Part Two of my chart with Elizabeth Nickson. Elizabeth Nickson was trained as a reporter at the London bureau of Time Magazine. She became European Bureau Chief of LIFE magazine in its last years of monthly publication, and during that time, acquired the rights to Nelson Mandela’s memoir before he was released from the Robben Island prison. She went on to write for Harper’s Magazine, the Guardian, the Observer, the Independent, the Sunday Telegraph, the Sunday Times Magazine, the Telegraph, the Globe and Mail and the National Post. Her first book The Monkey Puzzle Tree was an investigation of the CIA MKULTRA mind control program. Her next book, Eco-Fascists; How Radical Environmentalists Are Destroying Our Natural Heritage, was a look at how environmentalism, badly practiced, is destroying the rural economy and rural culture in the U.S. and all over
Elizabeth Nickson was trained as a reporter at the London bureau of Time Magazine. She became European Bureau Chief of LIFE magazine in its last years of monthly publication, and during that time, acquired the rights to Nelson Mandela’s memoir before he was released from the Robben Island prison. She went on to write for Harper’s Magazine, the Guardian, the Observer, the Independent, the Sunday Telegraph, the Sunday Times Magazine, the Telegraph, the Globe and Mail and the National Post. Her first book The Monkey Puzzle Tree was an investigation of the CIA MKULTRA mind control program. Her next book, Eco-Fascists; How Radical Environmentalists Are Destroying Our Natural Heritage, was a look at how environmentalism, badly practiced, is destroying the rural economy and rural culture in the U.S. and all over the world. She is a Senior Fellow at the Frontier Center for Public Policy, fcpp.org. Her excellent blog is Welcome to Absurdistan at Substack.
Mike McCormick was a White House staff stenographer for fifteen years in the George W. Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations. He spent many years assigned to Veep Joe Biden and went on many overseas trips with him. His task was to record conversations between Joe Biden and members of the press to ensure accurate reporting, but he was also present at meetings with global leaders. He’s the author of Joe Biden Unauthorized, The Case to Impeach and Imprison Joe Biden, and Fifteen Years A Deplorable: A White House Memoir. He blogs at: Midnight in the Laptop of Good and Evil on Substack. The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unger
Christopher Bystroff is a professor of Biology and Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy NY. He runs a laboratory that studies protein structure and design, working towards targetable fluorescent biosensors and a contraceptive vaccine. Chris teaches courses in protein structure, computational modeling of proteins, computational modeling of human population, bioinformatics and genetic engineering. In 2021 he published a paper predicting the near-term downturn of the global human population. Chris has a B.A. from Carleton College and a PhD from University of California San Diego, both degrees in chemistry. He lives in Troy, New York, with his wife Maria. They have two adult children. The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unger Side-note: my website is still off-line and we are going to rebuild it here on Substack. The blogs and podcasts will continue here, and readers can always reach at: jhkunstler@mac.com
Donald Jeffries is the author of many books investigating the strange anomalies of recent American history. The titles include his latest, American Memory Hole, Survival of the Richest, and Crimes and Cover-Ups in American Politics. He has a particular interest in the assassination of president John F. Kennedy. His “I Protest” blog and podcast can be found at donaldjeffries.substack.com. The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unger
Mel K is a conservative journalist, filmmaker, and podcaster known for her well-researched, thought-provoking work. With a background in journalism and film from NYU, she has spent over two decades in Hollywood crafting meticulously researched historical dramas for film and television. She launched the Mel K show in 2020, which has become a platform for intellectually rigorous discussions and analysis of pressing issues. Central to Mel K’s work is a commitment to intellectual honesty, personal empowerment, and the principles of a free and transparent society. She’s the author of the forthcoming book: Americans Anonymous: Restoring Power to the People One Citizen at a Time. Her podcast can be found at: the Mel K Show on Rumble. The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unger
David McAlvany is CEO Of McAlvany Financial Services, which includes wealth management and precious metals advisors for retail investors. David’s own excellent podcast, the McAlvany Weekly Commentary comes out Tuesdays and is available at Apple Podcasts. Full disclosure, David’s company is a sponsor of this podcast. And fuller disclosure, I invited him on because he offers some of the clearest views of financial doings to be found on the Internet. His company website is https://mcalvany.com. The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unger
"Eugyppius” is a former academic who blogs about the pandemic aftermath and the pathological politics of modern Germany. He spent much of his life abroad and over a decade in American universities as a grad student and a teacher. He writes in English on Substack. He is very careful about revealing more of his identity given the extreme censorship and cancellation action in his country these days. You can find him at Eugyppius.com. The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unger
Dmitry Orlov is a Russian-American engineer and author of many books on culture and politics. He emigrated to the US with his parents at age 12 and as a young adult sojourned in Russia, where he witnessed the aftermath of the Soviet collapse. He spent many more years back in the USA living on a sailboat in Boston Harbor and later in South Carolina. His books include Reinventing Collapse, which compares the Soviet fall with the prospective crackup of the USA, followed byThe Five Stages of Collapse, and many books of essays. Dmitry moved back to his native Russia in 2016, citing a desire to return to his roots and to live in a country he felt was more stable and aligned with his values. He blogs at Club Orlov. The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unger
Helena Norberg-Hodge, linguist, author, filmmaker and pioneer of the new economy movement, is the founder and director of Local Futures, and the convenor of World Localization Day and the Planet Local Summit. She is author of the inspirational classic Ancient Futures, and Local is Our Future and producer of the award-winning documentary The Economics of Happiness, of Planet Local and Closer to Home. She is the founder of the International Alliance for Localisation, and a cofounder of the International Forum on Globalization and the Global Ecovillage Network. She lives in England and in Australia The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unger
Dr. Sid Rohrscheib is a general surgeon in central Illinois. His career spans the period from the 1990s and he has witnessed thje changes wrought by the financialization of medicine. We have corresponded for a while about the problems in health care and he kindly consented to come on the podcast. The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unger
Steve Murray is Chief Information Security Officer of a large medical company. He was a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army commanding a Cyber Defense Battalion, providing offensive and defensive cyber operations for the United States Pacific Command and US Army Pacific Forces, the National Security Agency, and other military offices. He was deployed to Iraq in Operation Enduring Freedom, where he was awarded the Bronze Star. Currently LTC Murray publishes a Situation Report three times a week to address the information war being waged across the planet. You can find him on: Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/LTCStevenMurray Telegram: https://t.me/LTC_Steven_Murray Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3aa72bxUiyXgt9OSNJBnlk?si=c0b3ebabbc7a4977 Apple Podcasts: LTC Steven Murray Amazon Music: LTC Steven Murray
Meryl Nass is an internal medicine physician and was the first person in the world to prove that an epidemic (anthrax in Rhodesia) was due to biological warfare, in 1992. She has given 6 Congressional testimonies regarding anthrax, biological warfare, Gulf War syndrome and vaccine safety, and has consulted for the Cuban Ministry of Health, the World Bank and the Director of National Intelligence. Since the COVID pandemic began, she has written detailed articles regarding the suppression of hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin for treatment of Covid, the coverup of COVID's lab origin, and how the WHO's proposed pandemic treaty and amendments will lead to more pandemics. She is an advisor to Children's Health Defense. Her medical license was suspended in January 2022 for providing early COVID treatment and spreading alleged vaccine misinformation. She has been writing and speaking on all things COVID, and is now focused on the BioSecurity Agenda of the W.H.O. and its goal to wrest sovereignty from individual nations under the guise of pandemic preparedness.
Jeff Rubin is a Canadian economist, an expert on trade and energy, and author of the newly released book, A Map of the New Normal. His previous best-selling books are: Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller, The End of Growth, The Carbon Bubble, and The Expendables. His website is jeffrubinssmallerworld.com. On “X” he is @JeffRubin
Mike ter Maat is a candidate for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination. In 2021-22, he campaigned as the Libertarian candidate in the January special Congressional election in Florida’s District 20. Mike served as a police officer in Broward County from 2010 through 2021. Mike had a prior career in finance and economics including work with commercial banks, the White House Office of Management and Budget and international & federal agencies. He has a degree in Aeronautical Engineering and an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and MS and PhD degrees in Economics from The George Washington University. He has one wife, two kids and two stepdaughters, two dogs and one truck. He can be found on social media at: Twitter: @terMaatMike https://twitter.com/terMaatMike Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mike.termaat.7311/ Instagram: @mike.termaat https://instagram.com/mike.termaat YouTube: https://youtube.com/@miketermaat53 Websites: www.MiketerMaat.com and www.GoldNewDeal.org The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unger
Catherine Austin Fitts is the president of Solari, Inc., publisher of the Solari Report. Catherine served as managing director of the Wall Street investment bank Dillon, Read & Co. Inc.; as Assistant Secretary of Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner at the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the first Bush Administration; and was the president of Hamilton Securities Group. She blogs for the Solari Report at solari.com.
Geert Vanden Bossche is a globally renowned virologist working in Belgium. He predicts a “hyper-acute crisis” of Covid-19 illness among highly-vaccinated populations emerging shortly across the world. He argues that scientists and politicians have turned a natural viral pandemic into a crisis of disastrous immune escape. The author's arguments are compelling and indicate that Nature will correct this mistake, but at a substantial cost to human lives in highly-vaccinated countries. He is the author of The inescapable Immune Escape Pandemic. Dr. Vanden Bossche’s papers and talks can be found at the Website Voice for Science and Solidarity dot org. The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unger
Matt Bracken graduated from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training class 105 in Coronado California. He served on east coast UDT and SEAL teams, taking a Naval Special Warfare detachment to Beirut in 1983. Mr. Bracken left active duty after Lebanon, upon completion of his obligated military service, but he remained in an active reserve status through the remainder of the 1980s. Since then he has lived in Florida, Virginia, South Carolina, Guam and California. Matt is a self-described freedomista who loves ocean sailing for the pure freedom it permits. He is a constitutionalist who believes in the original intent of the founding fathers of our country. He lives with his family in North Florida and longs for the wide blue ocean. The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unger
Jason Horsley produces the Children of Job Blog and Podcast. He is the author most recently of Big Mother: the Technological Body of Evil, and many other books. He was born in Britain and has lived in Morocco, British Columbia, and now Spain. Jasun’s work is an excursion into the uncanny valley of philosophy where good and evil battle on a landscape of linguistics, technology, demonology, crime, transgenderism, liquid modernity, identity politics, the surveillance state, virtual reality, transhumanism, Satanism, medical totalitarianism, and a new world religion of scientism. The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unger
With 45 years in petroleum geology, Art Berman describes himself as an energy realist who integrates energy, the economy, the environment, and human behavior into his view of the industry and society. He routinely gives keynote addresses for energy conferences, boards of directors and professional societies. Berman has published more than 100 articles on energy and the effect on earth systems including climate. He has more than 40,000 followers on Twitter (@aeberman12) and dozens of free posts on his website artberman.com. This chat was more contentious than I figured on going into it, but that’s okay. I don’t like to filibuster my podcast guests. Let’s just say there were a few times when we disagreed about some things. Listeners can take what they will from that. The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unge
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I once saw Jim speak while he was on a book tour. He seemed like a reasonable guy. But as an old man, he’s turned into a conspiracy theory crank. His guests tend to be worse, however, such as in Episode 358: Larry Johnson, a bonafide Putin propagandist. It almost seems like Jim couldn’t get Micheal Flynn to come on the pod but still needed to fill his craving for conspiracy theories. It’s doubtful Jim knows anyone in Ukraine (he probably would have said something if he did). I know people in Ukraine — although since the invasion, many of them are refugees and some are missing — and I can tell you with certainty that Johnson sprinkles some truths in with his lies. Since the average person can’t tell which parts of his narrative are lies (much of it), Johnson here is essentially a useless source of information. You’re better off reading a book. You can find some decent open-access books to download at places like the E-International Relations website. If you simply want to hear Russian p
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Episode 350 is utter garbage. Casey and Kunstler — obviously knowing next to nothing about medicine or the health sciences in general — come across as two senile and antiquated conspiracy theorists who feed off the lowest common denominator propaganda they read in their daily mis/disinformation feeds. Honestly you could "learn" as much by listening to any QAnon-type podcast as you would from listening to this episode. It’s fine to be ignorant of science, but if you broadcast baseless, uninformed opinions about it you can expect to be treated like a fool. Perhaps they are open to the truth, but these two men seem so absorbed by contrarianism that they are rapidly losing touch with reality. As Mr Casey is an Aynhead (it’s easy to become an “anarcho-capitalist” when you’re the son of a multimillionaire real estate developer), we are reminded in this episode that he is devoid of a moral compass. I usually buy books instead of stealing them, but I downloaded a couple of Casey’s books for fr
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Episode 343 was informative and worth listening to despite the age-old “what’s wrong with kids today” trope you’ll hear. I’m pleased with the ability of Jim to find guests who provide opinions or facts not found in most podcasts. Not sure what happened to Jim though, he doesn’t seem to be getting wiser with age. I can’t imagine Jim watching the Fox News Channel every night, but he certainly has internalized most of their talking points somehow.
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What a load of bigotry. I had only listened to a few of Kunstler’s first podcasts, due to my background in architecture, and hadn’t realized how much of a bigot this man was until now. Listen to this episode first to get a true sense of his abhorrently paranoid way of seeing the world. Ever wonder how in the hell people start to spew misinformation and believe in conspiracy theories? It starts with people listening to this crap. Kunstler is pushing the same messages as the far-right, under the guise of an author and an intellectual. It’s also sad to see that the guest on this episode teaches at a university and is just as bigoted as his host (this tends to be the case with parasites).
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Ep.312 Q: what's worse than a "SJW"? A: a conservative wanker like John Michael Greer who acts smug and superior to SJWs.