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  • Part Two: Lee Atwater: The Political Dirty Tricks Artist Who Gave us President(s) George Bush

    Part Two: Lee Atwater: The Political Dirty Tricks Artist Who Gave us President(s) George Bush
    Aug 27 2025

    Lee Atwater graduates high school after a brief stint in an insane fraternity then becomes a college Republican leader and starts his career as a dirty tricks expert for political campaigns.

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    55 mins
  • Part One: Lee Atwater: The Political Dirty Tricks Artist Who Gave us President(s) George Bush

    Part One: Lee Atwater: The Political Dirty Tricks Artist Who Gave us President(s) George Bush
    Aug 26 2025

    Robert sits down with Garrison Davis to discuss the life and times of Lee Atwater, the arch inventor of Republican dirty tricks politics.

    (3 Part Series, releasing all this week)

    Sources:

    https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/biography/lee-atwater

    https://archive.is/STJGq

    https://www.newberryobserver.com/news/10323/notable-newberry-alumnus

    https://andrewjazprosehill.substack.com/p/the-death-bed-confession-of-a-boogie

    https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-secret-papers-of-lee-atwater-who-invented-the-scurrilous-tactics-that-trump-normalized?_sp=a8ee96fb-f790-4047-ae41-50c5940d1092.1729971751539

    https://www.csmonitor.com/1989/0626/elee.html

    https://archive.is/yZ0Hf#selection-553.0-553.173

    https://time.com/archive/6702136/saying-no-to-lee-atwater/

    https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/brady-bad.html

    https://nul.org/news/ghost-lee-atwater-haunts-2022-midterm-elections

    https://www.npr.org/transcripts/94931206

    https://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2021/08/13/the-spirit-of-lee-atwater-lingers-among-us-how-critical-race-theory-became-the-gops-new-southern-strategy/

    https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/05/13/willie-horton-revisited

    https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/exclusive-lee-atwaters-infamous-1981-interview-southern-strategy/

    https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/atwater/etc/synopsis.html

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1991/04/19/weighing-lee-atwaters-regrets/c78da503-8dc9-4c58-a8d6-d5524ffdfa8e/

    https://archive.is/7CjqQ

    https://brooklynrail.org/2012/02/express/letter-from-the-trail-atwaters-ghost/

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    56 mins
  • It Could Happen Here Weekly 196

    It Could Happen Here Weekly 196
    Aug 23 2025
    All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - The Federalization of DC Police feat. Bridget Todd - Elon Musk and the Rebirth of Company Towns feat. Steven Monacelli & Dr. Michael Phillips - Alienation and AI feat. Andrew - Objectivity in Journalism - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #30 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: Elon Musk and the Rebirth of Company Towns feat. Steven Monacelli & Dr. Michael Phillips Margaret Crawford, Building the Workingman's Paradise: The Design of American Company Towns Alan Dawley, Struggles for Justice: Social Responsibility and the Liberal State Hardy Green, The Company Town: The Industrial Edens and Satanic Mills That Shaped the American Economy Chad Pearson, Capitalism’s Terrorists: Klansmen, Lawmen, and Employers in the Long Nineteenth Century Objectivity in Journalism https://www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2021/a-widely-shared-video-shows-a-deputy-overdosing-on-fentanyl-experts-say-its-impossible/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/opinion/objectivity-black-journalists-coronavirus.html Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #30 https://www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-journalists-hamas-hasbara/ https://x.com/IDF/status/1954652255199887516 https://www.idf.il/en/mini-sites/idf-press-releases-israel-at-war/august-24-pr/eliminated-ismail-al-ghoul-a-hamas-military-wing-operative-and-nukhba-terrorist/ https://cpj.org/2025/07/cpj-calls-for-anas-al-sharifs-protection-in-face-of-israeli-smears/ https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16tQckcrui/ https://www.icrc.org/en/article/international-humanitarian-law-protect-journalists-armed-conflict https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-updates/20250819-DiscretionaryFactors.pdf https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1424&num=0&edition=prelim https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-alerts/08.15.2025-Restoring_a_Good_Moral_Character_Evaluation_Standard_for_Aliens_Applying_for_Naturalization-Policy_Memorandum_FINAL.pdf https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26054451-20-1/#document/p17/a2667744 https://www.wmtw.com/article/old-orchard-beach-maine-officer-voluntary-departure/65807962?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot https://edsource.org/updates/immigration-agents-alleged-to-have-boasted-of-1500-for-l-a-student-arrest https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/us/politics/ice-bonuses-immigrants-deportations.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    2 hrs and 56 mins
  • Part Two: The Evilest Football Player of All Time

    Part Two: The Evilest Football Player of All Time
    Aug 21 2025

    Robert explains how Alexandre Villaplane ruined his football career committing crimes, badly, and then started a new career as a mass murderer for the SS.

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    53 mins
  • Part One: The Evilest Football Player of All Time

    Part One: The Evilest Football Player of All Time
    Aug 19 2025

    Robert sits down with Dana Schwartz to tell the dark tale of Alexandre Villaplane, the French Football star and gangster who became a member of the SS.

    (2 part series)

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • It Could Happen Here Weekly 195

    It Could Happen Here Weekly 195
    Aug 16 2025
    All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - Infrastructure as Control feat. Andrew - Why Trump is Obsessed with the Autopen - How Tucson Beat Amazon’s Data Center - Tariffs and the Corruption State - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #29 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: Why Trump is Obsessed with the Autopen https://www.shapell.org/behind-the-scenes/the-robot-pen/ https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1908354 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/lead-investigator-james-comer-biden-autopen-digital-signature-rcna216719 https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/05/politics/autopen-trump-biden-analysis https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/us/politics/biden-pardon-autopen-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/us/politics/biden-clemency-interview.html How Tucson Beat Amazon’s Data Center http://nodesertdatacenter.com https://apnews.com/article/electricity-prices-data-centers-artificial-intelligence-fbf213a915fb574a4f3e5baaa7041c3a https://vermaland.com Tariffs and the Corruption State https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/economy/tariff-more-expensive https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-hikes-india-tariffs-50-percent-buying-russian-oil-rcna223374 https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/us-tariffs-take-effect-08-07-25 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nvidia-amd-chip-sales-china-15-percent-h20-mi308/ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/business/tariffs-switzerland-trump.html https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/07/trumps-reciprocal-tariffs-come-into-effect-hitting-dozens-of-us-trading-partners.html https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/8/12/trump-extends-china-tariff-deadline-for-the-second-time-what-does-it-mean https://www.tradecomplianceresourcehub.com/2025/08/12/trump-2-0-tariff-tracker/ https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/07/business/trade-exemptions-tariffs-trump https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg7jjkvzmkxo https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/us-tariffs-take-effect-08-07-25#cme17o5l400003b6ns7mwdwnv https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/tech/apple-investment-us-trump https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-tariffs-latest-round-takes-effect-thursday-august-7-2025-rcna223461 https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/us-tariffs-take-effect-08-07-25 https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-administration-tells-foreign-military-junta-wants-hear-raising-e-rcna221569 https://restofworld.org/2023/foxconn-iphone-factory-china/ https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/tech/apple-investment-us-trump https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/i-wont-humiliate-myself-brazils-president-sees-no-point-tariff-talks-with-trump-2025-08-06/ Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #29 https://www.cvesd.org/parents/family-and-community-resourceslausd.org https://www.lausd.org/cms/lib/CA01000043/Centricity/Domain/577/Parent%20Resources/ComResourceGuideEng.pdf https://www.kpbs.org/news/border-immigration/2024/11/21/with-trump-back-in-power-advocates-criticize-gloria-for-shuttering-immigrant-affairs-office https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/business/trump-bls-ej-antoni.html https://x.com/AngulusTerrarum/status/1955320816855294169 https://x.com/JosephPolitano/status/1955041060197114136 https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/stephen-miran-federal-reserve-board-e7855877 https://www.newsweek.com/trump-bls-appointment-ej-antoni-alarms-economists-2112440 https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/business/bls-nominee-trump https://abcnews.go.com/Business/ej-antoni-trumps-pick-lead-bls/story?id=124579471 https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/restoring-law-and-order-in-the-district-of-columbia/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8600x7dnn4o https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/texas-democrats-return-after-governor-ends-special-session/story?id=124592449 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5loldo4Vmno https://abcnews.go.com/US/suspected-gunman-cdc-shooting-fired-500-rounds-officials/story?id=124577732 https://www.scrippsnews.com/health/rfk-jr-in-interview-with-scripps-news-trusting-the-experts-is-not-science https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-formally-asked-overturn-landmark-same-sex/story?id=124465302See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    2 hrs and 46 mins
  • Part Two: Frank Fay, The Fascist Who invented Stand Up Comedy

    Part Two: Frank Fay, The Fascist Who invented Stand Up Comedy
    Aug 14 2025

    In Part 2 Frank Fay finds love and creates the most toxic Hollywood romance of all time. Then he breaks Nazi and holds a fascist rally in New York City less than a year after the end of WW2.

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Part One: Frank Fay, The Fascist Who invented Stand Up Comedy

    Part One: Frank Fay, The Fascist Who invented Stand Up Comedy
    Aug 12 2025

    Robert sits down with Andrew Ti to discuss the ground breaking performer who created modern stand up comedy and also palled around with the KKK.

    (2 Part Series)

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    1 hr and 9 mins