Here is our first truly independent podcast episode of Useful Idiots! [It is audio only and video will be released Tuesday.] We spoke to legendary Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg about the nuclear threat nobody is talking about, the end of the world and how he, despite all that, stays hopeful. But before diving in with Ellsberg, Matt and Katie talk about, of course, Dems sucking, Republicans sucking, things being weird and terrible and even bring you a stoned moment. Stand by for the youtube episode. And, dear paying subscribers, stand by for the paywalled video and audio sections dropping soon where we talk to Ellsberg about the way he’s been cynically rehabilitated by his critics as a “good whistleblower” in order to present Snowden, Assange, and Manning as bad ones. You will be able to find us on RSS feeds soon.
Can't wait to see you both back on video. This was a great interview. Thanks for being critical of policies under Obama and Clinton. As a Dem, it is important not to sit back pretend all is good and well. I had a recent convo with a friend who called me a 'racist' because I criticized some of Obama's policies. Sweet Jesus, really? I am so sick and tired of too many convos based around race. This is a sad witch hunt which no doubt will one day back fire.
I know you're just getting started, but you've released a podcast to which I subscribed and have downloaded via RSS. The first episode is 74 minutes, which seemed complete, but it ended pretty abruptly, telling me to "go to SubStack and subscribe" to hear the rest of the interview with Daniel Ellsberg.
It's odd because I thought I _was_ listening to the subscriber version. Can you give us some more guidance here, please?
Also, the first segments definitely either need video or need more complete show-notes with the images and videos that you're cackling at. Matt's comparison to Lloyd Bridges's character from Hot Shots! was perfect, but I was dying to see the clip I only got to listen to.
Audio quality was good and the part of the interview I heard was excellent.
Glad to see you both back in action. With respect, the accounting you gave on the show for parting ways with Rolling Stone was amusing but not remotely satisfying. I don't understand why this issue would not be spoken to directly, when it is self-evidently an odd thing to leave unexplained in the current media landscape, clearly relevant to all the very current and virulent attacks on independent media (Matt being notoriously one of the specific targets of these attacks), and given the abruptness of the move from an at least historically countercultural magazine that on its face would want you to stay (although there were signs over the last several shows that the move was coming).
At this point, "We're not telling you, leave us alone", even cutely, is sort of a wincer (or am I that obtuse and the Syria stuff was deadly serious?). I'd implore you guys to be a little more forthcoming to your loyal fans, even if it's just to say something to the effect of either (1) "Nothing happened, we just decided to go our own way," or (2) "We can't tell you right now what happened, or don't want to, for reasons we might be able or want to explain more fully later." Even if in the long run I'd still wonder about (2), at least I'd be able to think to myself for the time being, with a little more confidence, "Clearly something happened. They don't want to talk about it. There could be reasons for this result that do not rise to the level of newsworthiness and have nothing to do with whether Rolling Stone expelled them for political reasons. Ok, fine."
(Sorry had to delete the original post, too many typos,, haha)
Ironic. what Daniel did was essentially leak about the lies of a war that in the end came to nought. Much like today's wars Assange leaked. Except many more were wiped out, 3.8 million in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia - fighting some mythical red threat domino theory. Fat lot of good that did, the communists are still in power there, hah
.Nothing's changed., except the western countries have become more "Soviet" in certain draconian aspects like the totalitarian regimes they used to de-cry.
But Assange is being treated far worse than the "evil empire" Soviets treated dissdent Sakharov. Both high profile. America's gov is more draconianin now than the Brezhnev gov, that's some irony....although a lot of far less high profile Ukrainian dissidents where still treated as badly as Assange, or even far worse. (executed) Still, Brezhnev regime gives Sakharov a holiday home detention in Gorky. Assange gets actrual jail! ........one "evil empire" gone, the supposed good guys become that very thing!
Every HS senior should be required to read Secrets and especially Doomsday Machine. One of the points in the latter is that the authority to fire nuclear weapons is not limited to the President -- it was delegated down to base commanders by Eisenhower.
Forget about "unchained" or "unleashed" as a suffix word. Seeing as Matt knows a bit of rusky, why not - Useful Idiots : SVOBODNIYE!!! (it means "freedom" - svoboda, but in the correct tense or w/e for this phrase).
I had to post it here 'cos I couldn't post it in the relevant new ep of the interview with Jesse and Kate as I am a poor bastard who lives in an ex-commie country at war with Russia and cannot afford to be a paying subsciber. We losty our home in the war zone to the separatists/Russians. Rachel Madcow & the blob/necon nutters thinks 'murrica has problems with Russia, hah, small beans, trivial. Come to Ukraine, we have REAL problems with Tsar Putins Russia! :(
I hope that by becoming a patron Matt will never again be forced at gunpoint to read out an ad for pet food
Yay no advertisements!!
Can't wait to see you both back on video. This was a great interview. Thanks for being critical of policies under Obama and Clinton. As a Dem, it is important not to sit back pretend all is good and well. I had a recent convo with a friend who called me a 'racist' because I criticized some of Obama's policies. Sweet Jesus, really? I am so sick and tired of too many convos based around race. This is a sad witch hunt which no doubt will one day back fire.
I know you're just getting started, but you've released a podcast to which I subscribed and have downloaded via RSS. The first episode is 74 minutes, which seemed complete, but it ended pretty abruptly, telling me to "go to SubStack and subscribe" to hear the rest of the interview with Daniel Ellsberg.
It's odd because I thought I _was_ listening to the subscriber version. Can you give us some more guidance here, please?
Also, the first segments definitely either need video or need more complete show-notes with the images and videos that you're cackling at. Matt's comparison to Lloyd Bridges's character from Hot Shots! was perfect, but I was dying to see the clip I only got to listen to.
Audio quality was good and the part of the interview I heard was excellent.
Thanks!
nice to see the substack comments section is just as bad as yt. I AM ALL IN!!!! LOL
Glad to see you both back in action. With respect, the accounting you gave on the show for parting ways with Rolling Stone was amusing but not remotely satisfying. I don't understand why this issue would not be spoken to directly, when it is self-evidently an odd thing to leave unexplained in the current media landscape, clearly relevant to all the very current and virulent attacks on independent media (Matt being notoriously one of the specific targets of these attacks), and given the abruptness of the move from an at least historically countercultural magazine that on its face would want you to stay (although there were signs over the last several shows that the move was coming).
At this point, "We're not telling you, leave us alone", even cutely, is sort of a wincer (or am I that obtuse and the Syria stuff was deadly serious?). I'd implore you guys to be a little more forthcoming to your loyal fans, even if it's just to say something to the effect of either (1) "Nothing happened, we just decided to go our own way," or (2) "We can't tell you right now what happened, or don't want to, for reasons we might be able or want to explain more fully later." Even if in the long run I'd still wonder about (2), at least I'd be able to think to myself for the time being, with a little more confidence, "Clearly something happened. They don't want to talk about it. There could be reasons for this result that do not rise to the level of newsworthiness and have nothing to do with whether Rolling Stone expelled them for political reasons. Ok, fine."
Love you guys but need the video when where how do you get it I already subscribed
https://youtu.be/HIPOoIbSEPM
Where's the video?
(Sorry had to delete the original post, too many typos,, haha)
Ironic. what Daniel did was essentially leak about the lies of a war that in the end came to nought. Much like today's wars Assange leaked. Except many more were wiped out, 3.8 million in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia - fighting some mythical red threat domino theory. Fat lot of good that did, the communists are still in power there, hah
.Nothing's changed., except the western countries have become more "Soviet" in certain draconian aspects like the totalitarian regimes they used to de-cry.
But Assange is being treated far worse than the "evil empire" Soviets treated dissdent Sakharov. Both high profile. America's gov is more draconianin now than the Brezhnev gov, that's some irony....although a lot of far less high profile Ukrainian dissidents where still treated as badly as Assange, or even far worse. (executed) Still, Brezhnev regime gives Sakharov a holiday home detention in Gorky. Assange gets actrual jail! ........one "evil empire" gone, the supposed good guys become that very thing!
Budgeted for full Taibbi sub, & now monthly for UI... MUCH prefer video; eager to see! Thank you❣️
be nice everybody. give them 5 minutes f sake
Every HS senior should be required to read Secrets and especially Doomsday Machine. One of the points in the latter is that the authority to fire nuclear weapons is not limited to the President -- it was delegated down to base commanders by Eisenhower.
Forget about "unchained" or "unleashed" as a suffix word. Seeing as Matt knows a bit of rusky, why not - Useful Idiots : SVOBODNIYE!!! (it means "freedom" - svoboda, but in the correct tense or w/e for this phrase).
I had to post it here 'cos I couldn't post it in the relevant new ep of the interview with Jesse and Kate as I am a poor bastard who lives in an ex-commie country at war with Russia and cannot afford to be a paying subsciber. We losty our home in the war zone to the separatists/Russians. Rachel Madcow & the blob/necon nutters thinks 'murrica has problems with Russia, hah, small beans, trivial. Come to Ukraine, we have REAL problems with Tsar Putins Russia! :(
Slava Ukrainiy!
Is it just a problem with my apple podcasts app that when I search I still just get the Rolling Stone useful idiots?
Ok, I just $ub$cribed. So, where's the rest of the Ellsberg interview?