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We interview Oswaldo Zavala , the author of Drug Cartels Do Not Exist , about images, stories, and realities of drug cartels in Mexico and beyond. Plus parasites, stories, violence, the State & much more. Also by Oswaldo Zavala: La Guerra en las Palabras  

We catch up with new stories straight out of Jeffrey Epstein’s date book, the continuing bizarre extradition attempts of Nicholas Alahverdian aka Nicholas Rossi aka Arthur Knight, and finally check in on our favorite Washington Gambler.

We interview former Epoch Times writer Steve Klett about his time working for the Falun Gong-owned newspaper in 2016. We discuss his experience with a Dutchman, potential labor trafficking, and what it means to be a human bot. Follow Steve's new Mark Fisher podcast on Patreon , YouTube , or Anchor .

Our old friend David A. Banks is back to talk about the release of his new book, The City Authentic: How the Attention Economy Builds Urban America. We also discuss the complicated legacy of Richard Florida and the false prophets of the creative class.  Buy the book here   Check out David’s substack here  

We round out our series on the Falun Gong by talking through the surreal rise of The Epoch Times, the money behind all their weird YouTube videos, and their fruitful partnership with Steve Bannon. Also: what is actually up with that whole organ harvesting thing?

We have a Texas rendezvous with Seth Harp for a conversation about the Pentagon leaks, the state of the war in Ukraine, and some updates on Fort Bragg

We take a trip to China to uncover the origins of the Falun Gong, the contradictions between superstition and science, rural ear reading, levitation, and Qigong fever.

We take a trip to Lincoln Center to finally answer the question: “Wait, what actually is Shen Yun?” Featuring: drunk monks, uncanny valley Colin Jost, fog machines, the Covid-19 virus, and the torrential storm of the apocalypse. Welcome to part one of our series on the mysterious and freaky Falun Gong.

We’re joined by Jonathan Melrod , author of the new autobiography “ Fighting Times. ” We talk about the factory turn of the 1960s, SDS/RYM II, encounters with the Red Squad, and his 13 years fighting in American auto plants and as an activist in the UAW.  Jonathan's FBI file  

We take a trip to Israel with Noah Kulwin and talk about Israeli political culture, Netanyahu, liberalism, money, and the Judicial Overhaul. Truly, Israel is a land of contrasts! Tickets for the final Year of the Smile show in Austin, TX   Transcript of Yair Netanyahu telling his friends they can have sex with his girlfriend  

Hey Gumshoes! So excited to announce a new Patreon reward: podcast commentary tracks. Soon we’ll be offering a behind-the-scenes look at how all your favorites got made, from the people who made them. To start us off, Brace, Liz, and Yung Chomsky go back to 2019 to walk through the recording of our every first episode, The Ep-Files. Enjoy, and as always, like and subscribe! 

Arts week on TrueAnon rolls on: This is a conversation with Brad Phillips about all kinds of pain, regret, art, being addicted to whatever, and a bunch of other stuff Essays and Fictions by Brad Phillips

We snap our 78s over our knees and examine some of the industry-shattering changes that music has undergone in the recent past: how we make it, listen to it, think about it, own it, and pay for it — and who gets the money. Thanks to Sean Agnew from Union Transfer , Noah Kohll from Color Green , John Dwyer from Oh Sees, Geoff Rickley from Thursday, Jess Williamson , Timmy Hefner, and Zola Jesus . (...

We check back in with John Vanderslice, the subject of our limited series Keep the Dream Alive , a year after its release. We chat about scraping by in the music industry, the Bay Area scene, and John's new record. Check out John's upcoming tour dates on his instagram.  The final performance of TrueAnon's Year of the Smile will be on April 15 in Austin, TX .

We placed all our bets on Juicero and all our money in the bank — this is the story of how TrueAnon lost everything in the SVB collapse. Plus we talk shit about VCs.

Podcast Legends Matt Christman and Chris Wade join our funky asses for a frank discussion on their new series, HELL ON EARTH , about the Thirty Years' War. We talk printing, Purgatory, blood, looting, Christ’s Foreskin and AMORC…

Freelance journalist Jacob Silverman joins us to talk about the collapse of Silvergate Capital, the shakedown of crypto, and his forthcoming series on Sam Bankman-Fried and the implosion of FTX’s billion-dollar fraud.

Long March? But it just started! We head down Peking’s way to look at why the US keeps shooting all the Balloons, our situationship with Taiwan, and why every US politician can’t stop talking about China.

TrueAnon visits your home (Virgin Islands) to talk about the fallout from the controversial case levied by former AG Denise George against JP Morgan’s involvement with Jeffrey Epstein—and the damning Jes Staley emails that have come out. 

We’re joined again by Matt from Ghost Stories for the End of the World for a look at the Sicilian Mafia’s place in Italian society and the history of the organization through to the present day.

Following the arrest of mafia boss and murderous gamer Matteo Denaro, we grab Matt from Ghost Stories for the End of the World and take a trip to Sicily for a two-parter on Cosa Nostra, the mafia’s role as handmaiden and parasite, and the early history of the Sicilian Mob. Ghost Stories Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd

We check into the old Grey Bar Hotel and take a look at some of this year's guests: Ghislaine Maxwell, Andrew Tate, and David Hamblin. 

We take a look at the killing of environmental activist Tortugita and the protests in Atlanta over the controversial development of the sprawling police training facility known as Cop City. Atlanta Community Press Collective  

We take a trip to Buccal di Fatto with SNL's Sarah Squirm as she and Liz teach Brace about the the Real Housewives, Ozempic, and a bizarre procedure involving sewing cheeks

We take a look at Prince Harry’s new tell-all SPARE, talk through Mexit and the couple's turn toward content, the death of The Queen, and the historic role of the British Monarchy