Paranoid American

A deep discussion about AI and copyrights with the brilliant Nina Paley. Get Nina's Disabling Impairments cards at https://store.ninapaley.com/product/disabling-impairments/ Check out the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3_FxcI5e_Q

After being defeated yet again by an Angel, Asuka's synchronization ratio continues to drop, affecting her ability to pilot Unit-02. Flashbacks reveal Asuka's tragic childhood, which shaped her current abrasive personality. A new Angel, Arael, appears in Earth's orbit, well outside the range of any Earth-based weaponry, including the Evangelions. Asuka is told that she will be Rei's backup for the...

Was Inside Out made with help from MKUltra psychologists? In this episode of Occult Disney, we break down Pixar's mind control masterpiece and ask why a kids movie is teaching depression, runaway behavior, and existential dread. We dig into the consultants behind the film, the original darker script, the Pixar bureaucracy pattern, and why this might be one of the most dangerous Disney movies ever...

Pixar's first real flop hides more than just bad box office numbers. We break down The Good Dinosaur and uncover the original premise that got scrapped, why teachers hate this movie, and how Disney's philosophy has completely inverted from Walt's original vision. Plus: surprisingly violent content, emotional manipulation tactics, and an unexpected Boondock Saints connection. This is Occult Disney.

We explore the conversations sparked by Daryl Davis's journey of befriending members of the Ku Klux Klan, and what his story reveals about race, tolerance, and the potential for change in America.

NLP and Mentalist Master Derren Brown claims the ability to brainwash people into doing far beyond silly hypnosis tricks. How much of this is real?

Under the Docs reviews Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America, talking about its main claims, historical accuracy, and the debate surrounding this topic in general. The film entered the mainstream in 2022 after NBA player Kyrie Irving shared it on social media, which got him in some trouble, which brings up the controversial nature of this film.

World War 3 might be fought over food instead of oil or ideology. This documentary makes a great case for why, showing how Russia will become the next heartland of food production, while Saudi Arabia syphons waters away from American wells with protection from Blackwater and the US Government.

Strange Magic cost a fortune, had unlimited resources, and disappeared overnight. We break down what happens when you give a billionaire everything he wants and zero pushback. How does this movie rank compared to every other Disney movie released since 1937? We watched it so you don't have to.

This documentary will make you care about Texas Chainsaw Massacre, whether or not you even like horror movies. Watch our review to find out why.

Toy Story 4 is way deeper than you think it is.

Antarctica is cited in so many interesting theories on alternate history, but how much do we really know about it? This documentary follows a full year of living and working in Antarctica, with interviews and exclusive footage never seen before.

An entire industry was created when government passed 1 Billion dollar budget to address the active shooter crisis in America. This documentary gives a detailed snapshot of what this looks like in 2025. They follow an elaborate active shooter drill, marketing conventions for the school security industry and interviews which children going through it right now.

Disney made a children's movie about MKUltra and nobody talks about it. Isaac Weishaupt from Illuminati Watcher joins us to break down Zootopia, the 2016 animated film written by a guy whose family were literally CIA agents. We get into the government-manufactured fear, the agent provocateurs, the secret lab full of drugged citizens, and why this might be the most politically layered Disney movie...

Before the iPhone, before the App Store, there was General Magic, a legendary Silicon Valley team packed with Apple veterans who tried to build the future years too early. In this review, we break down what the film gets right, what still hits hard today, and the real lesson behind one of tech’s most fascinating “almost” stories.

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Here's an unexpected documentary on our list: Riefenstahl (2024) about Leni Riefenstahl, a controversial Nazi Propagandist, Director, Actor and world renowned Photographer.

Check out our review, and we'll tell you whether or not you'll like "I Like Me"

Could you pull off an entire Christmas without buying anything made in China (or with Chinese parts)? This documentary shows a family trying to do exactly that, in what seems to be an impossible challenge.

Would you live rent-free in a mall for four years? This group of friends did, and they recorded the entire experience on camera from inception to after they got busted. It's unbelievable this happened, let alone recorded on camera.

Get ready for a deep one that we didn't expect either. Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) and The Santa Clause (1994) are two of the most accurate retellings of the Holly King and Oak King, in which Father Christmas dies, loses his magic or otherwise retires, a new younger king replaces him. Also described in much more detail in Frazer's The Golden Bough - specifically Chapter VIII titled "The Killing...

Since it's Christmas, we're focusing on more (mas) Christ related documentaries, this one called The God Who Wasn't There (2005) came out ~2 years before Zeitgeist (2007). Many of the claims made in Zeitgeist are outlined here in more detail, with a bit more angst as well. The bias is strong in this one, but are any of the claims valid despite that?

This documentary features exclusive interviews with Jussie Smollett himself, along with all of the other major players from the most surreal hate-crime hoax of recent memory. But does it go deep enough?

Did the CIA introduce salvia divinorum to the public? Objectively, yes. But why? And why did "magic mushrooms" get the most promotion, if they were both discovered at the same time? Prepare yourself for a fascinating deep dive into the origins of Salvia Divinorum, and the influence of the CIA's MK-ULTRA on psychedelics in general. You can follow Kaleb Graves and the Psychedelic Theology podcast at...

Baymax is the perfect Personal Health Care Companion. Whatever you think of this movie (or it's legit Marvel comic roots) - the real story is about Disney positioning themselves into a long term play targeting the healthcare industry.