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Greg Poulgrain is a historian and lecturer on Southeast Asian history and author of JFK vs. Allen Dulles: Battleground Indonesia. Greg joins me once again to discuss Allen Dulles and also Dag Hammarskjöld who remains well regarded internationally as a capable diplomat and administrator, and his efforts to resolve various global crises led to him being the only posthumous recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He is considered one of the two best UN secretaries-general, along with his successor U Thant, and his appointment has been hailed as one of the most notable successes for the organization. U.S. President John F. Kennedy called Hammarskjöld "the greatest statesman of our century." Dr. Poulgrain's Links: https://www.amazon.com/JFK-vs-Allen-Dulles-Battleground/dp/1510744797/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1663170687&refinements=p_27%3AGreg+Poulgrain&s=books&sr=1-1 https://www.amazon.com/Books-Greg-Poulgrain/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AGreg+Poulgrain My Links: https://linktr.ee/outoftheblank_podcast

Laurie Calhoun is a philosopher and cultural critic, is the author of "We Kill Because We Can: From Soldiering to Assassination in the Drone Age" which takes a scalpel to the dark heart of Western foreign policy in order to answer these and many other troubling questions. Laurie is also the author of "War and Delusion: A Critical Examination" about the centuries-old paradigm of just war theory to determine whether modern 'just war' rationalizations constitute sound justifications or pro-military propaganda. Laurie's links: https://thedroneage.wordpress.com/aboutlauriecalhoun/ https://www.amazon.com/War-Delusion-Examination-Twenty-first-Perspectives-ebook/dp/B00BNAT1VK?ref_=ast_author_dp https://mobile.twitter.com/laurielcalhoun/with_replies https://www.independent.org/aboutus/person_detail.asp?id=588 My links: https://linktr.ee/outoftheblank_podcast

Douglas Thompson is the author of many non-fiction books covering an eclectic mix of subjects from major Hollywood biographies to revelatory collaborations about remarkable people and events. The author, broadcaster and international journalist, is a regular contributor to major newspapers and magazines worldwide. Douglas is thee author of Shadowland: How the Mafia Bet Britain in a Global Gamble" and "Bombshell: The Night Bobby Kennedy Killed Marilyn Monroe" which spans this episode and deals with areas of the Kennedys and the mafia and their connections to Hollywood and its famous figures. Douglas's Links: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09ZH5HGBX/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Douglas-Thompson/e/B001HOT78Y/ref=aufs_dp_fta_dsk https://www.dougiethompson.com/works https://twitter.com/DOUGIETHOMPSON My Links: https://linktr.ee/outoftheblank_podcast

Armin Krishnan is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Security Studies Program at East Carolina University. He has studied political science and security studies at Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich and Salford University, U.K. He previously taught intellligence and security studies at the University of Texas at El Paso. He has written three books on new developments in contemporary warfare, including the privatization of military services, autonomous weapons, and targeted killing. His current research focuses on U.S. government secrecy, U.S. shadow wars, and covert action since the end of the Cold War. Armin's links: https://footnote.co/contributor/armin-krishnan https://securitystudies.ecu.edu/about-us/dr-armin-krishnan/ https://killerrobotsblog.com/bio/ https://www.amazon.com/stores/Armin-Krishnan/author/B001JSHEJW?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true My links: https://linktr.ee/outoftheblank_podcast

Chiara Thumiger is a classicist and a science historian. In particular, her current interests focus on ancient medicine and mental health, patient history, history of psychiatry, (ancient) disability studies, and the history of the body. She has also worked on other areas of ancient literatures and culture (Greek tragedy, ancient animals, ancient emotions). Her present research project within ROOTS, Ancient Guts, focuses on a key, but comparatively underrated aspect of ancient medicine and anatomy: the gastric area of the body and the process of food ingestion and assimilation. Chiara's Links: https://www.cluster-roots.uni-kiel.de/en/people/members-alphabetically/members_items/dr-chiara-thumiger#:~:text=Chiara%20Thumiger%20is%20a%20classicist,the%20history%20of%20the%20body. http://chiara-thumiger.net/ https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/a-history-of-the-mind-and-mental-health-in-classical-greek-medical-thought/7473DCEAA7AAEF9F12D55967646A53C0 My Links: https://linktr.ee/outoftheblank_podcast

Christopher Moran is an Associate Professor of U.S. National Security at the University of Warwick in England. He is the award-winning author of "Classified: Secrecy and the State in Modern Britain" and "Company Confessions: Secrets, Memoirs, and the CIA" that draws on interviews; the private correspondence of such legendary spies as Allen Dulles, William Colby, and Richard Helms; and declassified CIA files, Company Confessions examines why America’s spies are so willing to share their stories, the damage inflicted when they leak the nation’s secrets, and the fine line between censorship on the grounds of security and censorship for the sake of reputation. Chris's Links: https://www.amazon.com/Company-Confessions-Secrets-Memoirs-CIA-ebook/dp/B01BBXEZR8?ref_=ast_author_mpb https://us.macmillan.com/author/christophermoran https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/people/moran/ My links: https://linktr.ee/outoftheblank_podcast

Walter Shaub is a government ethics expert who has advocated for integrity and accountability in government across a career in public service. He leads POGO’s Government Ethics Initiative, which focuses on preventing abuses of government power and resources, reforming government ethics systems, and holding government officials accountable to the public they serve. Shaub has testified before Congress as both a government official and a private citizen, and he has worked closely with government leaders to develop and implement government ethics reforms. He has devoted his professional career to the subjects of government ethics, the federal merit systems principles, prohibited personnel practices, and federal labor and employment law. Walter's Links: https://www.pogo.org/about/people/walter-m-shaub-jr https://twitter.com/waltshaub https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/walter-shaub https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/introducing-bad-watchdog/id1616746820?i=1000596947999 My Links: https://linktr.ee/outoftheblank_podcast

Terry Allen Kupers is an award-winning psychiatrist and Professor Emeritus at The Wright Institute Graduate School of Psychology. As one of the nation’s foremost experts on the mental health effects of solitary confinement, he has testified in over two dozen class action lawsuits about jail and prison conditions, the quality of mental health care “inside” and the effects of sexual abuse behind bars. He is a frequent consultant to the ACLU’s National Prison Project and Human Rights Watch and the author of Prison Madness. Terry's Links: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520292239/solitary#:~:text=Terry%20Allen%20Kupers%20is%20an,Institute%20Graduate%20School%20of%20Psychology. https://www.amazon.com/Books-Terry-Kupers/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3ATerry+A.+Kupers https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Terry-Kupers http://www.avidprisonproject.org/phone/dr.-terry-kupers,-md,-msp,-video.html My links: https://linktr.ee/outoftheblank_podcast

Carla Joinson is a freelance writer who lives near Johnson City, Tennessee. Carla has a interest in the history of mental illness and its treatment inspired her to continue research into this topic and author books such as "Vanished in Hiawatha: The Story of the Canton Asylum for Insane Indians" the harrowing tale of the mistreatment of Native American patients at a notorious insane asylum whose history helps us to understand the broader mistreatment of Native peoples under forced federal assimilation in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Carla's Links: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Carla-Joinson/author/B001JPC3CS?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true https://carlajoinson.com/ My Links: https://linktr.ee/outoftheblank_podcast

Chris Gavaler is an associate professor at W&L University, comics editor of SHENANDOAH, and series editor of Bloomsbury Critical Guides in Comics Studies. Chris has authored many books on the studies of superheroes such as "Superhero Thought Experiments: Comic Book Philosophy" which examines the deep philosophical topics addressed in superhero comics, authors Gavaler and Goldberg read plot lines for the complex thought experiments they contain and analyze their implications as if the comic authors were philosophers. The next book titled "On the Origin of Superheroes: From the Big Bang to Action Comics No. 1" from the creation of the universe, through mythological heroes and gods, to folklore, ancient philosophy, revolutionary manifestos, discarded scientific theories, and gothic monsters, the sweep and scale of the superhero’s origin story is truly epic. Chris's Links: https://www.amazon.com/Origin-Superheroes-Bang-Action-Comics-ebook/dp/B015H1TL4W/ref=sr_1_8?qid=1674981727&refinements=p_27%3AChris+Gavaler&s=books&sr=1-8 https://thepatronsaintofsuperheroes.wordpress.com/about/ https://www.amazon.com/Superhero-Thought-Experiments-Comic-Philosophy-ebook/dp/B07WQ33KC4/ref=sr_1_5?qid=1674981727&refinements=p_27%3AChris+Gavaler&s=books&sr=1-5 https://twitter.com/chrisgavaler?lang=en https://uipress.uiowa.edu/people/chris-gavaler My Links: https://linktr.ee/outoftheblank_podcast

Kelley Blanchette completed her Doctorate in forensic psychology in 2005. Her area of research is focused primarily on women offenders. Dr. Blanchette developed and implemented a gender-informed security re-classification scale for federally sentenced women. It was implemented by Correctional Service Canada in 2005 and continues to be used at all federal women’s correctional facilities today. She has published correctional research extensively in peer-reviewed and government journals and co-authored an award-winning book entitled “The Assessment and Treatment of Women Offenders”. Dr. Blanchette is an adjunct professor at Carleton University and a Peer Reviewer for numerous academic journals. Kelley's Links: https://carleton.ca/cjdml/people/kelley-blanchette/ https://www.amazon.com/stores/Kelley-Blanchette/author/B001H9XM9Y?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true My Links: https://linktr.ee/outoftheblank_podcast

Peter Coogan is the director of the Institute for Comics Studies and co-founder and co-chair of the Comics Arts Conference, which runs during the San Diego Comic-Con International and San Francisco WonderCon. Coogan is the author of "Superhero: The Secret Origin of a Genre" an entertaining and exhaustive history, tracing the superhero's roots in mythology, science fiction, and pulps, which follows the genre's development to its current renaissance in film, literature, and graphic novels. Peter's links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Coogan https://amcs.wustl.edu/people/peter-coogan https://www.amazon.com/Superhero-Secret-Origin-Peter-Coogan/dp/193226518X https://comicsstudies.org/ My links: https://linktr.ee/outoftheblank_podcast

Robert Fantina is an author and journalist, working for peace and social justice. He writes extensively about U.S. foreign policy and the Middle East, with a focus on Palestine. He serves on the boards of Canadian Voices for Palestinian Rights (CVPR) and Canadians for Peace and Justice in Kashmir (CPJK). Robert is the author of "Propaganda, Lies and False Flags: How the U.S. Justifies Its Wars" Fantina shows how little the playbook has changed over the generations. Propaganda, lies, and false flags: these have been the means to bring the country to war, and they will remain so until we wake up to the deception. Bob's links: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Robert-Fantina/author/B001JS5P48?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true https://www.robertfantina.com/books/ https://mobile.twitter.com/robertfantina My links:

H. Bruce Franklin is an American cultural historian and scholar. He is notable for receiving top awards for his lifetime scholarship in fields as diverse as American studies, science fiction, prison literature and marine ecology. Bruce is the author of "MIA, or Mythmaking in America" in which this book shows two decades after the Vietnam War, most Americans remain convinced that U.S. prisoners are still being held captive in Southeast Asia, and many even accuse the government of concealing their existence. But as H. Bruce Franklin demonstrates in his startling investigation, there is no plausible basis for the belief in live POWs. Through scrupulous research, he shows for the first time how this illusion was fabricated and then converted into a powerful myth. Bruce's Links: https://www.amazon.com/MIA-Mythmaking-America-Bruce-Franklin/dp/0813520010 https://www.hbrucefranklin.com/ https://mobile.twitter.com/hbrucefranklin1 My Links: https://linktr.ee/outoftheblank_podcast

Amy Milne-Smith is an Associate Professor of History at Wilfrid Laurier University. Amy recently completed a monograph entitled "Out of his Mind: Masculinity and mental illness in Victorian Britain" which interrogates how Victorians made sense of the madman as both a social reality and a cultural representation. Even at the height of enthusiasm for the curative powers of nineteenth-century psychiatry, to be certified as a lunatic meant a loss of one’s freedom and in many ways one’s identify. Amy's Links: https://twitter.com/amymilnesmith?lang=en https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526155030/ https://www.wlu.ca/academics/faculties/faculty-of-arts/faculty-profiles/amy-milne-smith/index.html https://www.amazon.com/London-Clubland-Cultural-History-Victorian-ebook/dp/B009AWLMTW?ref_=ast_sto_dp My Links: https://linktr.ee/outoftheblank_podcast

Benjamin Cunningham is a journalist, writer and PhD candidate at the Universitat de Barcelona. His book “The Liar: How a Double Agent in the CIA Became the Last Honest Man of the Cold War” during the mid-1970s, the CIA and KGB watched Karel Koecher closely—they were both convinced he was working for the enemy. And they were both right. Traveling with his wife, Hana, Koecher posed as a Czechoslovak asylum seeker and arrived in the US as a Communist sleeper agent. After parlaying a doctorate from Columbia into a job at the CIA, Koecher proceeded to operate as a double agent at the height of the Cold War. Ben's links: https://www.bcunningham.org/about-me https://twitter.com/cunning_tweets?lang=en https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/benjamin-cunningham/the-liar/9781541700796/ https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/benjamin-cunningham/the-liar/9781541700819/ My Links: https://linktr.ee/outoftheblank_podcast

Edward Alwood is a former CNN correspondent who reported on the White House, Congress and various federal agencies. Prior to that, he reported for WTTG-TV (Channel 5) in Washington, D.C. Alwood is published in several academic journals and has written two books, including “Dark Days in the Newsroom: McCarthyism Aimed at the Press,” traces how journalists became radicalized during the Depression era, only to become targets of Senator Joseph McCarthy and like-minded anti-Communist crusaders during the 1950s. Ed's links: https://merrill.umd.edu/directory/edward-alwood http://www.edwardalwood.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Days-Newsroom-McCarthyism-Aimed-ebook/dp/B0037CFEYA?ref_=ast_sto_dp My Links: https://linktr.ee/outoftheblank_podcast

Christopher Ferguson holds a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Central Florida. He has clinical experience particularly in working with offender and juvenile justice populations as well as conducting evaluations for child protective services. Chris is the author of "How Madness Shaped History: An Eccentric Array of Maniacal Rulers, Raving Narcissists, and Psychotic Visionaries" considers the impact of psychology on world events, looking at how mental illness and personality disorders have affected history. Chris's links: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1633885747?tag=psychologytod-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1 https://www.stetson.edu/other/faculty/christopher-ferguson.php https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/christopher-j-ferguson-phd https://twitter.com/CJFerguson1111 https://grimoiremanor.substack.com/ My links: https://linktr.ee/outoftheblank_podcast

Eric Wilson is a senior lecturer of law at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Eric is the editor of a series of works on critical criminology, the first volume of which was published by Pluto Press in 2009 as Government of the Shadows: Parapolitics and Criminal Sovereignty. The second volume in the series, The Dual State: Parapolitics, Carl Schmitt and the National Security State Complex, was published by Ashgate in late 2012. In March 2015 he published his second monograph, “The Spectacle of the False Flag: Parapolitics from JFK to Watergate” which discusses the myriad linkages between covert intelligence and organized crime during the period of the Vietnam War. Eric’s Links: https://punctumbooks.com/people/eric-wilson/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272997702_THE_SPECTACLE_OF_THE_FALSE_FLAG_PARAPOLITICS_FROM_JFK_TO_WATERGATE https://www.amazon.com/Spectacle-False-Flag-Parapolitics-JFK-Watergate/dp/098823405X https://guidopreparata.com/new-politology-eric-wilson/ https://research.monash.edu/en/publications/the-spectacle-of-the-false-flag-parapolitics-from-jfk-to-watergat My Links: https://linktr.ee/outoftheblank_podcast

J. Michael Springmann was the head of the American visa bureau in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in the Reagan and former Bush administrations, from September 1987 through March 1989. While stationed in Saudi Arabia, Springmann was "ordered by high level State Dept. officials to issue visas to unqualified applicants". Springmann states that these applicants were terrorist recruits of Osama Bin Laden, who were being sent to the United States in order to obtain training from the CIA. Mike's Links: https://www.springmannslaw.com/ https://www.amazon.com/stores/J.-Michael-Springmann/author/B00UUKN6GU?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true https://mobile.twitter.com/mikespringmann My links: https://linktr.ee/outoftheblank_podcast

This episode features Larry Hancock and Campbell Moreira where we discuss the Kennedy assassination after much of the public saw the recent trend after new documents were released. Larry is a distinguished historian, lecturer and researcher; author of essential and acclaimed works on America’s hidden histories. Campbell is the owner of UAPstudy.com a site dedicated to documented information of interviews and quotes with sightings included to the explanation of these occurrences being a weather phenomena. Larry's links: https://www.amazon.com/Larry-Hancock/e/B004FOXTAK/ref=aufs_dp_fta_dsk https://spartacus-educational.com/JFKhancock.htm http://www.larry-hancock.com/ Campbell's Links: https://www.uapstudy.com/ My Links: https://linktr.ee/outoftheblank_podcast