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The Bullshit Filter
by Cameron Reilly & Ray Harris
A weekly examination of fake news.
Episodes
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The Grand Chessboard: Who's Really Running Europe? - BS Filter #151 (Free Preview)
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Grand Chessboard: America's Playbook for World Domination - BS Filter #150 (Free Preview)
Today we 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Grand Chessboard: America's Playbook for World Domination - BS Filter #150
Today we 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Grand Chessboard: America's Playbook for World Domination - BS Filter #149 (Free Preview)
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Havel's Power of the Powerless - BS Filter #148 (Free Preview)
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Precariat Trap: Why America Can't Rise Up - BS Filter #147 (Free Preview)
Today we 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Precariat Trap: Why America Can't Rise Up - BS Filter #147
Today we 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nine Grievances, One Con Man - BS Filter #146 (Free Preview)
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Iran, Lies, and the Pentagon Slush Fund - BS Filter 145 (Free Preview)
Today we dig deep into the US-Israel attack on Iran - Operation Epic Fury - and what's actually going on beneath the spin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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BS 145 — Iran, Lies, and the Pentagon Slush Fund
Today we dig deep into the US-Israel attack on Iran - Operation Epic Fury - and what's actually going on beneath the spin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sharks with Laser Beams - BS Filter 144 (teaser edition)
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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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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Fascism Goes Corporate - Fascism 6, BS 142
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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Franco: The Fascist Who Lived Long Enough to Become a Western Ally - Fascism 5 (BS 141)
This episode dives into the rise of Spanish fascism, the Spanish Civil War, and the long shadow of Francisco Franco. We unravel how Spain’s brand of authoritarianism differed from its Italian and German cousins, how the Civil War became a proxy fight between democracy and fascism, and why Spain’s...
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How Germany Went MAGA - Bullshit Filter, Fascism P4
In this episode of *The Bullshit Filter*, Cameron and Ray trace the evolution of fascism from Mussolini’s Italy to Hitler’s Germany, drawing unsettling parallels to the modern American political climate. They unpack how post–World War I trauma, economic collapse, and fear of socialism created the...
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Make Italy Great Again: The Birth of Fascism (preview)
In this preview episode of The Bullshit Filter, Cameron and Ray continue their deep dive into the history of fascism — tracing its emergence from the ashes of World War I to Mussolini’s rise in Italy. They unpack how the trauma of the war radicalised millions, creating fertile ground for...
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Make Italy Great Again: The Birth of Fascism - (Fascism #3, BS #139)
In this episode of The Bullshit Filter, Cameron and Ray continue their deep dive into the history of fascism — tracing its emergence from the ashes of World War I to Mussolini’s rise in Italy. They unpack how the trauma of the war radicalised millions, creating fertile ground for authoritarian...
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Preview - Fascism: The Remix of History’s Worst Ideas (Bullshit Filter 138, 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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Fascism: The Remix of History’s Worst Ideas (Bullshit Filter 138, 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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BS 137 Preview - What Is Fascism? Part 1
In this free version of the first instalment of a new series on fascism, Cameron and Ray dig into what the word really means beyond the marching boots and fiery rallies of 20th-century Europe. They explore the difficulty of defining fascism, how it manifests differently across time and place, and...
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BS 137 - What Is Fascism? Part 1
In this first instalment of a new series on fascism, Cameron and Ray dig into what the word really means beyond the marching boots and fiery rallies of 20th-century Europe. They explore the difficulty of defining fascism, how it manifests differently across time and place, and why the term is…
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BS 135 Preview - Unprovoked or Preemptive? Iran, the Media & Manufactured Consent
In this fiery and no-holds-barred episode of _The Bullshit Filter_, 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...
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BS 135 Premium - Unprovoked or Preemptive? Iran, the Media & Manufactured Consent
In this fiery and no-holds-barred episode of _The Bullshit Filter_, 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...
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BS 134 (free) - 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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Bullshit 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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Bullshit Filter 133 - The Donut Shop Economy
In this episode of The Bullshit Filter, Cameron and Ray unpack the mythology around Donald Trump’s tariff policies, the real story behind the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the long, hypocritical game the U.S. has played when it comes to global trade. Cameron breaks down the roots of China’s...
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The Bullshit Filter - Episode 132: Greenland, JFK Files & The Network State
In this wide-ranging episode, Cameron and Ray dive deep into two major topics. First, they dissect the recently released, unredacted JFK assassination files. They discuss the mainstream media's muted reaction, the historical context of powerful groups (the Mafia, CIA, J. Edgar Hoover, LBJ) who...
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BS 131 - The Foreign Aid Shell Game
In this episode, we explore the often misunderstood realities of geopolitics, foreign aid, and international conflict. We challenge common perceptions about NATO's purpose, highlighting its origins and actual role in global affairs, especially in relation to Russia and Ukraine. Through clear...
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BSF 130 - Everything you wanted to know about the Syrian Civil War but were too afraid to ask {aka Syrian Civil War 1.26)
Here's the history of Syria (as it relates to the Syrian Civil War) over the last 100 years, from the end of the Ottoman Empire, the French Mandate, independence, decades of coups, the rise to power of the Assad family, 9/11, the War on Terror, and how the U.S. and allies handed the country to a...
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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
Who is Kamala Harris? How does she stack up as a potential POTUS? And how do Lichtman's 13 Keys to the White House work? Who does it predict will win the 2024 election? Listen and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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
This month we're looking (again) at the US' ban of TikTok, and their veto over Palestine's membership in the UN, as well as the Australian government trying to censor X and we ask if what Israel is doing is "genocide". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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BS 124 - 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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. Learn more about your ad...
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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
On this episode we're talking about Gaza, The Voice to Parliament referendum in Australia, and the Speaker of the House débâcle in the USA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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 118 - Ukraine Gravy Train
The March on Moscow; the Ukraine Gravy Train; China new training facility in Cuba; Falklands no strategic value to UK; Daniel Ellsberg dead; COVID source; Biden clamps down on China’s access to chips; China and Taiwan and Raytheon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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BS Filter 117 Free - Economic Coercion
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BS Filter 117 Full - Economic Coercion
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BS 116 - The War in Sudan
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BS 115 Free
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A weekly examination of fake news.
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The Bullshit Filter is created and hosted by Cameron Reilly & Ray Harris.
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