A podcast where politics, history, and culture are examined from perspectives you may not have considered before. Call it a parallax view.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 25 days 10 hours 26 minutes
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episode 544: The War in Afghanistan is Not Over w/ Kyle Anzalone
On this edition of Parallax Views, Kyle Anzalone, host of Conflicts of Interest at The Libertarian Institute, joins us to discuss Afghanistan and the problems it is facing from U.S. freezes on assets and sanctions as well as ISIS-K. We also discuss the ...
episode 543: Marvel‘s The Eternals & the History of Hollywood‘s Pentagon Ties w/ David Saveliev
On this edition of Parallax Views, the new hit Marvel Studios movie The Eternals has garnered criticism for its treatment of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima/Nagasaki during WWII. Additionally, it has raised the specter of the relationship Marvel Studios...
episode 541: The 2nd Cold War and Shifting Alliances in the Emerging Multipolar World w/ Ted Snider
On this edition of Parallax Views, we're delving into the shifting political alliances that seem to be emerging as we enter what may be a Second Cold War and an emerging multipolar world. To do this we're joined by Ted Snider, a fascinating geopolitical...
episode 540: Denying to the Grave: Why We Ignore the Science That Will Save Us w/ Sara and Jack Gorman
On this edition of Parallax Views, with anti-vaccination sentiments and climate change denial being phenomena in society the issue of what's been dubbed science denial has become a hot, relevant topic. Joining us to discuss this issue in ways that are e...
episode 539: Nixon, Watergate, and... The Texas Chainsaw Massacre? w/ Martin Harris
On this edition of Parallax Views, it's a Halloween hangover episode where politics and horror movies collide! Martin Harris, author of Leatherface vs. Tricky Dick: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre as Political Satire, joins me to examine filmmaker Tobe Hoo...
episode 538: When We Are Human: Notes from the Age of Pandemics w/ John Zerzan
On this edition of Parallax Views, a previously unpublished with the controversial anarcho-primitivist philosopher John Zerzan from August 2020 about his new book When We Are Human: Notes from the Age of Pandemics (Feral House 2021). Zerzan argues that ...
episode 537: Science Denial: Why It Happens and What to Do About It w/ Gale Sinatra and Barbara Hofer
On this edition of Parallax Views, in the age of issues likes pandemics and climate change the subject of science has increasingly become divided along partisan political lines. We live in a moment where portions of the population are anti-vaccination o...
episode 536: Hollywood Special Make-Up Effects Magic & Mayhem! w/ Gary J. Tunnicliffe
On this edition of Parallax Views, we've got a monster-sized treat of an episode to help you get in the spirit of the spooky season as Halloween approaches. Have you ever wondered about the movie magic that's employed to make some of your favorite horro...
episode 535: Hollywood, Horror, and Movie Stars w/ Film Historian David Del Valle
On this edition of Parallax Views, we're preparing for Halloween w/ a number of episodes celebrating the spooky season! First up, the great film historian David Del Valle joins Parallax Views to discuss monsters, character actor, and the horror movies o...
episode 534: REPLAY: Undead Uprising: Haiti, Horror, and the Zombie Complex w/ John Cussans
For the penultimate episode of our Parallax Views Halloween series, John Cussans joins us to discuss his book Undead Uprising: Haiti, Horror, and the Zombie Complex. Believe it or not, the zombie wasn't always simply a figure of flesh-ripping, brain eat...