Matter

Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 04/25/2020 - 08:16

Over more than a century the US government’s entertainment liaison offices have supported over 1000 movies, along with thousands of...

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http://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-204-why-the-entertainment-liaison-offices-matter/

Military Bronies’ ‘Opinions are Personal in Nature/Do Not Reflect Those of the USAF-DOD’

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 04/19/2020 - 05:10

From the WTF? files comes something I missed when it actually happened but was made aware of by the latest...

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http://www.spyculture.com/military-bronies-opinions-are-personal-in-nature-do-not-reflect-those-of-the-usaf-dod/

The US Air Force and the Great Entertainment Liaison Office Cover-Up

Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 04/18/2020 - 08:13

It is often hard for journalists to know whether they’re making an impact and whether their work has any purpose...

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http://www.spyculture.com/the-us-air-force-and-the-great-entertainment-liaison-office-cover-up/

ClandesTime 203 – Psychopaths and the Copycat Effect

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 04/12/2020 - 06:16

‘Movies don’t create psychos, movies make psychos more creative.’ That is a quote from the 1996 horror-comedy Scream, but it...

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http://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-203-psychopaths-and-the-copycat-effect/

Lockdown: The Dark Side of Social Distancing (FULL EPISODE)

Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 04/08/2020 - 14:13

After many of my patreon subscribers said I should make the full podcast available to everyone I decided to unlock...

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http://www.spyculture.com/lockdown-the-dark-side-of-social-distancing-full-episode/

Subscribercast #40 – Lockdown: The Dark Side of Social Distancing

Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 04/07/2020 - 16:24

In this subscriber-only podcast I explore the haphazard and irrational implementation of the COVID-19 social distancing lockdowns currently in place...

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http://www.spyculture.com/subscribercast-40-lockdown-the-dark-side-of-social-distancing/

The Pentagon Changed the Entire Premise of MegaForce to Shape Our View of the Future

Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 03/27/2020 - 17:46

MegaForce has to be one of the dumbest movies the Pentagon has ever supported but hidden until now is the...

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http://www.spyculture.com/the-pentagon-changed-the-entire-premise-of-megaforce-to-shape-our-view-of-the-future/

COVID-19, World War Z and Chinese Government Censorship of Movies

Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 03/27/2020 - 07:58

With each passing day of the COVID-19 fiasco it has become abundantly clear that no one has a clue what’s...

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http://www.spyculture.com/covid-19-world-war-z-and-chinese-government-censorship-of-movies/

How the Pentagon Rewrote Contact

Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 03/24/2020 - 06:35

The 1997 sci-fi epic Contact is a fine movie, an unusually profound and intelligent story about contact with alien life....

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http://www.spyculture.com/how-the-pentagon-rewrote-contact/

ClandesTime 202 – Messiah

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 03/22/2020 - 08:59

The recent Netflix series Messiah depicts what would happen if a Jesus-like figure suddenly appeared and started influencing geopolitics. In...

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http://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-202-messiah/

Secret CIA Reports on Torture and the CIA in Afghanistan by Producer of State of Affairs

Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 03/18/2020 - 06:04

Henry ‘Hank’ Crumpton is a former CIA operations man who has made numerous appearances on Charlie Rose, 60 Minutes and...

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http://www.spyculture.com/secret-cia-reports-on-torture-and-the-cia-in-afghanistan-by-producer-of-state-of-affairs/

Subscribercast #39 – Rorschach Politics: Coronavirus

Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 03/16/2020 - 16:58

So what the hell is going on? Are we all going to die in the great corona-zombie apocalypse of 2020...

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http://www.spyculture.com/subscribercast-39-rorschach-politics-coronavirus/

Is David Schwimmer’s ‘Intelligence’ Propaganda for GCHQ?

Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 03/11/2020 - 08:58

I tried something a bit different to my usual approach – a lighthearted, daft-minded video critique of the new Sky...

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http://www.spyculture.com/is-david-schwimmers-intelligence-propaganda-for-gchq/

ClandesTime Special – Kevin Gosztola on the Assange Extradition Case

Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 03/04/2020 - 12:05

In this episode I welcome Kevin Gosztola, a journalist, editor of Shadowproof and co-host of Unauthorized Disclosure. We talk about...

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http://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-special-kevin-gosztola-on-the-assange-extradition-case/

David Schwimmer Admits His New Show Intelligence is Propaganda for GCHQ

Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 03/03/2020 - 06:51

Former Friends star David Schwimmer has been giving a lot of interviews recently to promote his new Sky TV series...

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http://www.spyculture.com/david-schwimmer-admits-his-new-show-intelligence-is-propaganda-for-gchq/

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier – The Latest MCU Production Brought to You by the US Army

Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 03/03/2020 - 06:13

The forthcoming Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will feature Wyatt Russell as the character John Walker/U.S. Agent,...

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http://www.spyculture.com/the-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier-the-latest-mcu-production-brought-to-you-by-the-us-army/

‘Virtually Every Character in the Film is Either Corrupt, Corrupted or Witless’ – The US Army and Sgt. Bilko

Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 03/02/2020 - 07:54

One of the most harmless films to be rejected by the US military is 1996’s Sgt. Bilko, based on the...

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http://www.spyculture.com/virtually-every-character-in-the-film-is-either-corrupt-corrupted-or-witless-the-us-army-and-s...

Coronavirus, Contagion and the Security State

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 03/01/2020 - 14:16

The mass media feeding frenzy over the spread of coronavirus has sparked a range of predictable but weirdly connected consequences. ...

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http://www.spyculture.com/coronavirus-contagion-and-the-security-state/

ClandesTime 201 – Thirteen Days and the Cuban Missile Crisis

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 03/01/2020 - 05:15

In 1962 the US and the Soviet Union came to the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis...

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http://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-201-thirteen-days-and-the-cuban-missile-crisis/

Private Armies and Sex in the Ranks: Why the Pentagon Rejected Private Benjamin

Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 02/28/2020 - 07:14

The raunchy military girls comedy Private Benjamin wasn’t a good movie but it is widely and quite fondly remembered by...

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http://www.spyculture.com/private-armies-and-sex-in-the-ranks-why-the-pentagon-rejected-private-benjamin/

John Krasinski Plays the Innocent Act When it Comes to Making Political Propaganda (Again)

Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 02/22/2020 - 12:43

13 Hours and Jack Ryan star John Krasinski gave another interview recently where he claimed that appearing in cryptoconservative propaganda...

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http://www.spyculture.com/john-krasinski-plays-the-innocent-act-when-it-comes-to-making-political-propaganda-again/

JAG: The Movie That Was Never Made

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 02/20/2020 - 05:48

In 1988, several years prior to the highly successful JAG TV show, DOD representatives met with writers and producers to...

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http://www.spyculture.com/jag-the-movie-that-was-never-made/

Review: Eagle Kill

Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 02/19/2020 - 07:13

Oddfinger: Eagle Kill is – hands down – one of the weirdest quasi-biopics I have ever seen, combining surrealism, satire...

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http://www.spyculture.com/review-eagle-kill/

ClandesTime 200 – Extravaganza

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 02/16/2020 - 10:48

To mark the 200th episode of this podcast I decided to combine several ideas into an open buffet of information...

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http://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-200-extravaganza/

Inside The US Army’s Massive $2 Million Propaganda Campaign For ‘Independence Day’ Sequel

Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 02/11/2020 - 06:57

The Pentagon did not provide production support to the movie Independence Day because it portrayed the military as ineffective against...

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https://www.spyculture.com/inside-the-us-armys-massive-2-million-propaganda-campaign-for-independence-day-sequel/

Subscribercast #38 – The Negotiator and Israel’s Nuclear Smuggling Ring

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 02/09/2020 - 10:26

When you think of radical or counter-establishment films the 1998 thriller The Negotiator probably doesn’t come to mind, especially if...

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http://www.spyculture.com/subscribercast-38-the-negotiator-and-israels-nuclear-smuggling-ring/

US Air Force Drone Game – Spy Culture in MintPress News

Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 02/03/2020 - 08:09

Alan Macleod recently got in touch for an article on the US Air Force’s new drone murder video game –...

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https://www.spyculture.com/us-air-force-drone-game-spy-culture-in-mintpress-news/

‘Leave the Top Gun Quotes to Us’ – US Navy Not Happy the Air Force is Muscling in on Top Gun: Maverick

Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 01/15/2020 - 06:12

A recent social media post shows that when it comes to Top Gun: Maverick the US Navy are protective of...

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https://www.spyculture.com/leave-the-top-gun-quotes-to-us-us-navy-not-happy-the-air-force-is-muscling-in-on-top-gun-mave...

ClandesTime 199 – Neo Nazism and the Yugoslav Wars

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 01/12/2020 - 05:38

What’s the connection between the wars in Yugoslavia in the 1990s and the resurgent Neo-Nazi movements popping up in Western...

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https://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-199-neo-nazism-and-the-yugoslav-wars/

UK Foreign Office Spent Tens of Thousands of Pounds on ‘Handlers’ for Documentary Film Crew

Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 01/10/2020 - 05:48

In 2011 the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office granted unprecedented access to consulates in Spain for the TV documentary/reality series...

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https://www.spyculture.com/uk-foreign-office-spent-tens-of-thousands-of-pounds-on-handlers-for-documentary-film-crew/

Is The Crash the Worst Government-Supported Movie of All Time?

Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 01/08/2020 - 11:36

One of the nice things about searching through documents and databases of government-supported films is that I get to read...

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https://www.spyculture.com/is-the-crash-the-worst-government-supported-movie-of-all-time/

The Captain Marvel Effect: USAF Academy Sees Rise in Female Applicants

Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 01/07/2020 - 07:42

Upon its release Captain Marvel was hailed as a feminist movie, as ‘the film girls need’, as ‘solving Marvel&#8217

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https://www.spyculture.com/the-captain-marvel-effect-usaf-academy-sees-rise-in-female-applicants/

Why did the Pentagon Reject Rambo, But Were Willing to Work on Commando?

Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 01/06/2020 - 06:21

Rambo: First Blood and Commando are almost twin movies, both centring on a highly skilled military veteran on some sort...

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https://www.spyculture.com/why-did-the-pentagon-reject-rambo-but-were-willing-to-work-on-commando/

Jack Ryan vs Venezuela – Tom Secker on Fortress on a Hill

Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 01/03/2020 - 13:20

I joined Henri, Keagan and Danny for a broad discussion of Amazon’s Jack Ryan and the CIA’s true history in...

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https://www.spyculture.com/jack-ryan-vs-venezuela-tom-secker-on-fortress-on-a-hill/

Spy Culture Accused of Being Pro-Russian Propaganda (Spoiler: It Isn’t)

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 01/02/2020 - 10:18

A recent article on Insider accused my work of being ‘the worst example’ of pro-Russian propaganda based on the leaked...

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https://www.spyculture.com/spy-culture-accused-of-being-pro-russian-propaganda-spoiler-it-isnt/

General Says Real Spy World ‘Not Like James Bond’ as UK Court Rules It’s Exactly Like James Bond

Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 12/23/2019 - 06:23

The never-ending doublespeak over whether MI5 and MI6 officers emulate James Bond took a new twist recently, with an Army...

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https://www.spyculture.com/general-says-real-spy-world-not-like-james-bond-as-uk-court-rules-its-exactly-like-james-bond...

Ex-CIA Rep. Elissa Slotkin Praises CIA’s Entertainment Liaison Office

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 12/22/2019 - 13:08

It isn’t often that the CIA’s entertainment liaison office makes the news but former CIA officer turned Democrat Representative Elissa...

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https://www.spyculture.com/ex-cia-rep-elissa-slotkin-praises-cias-entertainment-liaison-office/

Subscriber Podcast #37 – The CIA, Torture and Hollywood

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 12/22/2019 - 05:54

Perhaps the most insidious rewriting of recent history by Hollywood is Zero Dark Thirty‘s narrative that torture helped find Bin...

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https://www.spyculture.com/subscriber-podcast-37-the-cia-torture-and-hollywood/

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