J.G.

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael

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A podcast where politics, history, and culture are examined from perspectives you may not have considered before. Call it a parallax view.

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Maduro's Abduction, Trump's Venezuela Policy, & the Cuban-American Lobby Connection w/ Kyle Anzalone 06.01.2026 1:04:21

👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this edition of Parallax Views, we continue covering the explosive developments of last week with the abduction of Nicolas Maduro...

Trump, Venezuela, the Media, and the Abduction of Maduro w/ Nolan Higdon 06.01.2026 33:59

👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this edition of Parallax Views, critical media literacy scholar Nolan Higdon of The Gaslight Gazette joins the show to unpack what...

BEST OF: Epstein, Les Wexner, Iran/Contra, and the Iraq War w/ Bob Fitrakis 22.12.2025 1:05:03

👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ Replay for the holiday season (and because yours truly is having issues with his equipment): a timely episode from 2020 on Epstein wi...

Netflix/Warner Bros., Monopoly Capitalism, & Theaters as a Bulwark Against Atomization w/ Corey Atad 16.12.2025 1:58:46

👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this edition of Parallax Views, J.G. Michael is joined by freelance film journalist Corey Atad, who has written for such publicati...

Project Censored's State of the Free Press 2026 w/ Mickey Huff 12.12.2025 36:30

👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this edition of Parallax Views, J.G. Michael is joined by Mickey Huff, director of Project Censored, to discuss Project Censored’s...

The AI Hivemind Threat aka The Loop: How AI Is Creating a World Without Choices w/ Jacob Ward 06.12.2025 1:00:17

👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this episode of Parallax Views, J.G. Michael speaks with acclaimed journalist and author Jacob Ward, former NBC News technology co...

Bonfire: American Sociocide, Broken Relations, & the Quest for Democracy w/ Charles Derber 27.11.2025 1:20:51

👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this episode of Parallax Views, J. G. Michael speaks with sociologist and public intellectual Charles Derber about his urgent new...

The History of Dick Cheney and the Neocons & How They Paved the Road for Trump w/ Jim Lobe 22.11.2025 1:55:14

👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this edition of Parallax Views, J.G. Michael speaks with Jim Lobe, one of the foremost critical chroniclers of neoconservatism as...

The Most American King: King Abdullah of Jordan w/ Aaron Magid 22.11.2025 1:13:02

👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this edition of Parallax Views, J.G. Michael speaks with journalist and author Aaron Magid about his major new biography The Most Am...

The Case Against a U.S. Regime Change Operation in Venezuela w/ Justin Logan 20.11.2025 52:05

👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this edition of Parallax Views, J.G. Michael is joined by Justin Logan, Director of Defense and Foreign Policy Studies at the Cato I...

Al-Sharaa in Washington, MBS's Saudi Arabia, Gaza Ceasefire, & MAGA Split on Israel w/ James Dorsey 12.11.2025 1:12:34

👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this edition of Parallax Views, independent journalist James Dorsey of The Turbulent World with James Dorsey returns for our regular...

Terms of Servitude: Silicon Valley and Censorship of Pro-Palestinian Voices w/ Omar Zahzah 05.11.2025 58:57

👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this edition of Parallax Views, writer, scholar, and activist Omar Zahzah, author of Terms of Servitude: Zionism, Silicon Valley, an...

Dissecting Cannibal Holocaust w/ Nathan Wardinski 28.10.2025 2:06:48

👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this edition of Parallax Views, film writer and critic Nathan Wardinski, author of Dissecting Cannibal Holocaust, joins me for a spo...

The Warrens, The Conjuring, & Satanic Panic: Paranormal Exploitation w/ Benjamin Radford 27.10.2025 1:17:44

👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this edition of the Parallax Views spooky season series, we dive into the world of Ed and Lorraine Warren, the infamous paranormal i...

Fear Before the Fall: Horror Films in the Late Soviet Union w/ Alexander Herbert 27.10.2025 1:24:51

👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ This spooky season on Parallax Views, we venture behind the Iron Curtain with historian Alexander Herbert, author of Fear Before the Fa...

Fly By Night: The Secret Story of Spielberg, Warner Bros, & the Twilight Zone Deaths w/ Steve Chain 26.10.2025 1:16:42

👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this edition of Parallax Views, we continue our annual Spooky Season series with a chilling deep dive into one of Hollywood’s most i...

From Ed Gein to Ted Bundy: Writing the Horrors of True Crime for Film w/ Stephen Johnston 24.10.2025 1:58:40

👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this edition of Parallax Views, we continue our Halloween “spooky season” series with an episode exploring how true crime stories—pa...

Tales from the Art Department: Working on Horror Movie Sets w/ Jason Nunes 22.10.2025 2:08:31

👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ The Parallax Views spooky season series continues with a brand-new Halloween treat! Host J.G. Michael unearths a never-before-released...

Gardening Can Be Murder: Poisonous Plants and Grim Gardens in Mystery Fiction w/ Marta McDowell 22.10.2025 57:26

👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this edition of Parallax Views, we continue our annual Halloween “spooky season” episodes with Marta McDowell, author of Gardening C...

Inside DSA’s Ground Game Behind Zohran Mamdani’s Primary Victory w/ Hadas Thier 17.10.2025 49:19

👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this edition of Parallax Views, host J.G. Michael speaks with journalist and activist Hadas Thier, author of A People’s Guide to Cap...

Are the Gaza "Peace Talks" a Facade? w/ Annelle Sheline 08.10.2025 45:26

👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this edition of Parallax Views, the Quincy Institute's Middle East program research fellow Dr. Annelle Sheline, known for resigning...

Will the Bombing of Gaza End? & Israel's Foreclosed Future w/ Ori Goldberg 08.10.2025 1:30:05

👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this edition of Parallax Views, Israeli dissident commentator Ori Goldberg returns to discuss the current situation in Israel, Gaza,...

Extreme Horror Movies & Running a Boutique Blu Ray Label w/ Unearthed Films' Stephen Biro 05.10.2025 2:06:54

👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this edition of Parallax Views, we continue our annual Halloween "spooky season" series with a previously unreleased, wide-ranging c...

Dragged into the Light: Truthers, Reptilians, Super Soldiers, & Death Inside an Online Cult w/ Tony Russo 30.09.2025 1:58:13

👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this edition of Parallax Views, we begin our annual "Spooky Season" Halloween countdown with a chilling true crime story that shows...

Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History w/ Vali Nasr 27.09.2025 1:08:15

👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ In this episode of Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael, I speak with renowned foreign policy expert Vali Nasr about his book Iran’s Grand St...