Blackballed With James Di Fiore

Nobody tweets like Eric Alper. Many of his followers begin and end the day on one of his positive or nostalgia-generating musings. He joins James to talk about music's cultural imprint, the difference in how we consume music from one era to the next, and how our tendency to establish an emotional connection to music remains intact. Eric's ability to paint a compelling picture to demonstrate an aff...

Richard Marsh is the ex member of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church who was hunted down by the cult after blowing the whistle on an alleged NHS scam in the UK involving a PBCC company. David Wallace is the guy the cult hired to hunt him down. Gerald Chipeur is the former lawyer for Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the former General Counsel for the Conservative Party of Canada, and the PBCC att...

Maxime Bernier is the leader of the People's Party of Canada and the most controversial politician in the country. Since the pandemic Maxime has been traveling coast to coast delivering a message of liberty to supporters in response to the Trudeau Government's mandates/regulations. Will the backlash against Trudeau be enough to earn the PPC seats by the time the next election arrives? Learn more a...

Stephen Maher is an award-winning journalist and author. He is also a contributing editor at Macleans Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lane Admiraal is a former member of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. He was excommunicated from the cult in 2008 and has alleged horrible abuse from its members, as well as a serious accusation of an illegal, anti-gay petition sent to MPs in Canada when gay marriage was being decided.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacky Hart is an ex member of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, not to mention played a role in trying to get the charitable status removed from the PBCC in the UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cheryl Hope rejoins James to discuss the ongoing police investigation into the man she accused of assaulting her when she was a child, and how her interview unleashed a tidal wave of various accusers claiming they were also abused by members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the past two months, Blackballed has been the only networking to extensively cover the culture and abuse of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. This episode will get listeners up to date on how a couple of interviews exploded into a trend among the cult's ex members. Now that it is widely known within the PBCC, James talks about the next steps in making the PBCC a household name for being...

Michael Bachelard is a deputy editor for Australia's The Age, and also the author of the compelling 2008 book Behind The Exclusive Brethren. SHOW LESS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Corinna Cohn is a trans activist whose views set her apart from the status quo. In this episode we try to navigate the waters of gender activism, and the tropes that come with it, in order to find both common ground and a way forward that is inclusive for everyone, including the diversity of opinion within the trans communities. SHOW LESS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi...

Spencer Rice had one of the greatest Canadian shows of all time - Kenny VS Spenny. Today he still tours with Kenny, has a music career as a solo artist, and has a lot to say about life, the digital age, and internet trolls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Spencer is an expert on urban warfare, He is also the author of the critically acclaimed book Connecting Soldiers: Life, Leadership and Social Connections in Modern War. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael de Adder talks about being a political junkie, an artist, and why he doesn't watch The Simpsons anymore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Troy is an investigative journalist who has painstakingly detailed the history and present day alliance between religious extremists and corporate fascists in the USA and Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Friend of the show Richard Marsh joins us with his uncle, Richard Marsh. Both are ex members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Cult. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ron Fawkes was once the leader of the Australian Plymouth Brethren Christian Cult. He is now one of their fiercest critics, and has a message for members currently trapped inside the PBCC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Podcast host and tv/radio veteran Ryan Jespersen joins James to discuss religion, politics, and the emergence of magic mushrooms as a therapeutic drug. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ashley Lindley joins James to open up about being the estranged daughter of a man convicted of murder; how it has shaped her as an adult, if there are long-lasting impacts, and if she will ever forgive him for what he did. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carmen Drever is the granddaughter of former Plymouth Brethren Christian Church leader James Symington, and she is speaking out against the cult she had been a part of since birth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carmen Drever was like royalty in the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. Her grandfather was James Symington, a former Universal Leader of the cult. Carmen talks to us about what it was like inside the cult, how she left, and why she is worried about the young people still inside. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lawyer Caryma S'ad has the unique ability of making ideologues angry, sometimes without doing or saying anything at all. Rebel News used Caryma as a political prop in their hit piece against the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, an organization with skeletons and a penchant for being as extreme as the groups they target. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Cundill is largely considered one of the most innovative minds in the podcast industry. Matt helps us understand how both industries co-exist, and his excitement for being a part of a podcast renaissance, where creators are making decision independent of big outlets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Criminal defense lawyer Rob Kivlichan joins host James Di Fiore in the inaugural episode of Heinous Cases as they go over the Karla Homolka plea deal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ex members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church live very difficult lives. They live between wanting to see their families, and not wanting them to feel the blowback of having a relative excommunicated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dean Blundell joins James to discuss the uniqueness of the podcasting format, how he still hates anything to do with politics, and how religion is weaponized via politics and public relations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices