Programmed to Chill Jimmy Falun Gong

[originally published February 7, 2024]



I finish the story of Manuel Hevia Coscullela, the Cuban spy, based off his memoir, Pasaporte 11333 : ocho años con la CIA (1978). I examine what exactly Hevia was doing for the agency and what USAID's Office of Public Safety was up to. I discuss Lyndon B. Johnson's visit to Punta del Este, Uruguay for the Organization of American States (OAS) summits/conferences and how that affected the domestic political climate.



I get obsessed with the story of Uruguayan military officer Colonel Ramon Trabal - assassinated by "the Raul Sendic International Brigade" in Paris, a story which quickly enters the funhouse hall of mirrors. 



Then, to double back on the discussion of Gittinger's PAS files, entrapment ops, and MKULTRA death squad selection processes, I cover Hevia's explanation of the L and Q files. Just wait. He also explains the construction of a "parallel apparatus" and, in relation, discusses a police pimp. 



Afterwards, Hevia ran a restaurant as part of ops the CIA and Uruguayan police were running in Uruguay. Finally, Mitrione appears in Hevia's story, and I go through some details left out in the prior episodes. Ice cold.



[episode artwork based off the book cover]



Songs:

Dirty, Dirty Feeling by Elvis Presley

De Cuba Traigo un Cantar by Carlos Puebla

[originally published on Patreon February 1, 2024]



I continue the extended story of the Tupamaros by examining the life of Manuel Hevia Coscullela, the Cuban double (or triple) agent embedded in the CIA in Uruguay. I obtained his memoir, Pasaporte 11333 : ocho años con la CIA (1978) and translated various passages into English. As far as I know, this is the first time this has ever been done.



Hevia's story begins before the Cuban revolution, and I explain his education and upbringing as well as his activities before, during, and after the Cuban Revolution. Hevia was involved with the Cuban AAA during the revolution and with Che's JUCEPLAN after the revolution. Hevia got in bed with some unsavory Uruguayans at their embassy and then defected, snitched and flipped for the CIA (wink), and was sent to Uruguay to work for the agency.



From there, we get into Uruguayan deep state politics which is not uninteresting but which sets the stage for all the Mitrione stuff to come later. This is the story of deep espionage.



[episode artwork based off the book cover]



Songs:

Todo por la Reforma Agraria by Carlos Puebla 

Yo También Soy Miliciano by Carlos Puebla

[originally published on Patreon January 25, 2024]



Today I'm rejoined by Dr. Pig Bodine aka CJ (@pussy___teeth) to continue our discussion on the 1972 film State of Siege by Costa-Gavras. We open with a discussion on the death squad as a general concept and in its specific applications in Uruguay. 



Then, we discuss exactly why the Tupamaros were so effective and, despite that, why they were brought down so quickly. As it turns out, they were brought down due to the same factors that made them so effective: espionage and infiltration. We discuss both Cuban, Uruguayan, and CIA intelligence. I introduce Manuel Hevia Cosculluela, the double (or triple) agent embedded within this story. 



Then I tell the story of the Mormon Tupamaro within the story of the incredible jailbreak from the Punta Carreras prison of 1971. After, we discuss the infiltration against the Tupamaros by fascist drug and weapons smugglers.



We talk about the JCR, the Junta Coordinadora Revolutionaria, and place the Tupamaros within the continental revolutionary context. Finally, we cover the downright cocaine cowboy shenanigans of Mitrione's son. Believe it or not, however, we are not done with the MLN-T.



artwork by @DEEP_RED_BELLS

Songs:

Death Squad by Sacred Reich

Por una Cabeza by Carlos Gardel

Falling From Sleeves by Calexico

Abre los Ojos by Los Muertos de Cristo

Sprawl by Calexico

Miami Vice Intro by Jan Hammer

[originally published on Patreon January 18, 2024]



Today I am rejoined by old friend of the show Dr. Pig Bodine aka CJ (@pussy___teeth) to discuss the 1972 film State of Siege by Costa-Gavras. We begin by reviewing the plot of the film and the real-life events. 



From there, we quickly descend into darkness as we discuss the life of Dan Mitrione (beyond all the Jim Jones stuff). This leads us to ask why the field of parapolitics research into MKULTRA has been so incredibly unfruitful since the 1970s and why Operation Midnight Climax has been so thoroughly shitcoated. We're talking deviancy and sexual blackmail operations. We ask what type of "sexual technologies" they developed and what Inquisition techniques have to do with MKULTRA.  We raise the spectre of the true nature of personality tests and their horrific usages including aforementioned deviancy blackmail ops and death squads.



Finally, we discuss the question of torture. Don't worry; future episodes are not as bleak.



artwork by @DEEP_RED_BELLS



Songs:

Hasta Siempre, Comandante by the Buena Vista Social Club

Los Olvidados by Los Muertos de Cristo

A Mi Manera by Gipsy Kings

American Made Death Squad by Behind Enemy Lines

[originally published on Patreon



Today I'm joined by Fergal Schmudlach (@irregnata) from the Kingless Generation podcast to discuss paleo-parapolitics. 



We start by discussing several points of mutual interest regarding Japan. Then we get into what anthropology can tell us about Marxism and serial killing. We talk about The Power of Ritual in Prehistory: Secret Societies and Origins of Social Complexity by Brian Hayden among other works. 



Links:

⁠https://twitter.com/irregnata⁠ 

⁠https://www.patreon.com/irregnata/posts⁠ 



Songs:

for the twin by Daisuke Tanabe

hard off haul by Daisuke Tanabe

dried donuts by Daisuke Tanabe

[originally published on Patreon January 12, 2024]



Today I'm joined by Reid (@seriations) to finish our conversation about Ira 'the Unicorn' Einhorn.  We pick up on his life story by getting into Einhorn's attempts at publishing both his own works and that of others. To that end, we discuss Einhorn as crank, Einhorn as magician, and especially Einhorn's ongoing fixation with extremely low frequency technology.



Then we get into Holly Maddox, the Maddox family, and Einhorn's long history as a serial abuser of women. We get into Einhorn's murder of Holly Maddox and his generally dumb attempts to cover it up.



To finish, we talk about the potential importance of the Unicorn as a concept, within ceremonial magick and in the context of transhumanism. Reid shares his research on supersoldier programs, and it wouldn't be complete if we didn't bring it all back to Jonestown.



[Note: Reid misspoke and called Willy Ley a Nazi when he was not]



Songs:

Cease to Exist by Charles Manson

Under My Thumb by the Rolling Stones

I’m the Slime by Frank Zappa

Veteran of the Psychic Wars by Blue Öyster Cult