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The BS Filter
by Cameron Reilly & Ray Harris
Dissecting the biggest stories in the news to try to get to the core of what’s going on. No bias. No agenda. No BS. Just a brutal examination of the facts and the history behind them.
Episodes
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The Grand Chessboard: Who’s Really Running Europe? – BS Filter #151
Today we pick apart Brzezinski’s Grand Chessboard – episode three of our miniseries – and cut through 30 years of NATO spin to see whose agenda is actually running Europe. If you would like to listen to the full episode, sign up and become a supporter of the show! It’s less than the cost of a...
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The Grand Chessboard Part 2: America’s Playbook for World Domination – BS Filter #150
Today we continue to pick apart Zbigniew Brzezinski’s 1997 geopolitical playbook – The Grand Chessboard – and how America’s blueprint for world domination is currently falling apart in real time. If you would like to listen to the full episode, sign up and become a supporter of the show! It’s…
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The Grand Chessboard: America’s Playbook for World Domination – BS Filter #149
Today we crack open Zbigniew Brzezinski’s 1997 playbook – The Grand Chessboard – and find out it basically predicted every war the US has picked since, and why that was always the point. If you would like to listen to the full episode, sign up and become a supporter of the show! It’s less than…
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Havel’s Power of the Powerless – BS Filter #148
Today we pick apart Václav Havel’s “Power of the Powerless” – with guest Michael Romahn – and why going along to get along is exactly how every rotten system keeps itself alive. If you would like to listen to the full episode, sign up and become a supporter of the show! It’s less than the cost of…
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The Precariat Trap: Why America Can’t Rise Up – BS Filter #147
Today we have guest Scotty B to pick apart America’s slow-motion slide into fascism – the Precariat Trap – and why the 99% can’t afford to pick up a pitchfork even when they probably should. If you would like to listen to the full episode, sign up and become a supporter of the show! It’s less…
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Nine Grievances, One Con Man – BS Filter #146
Today we cut through the spin on why people actually support Trump – nine real grievances, zero good excuses for picking the worst possible guy to fix them. If you would like to listen to the full episode, sign up and become a supporter of the show! It’s less than the cost of a single coffee a...
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Iran, Lies, and the Pentagon Slush Fund – BS Filter #145
Today we dig deep into the US-Israel attack on Iran - Operation Epic Fury - and what's actually going on beneath the spin.
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Sharks with Laser Beams – BS Filter 144
In this episode of *The Bullshit Filter*, Cameron and Ray dissect a world seemingly gone mad under the pressure of the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” foreign policy. The duo explores the unfolding humanitarian disaster in Cuba, where a modern fuel blockade has pushed the island’s...
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The Rupture – BS Filter 143
In this episode of *The Bullshit Filter*, Cameron and Ray navigate a global landscape defined by “ruptures” rather than transitions. The duo begins with a sobering look at Australia’s first mass shooting in 30 years and the subsequent rapid-fire passage of controversial anti-hate and migration...
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#142 – Fascism Goes Corporate
In this final instalment of the Fascism miniseries, Cameron and Ray trace how fascism didn’t die after 1945 but simply changed its wardrobe. Once openly discredited, fascist ideology went underground, hiding behind anti-communism, Catholic conservatism, Cold War geopolitics, and the language of...
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#139 – Make Italy Great Again: The Birth of Fascism (Fascism #3)
The post #139 – Make Italy Great Again: The Birth of Fascism (Fascism #3) appeared first on The BS Filter.
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#138 – Fascism: The Remix of History’s Worst Ideas (Fascism part 2)
In this second episode of our fascism series, Cameron and Ray trace the roots of fascism from the French Revolution through the 19th century and into the early 20th century. They explore how nationalism, the Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightenment, industrial upheaval, social Darwinism…
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#137 – What is Fascism? Part 1
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#136 – 20 Years of Napoleon and Friendship
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#135 – Unprovoked or Preemptive? Iran, the Media & Manufactured Consent
In this fiery and no-holds-barred episode, Cam and Ray dive into the geopolitics of U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran, calling out the hypocrisy and propagandistic media coverage that frames these attacks as “preemptive” rather than “unprovoked” — a word the media reserved exclusively for...
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#134: Section 70302: The Quiet Coup
Cameron and Ray crack open the popcorn for a free-wheeling hour on the sudden Musk-Trump bromance breakup and the “one big beautiful bill” (HR 1). They riff on Roman triumvirates, oligarch knife-fights, and the sneaky Section 70302 that could neuter America’s courts overnight. Along the way they...
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BS 129 – It’s The Stupid, Stupid
As I've been saying for years - Trump isn't the problem. He's just a symptom of the problem. The actual problem is stupid people. And they are justifiably angry. But to think billionaires are going to solve the problem is just stupid. It's billionaires and the politicians they control that got…
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BS 128 – Israel’s Terrorism
The media coverage, and Western government commentary, of Israel's pager and walkie-talkie attacks in Lebanon have studiously avoided the use of the word "terrorism", even though that's what all of the world's human rights organisations are calling it and what we all know the media and…
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BS 127 – Kamala and Lichtman’s 13 Keys
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BS 126 – The Global Rules-Based Order
In this episode of 'The Bullshit Filter,' we discuss the US's selective adherence to international laws, the complex US-Saudi relationship, and evolving power dynamics involving China. Discussions include potential ICC arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, the US's opposition to ICC...
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BS 125 – Come On Feel the Noise
The controversies and hypocrisies clouding the US's dance with TikTok and its awkward stance at the UN over Palestine, the US's veto power against Palestine's UN bid and the complex support web for Israel, parallel discussions tear into Australia's online safety efforts and the biased…
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BS 124 – The Truth About The TikTok Ban
Today we delve into the ACTUAL reasons behind the US attempts to ban / force a sale of TikTok. And we also look at some newspaper headlines and break them apart. The post BS 124 – The Truth About The TikTok Ban appeared first on The BS Filter.
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BS 123 – The Carlson / Putin Interview
My guest co-host today is Tony Kynaston from the QAV Investing Podcast. We're talking about the Tucker Carlson interview with Putin and breaking down the lies, distortions and misinformation ABOUT the interview that we're reading in the mainstream media, and asking why there is a need to distort...
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BS 122 – Israel Genocide, Houthi, Pakistan, Iran
This episode we're looking at South Africa's case against Israel in the World Court, accusing them of committing genocide in Gaza, the reasons for the cross-border tensions between Pakistan and Iran in Baluchistan, and why the Houthi are attacking ships in the Red Sea. The post BS 122 – Israel...
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BS 121 – J. David Markham / Ukraine
My old friend and colleague J. David Markham joined me today to talk about Russia and Ukraine. We planned to get to other topics, but ran out of time. Although we agree on most things related to Napoleon, David and I disagree on nearly everything else related to geopolitics, so this was a fun...
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BS 120 – Gaza, The Voice, and The Speaker
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BS 119 – Ukraine’s Energy Reserves
On this episode, we're fact checking the claims that Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and earlier annexation of Crimea, are all about getting their hands on Ukraine's gas and oil reserves. We also talk about how to use ChatGPT to de-bias a news article, "The Blob", Chris Hedges' analysis of "the…
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BS Filter 117 – Economic Coercion
This month we are looking into the following stories: Economic coercion is BAD if it comes from China, but great if it comes from the USA (AFR) John Mearsheimer can't see any room for peace talks in Ukraine as all sides see it as an existential threat (Youtube) The Russian economy continues to...
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BS 116 – The War in Sudan
In this two hour episode, we're looking at the current war in Sudan - who and what is behind it, and the history of the region, going back to the good ol' days of British colonialism, US sanctions, Clinton's Wag The Dog bombing of a medicine factory, Obama's invention of South Sudan, Russia's...
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BS 115 – The Balls of NATO
Finland joins NATO; Maidan expose suppressed; Trump charged; Putin arrest warrant; Hersh on the Cover Up; Meta v TikTok; ABC headline tricks The post BS 115 – The Balls of NATO appeared first on The BS Filter.
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BS 114 – Spy Balloons!
- Chinese Spy Balloons Over America! - How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline - Columbia Journalism Review on Russiagate - The Howard Gov & East Timor The post BS 114 – Spy Balloons! appeared first on The BS Filter.
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BFTN 112 – The Twitter Files
Today we talk about the US midterms, the Twitter Files, ChatGPT and the attempted Reichsbürger coup in Germany. The post BFTN 112 – The Twitter Files appeared first on The BS Filter.
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BFTN 111 – Nord Cui Bono
Who is responsible for the terrorist attack on the Russian Nord pipelines? Why did Boris Johnson stopped Ukraine from peace talks with Russia in April 2022? Does it have anything to do with the two largest US oil companies have earned more than $30bn in three months? Why did "Progressive…
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BFTN #110 – Gorbachev
Today we talk about the Western media's coverage of Gorbachev - his successes and failures - and which aspects the media deliberately ignores, such as his views on NATO expansion, Crimea, Ukraine and the role of the US in Putin's rise to power. The post BFTN #110 – Gorbachev appeared first on The...
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BFTN #109 – Provocation
Today we discuss the Trump "Raid" and his 5th amendment deposition, the legality of the Al-Zawahiri assassination, and the deliberate provocation of China by Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. The post BFTN #109 – Provocation appeared first on The BS Filter.
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BFTN 108 – We Survived COVID
Bolton says it out loud; Ukraine’s pro-fascist Ambassador; banning abortion to produce more white babies; Colombia’s new President; Christmas comes early for the military industrial complex. The post BFTN 108 – We Survived COVID appeared first on The BS Filter.
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BFTN 107 – Do Economic Sanctions Work?
I was musing, in the last episode, about whether or not sanctions have ever worked. Are they even legal? Over the last two decades, international economic sanctions have become a central instrument in global governance. Today we explore the success rate and the real intentions of sanctions as a...
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BFTN 106 – Pimps Of War
The war continues, 60 plus days. The US and EU and their allies, eg Australia, continue to “support” Ukraine by giving them some kind of military aid. But the question is whether or not this is going to result in less Ukrainian deaths... or more? The post BFTN 106 – Pimps Of War appeared first on...
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Bullshit Filter 105 – Offensive Realism 101
Today we talk about "Offensive Realism", the theory put forward by John Mearsheimer in his 2001 book “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics", and how it might explain the current Russia/Ukraine/NATO/USA situation. The post Bullshit Filter 105 – Offensive Realism 101 appeared first on The BS Filter.
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BFTN 104 – Russia and Ukraine P2
Yesterday Putin announced he was starting a “special military operation” in Ukraine. He said his goal was to “demilitarize” but not occupy the country, and that any countries that intervene in Ukraine invasion will face consequences. He also gave an hour long speech the day before, explaining his...
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BFTN 103 – Russia and Ukraine
If you only get your news from the mainstream media, you've probably heard that the world's about to end because of "Russian aggression". Of course, as always, that's a highly filtered version of the story. To understand what's happening with Russia and Ukraine, we really need to understand what...
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BFTN 102 – Mind Virus
Lots of stuff in this episode about Assange, China, Russia and Christianity, but the main theme is a theory I’ve been trying to flesh out about how tribalism and identity converge to create a mind virus that stops people from being able to focus on facts and evidence. The post BFTN 102 – Mind…
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BFTN 101 – (Afghanistan part 4)
The Russians attack Amin's palace without him realising what is happening. He still thinks they are on his side, right up until the moment they put a bullet in him. But before they storm the palace, they first try poison. The post BFTN 101 – (Afghanistan part 4) appeared first on The BS Filter.
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BFTN 100 – RUSSIANSPLAINING – (Afghanistan part 3)
Continuing on from our last episodes about Afghanistan, we look at the first days of the Russian invasion in December 1979 and dispel some common myths about the Soviet’s intentions. The post BFTN 100 – RUSSIANSPLAINING – (Afghanistan part 3) appeared first on The BS Filter.
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BFTN 99 – Afghanistan (part 2)
Part two of our look at the history of American involvement in Afghanistan since the late 1970s. We continue the story of the internal collapse of the PDPA's power in 1979, while the United States started pouring money into supporting the Mujahideen. The post BFTN 99 – Afghanistan (part 2)…
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BFTN 98 – Afghanistan (part 1)
In the aftermath of the US finally removing its troops from Afghanistan, it's time we take look at the history of American involvement in that part of the world and try to dispel some of the myths. The post BFTN 98 – Afghanistan (part 1) appeared first on The BS Filter.
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BFTN 97 – COVID 2021 (part 3)
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BFTN 96 – COVID 2021 (part 2)
I'm joined again by Trevor Bell from The Iron Fist & The Velvet Glove podcast to talk about the state of COVID as of August 2021. Today Trevor and I look at lockdowns. Do they work? What do we mean by 'work'? What's the evidence for and against? The post BFTN 96 – COVID 2021 (part 2) appeared…
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BFTN 95 – COVID 2021 (part 1)
I'm joined by Trevor Bell from The Iron Fist & The Velvet Glove podcast to talk about the state of COVID as of August 2021. This is the first part of several upcoming episodes where we look at the state of the global pandemic, as well as explore the various theories about the effectiveness of...
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BFTN 94 – Wrong On Democracy
Long-time listener Hugo Mathieu joins me to explain how and why I'm wrong about democracy. He says we don't have one. I say we have one - albeit in a corrupt and limited form. Who's right? You be the judge. The post BFTN 94 – Wrong On Democracy appeared first on The BS Filter.
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Dissecting the biggest stories in the news to try to get to the core of what’s going on. No bias. No agenda. No BS. Just a brutal examination of the facts and the history behind them.
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