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On COI #860, Kyle Anzalone breaks down the news from the past week.

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Liberalism is an ultra-feminized condescending mindset, only suitable for women and cucks.



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Scott interviews economist Bob Murphy about how the Federal Reserve enables the government to pursue its wars of choice. They also talk about the soundness of Modern Monetary Theory, the prospect of a war with Venezuela, the affordability crisis and more.

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A near miss by millimeters, a sniper who waited, and a teenager’s digital footprint that should have set off alarms—our conversation with investigative reporter Ken Silva digs into the attempted assassinations against Donald Trump, the shooting of Charlie Kirk, and the enduring mystery of the January 6 pipe bombs. We trace what the investigations missed, where the public record contradicts official lines, and how secrecy fuels the very conspiracies authorities claim to fight.

We start with Butler: the rooftop angle outside a tight 150‑yard perimeter, the lack of snipers on a usable roof, and a timeli...

What happens when conscience collides with command? We dig into the duty to refuse illegal orders, why “just following orders” isn’t a shield under U.S. military law, and how real-world pressures push service members toward compliance even when red flags are waving. Drawing on the Nuremberg legacy and the Uniform Code of Military Justice, we lay out the reasonable person standard, the gray zones operators face, and the information gaps created by tempo, classification, and deference to the chain of command.

The debate isn’t abstract. We tackle drone strikes and maritime interdictions that occ...

(This is a Christmas-season reissue of a vintage DHP episode made all the way back in 2015.)

In the cold, damp, muddy ditches of the Western Front in December, 1914, the rank-and-file of the Allied and German armies spontaneously set aside their hatreds to take a break from mass-murdering each other, much to the dismay of their so-called ‘leaders.’

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Mark Thornton of the Mises Institute joins the show to talk about the state of the economy, the boom bust cycle and why anybody—left, right, and center—who cares about the wellbeing of the working class needs to oppose the existence of the Federal Reserve.

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Mark Thornton is a senior fellow at the Mises Institute. His most recent book is The Skyscraper Curse: And How Austrian Economists Predicted Every Major Economic Crisis of the Last C...

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On COI #859, Kyle Anzalone breaks down the latest news on US foreign policy.



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Scott interviews Brandt Burleson about how he stumbled into his former job at an Israeli consulate, what they had him doing, why they were interested in him and what he thinks of all that now.

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Brandt Burleson holds a MA in International Affairs from American University. He w...



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Scott interviews William Van Wagenen about some of the horrific crimes taking place in Syria now that Bin Ladenite Islamists have taken over the country. They explore some of these stories and discuss the level of attention these are getting in the Western press and the broader geopolitical context behind this consequential regime change.

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A kitchen joke about tomato sauce quickly gives way to the hard edge of politics as we unpack a growing fracture on the right. Trump’s volleys at Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie aren’t just personality drama; they point to a deeper shift toward a larger security‑state posture and a party that now tolerates the same speech controls it once condemned. We break down NSM‑7 and what “disrupt” really signals when it’s assigned to the FBI, CIA, DHS, and even the IRS: pre‑crime logic entering mainstream governance.

The tension doesn’t end there. Israe...

On COI #858, Kyle Anzalone breaks down the latest news on Ukraine, Gaza, and Venezuela.

I offer my scorched earth solutions to fighting Antifa and communism in the US..

America is in a Civil War with a major political party and its blacked-shirted paramilitary arm going from cold to hot war.

Prepare accordingly.

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I did a primer on cell organization in Ep 051 “Cellular Ecology: Guerrilla Organizations and Grunt Math”.

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Scott interviews Sangar Paykhar, host of The Afghan Eye Podcast, about where things stand in the country today. They touch on the formation and eventual triumph of the Taliban, their escalating tensions with Pakistan, the status of ISIS-K and more.

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Sangar Paykhar is the host of AFGHANEYE. Subscribe to the show on YouTube and follow him on X @paykhar

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Scott interviews Brad Pearce about the actual reasons the Trump administration is moving towards an utterly stupid war with Venezuela. Then, Pearce explains what’s really going on in Sudan.

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Brad Pearce is a writer focused on international relations and politics. He writes at The Wayward Rabbler. Follow him on Twitter @WaywardRabbler

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Scott brings Dave DeCamp back on the show to talk about the legality of the Venezuelan boat strikes, America’s aggressive air campaign in Somalia and Trump buddying up with the Al Qaeda faction that now runs Syria.

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Dave DeCamp is the news editor of Antiwar.com and the host of Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp. Follow him on Twitter @decampdave

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On COI #857, Kyle Anzalone discusses the wars in Ukraine and Israel.

Reading We, a Russian dystopian novel.

On COI #856, Kyle Anzalone breaks down the latest news on US foreign policy.

I further examine the educational feeder mechanism for communist and terrorist insurgency that is Antifa and its affiliated organizations both governmental and non-government. In this third episode, I examine the pedagogical origins of government supremacist ideology in American schools.

America is in a Civil War with a major political party and its blacked-shirted paramilitary arm going from cold to hot war.

Prepare accordingly.

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Part Two at Episode 073

Part One at Episode 072.

I did a primer on cell organization in Ep 051 “Cellular Ec...

A ceasefire that looks good on paper means little when people are living under lockdowns and raids. We open with the West Bank, where daily operations near schools and reports of soldiers quartering in homes reshape civilian life and hollow out the promise of “stability.” The Gaza story is no better: UNICEF’s plan to vaccinate young children falters when syringes and solar refrigeration get blocked, turning a humanitarian fix into a diplomatic fault line. Pair that with silence from Washington on creeping annexation and you can see why trust is evaporating across the region.

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On COI #855, Kyle Anzalone discusses the wars in Ukraine, Israel, and Latin America.



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Scott brings Matthew Hoh back on the show to talk about the rumored deal Trump made with the Russians to end the war in Ukraine, the legacy of Dick Cheney, the ramifications of what Israel accomplished and has failed to accomplish in Gaza and more.

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Matthew Hoh is associate director at the Eisenhower Media Network and formerly worked for the U.S. State Department. Hoh received the Ridenhour Prize Recipien...



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Scott interviews novelist Barry Eisler about his background at the CIA, how he woke up to the realities of the American empire, the insanity of Washington even considering a war with Venezuela, how he writes his novels and more.

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Barry Eisler is a novelist and Substack writer. He formerly worked for the CIA but grew disillusioned and left to work as a lawyer and write thriller novels. Check out hi...

I discuss how sending children to public school is abdication of responsibility and read the seven purposes of school from Dumbing us Down.

“First, we should recognize that institutions such as states show a natural aggressiveness. The explanation is very simple. If you have to fund your own aggressive ventures yourself, out of your own pocket, that will somewhat curtail your natural inclination to fight other people, because you have to pay for it yourself. On the other hand, if you imagine that if I want to fight some of you guys and I can tax him or him or him and ask them to support me in my fighting endeavors, then whatever my initial aggressive impulses might be, are ce...

What happens when slogans hit hard limits—terrain, production lines, and the law? We sit down with Larry Johnson, former CIA officer and counterterror veteran, to strip the varnish off three volatile fronts: Venezuela, Ukraine, and U.S. dealings with extremist proxies. The result is a bracing tour through ground truth that media sound bites rarely touch.

We start where few policymakers do: maps and math. Johnson explains why a push on Caracas would be a nightmare—triple‑canopy jungle, high mountains, and urban choke points packed with ambush sites. Helicopter assaults would meet thousands of should...

On COI #854, Kyle Anzalone breaks down the latest news from Latin America, Ukraine, and the Middle East.

Reading Common Sense and looking at modern parallels.

On COI #853, Kyle Anzalone discusses Ukraine, Venezuela, and Israel.

The ground is moving under American politics, and the fault line runs straight through U.S. foreign policy. We unpack how the Israel–Gaza war turned into a domestic litmus test that hardens the left and the right while squeezing the center into brittle talking points. From Ben Shapiro’s attempt to fuse Tucker Carlson with conspiracism to Lindsey Graham’s faith-based pledges, we trace how gatekeeping and moral panic push audiences toward fringe figures rather than away from them.

We dive into a revealing Turning Point exchange where a young voter cites the USS Libert...

Happy Armistice Day!

In this episode, CJ covers the first 13 songs on his list of 25 More Favorite Antiwar Songs. (The remaining dozen will be covered in a supporters-only bonus episode exclusively for those excellent individuals who support CJ’s work on Patreon at the Journeyman Scholar Warrior Level & Higher.)

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Threats are easy. Supply chains, deterrence math, and real endgames are not. We dive into the rising talk of U.S. strikes on Venezuela and why public saber-rattling can lock leaders into dangerous escalations they can’t control. From leaked authorizations to carrier movements in the Caribbean, we lay out the likely playbook, the unintended consequences for regional stability, and how regime-change logic keeps generating the very problems it claims to solve.

We then pivot to Ukraine to unpack a quieter crisis: dwindling Western stockpiles. It’s not just bombs; it’s interceptors, artillery shells, and th...

I examine the feeder mechanism for communist and terrorist insurgency that is Antifa and its affiliated organizations both governmental and non-government. In this third episode, we examine the epistemology that created a rump state of communist resistance in America. now.

America is in a Civil War with a major political party and its blacked-shirted paramilitary arm going from cold to hot war.

Prepare accordingly.

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Part One at Episode 72.

I did a primer on cell organization in Ep 051 “Cellular Ecology: Guerrilla Organizations and Grunt Ma...

Power doesn’t just show up in elections; it builds laboratories. We dive into how New York City became a proving ground for a fusion of finance, philanthropy, and policing that later spread across the country—then map how that same logic now shapes narratives around Israel, Gaza, and the American right. Our guest, investigative journalist Matt Wolfson, brings rare insider perspective on Zionist networks in media and politics, the rise of pro-finance governance dressed up as centrism, and the backlash that produced figures like Zohran Mamdani. From the Democratic Leadership Council era to Bloomberg’s rezoning, we connect the do...

The Ron Paul Institute’s Daniel McAdams breaks down President Donald Trump’s attempt to implement a ceasefire in Gaza while maintaining his relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

On COI #852, Kyle Anzalone breaks down the latest news from Ukraine, Venezuela and the Middle East.

Way back in the long-ago before-times (2016), CJ put out an episode in which he listed & talked about 25 of his favorite antiwar songs. A lot of listeners at the time really liked it. CJ has been a musician even longer than he’s been a historian, so any chance he gets to combine his love of music & history is one he’s happy to take.

For this (2025) Armistice Day, he’s FINALLY going to be putting out a sequel – “25 More of CJ’s Favorite Antiwar Songs” – which will be exactly what it sounds like.

But before he puts that new...