The Propaganda Report Episode 6: Cultural Propaganda

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Desert Trip: The audience stretched as far as the eye could see.

IMPORTANT: WATCH THIS VIDEO BEFORE YOU LISTEN TO THE PODCAST (or at least before you get 35 minutes into it)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahg6qcgoay4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Erh_GGJ-zg

Audio Only: The Propaganda Report Episode 6

Show Notes:

The Propaganda Report, Episode 4: Strategy of Tension

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz_oGSbpWk0

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Show Notes with references and links from this week’s episode….

The Art of Ambiguity (new glossary entry)

I recently coined the phrase “the Art of Ambiguity” to describe everything from Obama’s nebulous “Hope & Change” slogan to Trump’s “and some, I assume, are good people.” In the former case, no information is given, so you can project what you want. In the latter case, all options are thrown out there so you (more…)

Propaganda Report Episode 3: American Right ==> Alt Right ==> European Right (Podcast and Video!)

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I tried to show this during the video but it got cut off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwwt01UGxUc

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Two corrections: (at marker 26:55) Stalin & Hitler didn’t like each other in the end (they liked each in the beginning); (at marker 29:47) Irving Kristol partnered up with Norman Podhoretz, not his son John.

Show notes….

GMOs To Go?

I recently wrote an article, GMO Labeling: The Obvious Libertarian Solution. The gist of my article was that using voluntary GMO labeling as a marketing tool to give people what they want is a great libertarian solution that neither forces nor prevents private industry from communicating with its customers. I also noted that I have (more…)