Oil. The 19th century was transformed by it. The 20th century was shaped by it. And the 21st century is moving beyond it. But who gave birth to the oil industry? What have they done with the immense wealth and power that it has granted them? And what are they planning...
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Episode 320 – Echoes of WWI: China, the US, and the Next “Great” War
In the early 20th century, the world’s dominant superpower looked warily on the rise of a competitor to its supremacy. The machinations of the British to contain the rise of Germany led inexorably to the First World War. Once again in the early 21st century, the...
Interview 1300 – Jeffrey Tucker Reveals the Future Bit by Bit
Jeffrey Tucker of Fee.org joins James to talk about his book, Bit by Bit: How P2P Is Freeing the World. We discuss how "the market" is about cooperation and discovery, and how revolutionary peer-to-peer technology is now making the state and all of its functions and...
Interview 1300 – Music Theory to Conspiracy Theory on The Ripple Effect
via The Ripple Effect Podcast: Vinnie Caggiano is a composer, musician who has played all over the country, teacher, music theorist & creator of the popular YouTube channel YouTube.com/VinCognito, which has a few playlists; solo performances; performances with his...
Trump Continues the Never-Ending Opium War in Afghanistan
For all those pundits out there who were concerned that Trump wasn't "presidential" enough to actually be President, I have some great news for you! This past week Trump wiped out any such fear by doing the most presidential thing that can possibly be imagined:...
Highway Wars: The Battle to Develop Eurasia
If we can only envision guns and bombs when we think about war, that is merely a failure of our imagination. Make no mistake: There are wars for geopolitical dominance taking place between various players around the globe right now, and it's all happening without a...
Zuck For Pres 2020: The Nightmare Begins
Look at that. Do you see it? The pieces are sitting there on the table. All we have to do is fit them together. But it's as if a Medusa head has been cut up into a jigsaw puzzle; simply piecing it together would create a picture too ghastly for anyone to behold. So...
A Brief History of Fake News
[NOTE: This video was produced for BoilingFrogsPost.com on October 31, 2012. It is being made available in its entirety here for the first time.] by James Corbett BoilingFrogsPost.com October 31, 2012 The old adage that “Knowledge is power” has been apparent to...