THIS IS REVOLUTION ＞podcast

Grab a copy of Afshin's book here: https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/2694-a-history-of-iran-us-relations?fbclid=IwY2xjawPrPTBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFMd2xWQW9yUjFWSGJobG1pc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHjuMCjpXHxGRe9kSApunzqYiu4OT0MgbQqx8RSEf4DqCM-fnvaClAiDkgytp_aem_gRjSdtVxuRLcd5lIJR8MOA&srsltid=AfmBOorTkKLJ6K1SnEL-NwoLt89y1zleykmeKsOVGNpDCjK2KyGdyAdi   Afshin Matin-Asgari offers fresh takes on familiar topics: America’s rise as a Middle East hegemon during the Cold War; the special relationship between Washington and the shah; the Iranian Revolution and hostage crisis; the Iran-Iraq war; the Islamic Republic’s peculiar anti-imperialism; the decades of onerous American sanctions; Israel’s intervention in Iran-US relatio...

Stefan, Kuba and Quinn take turns advocating for a book or author they think each other, and everyone else, should be reading. Stefan argues for Metal from Heaven by Marxist author August Clarke, Kuba for Canadian Sci Fi legend Peter Watts, and Quinn for speculative fiction titan Ursula K. Le Guin   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BE...

READ ERIC'S PIECE AND FOLLOW HIM ON SUBSTACK HERE: https://open.substack.com/pub/laborpolitics/p/can-socialism-and-zohran-build-deeper?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Be excited for Zohran, but leary of the movement's shallow roots!   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you ge...

Read Matt's Substack here: https://open.substack.com/pub/matthuber/p/us-oil-capitals-interests-in-venezuela?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web   Depressed oil prices plus extremely costly-to-produce oil mean it's likely not even profitable.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH!   Become a patron now...

Varn has some audio issues and shows up around the 15 minute mark if you want to fast forward--do people still say "fast forward"?  Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined,   BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH!   Become a patron now https://www.patreon.com/join/Bitt...

Ex-Alabama player Charles Bediako, who has spent the past 2 1/2 years competing in the NBA Summer League and G League, had his college eligibility temporarily reinstated Wednesday by a judge who blocked the NCAA from retaliating for his return to the 17th-ranked Tide.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from ma...

We sadly had a late rescheduling with the good people of Means TV, but in the meantime, Deep State is going to join me to have a discussion about what we're seeing in Minnesota and armed resistance.   This will not be a "How To" guide, so if that's what you're looking for, then, maybe you should log off for a bit because the internet and podcast isn't where you should be headed to if you're looking for step by step instructions on an insurrection.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop Tha...

Read Jason's article, "The Kayfabe President" in Current Affairs Magazine here: https://www.currentaffairs.org/?gad_source=1...   Donald Trump learned a lot from his tenure at WWE. He was able to use Kayfabe like a tactician for two electoral victories, but that same strategy doesn't work well in governing a sovereign nation. We'll discuss!   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A P...

Find Belly of the Beast Here: https://www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/   Cuba is one of the U.S. Coast Guard’s most effective partners in the Caribbean against drug trafficking. Cuban authorities regularly intercept cocaine shipments, share real-time intelligence, and coordinate with U.S. agencies—facts documented for years in State Department reports, before Cuba was quietly removed from the 2025 list when the narrative no longer fit Rubio’s regime change agenda.   At the same time, Cuban scientists—working under severe constraints brought about by the U.S. blockade—are developing a promising new Alzheimer’s treatment that could help millions, including in th...

Read Eamon's piece in Mother Jones here: https://www.motherjones.com/.../crg-mercenary-mall-cop.../   After the George Floyd protests, a former military contractor named Nathan Seabrook brought the war home.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined,   BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH!   Become a patron now https://www.patre...

Championship games are ready, and one team, the Denver Broncos are severely handicapped by losing their 2nd year breakout star quarterback late in overtime of a great AFC Divisional match. Can the Broncos defensive do enough? Can Darnold prove his doubters wrong one more time and become the first USC quarterback to start a Super Bowl? Can Drake Maye return the Patriots to their dynasty form? We'll discuss.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and eve...

After the main show, J played his "When Rock Met Rap" playlist, inspired by Steven Blush's book. Listen to the playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0h80ZgwlogOR4dImlu6kQJ?si=F1BNae71TniKGAfsN2nZ4w

Get Steven's book here: https://a.co/d/hL59h1P   Listen to the "When Rock Met Rap" playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0h80ZgwlogOR4dImlu6kQJ?si=EWDohFZuQtuiVMybtgMB1A   Aerosmith/Run DMC, Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique, Public Enemy and Anthrax, Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons, De La Soul and Third Bass, and the 318 hip hop records that sampled Billy Squier's “The Big Beat exemplify the era. Rap records sampled rock bands, elevating sampling into an art form, while influencing all other forms of popular music. One of the themes this book will explore is the way the fusi...

Read Jason's piece here: https://open.substack.com/pub/jmylesoftir/p/the-crisis-papers-issue-13-an-open?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer Lost Generations ignores class and attempts to blame DEI and Generation X gatekeeping for a lack of millennial male success in legacy media and the Hollywood studio system.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating pa...

Stefan and Quinn hosts Kuba to discuss 'AI Psychosis', how it's affect people and how those effects are magnified by social disintegration and then accelerate this same social disintegration Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined,   BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH!   Become a patron now...

Get Keri's book here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250288226/youllneverbelieveme/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPWqphleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETEzMHhEWjgyYkZoQkkyZkVwc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHituBBodlwuibAa7AjGgUbkfVnb4T29blHv9txsdvj1p-STZ4YYD04dcSgFm_aem_9ckC3KkZJsPEBc70Amedlw   Before Anna Delvey, before the Tinder Swindler, there was Kari Ferrell. Adopted at a young age by a Mormon family in Utah, Kari struggled with questions of self-worth and identity as one of the few Asian Americans in her insulated community, leading her to run with the “bad crowd” in an effort to fit in. Soon, stealing from superstores turned into picking up men (and picking their pockets), and before she k...

After an amazing come from behind win where the Bears found themselves down 21-3 to division rivals, the Green Bay Packers, Caleb Williams and the Bears completed a storybook come from behind victory at Soldier Field.   The Bears have had a storied history of ineptitude at the quarterback position, and it looks like they have FINALLY hit on a franchise player under center--but has he done enough in his second season in Chicago to silence the haters that were so quick to label him a bust? We'll discuss.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.pa...

Jason is joined by Varn, Burgis, and Doc Coyle to discuss with the TIR Patreon CRÜE the metal music of 1986!

Get Project Censored here: https://www.project-censored.org/checkout?cartToken=al75SAhuv81yPwNPruxo_lMwwudgOyosEP-_ncg8   We sit down with Mickey Huff to discuss the biggest story that mainstream media ignored or forgot!   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH!   Become a patr...

Jason Myles and guests from 99 Zu Einz unpack the rising influence of the far right in Germany, focusing on the AfD, the role of migration debates, neoliberal roots, and the party’s appeal to young men. The episode traces historical context from PEGIDA and 2015 refugee policy to internal AfD dynamics, examines gender and generational divides, and discusses what this moment reveals about the failures and possibilities of the contemporary left. Follow 99 Zu Eins here: https://www.youtube.com/c/99ZUEINS Why is the reactionary right gaining power in Germany? We discuss with our favorite Germans, the Cr...