The Bullshit Filter

Today we pick apart Václav Havel's "Power of the Powerless" - with guest Michael Romahn - and why going along to get along is exactly how every rotten system keeps itself alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we pick apart Václav Havel's "Power of the Powerless" - with guest Michael Romahn - and why going along to get along is exactly how every rotten system keeps itself alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we pick apart America's slow-motion slide into fascism - the Precariat Trap - and why the 99% can't afford to pick up a pitchfork even when they probably should. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we pick apart America's slow-motion slide into fascism - the Precariat Trap - and why the 99% can't afford to pick up a pitchfork even when they probably should. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we cut through the spin on why people actually support Trump - nine real grievances, zero good excuses for picking the worst possible guy to fix them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we cut through the spin on why people actually support Trump - nine real grievances, zero good excuses for picking the worst possible guy to fix them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we dig deep into the US-Israel attack on Iran - Operation Epic Fury - and what's actually going on beneath the spin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we dig deep into the US-Israel attack on Iran - Operation Epic Fury - and what's actually going on beneath the spin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of *The Bullshit Filter*, Cameron and Ray dissect a world seemingly gone mad under the pressure of the Trump administration’s "maximum pressure" foreign policy. The duo explores the unfolding humanitarian disaster in Cuba, where a modern fuel blockade has pushed the island’s socialist experiment to the brink of collapse and triggered a "mini Bay of Pigs" skirmish. Beyond the Caribb...

In this episode of *The Bullshit Filter*, Cameron and Ray dissect a world seemingly gone mad under the pressure of the Trump administration’s "maximum pressure" foreign policy. The duo explores the unfolding humanitarian disaster in Cuba, where a modern fuel blockade has pushed the island’s socialist experiment to the brink of collapse and triggered a "mini Bay of Pigs" skirmish. Beyond the Caribb...

In this episode of *The Bullshit Filter*, Cameron and Ray navigate a global landscape defined by "ruptures" rather than transitions. The duo begins with a sobering look at Australia’s first mass shooting in 30 years and the subsequent rapid-fire passage of controversial anti-hate and migration legislation. The conversation then shifts to the world stage, dissecting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Car...

In this final instalment of the Fascism miniseries, Cameron and Ray trace how fascism didn’t die after 1945 but simply changed its wardrobe. Once openly discredited, fascist ideology went underground, hiding behind anti-communism, Catholic conservatism, Cold War geopolitics, and the language of “law and order.” The pair outline how the same structural anxieties that fuelled Mussolini and Hitler fo...

This episode dives into the rise of Spanish fascism, the Spanish Civil War, and the long shadow of Francisco Franco. We unravel how Spain’s brand of authoritarianism differed from its Italian and German cousins, how the Civil War became a proxy fight between democracy and fascism, and why Spain’s dictatorship endured for decades after WWII while the Axis regimes collapsed. We dig into the murky po...

In this episode of *The Bullshit Filter*, Cameron and Ray trace the evolution of fascism from Mussolini’s Italy to Hitler’s Germany, drawing unsettling parallels to the modern American political climate. They unpack how post–World War I trauma, economic collapse, and fear of socialism created the perfect storm for extremism to flourish. The conversation moves through Hitler’s infiltration of the G...

In this preview episode of The Bullshit Filter, Cameron and Ray continue their deep dive into the history of fascism — tracing its emergence from the ashes of World War I to Mussolini’s rise in Italy. They unpack how the trauma of the war radicalised millions, creating fertile ground for authoritarian movements that promised strength, unity, and a return to national glory. Through sharp wit and hi...

In this episode of The Bullshit Filter, Cameron and Ray continue their deep dive into the history of fascism — tracing its emergence from the ashes of World War I to Mussolini’s rise in Italy. They unpack how the trauma of the war radicalised millions, creating fertile ground for authoritarian movements that promised strength, unity, and a return to national glory. Through sharp wit and historical...

In this second episode of our fascism series, Cameron and Ray trace the roots of fascism from the French Revolution through the 19th century and into the early 20th century. They explore how nationalism, the Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightenment, industrial upheaval, social Darwinism, Nietzsche’s philosophy, Bismarck’s realpolitik, futurism, and mass psychology all fed into the eventual rise of...

In this second episode of our fascism series, Cameron and Ray trace the roots of fascism from the French Revolution through the 19th century and into the early 20th century. They explore how nationalism, the Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightenment, industrial upheaval, social Darwinism, Nietzsche’s philosophy, Bismarck’s realpolitik, futurism, and mass psychology all fed into the eventual rise of...

In this free version of the first instalment of a new series on fascism, Cameron and Ray dig into what the word really means beyond the marching boots and fiery rallies of 20th-century Europe. They explore the difficulty of defining fascism, how it manifests differently across time and place, and why the term is often misused today. Drawing on historians like Robert Paxton, Jason Stanley, and Mich...

In this first instalment of a new series on fascism, Cameron and Ray dig into what the word really means beyond the marching boots and fiery rallies of 20th-century Europe. They explore the difficulty of defining fascism, how it manifests differently across time and place, and why the term is often misused today. Drawing on historians like Robert Paxton, Jason Stanley, and Michael Mann, as well as...

In this fiery and no-holds-barred episode of _The Bullshit Filter_, Cam and Ray dive into the geopolitics of U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran, calling out the hypocrisy and propagandistic media coverage that frames these attacks as “preemptive” rather than “unprovoked” — a word the media reserved exclusively for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. They draw sharp historical parallels, from the 1953 C...

In this fiery and no-holds-barred episode of _The Bullshit Filter_, Cam and Ray dive into the geopolitics of U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran, calling out the hypocrisy and propagandistic media coverage that frames these attacks as “preemptive” rather than “unprovoked” — a word the media reserved exclusively for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. They draw sharp historical parallels, from the 1953 C...

Cameron and Ray crack open the popcorn for a free-wheeling hour on the sudden Musk-Trump bromance breakup and the “one big beautiful bill” (HR 1).  They riff on Roman triumvirates, oligarch knife-fights, and the sneaky Section 70302 that could neuter America’s courts overnight.  Along the way they detour through the Byrd Rule, unleash dystopian what-ifs about AI, and ask whether the U.S. can out-c...

Cameron and Ray crack open the popcorn for a free-wheeling hour on the sudden Musk-Trump bromance breakup and the “one big beautiful bill” (HR 1).  They riff on Roman triumvirates, oligarch knife-fights, and the sneaky Section 70302 that could neuter America’s courts overnight.  Along the way they detour through the Byrd Rule, unleash dystopian what-ifs about AI, and ask whether the U.S. can out-c...

In this episode of The Bullshit Filter, Cameron and Ray unpack the mythology around Donald Trump’s tariff policies, the real story behind the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the long, hypocritical game the U.S. has played when it comes to global trade. Cameron breaks down the roots of China’s role as the world’s factory, how the U.S. engineered it, and why Americans are now whining about the m...