Podcast series with Tom Secker featuring film and book reviews and discussions and investigations into military and intelligence involvement in popular culture.
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In this Webby Award-winning narrative podcast, co-hosts Josh & Malcolm from BRINK media group reveal the hidden influence of the propaganda all around us and how it continues to profoundly shape our culture today. The first season investigates how propaganda became the foundation of all consumer marketing, its omnipresence and evolution across generations of media, and the consequences we face today. Once you’ve finished season one, enjoy regular episodes of the DoubleThink series, conversat ...
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Home of the Weekly show America Unplugged -and I Protest with Don Jeffries.
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The Lockerbie bombing, which brought down Pan Am 103 and killed 270 people, is one of the most disturbing events... The post ClandesTime 281 – Conspiracy Theories: The Lockerbie Bombing first appeared on Spy Culture.By Tom Secker
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The average American's worldview is under constant assault from propaganda. Between the 5,000 advertisements we see daily, for profit journalism, and virtually every post on social media, the gulf between reality and the myths we are surrounded by has never been wider. And with the widespread adoption of algorithms guiding this entire process, we a…
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Zero Day is the latest in CIA-supported Netflix spy dramas, only this time it’s cyberterrorism rather than Arab hijackers or... The post Subscribercast #98 – Zero Day first appeared on Spy Culture.By Tom Secker
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#186 America Unplugged - Decoding the Dystopia
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Hollywood and The Pentagon with Tom Secker
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33:31It probably won’t come as much of a surprise that the Pentagon was involved in the making of Top Gun. What may be more surprising is the sheer scope of film and television projects the Pentagon has had a hand in—and just how deeply involved it is in the production process. From Pitch Perfect 3 to the reality show Wife Swap, today we’ll explore how …
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#184 America Unplugged - Tariffs, Trade Wars, & Trumpenstein
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Guest Episode: Luxury Doomsday with 'American Hysteria'
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59:24We're crossposting today's episode from American Hysteria with Chelsey Weber-Smith where our co-hosts Josh and Malcolm were special guests discussing the propaganda behind luxury doomsday shelters. If you're a fan of our pod, you'll enjoy American Hysteria too. Be sure to subscribe where you get your pods. — The hottest new (and embarrassing) trend…
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#183 America Unplugged - World War Fee or World War 3 ?
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#182 America Unplugged - Group texts, Greenland & Grifters
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I offer some thoughts on the 90s thriller The Fugitive, honing in on the Tommy Lee Jones character and his... The post Subscribercast #97 – The Fugitive first appeared on Spy Culture.By Tom Secker
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The Death of a Millennial Brand with Eugene Healey
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30:57What aesthetics and ideas defined the branded propaganda targeting millennials in the 2010s, and why do they increasingly fail to resonate with Gen Z audiences? Joining us is special guest Eugene Healey, brand strategy consultant and educator. Follow Eugene at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elkhealey This is DoubleThink, conversations inspired by the…
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#180 America Unplugged - Trumpenstein Entropy ?
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The Pentagon’s Hollywood offices claim that they don’t pitch, they don’t try to push certain content into the culture industries.... The post ClandesTime 280 – How the US Military Pitches Hollywood first appeared on Spy Culture.By Tom Secker
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#179 America Unplugged - Tariff Chaos & What is an Illegal Protest ?
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#178 America Unplugged - 350 Billion & all we got was this lousy T-Shirt man
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We check in with the recently-released season two of Netflix’s The Recruit, a show supported by the CIA, DOD and... The post Subscribercast #96 – The Recruit Season Two first appeared on Spy Culture.By Tom Secker
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How are government employees portrayed in popular movies? In this episode we review Civil Servants on the Silver Screen, an... The post ClandesTime 279 – Civil Servants on the Silver Screen first appeared on Spy Culture.By Tom Secker
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Howard Gossage: 20th Century Master of Propaganda with Justin Oberman
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27:54San Francisco ad man Howard Gossage (1917–1969) is a bit more under the radar than his Madison Avenue contemporaries, but his work in both consumer marketing and advocacy messaging was brilliant. His unconventional and interactive approaches to advertising felt like a harbinger of what was to come a half-century later with the advent of social medi…
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I Protest with Donald Jeffries - Tom Secker
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#176 America Unplugged - will USAID survive? Tony & Don take on proposed Gaza plan
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#175 American Unplugged - The Confirmation of RFK jr. Tariff hit today?
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In 1982 an anti-anarchist pro-SAS movie supported by the real SAS and based on the Iranian embassy siege was released,... The post ClandesTime 278 – The Final Option (or Who Dares Wins) first appeared on Spy Culture.By Tom Secker
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#174 America Unplugged - Pardon me... Trump and the future America
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Abortion Messaging in Post-Dobbs America with Amelia Bonow
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23:28Liberal “pro choice” messaging has historically conceded the moral high ground (“safe, legal and rare”). Amelia Bonow helped change that as the leader of the Shout Your Abortion movement. In this episode, she shares her journey and discusses why the persuasion war is far less important than educating people on the options they still and will always…
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#171 America Unplugged - MAGA honeymoon over ? Goodbye drones we hardly knew you
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For this end-of-year subscriber podcast I take a look at the 1990s cult classic Point Break. A simple tale of... The post Subscribercast #95 – Point Break first appeared on Spy Culture.By Tom Secker
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#169 America Unplugged - Elon owns America?
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