Programmed to Chill

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[note: I quoted/translated extensively from Oswaldo Zavala's Los cárteles no existen: Narcotráfico y cultura en México (2018) because it had not yet been translated yet into English. Subsequently, an English translation has come out]

First entry into a new series on paranoid cinema, and I'm joined by Dmitri (@drposhlost) of Subliminal Jihad to discuss the Sicario films, Sicario (2015) and Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018). We go through the plots of each film and discuss how they might function as a limited hangout. Among various topics, we talk about Taylor Sheridan and the nature of screenwriting.

Then we discuss the broader Mexican drug war. We talk about the banks, McCoy and Peter Dale Scott, plane crashes and container ships, and then compared the Sicario films to the analysis provided by the book Los Carteles No Existen (The Cartels Do Not Exist) by Oswaldo Zavala, before arriving at the dark truth about the drug war in Mexico.

Songs:

Ghost Dope by Juicy J

Sanguinarios del M1 by El Movimiento Alterado

Push It to the Limit by Paul Engemann

La Granja by Los Tigres del Norte

Today I'm joined by the journalist and author Douglas Valentine (@DouglasValentine77) to discuss his new book, Pisces Moon: the Dark Arts of Empire. The book provides perspective on his life's work exposing the misdeeds of America's intelligence community. Along the way, he also shares his thoughts on current events, spirituality, and answers crucial questions about his career.

Songs:

Sinister Purpose by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Links:

www.douglasvalentine.com/

Merch:

https://programmed-to-chill.myshopify.com/

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Today I'm joined with Esalen Professor Emeritus (@PastichePsyop) for part 2 of our conversation about esoteric Santa Cruz.

We continue to talk about Domhoff, the Christ Circle, Bohemian Grove, the beatniks, troubled teen rehabs, Synanon, Arthur Hempel, communes, data mapping of dog mutilation incidents, nudist colonies, and Ed Kemper. Even Thomas Pynchon. It's a great episode.

Songs:

Sunday Lunch by Carpenter Brut

Turbo Killer by Carpenter Brut

Paradise Warfare by Carpenter Brut

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Today I'm joined by Fergal Schmudlach (@irregnata) from the Kingless Generation podcast to discuss paleo-parapolitics.

We start by discussing several points of mutual interest regarding Japan. Then we get into what anthropology can tell us about Marxism and serial killing. We talk about The Power of Ritual in Prehistory: Secret Societies and Origins of Social Complexity by Brian Hayden among other works.

Songs:

for the twin by Daisuke Tanabe

hard off haul by Daisuke Tanabe

dried donuts by Daisuke Tanabe

Links:

https://twitter.com/irregnata

https://www.patreon.com/irregnata/posts

https://programmed-to-chill.myshopify.com/

[originally published on Patreon March 16, 2024]

By 1970, the literal former head of a death squad was running Guatemala - Colonel Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio. He took the death squad model to the next level, and disappearances skyrocketed. In 1972, the survivors of FAR formed the EGP (Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, or the Guerrilla Army of the Poor) and shifted from foquismo to a protracted people's war model of insurgency.

I discuss the Catholic church's complicated legacy in Guatemala on both sides of the political spectrum. I discuss Liberation Theology, the Melville Affair, and CUC (Comite de Unidad Campesina, or the Committee for Peasant Unity) which interacted with the EGP.

I explain the major earthquake of February 1976 which triggered the influx of foreign missionaries which would have wild repercussions. I go over the 1980 Spanish Embassy Massacre. In 1982, URNG was formed - Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca, or Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity. There was a serious possibility that Guatemala would have a revolution similar to the one that occurred in Nicaragua in 1979. This context is important to understand what is to come.

Songs:

Interview with Marco Antonio Yon Sosa

Vos Sos el Dios de los Pobres / Canto Entrado by Carlos Mejia Godoy Canción al EGP by unknown