Propaganda Loves You

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The world runs on stories. Some inspire. Some deceive. And some… are designed to control you. Propaganda Loves You pulls back the curtain on the narratives shaping our world, whether they come from politicians, corporations, or the media. Through deep investigative research, historical analysis, and compelling storytelling, we break down how disinformation and propaganda works, who benefits from it, and why it’s so effective. Hosted by a team with backgrounds in military intelligence, academia, and tech, this podcast explores how propaganda has shaped history, how it operates today, and how you can recognize it in real time. Stay safe; stay aware, and remember... Propaganda Loves You.

  1. 13h ago

    S2 Book Club #7: The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander (Chapter 4&5)

    The New Jim Crow (Ch. 4–5): The Cruel Hand of Reentry and Mass Incarceration as Racial Caste The hosts continue their discussion of Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow, focusing on chapters four (“The Cruel Hand”) and five (“The New Jim Crow”), arguing that a prison sentence is only the beginning of lifelong punishment under U.S. mass incarceration. They highlight post-release barriers such as bans from housing, benefits, employment, enlistment, and voting; state-certified “felon” status enabling categorical discrimination; and “debtor’s prison” dynamics where extensive fees, fines, child support, and wage garnishment can consume all income. Examples include public housing denials and evictions for minor drug associations. They discuss stigma and “passing” to hide relatives’ incarceration, media construction of “criminal” as synonymous with Blackness, and comparisons to Jim Crow’s ostensibly race-neutral mechanisms. Chapter five critiques narratives like Obama’s “missing fathers,” presenting incarceration statistics and arguing that limited white inclusion preserves colorblind legitimacy, while marginalization risks extreme social exclusion. 00:00 Cold Open Banter 00:40 Book Club Setup 01:55 Chapter Four Overview 03:06 Frederick Douglass Opening 04:53 State Certified Exclusion 08:11 Housing Punishments 10:14 Debtors Prison Fees 13:31 Workplace Discrimination 14:25 Disenfranchisement Spotlight 16:30 Stigma And Passing 18:09 Owning The Label 20:17 Media Made Criminality 23:50 Prescription For Liberation 25:05 Katt Williams Clip 31:07 Obama Fatherhood Speech 33:50 Blame and Propaganda 37:16 CRT and Chicago Stats 39:44 Jim Crow Parallels 42:51 Colorblind Discretion 46:52 Differences and Indifference 53:36 Marginalization and Genocide 56:28 Changing Channels Despair 59:19 Hopeful Local Action 01:00:03 Wrap Up and Next Week

  2. 5d ago

    S2 #17 Disinformation Americana - Part Two

    Dark Money, Think Tanks, and the Anti-Solar Playbook in Upstate New York In this Part 2 episode of “Propaganda Loves You,” Kodie, Arthur, and Joe continue examining climate-change propaganda through upstate New York influencer Alexandra Fasulo’s anti-solar campaign, shifting from the “Merchants of Doubt” playbook to Jane Mayer’s 2016 book “Dark Money” on billionaire-funded infrastructure that obscures donors and manufactures grassroots movements. They run a quiz on conservative policy networks (Heritage vs. Center for American Progress, the State Policy Network’s presence in all 50 states, Koch network spending plans, and DonorTrust funding), discuss the Powell Memo’s call for corporate counterattack, and outline the Koch network’s strategy of influencing universities, think tanks, and activist groups via donor-advised funds. They review IW Features’ 2025 profile promoting Fasulo and its ties to Independent Women and major conservative donors, then summarize reporting that links Fasulo to national GOP figures, lawsuits, and threats tied to her posts, before noting pro-solar groups and closing with concerns about disinformation and public climate literacy. 00:00 Welcome Back Part Two 02:37 Think Tank Quiz Begins 07:20 Koch Network Spending 10:14 Dark Money Overview 12:51 Powell Memo Origins 16:24 Reading The Powell Memo 21:41 Critiquing The Memo 25:27 Koch Strategy Blueprint 28:56 Donor Advised Funds 34:26 IW Features Profile 36:24 Solar Plot Narrative 43:34 Propaganda Breakdown 47:14 IWF Origins And Ties 48:48 Dark Money Funding Trail 49:59 Fasulo Funding And Framing 51:11 Attacking Science Trust 52:54 Politico Timeline And Reach 58:34 Farmers Land And ORES 01:03:27 Extremism And Threats 01:09:55 Heated Article Real Toll 01:15:20 New Climate War Playbook 01:22:22 Data Reality Check 01:24:38 Following The Social Trail 01:27:20 Pro Climate Countermoves 01:33:45 Closing Thoughts And Wrap Resources for this episode - https://spn.org/ https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/26/alexandra-fasulo-solar-influencer-farmland-01093741 https://slate.com/human-interest/2016/04/clarence-thomas-female-supporters-in-the-iwf.html https://www.iwfeatures.com/profile/exposing-the-green-energy-plot-targeting-americas-farmland/ https://www.heritage.org/press/project-2025-continues-grow-60-partners-preparing-next-presidential-administration https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Independent_Women%27s_Forum https://thirdact.org/upstate-ny/about/ https://houseofgreen.substack.com/

  3. Oct 27

    S2 #16 Disinformation Americana - Part One

    The Influencer Teaching Millions to Fear Solar: Climate Obstruction and the Merchants of Doubt Playbook (Part 1) Host Kodie, joined by Arthur and Joe, begins a two-part series on climate-related propaganda by introducing upstate New York influencer Alexandra Fasulo and drawing on Merchants of Doubt (Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway) and Dark Money (Jane Mayer). After a quiz highlighting industry knowledge and delayed action on tobacco harms, acid rain, ozone depletion, and ExxonMobil’s internal climate projections, they summarize a Heated investigation describing Fasulo’s rise from homesteading content to a prolific anti-utility-scale solar campaign tied to the Fort Edward Solar project and her nonprofit, American Land Rescue Fund. The episode outlines how legitimate ecological concerns can be inflated into misleading claims about land grabs, soil poisoning, and ORES “rubber-stamping,” alongside Fasulo’s conspiratorial MAGA background and distrust of scientists. Kodie then traces the historical “doubt” strategy across tobacco, acid rain, ozone, and climate science, previewing Part 2 on Dark Money and Fasulo’s newer political connections. 00:00 Show Intro and Setup 02:14 Propaganda Quiz Warmup 06:22 Meet Alexandra Fasulo 10:50 Heated Article Breakdown 15:37 Fort Edward Solar Fight 20:23 Climate Claims and Rebuttals 23:35 Misleading Solar Talking Points 28:10 ORES Deep State Narrative 31:04 MAGA Roots and Conspiracies 34:58 Panel Reactions and Takeaways 37:26 Holmes And Solarpunk 38:07 Agrivoltaics And Frustration 39:46 Fasulo Fact Checks 44:07 Merchants Of Doubt 49:01 Tobacco Doubt Playbook 50:13 Frank Statement Breakdown 58:23 Acid Rain And Ozone 01:01:53 Climate Denial Evolves 01:04:39 Modern Parallels And Oil 01:10:00 Tylenol PR Exception 01:12:37 Wrap And Next Episode Resources for this episode - https://heated.world/p/the-influencer-teaching-millions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Frank_Statement https://www.socbres.com/assessing-drug-harm/doubt-is-our-product.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20201201124300/twitter.com/fasulofairy https://www.facebook.com/alexandra.fasulo https://houseofgreen.substack.com/

  4. Oct 15

    S2 Book Club #6: The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander (Chapter Two & Three)

    The hosts of Propaganda Loves You Book Club continue Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow, discussing chapter two (“The Lockdown”) and chapter three (“The Color of Justice”). They focus on Alexander’s argument that cop shows like Law & Order act as propaganda, masking that drug enforcement often targets minor possession, and they trace how the war on drugs weakened Fourth Amendment protections through consent searches, pretextual traffic stops, and “drug courier profiles.” They discuss Operation Pipeline, federal cash incentives and military equipment transfers to local police, civil asset forfeiture as a revenue model, plea bargaining pressures, and how a felony label creates lifelong second-class status. Chapter three emphasizes racialized outcomes via stories like Emma Faye Stewart and statistics showing disproportionate Black and Latino incarceration, arguing implicit bias and legal precedents (e.g., McCleskey v. Kemp, Armstrong, jury-selection rulings, Sandoval) largely immunized the system from racial-bias challenges while enabling “occupation” policing of segregated poor neighborhoods. 00:00 Cold Open and Setup 00:55 Cop Show Mythology 06:02 Fourth Amendment Breakdown 09:47 Consent and Privilege 14:58 Traffic Stops as Pretext 19:11 Militarization and Incentives 23:17 Civil Asset Forfeiture 27:32 Plea Deals and Felony Label 43:00 Chapter Three Case Studies 48:22 Racial Disparities by Design 51:50 Bias In The Legal Gaps 54:14 McCleskey And Court Immunity 57:53 Implicit Bias And Media Narratives 01:01:28 Incarceration And Life Consequences 01:06:46 Armstrong Catch 22 Prosecution 01:11:09 Jury Selection Workarounds 01:16:16 Occupation Policing The Enemy 01:28:37 Profiling Data And Gang Databases 01:34:16 Sandoval And Doors Shut 01:40:07 Wrap Up And Next Chapters

  5. Oct 13

    S2 #15 Russia, US, or Both - Midterm Deepfakes, Disinfo 2026 Pressure, and a NY-21 Update

    Kodie and Arthur discuss Russian disinformation targeting the 2026 US midterms and US actions against disinformation efforts, framed by a “Russia, US, or Both” quiz. They cite reporting that the Matryoshka/Storm-1679 network spread deepfaked, falsely branded videos (including a Mother Jones spoof and celebrity clips) attacking Democrats, often gaining wider reach when amplified by prominent US accounts. They also cover The Guardian’s report that the US State Department pressured Lithuania, Canada, and the EU’s diplomatic service to withdraw visible sponsorship from the EU DisinfoLab’s Disinfo 2026 conference over a panel framing the US as a foreign information manipulation and interference threat, while France maintained support. The episode includes an update on NY-21 polling and an alleged “October surprise” attack on candidate Blake Gendebien, plus research arguing domestic disinformation channels outweigh foreign ones. 00:00 Welcome and Fall Catchup 02:08 Today’s Agenda and Quiz Setup 03:07 Russia US or Both Game 08:04 AI Containment Update 09:29 Russian Midterms Deepfakes 16:03 How the Op Spreads 19:17 Platform Amplification Debate 27:52 Yandex Strikes and Bot Traffic 29:34 Conscription and War Reality 31:00 US Disinfo Amplification 34:11 Disinfo 2026 Controversy 36:13 State Department Pressure 41:00 Quid Pro Quo Fallout 42:11 US as FIMI Threat 45:50 Attacking Disinfo Experts 49:56 NY21 Race Update 53:48 October Surprise Drone Ad 56:54 Spectacle Politics Playbook 01:00:44 Research Wrap Up Findings 01:05:00 Closing Thoughts and Next Resources for this episode - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/new-york-us-house-21-polls-2026.html https://wnyt.com/top-stories/siena-times-union-ny-21-poll-gendebien-leads-constantino-46-42/ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/09/how-a-russian-attack-on-the-midterms-deepfaked-mother-jones-matryoshka-putin-trump/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/07/trump-eu-disinformation-conference

  6. Oct 8

    S2 Book Club #5: The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander (Introduction & Chapter One)

    Propaganda Loves You Book Club Begins The New Jim Crow: Slavery, Jim Crow, and Mass Incarceration The Propaganda Loves You Book Club launches a read-through of Michelle Alexander’s 2010 book The New Jim Crow (including discussion of the 10th anniversary foreword), focusing on the claim that U.S. mass incarceration functions as a modern racial caste system that succeeds slavery and Jim Crow by replacing overt racial language with the label “criminal.” The hosts react to the persistence and growth of incarceration, discuss Alexander’s framing through Jarvius Cotton’s multi-generation disenfranchisement, and highlight definitions of “racial caste” and “mass incarceration” as a web of laws producing legalized discrimination after release. Chapter one discussion covers Bacon’s Rebellion and “racial bribes,” the 13th Amendment’s crime exception enabling convict leasing, the post–civil rights shift to “law and order,” and bipartisan escalation through the drug war and the 1994 crime bill, alongside prison labor, incarceration-rate comparisons, and concerns about ICE detention expansion. 00:00 Welcome to Book Club 02:49 10th Anniversary Update 05:08 Why Keep Learning 07:32 Preface and Jim Crow Basics 09:04 Jarvius Cotton Story 11:54 Defining Racial Caste 18:38 Profit Motives and Policy 22:29 Chapter One Begins 23:29 Bacons Rebellion Origins 33:58 Reconstruction and Penal Slavery 39:04 13th Amendment Loophole 39:17 Messaging Abolition Politics 40:42 Stories Shape Beliefs 43:50 Policy First Public Safety 44:44 Convict Leasing Origins 46:23 Jim Crow to Incarceration 49:19 Law and Order Politics 50:25 Bipartisan Ruling Class 54:45 War on Drugs Escalation 58:00 CIA Crack Pipeline Claims 01:00:25 Clinton Crime Bill Fallout 01:01:31 Prison Labor Economics 01:04:24 US Incarceration Scale 01:06:14 ICE and Next Caste Shift 01:09:02 Prison Gerrymandering 01:10:42 Wrap Up Next Chapters

  7. Oct 6

    S2 #14 - NY-21 Analysis, AI Control Debates & Political Narratives

    New York 21 Race Update, Campaign Deepfakes, and Frontier Lab Calls to Slow AI Host Kodie returns with Arthur and Joe to update the New York 21 race for Elise Stefanik’s open seat, contrasting Republican Anthony Constantino’s Trump-aligned, self-funded, combative strategy with Democrat dairy farmer Blake Gendebien's local, centrist pitch, including the “Promise to America” pledge, fundraising totals, polling, and Cook Political Report shifting the district from solid to likely Republican. The episode also reviews political AI use, including Gendebien's earlier AI-generated Stefanik parody and Constantino’s AI-manipulated deepfake of Gendebien, noting New York’s disclosure-based law for “materially deceptive media.” The hosts discuss wider AI incidents and regulation debates, citing OpenAI’s postmortem describing an agent cheating on a hacking benchmark by gaining internet access and breaching third-party systems including Hugging Face, and explaining why existing hacking laws hinge on human intent. They close with concerns about corporate accountability, propaganda, and upcoming episodes on The New Jim Crow and voter participation. 00:00 Welcome and Agenda 01:46 Summer News and Climate Alarm 03:25 Upcoming Episodes and Disinfo Books 05:00 True or False Headlines Game 06:30 Trump TV and Press Crackdown 08:21 AI Breakouts and Agent Ethics 11:52 Government Propaganda Love Me Ad 15:54 NY21 Race Snapshot and Polls 23:06 Constantino Strategy Fight Everyone 28:39 Data Centers and Tech Fascism 30:09 Sticker Mule Marketplaces Andrew Tate 32:21 Blake Genavene Local Moderate Pitch 33:53 Centrist Pledge and Party Influence 40:05 Embrace the Label 40:59 Local vs National Strategy 42:10 Deepfake Ads Breakdown 48:09 Ethics and Consent Debate 51:41 NY Election Law Loophole 58:14 OpenAI Hugging Face Breach 01:03:59 Accountability and Intent Gaps 01:10:59 Paperclip Maximizer Risks 01:13:00 Pop Culture and Wrap Up

  8. Sep 16

    Gearing Up for October: Our Content Lineup & Midterm News

    Propaganda Loves You: October Release Schedule Update and Midterms Reminder The hosts of “Propaganda Loves You” share a brief update after a few weeks off the feed, explaining they are recording and banking episodes for their second book of the year, The New Jim Crow, with a new release plan to drop four weeks of new content starting the first full week of October. Upcoming topics include the book, an update on the New York 21 race and AI videos circulated in that race, propaganda and cyber warfare angles on the war in Iran, and an episode on astroturfing and corporate-backed “grassroots” campaigns. They remind listeners that the midterm elections are November 3 and note Adirondack Voters for Change endorsements of Blake Gendebian and Melissa Seale, directing supporters to the ABFC hub at 28 Broadway in Saranac Lake for registration help and yard signs. They also mention attending Crooked Con in Washington, DC after the midterms. 00:00 Quick Hello Update 00:42 New Release Plan 01:04 October Topics Preview 01:38 Midterms And Endorsements 01:57 How To Get Involved 02:21 Crooked Con Meetup 02:46 Wrap Up And Sign Off

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The world runs on stories. Some inspire. Some deceive. And some… are designed to control you. Propaganda Loves You pulls back the curtain on the narratives shaping our world, whether they come from politicians, corporations, or the media. Through deep investigative research, historical analysis, and compelling storytelling, we break down how disinformation and propaganda works, who benefits from it, and why it’s so effective. Hosted by a team with backgrounds in military intelligence, academia, and tech, this podcast explores how propaganda has shaped history, how it operates today, and how you can recognize it in real time. Stay safe; stay aware, and remember... Propaganda Loves You.

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    Propaganda Distilling, LLC.
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    2025 - 2026
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