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My guests again today are J. David Markham, my regular co-host on the much-loved Napoleon Bonaparte Podcast, and his friend of 35 years, a regular guest on this show, Doug LaFollette, the Secretary of State of Wisconsin. This week I again try to get down to basics – how do we form our political beliefs? Where do our […] The post No Illusions Podcast #62 – Politics & Ethics Part 2 appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

My guests again today are J. David Markham, my regular co-host on the much-loved Napoleon Bonaparte Podcast, and his friend of 35 years, a regular guest on this show, Doug LaFollette, the Secretary of State of Wisconsin. This week I try to get down to basics – how do we form our political beliefs? Is government really about […] The post No Illusions Podcast #61 – Politics & Ethics appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

My guests today are J. David Markham, my regular co-host on the much-loved Napoleon Bonaparte Podcast, and his friend of 35 years, a regular guest on this show, Doug LaFollette, Secretary of State of Wisconsin. They joined me this morning to discuss the recent US government shutdown and the forces at play behind it. If you, […] The post No Illusions Podcast #60 – SHUTDOWN appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

PhD student Benjamin Walker and Business Psychology professor Chris Jackson conducted three experiments using more than 600 people from the general population. They found that people with psychopathic traits can make great entrepreneurs because they are not afraid to fail or make bold and risky decisions. My concern, though, is that although psychopaths might make […] The post No Illusions Podcast #59 – Benjamin Walker, Psychopathic Entrepreneurs appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

Today I welcome back to the show Brad Heitmann (aka Brad The Mormon). This time we’re talking about Iran. FOR TWO HOURS. Fer realz.Ermahgerd. Brad travelled to Iran in 2009 around the time of their Presidential elections and the riots. He spent a couple of hours at a dinner listening to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. We discuss the […] The post No Illusions Podcast #58 – Brad H Talks Iran appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

My guest today is Brad Heitmann. Brad lives in Utah, has a background in investment banking and start-up strategy and loves history. Today, however, he joins me to talk about his religion – The Church Of Latter Day Saints aka Mormons. To all those people asking me for years “when are you going to a […] The post The No Illusions Podcast #57 – Brad Heitmann, Mormon appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

Wendy Bacon is a contributing editor to NewMatilda and has reported for Crikey,  the Sydney Morning Herald and The Conversation in recent times. She is an investigative journalist with a background in social activism who worked at the University of Technology for 21 years. Although no longer teaching at UTS, Wendy is still a Professor of Journalism at the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism. In 2011 she […] The post The No Illusions Podcast #56 – Wendy Bacon on Media Bias appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

If you haven’t watched THE WIRE yet – what are you waiting for? After all, it’s ten years old this year and it has been roundly acclaimed as the greatest TV show ever made. I’ve watched the entire series three times and it gets better with each viewing. Chrissy and I are constantly quoting from […] The post No Illusions Podcast #53 – Peter Honig on The Wire appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

Neomad is a new iPad comic created by and featuring a group of energetic, talented and brilliant indigenous kids from Roebourne in Western Australia. The guy who has helped them make it a reality is Stu Campbell. On today’s show, I talk with Stu, Max & Maverick about The Love Punks, Neomad, and life in […] The post No Illusions Podcast #52 – Stu Campbell, The Love Punks & Neomad appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

UPDATE: Josh has clarified his thoughts on his blog. Good work. My guest on NIP#51 is Josh McDonald (aka Sophistifunk), software developer in Melbourne and a former cigar buddy of mine when he lived in Brisbane. Josh’s love of guns is something I’ve known about but we’ve never delved too deeply into it. When I […] The post No Illusions Podcast #51 – Josh McDonald on Gun Ownership appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

I wonder how many of you are, like me, feeling terrible about the indigenous affairs situation in Australia. My guest today is Justin O’Brien, Executive Officer of the Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation (www.mirarr.net). The Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation (GAC) represents the Mirarr traditional owners of the Ranger uranium mine area, the site of the proposed Jabiluka uranium […] The post No Illusions Podcast #50 – Aboriginal Suicide appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

Rob McNealy is back on the show (see gdayworld #329 for his last appearance four years ago) and he’s talking about gun ownership. Rob is a huge believer that citizens need to have weapons to defend themselves against a tyrannical government and for self-defence. Just in time for the show, here’s a quote from a […] The post No Illusions #49 – Rob McNealy on Gun Ownership appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

Stephen Covey, author of “The Seven Habits” books, died in a bicycling accident a couple of days ago. Covey, who was, by the way, a Mormon, wrote about living a “principle-centred life”. On today’s show I discuss what that means to me.     The post The No Illusions Podcast #48 – Stephen Covey and a Principle-Centered Life appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

My first podcast in several months is a bit of a rant and a bit of science – a basic primer to help you understand yesterday’s announcement of the discovery at CERN of a “Higgs-like particle” and a rant on why it’s important that we all try to understand the basics of physics and the […] The post No Illusions Podcast #47 – I Can Haz Higgs Boson? appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

Here’s some of the stories I talk about on this week’s show: Why climate deniers are like the Catholic church The Unbreakable Smartphone That Lasts For Weeks Without Recharging What it’s like to wear a brain-stimulating “thinking cap” Vortex radio waves could boost wireless capacity infinitely Most asylum seeker rioters turned out to be refugees […] The post No Illusions Podcast #46 – Battle For Honour And Humanity appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

On this episode, I talk about socialism, Iran, quantum computing, faster-than-light neutrinos and how to make bad memories disappear forever. The post No Illusions Podcast #45 appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

First podcast for 2012! Sorry it’s been so long between shows – this episode took me FOREVER to edit. Blame Ira Glass. Anyway… I’m fascinated with the long-term effects of colonialisation. We all know that colonialisation is usually a disaster for the indigenous population while the colonial power is occupying their country – but what […] The post No Illusions #44 – South Africa & Zimbabwe appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

Why do the Iranian people distrust the United States? Because they “hate our freedoms”, as Bush said about Al Qaida? Or do they have genuine reasons? How many of us know the history of America and England’s involvement in the illegal and covert overthrow of the democratically elected government of Iran in 1953? My guests […] The post The No Illusions Podcast #43 – Operation Ajax appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

My guest today is Nikola Danaylov (who also goes by the pseudonym Socrates), host of The Singularity 1 on 1 Podcast and SingularitySymposium.com and SingularityWEBLOG.com. He was born in Bulgaria, but moved to Toronto in 1998 where he obtained degrees in Political Science, Philosophy and Economics. About 18 months ago he started the Singularity 1 […] The post No Illusions Podcast #42 – Nikola Danaylov on The Singularity appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

News updates from around the globe. Includes the following stories: Former Tasmanian MP found guilty of having sex with a 12 year old girl, but gets no jail time.  Time Magazine Doesn’t Want To Show U.S. Citizens Pictures Of Revolution.  U.S. Senate Are Voting On Legislation That Allows Their Military To Arrest Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime, […] The post No Illusions Podcast #41 appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

Doug La Follette (born June 6, 1940) is an American academic, environmental activist, and politician from the state of Wisconsin. A Democrat, he is the current Secretary of State of Wisconsin and has served in that role since 1983. He is also a Fulbright Distinguished American Scholar and the author of the 1991 book The Survival Handbook: A Strategy for […] The post No Illusions Podcast #40 – Doug La Follette, Wisconsin Secretary of State appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

Short show today, covering a few stories: An Occupy Wall Street Founder Talks About The Origins Of The Movement And Where It’s Headed Next Poll: Most Americans Support Occupy Wall Street Quantum Levitation New independent climate study confirms global warming is real The killing of Awlaki’s 16-year-old son     Tell me what *you* think. […] The post No Illusions Podcast #39 – The Main Message Of #Occupy appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

On today’s Show: #OccupyMelbourne busted up by police, protesters arrested, all in time for next week’s visit by The Queen. My Retort to Greg Jericho’s blog post about the foolishness of Occupy protests in Australia Neuroscientist David Eagleman confirms “time is an illusion”. Steve Jobs – Why Didn’t He Get An Operation? The Bible Geek […] The post No Illusions Podcast #38 – Occupy Melbourne! appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

Shownotes for today’s episode: Here’s To the Crazy Ones by Steve Jobs Occupy Together meetup groups Lucian Randolph “How is the game of Monopoly won?” Owen Flanagan and Alex Rosenberg on the significance of naturalism. Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships by Christopher Ryan, Cacilda […] The post No Illusions #37 – Here’s To The Crazy Ones appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

On this episode – A trader tell us that Goldman Sachs rules the world, en economist tells us what’s wrong with capitalism, Elizabeth Warren explains why the rich paying tax isn’t class warfare, a rate gets a new brain implant and the Catholic Church in South Australia covers up child abuse. Trader Tells Truth Stewart […] The post No Illusions #36 – Governments Don’t Rule The World appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

Has it really been 11 months since the last time I did a podcast with Father Bob Maguire? Unconscionable. Today we talk about Bob’s imminent execution (“Keep Bob On The Job!”), Twitter, The Catholic Church in Philadelphia, Bob’s Lego auction, Julia wrapped in the flag, Bob’s appearance on Think Inc, iPhone 5, Troy Davis, Jim […] The post No Illusions Podcast #35 – Keep Bob On The Job appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

On today’s podcast, I look at why conservative white males are ignorant, how Wall Street scammed America, why capitalism is doomed, and why religion in Australia is in decline.   Links: Conservative White Male Effect on Climate Change Measured The Decade’s Biggest Scam How Wall Street Aristocracy Got $1.2 Trillion in Loans from Fed Is Capitalism […] The post No Illusions Podcast #34 – The Decade’s Biggest Scam appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

On today’s show, I talk about the following stories: WORLD PEACE COULD BE CLOSER THAN YOU THINK  The Empire at Dusk  – How the Pentagon is a massive fraud on the American people. The Great Splintering – What happens when you destroy the social contract. Obama’s war on whistleblowers suffers setback The post No Illusions Podcast #33 – The Pentagon Fraud appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

Richard Giles is back this week to talk to me about a wide range of subjects, including: Reagan book “Tear Down This Myth” by Will Bunch US Debt by Administration Murdoch’s woes JP Morgan Chase Fine: Another Slap on the Wrist for Wall Street Google Profits Why Rich Is Testing a VPN Pentagon attack Human […] The post No Illusions Podcast #32 appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

Richard Giles joins me again today! We chat about my meeting last night with former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Google Plus, The News Of The World and more! The post No Illusions #31 – My Date With Rudy Giuliani appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

Back in the good old days of podcasting, my co-host of the G’Day World podcast for a year or more was Richard Giles. Then life got in the way of podcasting sometime around the end of 2007 and he went on to do other things. On this episode, we catch up properly for the first […] The post No Illusions #30 – 40 Not Out with Richard Giles appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

I first met Kieran Salsone a few years ago at a BTUB not long after I moved to Brisbane. I’d already known him via his Twitter handle websinthe. I knew from the comic he used to write that he had a sharp political mind. But it wasn’t until I caught up with him for a cigar […] The post No Illusions 29 – The Polyamorous Life with Kieran Salsone appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

My guest today is Virginia Balmain who is the President of the United Nations Association of Australia (QLD) and the Vice-President of the UNAA in Australia. We chat about Australia’s role in the UN, our obligations as a Member Nation, and some of the contentious issues surrounding the UN – the veto power of the […] The post NO ILLUSIONS 28 – Virginia Balmain, UNAA appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

Veteran crime reporter Adam Shand joins me again on the show to talk about the TWO films being made based on his book KING OF THIEVES, as well as about diamond heists, the HELLS ANGELS,  police corruption and just how lazy the lamestream media have become. The post NO ILLUSIONS PODCAST 27 – ADAM SHAND appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

Note: This show is a week old, sorry about that folks. I had weird trouble uploading it to the server. Mostly relevant though, except I have more to say about Mr Rapture. On today’s show I talk about Harold Camping’s failed Rapture, the International Conference on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants’s summary of the Fukushima […] The post No Illusions Podcast #26 – #RaptureFAIL appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

The majority of today’s show is about the most evil corporation on the planet, Goldman Sachs, and a great book about them called GRIFTOPIA by Matt Taibbi. I also cover recent news about Obama’s backing down on the Middle East peace process, how piracy drove a book called GO THE FUCK TO SLEEP to the […] The post No Illusions 25 – Goldman Sachs appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

I have plenty of concerns about the Bin Laden assassination this week, both in terms of what actually happened and how it is being reported. How could the US President make so many mistakes in his explanation of events? Is it legal to assassinate someone who hasn’t had a trial to determine guilt? Does questioning […] The post No Illusions 24 – Bin Laden Dead appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

As I mentioned on episode #22, Rod Adams (@atomicrod) is a self-professed nuclear energy “obsessive” since 1981. He writes at the Atomic Insights blog and has produced the Atomic Show podcast on TPN since 2005. He chatted with me tonight about Fukushima – why the risk to human health is extremely small, how it’s different […] The post No Illusions 23 – “Atomic” Rod Adams on Fukushima appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

Show notes for this episode: A Different Perspective on Fukushima from Atomic Insights by @atomicrod Atomtronics, Or Atoms Spun By Laser Beams, Could Replace Electronics Glenn Greenwald: WH forces P.J. Crowley to resign for condemning abuse of Manning The liberal game of silencing the messenger by John Pilger Ross Garnaut says science on climate change is […] The post No Illusions 22 – News Roundup for March 15, 2011 appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

Nine Afghan Boys Killed by NATO Helicopters – NYTimes.com The Greens up two to 15 per cent British UFO reports Rudd condemns air strike on Afghan boys UFOs over Sydney – the intergalactic neighbours drop by The Capitalist’s Paradox Bank of England governor blames spending cuts on bank bailouts Four time bombs that will blow […] The post No Illusions 21 – News Roundup appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

My guest IN THE STUDIO today is John Cook, astrophyscist, web developer, and founder of Skeptical Science, an absolutely brilliant resource for anyone needing to refute the common climate change denialist. We talk about what motivates climat change denialists (and the difference between being a SKEPTIC and a DENIALIST) and some of the refutations of […] The post No Illusions 20 – John Cook from Skeptical Science appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

My guest today is Australian author, journalist, blogger and Middle East specialist, Antony Loewenstein. Links for today’s show: “What has Wikileaks ever taught us?” American Being Held for Shootings in Pakistan Worked as Blackwater CIA Contractor Britain suddenly discovers that democracy is a jolly good idea? Robert Fisk on Libya Hamas calls US veto on anti-settlement […] The post No Illusions 19 – Antony Loewenstein appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

Links for this week’s live show: Report: Alcohol more dangerous that heroin, cocaine, crystal meth, ecstasy, tobacco California’s Prop 19 Randy Quaid’s Press Conference Gang Stalking World “Boat People” aka REFUGEES – a problem or an opportunity? Man Arrested in Brisbane for Wearing a T-shit that said “Jesus Is A Cunt” Yemen “Bomb Scare” – a CIA […] The post No Illusions 16 – More Dangerous Than Crack appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

On last night’s live show, we discussed the Iraq War Logs recently released by Wikileaks, how to tell when you might have fascism on your hands, and a little about the morals of sleeping sex. You can tune into our live show every Tuesday night 8pm QLD time on uStream. Watch the recorded video below or download […] The post No Illusions 15 appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

Today I chat with Rob James and Andrew Blanda – two guys who, with their mate Raz Chorev, are trying to do something to raise awareness of male depression. What are they doing? They will embark on their first major ride in September 2010, from Sydney to the Glen Helen Resort, NT, (joining Steve Andrews from […] The post No Illusions #14 – Riding 4 A Cause appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

I did a live show for the first time in ages tonight! Of course the topic of discussion was last weekend’s federal election. Thanks for everyone who tuned in live! Choose between the video or the audio version of the show below. For future reference, you can catch the live show here on Monday nights […] The post No Illusions #13 – AusVotes! appeared first on cameronreilly.com.

Ewan Saunders is the Socialist Alliance’s Brisbane candidate in the upcoming federal election. I caught up with him recently to talk about socialism, climate change, indigenous communities, and the Socialist Alliance’s policies on subjects like Iraq, Afghanistan and immigration. As I mention during the show, if you’re interested in hearing more about “participatory democracy”, then listen to […] The post No Illusions #12 – Ewan Saunders, Socialist Alliance #AusVotes appeared first on cameronreilly.com.