On this edition of Film, Literature and the New World Order we are joined by Roderick Long of the Austro-Athenian Empire blog to discuss Charles Dickens' classic, "A Christmas Carol." Is Ebeneezer Scrooge a model of the modern libertarian, or is this image a...
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Tora, Tora, Tora! – FLNWO #21
by Corbett | Nov 14, 2014 | Film, Literature & The New World Order
On this edition of Film, Literature and the New World Order James Perloff, author of The Shadows of Power and Truth Is A Lonely Warrior, joins us to discuss the 1970 Hollywood/Japanese production, Tora, Tora Tora! We discuss Perloff's recent article on the Pearl...
Grave of the Fireflies – FLNWO #20
by Corbett | Oct 21, 2014 | Film, Literature & The New World Order
On this edition of Film, Literature and the New World Order James and Broc West of APPerspective.net discuss Grave of the Fireflies, the 1988 animated film from Studio Ghibli that just may be the greatest war movie ever made. Break out the tissues and prepare for some...
Contagion – FLNWO #19
by Corbett | Sep 15, 2014 | Film, Literature & The New World Order
This month on Film, Literature and the New World Order, Tim Kilkenny of RevelationsRadioNews joins us to discuss the 2011 propaganda film, "Contagion." We examine "Participant Media," the media venture of billionaire Jeff Skoll that produces "social action campaigns"...
They Live – FLNWO #18
by Corbett | Aug 19, 2014 | Film, Literature & The New World Order
This month on Film, Literature and the New World Order, James talks to Guillermo Jimenez of TracesofReality.com about "They Live," John Carpenter's surprisingly prescient 1988 film about a society hypnotized and controlled by an alien species that cannot be seen...
B.F. Skinner’s “Walden Two” – FLNWO #17
by Corbett | Jul 29, 2014 | Film, Literature & The New World Order
This month on the Film, Literature and New World Order podcast, James explores B.F. Skinner's 1948 utopian novel, "Walden Two." We discuss Skinner's ideas of behavioural engineering, how they are employed in the novel, and why this raises the ire of the general...
Charlie Wilson’s War – FLNWO #16
by Corbett | Jun 17, 2014 | Film, Literature & The New World Order
How and why did the Afghan-Soviet war start? What was the CIA's involvement in the affair? Who did they support and what were they aiming at? If you're interested in the answers to these questions you won't find them in 2007's Hollywood drama, Charlie Wilson's War,...
Aldous Huxley’s “Island” – FLNWO #15
by Corbett | May 20, 2014 | Film, Literature & The New World Order
This month on Film, Literature and the New World Order we're joined by Will Morgan of The Sync Book to discuss Aldous Huxley's final novel, Island. A philosophical exploration of Huxley's imagined utopia, Island raises the question of what paradise looks like and how...