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Truth Unrestricted

by Spencer

Confirmation bias, commonplace assumptions, and the zeitgeist itself are disassembled, examined, and reassembled in a detailed autopsy on our current ideaspace. Everyday concepts you probably take for granted are examined in a new light.

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Episodes

  1. The Reality Movement

    Send us Fan Mail The biggest question about disinformation is, "What do we do about this problem?" Sure, lots of debunking is in the future. But what else could be done to prevent disinformation and bring politics back in line with objective reality? I say we start a movement! Ep 159 of Truth...

  2. Ironic Righteousness

    Send us Fan Mail Have you ever had someone become righteously indignant about a thing and expect you to support them about it when they were objectively in the wrong? If you have, you have experienced what I'm now calling Ironic Righteousness, the topic of ep 158 of Truth Unrestricted.

  3. Ethnonationalism

    Send us Fan Mail Ethnonationalism is the belief that a nation should have only one ethnicity. Like a garden that only grows one type of flower. What other ideas spring forth once a person takes on this seemingly innocent idea? This question is explored in ep 157 of Truth Unrestricted.

  4. Unreality On Film - The Prisoner - It's Your Funeral

    Send us Fan Mail The Prisoner was a television program in the UK during the late 1960s. This particular episode, It's Your Funeral, the complicated world of psy ops and fake counternarratives is intertwined with the idea that a person's future could be accurately predicted by a computer. This is...

  5. Persistent False Conclusion

    Send us Fan Mail The ways in which we get the wrong answers are mostly known. It's time to have a look at some of the ways we resist moving to the right answers. Ep 155 of Truth Unrestricted is about the tendency to insist that something is correct even after evidence for it has been removed.…

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  6. Election Truth Alliance's Election Denial

    Send us Fan Mail The Election Truth Alliance is a group of people who, despite their explicit claims to the contrary, work to provide conspiracy narratives that encourage election denial. They use confusing and erroneous statistical analyses and a mystification of technology to create an image of...

  7. UoF - The Prisoner - Checkmate

    Send us Fan Mail The Prisoner was a television program in the UK during the late 1960s. This particular episode, Checkmate, is an exploration of the inner workings of a conspiracy. How do the participants find a way to work together? How does the psychology of risk and trust intertwine?

  8. Trusting Unreality

    Send us Fan Mail Is it okay to lie in service of a noble cause? Is it okay to support someone else's lie if that lie benefits you? Where do those lies lead? Should we give in to unreality in order to create a better world for ourselves? These questions are asked in ep 152 of Truth Unrestricted.

  9. Unreality On Film - The Prisoner - Free For All

    Send us Fan Mail The Prisoner was a television program in the UK during the late 1960s. This particular episode, Free For All, is a unique examination of democracy. Is it all a dream? Is it justifiable to tell populist lies to become powerful if you intend to use that power to free people from...

  10. Unreality On Film - The Prisoner - Premise

    Send us Fan Mail The Prisoner was a television program in the UK during the late 1960s. The surreality created by its esthetic has allowed much speculation about its meaning even now 6 decades later. I examine this from the perspective of the conspiratorial mind in ep 150 of Truth Unrestricted.

  11. Existence Bias

    Send us Fan Mail Existence Bias is a philosophical concept that explains some of the fundamental behaviour of all known conscious beings. How does that relate to AI and do we think AI will prefer to exist? This question is discussed in ep 149 of Truth Unrestricted. Links...

  12. Matthew Remski - The Boy Who Cried Fascist Pt 2

    Send us Fan Mail Conspiratorial thinking can happen to anyone. When it happens to the people others rely on to lead them out of the darkness it needs to be criticized with vigour. Here is part 1 of my effort to do this with Matthew Remski. Part 2 of 2.

  13. Matthew Remski - The Boy Who Cried Fascist Pt 1

    Send us Fan Mail Conspiratorial thinking can happen to anyone. When it happens to the people others rely on to lead them out of the darkness it needs to be criticized with vigour. Here is part 1 of my effort to do this with Matthew Remski.

  14. Unreality On Film - Superman

    Send us Fan Mail When Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel created the character of Superman in the 1930s they had a specific vision. Has that vision been maligned for other purposes? Is it possible to view the character through the lens of the reality maligned? We answer these questions in ep 146 of…

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  15. The Globalists

    Send us Fan Mail Who and what are the globalists? Why are they talked about so often by people who push conspiracy ideation? And why haven't they provided a list? Does anti-globalism even make any sense? These questions are all answered in ep 145 of Truth Unrestricted.

  16. Unreality On Film - Network

    Send us Fan Mail Television has changed the world. Has it been for the better or for the worse? Were any of these changes intentional or were they incidental? How has the capitalist marketplace intertwined itself with television? All of these questions are discussed in the 1976 classic film Network.

  17. Anatomy of a Grift - Poilievre on Rogan

    Send us Fan Mail On March 19, Pierre Poilievre was a guest on Joe Rogan. The press went wild wwaiting for Poilievre to go full conspiracist and, when he didn't, the press collectively gave him a thumbs up. But was that approval warranted? Did they examine this interview closely enough? Ep 143 of...

  18. Decision Paranoia

    Send us Fan Mail Decision Paranoia describes one of the primary motivations for conspiratorial thinking. Are you afraid of powerful groups controlling your mind or negatively affecting your decisions? Did you believe that wearing masks during Covid was going to be a slippery slope to full…

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  19. Unreality On Film - Her

    Send us Fan Mail What would it be like to date a computer? And what would it like to be conscious but yet confined to the inside of a machine? Are we even real? Are our interactions the product of free will or destiny? These themes are explored in the 2013 film Her. Relevant sci fi for our times....

  20. Anatomy Of A Grift - Desiree Fixler

    Send us Fan Mail What do you think about when you see propaganda? Do you see the same thing that other people see? Come with me as I examine a piece of it now to see if what I see is similar to what you see. Is the WEF a communist front? Does the idea of cooperation between nations disguise the...

  21. Danielle Smith's Referendum

    Send us Fan Mail Premier (of Alberta) Danielle Smith has scheduled a referendum for Oct 19. She has 9 questions for Albertans that cannot wait for an election campaign. What are they and why would she choose these specific questions? Why isn't one of the questions about separating from Canada?...

  22. Disinfo Vocab - Knowledge Fight Edition

    Send us Fan Mail The creation of new vocabulary to describe our environment is done to assist in the communication of ideas. If our good ideas need to be expressed faster and more efficiently then maybe we should be finding ways to do that. Here are some examples of this in action. Links...

  23. Unreality On Film - Star Wars

    Send us Fan Mail Star Wars has always been about escape fiction with a light moral touch in a vast and expandable storytelling universe. In that fictional setting our imaginations can engage and reinterpret many things to create retroactive continuity to mask poor writing. But how does this…

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  24. Bullies, Dark Mirrors, and Separatists

    Send us Fan Mail Donald Trump is a bully who wants to feel powerful. His influence causes reactions that oppose him. In the middle of these forces arise opportunists looking to have their own movements rise in the cracks that form. Alberta separatists have risen to the chaotic occasion. How…

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  25. Unreality On Film - Dark City

    Send us Fan Mail Dark City is a film about a secret reality that is being hidden from its residents. What does that look like? What does it lead to? How do we cope with divergent realities? These questions are explored in ep 135 of Truth Unrestricted.

  26. Unreality On Film - The Manchurian Candidate Pt 2

    Send us Fan Mail Part 2 of our Manchurian Candidate coverage dives into direct comparisons between the two versions of the film (1962 vs 2004) from the conspiratorial perspective. How does the realism affect the audience's viewing experience? How do the ideas carried by the films and by...

  27. Snowden Bishop's Receipts

    Send us Fan Mail Last week's episode (An Open Letter To Alex Hale) left some unanswered questions. Those questions are answered here. Links Quorac's Nov 8th Twitter space which is referenced several times in this episode. The relevant section starts shortly after the 2 hr mark....

  28. Open Letter To Alex Hale

    Send us Fan Mail I call upon Alex Hale @NBPTROCKS to ask Snowden Bishop when her podcast episodes featuring dangerous antivaccine disinformation will be removed from Spotify and iHeartRadio.

  29. Unreality On Film - The Manchurian Candidate Pt 1

    Send us Fan Mail The Manchurian Candidate has long been an idea separated from the film that created the term. The idea that a person could be reshaped and controlled as an assassin has long inspired conspiratorial thinking. So what other ideas from the film inspire these errant notions?

  30. Subjective Reality

    Send us Fan Mail Subjective reality is the mind's best estimation of what the objective world is. "Best estimation" is doing a *lot* of heavy lifting in that sentence. Links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjective_character_of_experience https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave...

  31. Unreality On Film - They Live

    Send us Fan Mail They Live is a film about wealth inequality, not grand conspiracies. So why do so many people see it as a wink and a nod to their conspiratorial ideas? And how can we use that to understand them better? Ep 129 of Truth Unrestricted dives into this film and its conspiracy ideas.

  32. American Cultural Influence in Scotland

    Send us Fan Mail The US influences many other nations, particularly the English speaking ones. And most Americans don't think much about it. So I decide to talk to someone in Scotland about American Cultural Influence In that country.

  33. Unreality On Film - Inception

    Send us Fan Mail Inception is a film about the barriers between the real and the imaginary. It provides a rich backdrop for understanding reality. The concept of incepting an idea into another's mind helps us understand the decision paranoia at the heart of all conspiracism. Links Inception...

  34. Formerly Unreal with Lydia Greene and Steph Kemmerer

    Send us Fan Mail How should we treat famous people who appear to be leaving behind conspiracist beliefs? How can we encourage them to take additional steps to form a shared reality without allowing it to become a game to increase their influence? How do we eventually come to trust someone in this...

  35. Unreality On Film - Wag The Dog

    Send us Fan Mail Ep 125 of Truth Unrestricted is about the film Wag The Dog and how its ideas intersect with unreal ideas about our world. Also, for a few minutes near the end, I decided to name and shame famous actors who wouldn't be good enough to be crisis actors. Fun stuff. Enjoy. Links...

  36. Unreality On Film - The Matrix

    Send us Fan Mail How is The Matrix related to conspiracy theories? How do the ideas presented in the film assist people in creating conspiracy ideas? The value of informed decisions The Red/Blue Pill question Fixed destiny vs choosing the future Creating reality with the strength of will The…

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  37. Pedophilia Is Wrong

    Send us Fan Mail After it became likely that the full Epstein Files would be released, Trumpistan kicked into gear for their guy as they always do. Anything to make him seem innocent. Even by moving the line of what is considered to be wrong. So we thought it would be a good idea to discuss…

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  38. Unreality on Film: New Series

    Send us Fan Mail This will be an ongoing series on the podcast itself. The purpose will be to review a popular or relevant film that demonstrates some way in which we either understand our subjective reality or form unreal ideas. With this in mind, there will be a recurring aspect to this that I...

  39. Butler Shooting Check-In with Ready To Rumble

    Send us Fan Mail Links MilkbarTV synced footage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDzxnQsSVQY https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/news/can-doug-mills-photo-of-a-bullet-and-president-trump-be-real-yes-heres-how Jeff Ostroff July 20 in-depth explanation video (good)...

  40. Restraint

    Send us Fan Mail Violence is not the answer to our political situation. Showing restraint in the face of belligerence and insult is the best way to prevent the manipulations of fascists.

  41. Pseudoconspiracies with Joel Cardwell (live on Twitter)

    Send us Fan Mail Pseudoconspiracies are situations that appear to be conspiracies from the outside but often aren't once we look closer. This episode was recorded live on twitter using Spaces and featured an open discussion with listeners at the end of the podcast. That twitter space can be...

  42. The Case Against Jim Stewartson pt 1 with Danzbyrd

    Send us Fan Mail Jim Stewartson is a twitter influencer who engages in conspiratorial ideas about Mike Flynn being Q of Qanon, Russian mind control mass media influence campaigns, and about Donald Trump being either the mastermind of a conspiracy to bring a new dark age of fascism or a rube…

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  43. Cosby Reality Crossover with Eric the Deep State Operative

    Send us Fan Mail Bill Cosby's fall from fame represents a complete change of our collective view of him. An inversion of our shared reality. How should we look at people who once attempted to associate themselves with his image? In this episode, Eric the Deep State Operative joins me to discuss…

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  44. Dr Nice's Identity Politics

    Send us Fan Mail Links https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/plandemic-judy-mikovits-and-the-mother-of-all-covid-19-conspiracy-theories/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6255117/

  45. Operation Midnight Hammer with Mike Rains

    Send us Fan Mail Is the US at war with Iran? Should anyone believe anything Trump says? How will the Iranian response affect world markets? Are we slow walking past mere nuclear brinksmanship? Can the US prevent Iran from ever becoming a nuclear nation or can it simply delay? Does violent...

  46. Throne Speech Response and National Debt

    Send us Fan Mail The Throne Speech is usually not newsworthy. Until the response to it is a direct shot across the bow from the heart of Alberta Separatism. We also discuss deficit spending and the economic sleight of hand of Mark Carney. Shoutout to: https://www.youtube.com/@TLDRnewsGLOBAL Other...

  47. Playing Nice

    Send us Fan Mail Is playing nice in politics the same as playing nice in a competitive game? Do the same rules apply? Should we look at these things similarly? Are some of us doing so already?

  48. The Case Against Separatism

    Send us Fan Mail The Western Canadian separatist movement emanates outward from Alberta. And within Alberta the movement finds its roots in the oil and gas sector. Making this economic engine run is the primary goal of every Alberta government and it has progressed to the point where this goal...

  49. Pascal's Wager

    Send us Fan Mail Pascal's Wager is about how to make an existential decision. Should we or shouldn't we change our behavior now in case something turns out to be true? This isn't so useful for converting people to Christianity but it does apply directly to climate change. Links...

  50. Western Canadian Separatism

    Send us Fan Mail The idea that Western Canada should separate from the rest of Canada is now rising in popularity so I thought we should go over it. Links https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/programs/federal-transfers/equalization.html...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Confirmation bias, commonplace assumptions, and the zeitgeist itself are disassembled, examined, and reassembled in a detailed autopsy on our current ideaspace. Everyday concepts you probably take for granted are examined in a new light.

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Confirmation bias, commonplace assumptions, and the zeitgeist itself are disassembled, examined, and reassembled in a detailed autopsy on our current ideaspace. Everyday concepts you probably take for granted are examined in a new light.

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