Patrick MacFarlane
Vital Dissent with Patrick MacFarlane
Vital Dissent seeks to oppose calamitous escalation in US foreign policy by exposing establishment narratives with well-researched documentary content and insightful guest interviews. Topics include: an antiwar foreign policy, historical revisionism, technocracy, eugenics, government & private corruption, & the use & development of propaganda. Host Patrick MacFarlane is the Justin Raimondo Fellow at the Libertarian Institute. He is a practicing attorney. His work has appeared on Antiwar.com and Zerohedge.
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Apr 6, 2026
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Episodes
Terrence McKenna Warned Us About This Ep. 288 06.04.2026 34:59
Things are getting weirder. Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show notes: Terence McKenna 's Final Interview http://www.vitaldissent.com/email
'Gang Weed Conservatism' ft. Marcel Dumas Ep. 287 11.08.2025 51:54
Talking with Marcel Dumas about his 'Gang Weed Conservatism' series concerning the intertwining of modern conservatism with psychedelics. Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show notes: Marcel Dumas, PhD, IWSB 🇩🇴🇭🇹 (@anarchyinblack) / X Another Notch in the Spine - Vital Dissent Gang Weed Con...
The Savagery of Man: 'Tender is the Flesh' and 'The Unworthy' Ep. 286 31.07.2025 51:07
Sharing my thoughts on Agustina Bazterrica's 'Tender is the Flesh,' and 'The Unworthy' Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show notes: Tender is the Flesh The Unworthy Pat's StoryGraph account Patrick MacFarlane (@patmacfarlane_) / X The Libertarian Institute
Why People Accept Horrible Fates: 'Never Let Me Go' Ep. 285 24.07.2025 43:01
Sharing my thoughts on Kazuo Ishiguro's 'Never Let Me Go' Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show notes: Never Let Me Go - Affiliate Link Dark Tales - Affiliate Link Pat's StoryGraph account Patrick MacFarlane (@patmacfarlane_) / X The Libertarian Institute
Anti-Natalism and 'Children of Men' Ep. 284 15.07.2025 46:28
Sharing my thoughts on PD James's 'The Children of Men' Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show notes: Pat's StoryGraph account Patrick MacFarlane (@patmacfarlane_) / X The Libertarian Institute
'Dracula' & the Technocratic Nightmare Ep. 283 26.03.2025 1:01:19
Sharing my thoughts on Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show notes: Vital Dissent - Blood Meridian episode Unhallowed Podcast Ex Machina (2014) - IMDb Amazon - The Passage: A Novel Amazon - Dracula Deluxe Hardbound Edition
'The Giver' & the Loss of Innocence Ep. 282 12.03.2025 57:19
Sharing my thoughts on Lois Lowry's 'The Giver'. Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show notes: Support Today | The Libertarian Institute The Giver Quartet Box Set Early Liberty Weekly articles and podcasts Stoned Apes & Brave New World Ep. 29
Blood Meridian: War Is God? Ep. 281 04.03.2025 53:49
Sharing my thoughts on Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian. Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show notes: Support Today | The Libertarian Institute The Greatest, Terrible Book Ever Made - The Story too Disturbing to be a Movie: Blood Meridian Judge Holden Holds Forth on War (Blood Meridian...
Prosecuting Individual Israeli Soldiers for War Crimes Ep. 280 14.12.2024 33:16
Patrick discusses Non-Profit attempts to prosecute individual soldiers for war crimes in Gaza. Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show notes: The Hind Rajab Foundation (@HindRFoundation) / X IDF Soldiers in Amsterdam Face Urgent Arrest for Gaza War Crimes - THE HIND RAJAB FOUNDATION Hind...
Abu Ghraib Torture Victims Fight Back with $42 MILLION Verdict Win Ep. 279 19.11.2024 57:33
Patrick dives into the recent trial which found US company CACI liable for damages from it's work at the Abu Ghraib military prison following the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show notes: Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catast...
Intellectual Insurgency ft. Adam Fitzgerald Ep. 278 26.08.2024 1:33:41
Adam Fitzgerald is a geopolitical researcher, writer, and a leading expert regarding the events of 9/11, as well as the host of The Darkened Hour podcast. Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show notes: Adam Fitzgerald on X be sure to subscribe to Adam's new YouTube channel Adam's previous Vi...
Butchering Our Sacred Cows ft. Richard Cox Ep. 277 12.08.2024 1:08:41
In the conspiracy community, it's often taken for granted that Wall Street secretly funded Nazi Germany and the Bolshevik Revolution. These assertions are taken as truth based on the work of a professor named Antony Sutton. But who was Sutton and what does it mean if he was wrong? Moreover, what place should conspiracy have in our worldview based on errors in our understanding of Sutton's work? Vi...
Israel's AI Kill List ft. Kelley Vlahos Ep. 276 30.07.2024 33:25
Patrick is joined by Kelley Vlahos, Senior Advisor at the Quincy Institute and Editorial Director at Responsible Statecraft, to discuss Israel's use of Palantir's AI program Lavender to target supposed Hamas militants. Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 The Libertarian Institute's Summer FUNd...
These Two Moments Changed the World Ep. 275 23.07.2024 33:49
The latest on the upcoming sequel to The Truth About Oppenheimer, and more. Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 The Libertarian Institute's Summer FUNdraiser is in full swing! The support of every single one of you is what motivates the team to keep pushing and working to bring you quality and...
Israel's Secret War Against the International Criminal Court Ep. 274 12.07.2024 48:26
Patrick dives into the fight between Israel/US and the UN International Criminal Court over the ongoing conflicts between the Israeli state and Palestinians. Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 The Libertarian Institute's Summer FUNdraiser is in full swing! The support of every single one of y...
Did Assange's Plea Just Doom Journalism? Ep. 273 28.06.2024 34:22
Patrick breaks down what the Julian Assange plea deal means for the future of journalism. Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: JULIAN ASSANGE IS FINALLY FREE Justin Raimondo RIP I learned something today
'Haitian Cannibal' Extravaganza! Ep. 272 20.03.2024 46:22
Patrick breaks down his latest article on the Haitian cannibalism hysteria. Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: Culture Warriors Spread Disinfo on 'Haitian Cannibals By Patrick MacFarlane Original "Haitian Cannibalism" Report from Daily Express US Dom Lucre Misframed Haitian Cann...
The Anti-Woke to Zionist Pipeline Ep. 271 08.03.2024 1:09:24
Patrick discusses his latest article at the Libertarian Institute about the links between anti-wokism and zionism in the modern online conservative movement. Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.libertyweekly.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: The Anti-Woke to Zionist Pipeline | The Libertarian Institute
Assange Fights for Freedom ft. Misty Winston Ep. 270 19.02.2024 1:06:38
Misty Winston joins Patrick to talk about the latest in WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's fight for freedom. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: Misty Winston on X
How Libertarians Should View Foreign Policy Ep. 269 13.02.2024 1:13:23
How should libertarians go about discussing real world foreign policy issues while keeping true to libertarian values? Patrick shares his views while looking back on the work of Antiwar.com founder Justin Raimondo. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD1 Show Notes: Looking at the 'Big Picture' - Antiwar.co Libertari...
Hoppe Kicks Walter Block Out of Libertarianism Ep. 268 01.02.2024 1:06:14
Patrick covers Hans-Hermann Hoppe's article kicking Walter Block out of Libertarianism for his views on Israel, the latest on the South African ICJ case against Israel for its alleged genocide in Gaza, and the ICJ judgement in Ukraine's ICJ case against alleged Russian sponsored terrorism. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% of...
Exposed: IDF Ordered to "Kill Anything that Moves" on October 7 Ep. 267 25.01.2024 54:37
Patrick discusses the reporting accusing the IDF of mass civilian casualties from its "Hannibal Directive" kidnapping protocol in its response to the October 7th Hamas attack. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: A Hannibal Directive by Any Other Name https://twitter.com/WaywardRabbler/status/174753...
Is Israel Committing Genocide? Ep. 266 16.01.2024 2:18:52
Patrick shares his thoughts on the current genocide case against Israel brought by the South African delegation at the UN's International Court of Justice. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: How the Court Works | INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE What Does the ICJ Decision on The Gambia v. Myanmar M...
"Israel's Jeffrey Epstein" ft. Brad Pearce Ep. 265 25.10.2023 1:06:19
Patrick is joined by Brad Pearce to discuss his recent article "If You Say Anything to Anyone, a Zaka Van Will Run You Over," about Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, the founder of Zaka Search and Rescue, whose narrative was referred to by a source from his neighborhood and member of an anti-abuse group called "Committee for Preserving Our Camp's Purity" as "the Haredi Jeffrey Epstein." Vital Dissent website Li...
How Palestine Became Israel Ep. 264 18.10.2023 1:33:02
Patrick delves into the creation of the state of Israel, breaking down the article 'The Alienation of a Homeland' by Stephen P. Halbrook, which was featured in the The Journal of Libertarian Studies in 1981. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: The Alienation of a Homeland: How Palestine Became Israe...
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