Episodes

June 21, 2019

Protecting the 9/11 hijackers

An account of the CIA's surveillance and protection from arrest of two alleged 9/11 hijackers. This story has often been told, but almost always – as in the recent TV series The Looming Tower – the most damning and incriminating facts are left out. These facts come, by the way, from US government official reports... For this episode especially, it's worth referring to the episode page, for a full list of sources. https://roryoconnor.xyz/podcast/protecting-the-9-11-hijackers/ roryoconnor.xyz p...
June 21, 2019

Protecting the 9/11 hijackers

An account of the CIA's surveillance and protection from arrest of two alleged 9/11 hijackers. This story has often been told, but almost always – as in the recent TV series The Looming Tower – the most damning and incriminating facts are left out. These facts come, by the way, from US government official reports... For this episode especially, it's worth referring to the episode page, for a full list of sources. https://roryoconnor.xyz/podcast/protecting-the-9-11-hijackers/ roryoconnor.xyz p...
June 21, 2019

Guido Preparata on the US balance of payments, cryptocurrency, interest, inflation, and perishable money

An interview with the economist Guido Preparata, above all about two broad topics. First, how the United States maintains its central role in the global economy through the power of the dollar as the world's reserve currency. Second, about how money might be reformed to reflect its place in economic production. Preparata was a central banker with the Bank of Italy, and has taught at the University of Washington and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He has written two books, Conjuring ...
June 21, 2019

Guido Preparata on the US balance of payments, cryptocurrency, interest, inflation, and perishable money

An interview with the economist Guido Preparata, above all about two broad topics. First, how the United States maintains its central role in the global economy through the power of the dollar as the world's reserve currency. Second, about how money might be reformed to reflect its place in economic production. Preparata was a central banker with the Bank of Italy, and has taught at the University of Washington and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He has written two books, Conjuring ...
June 21, 2019

Guido Preparata on the US balance of payments, cryptocurrency, interest, inflation, and perishable money

An interview with the economist Guido Preparata, above all about two broad topics. First, how the United States maintains its central role in the global economy through the power of the dollar as the world's reserve currency. Second, about how money might be reformed to reflect its place in economic production. Preparata was a central banker with the Bank of Italy, and has taught at the University of Washington and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He has written two books, Conjuring ...
June 2, 2019

How Putin came to power

About the power struggles Putin faced before he became President of Russia in 2000, and about the help he got from some friends in the Kremlin. Along the way he benefited from his clique's war in Chechnya, and a nearly unknown war in the region of Dagestan. roryoconnor.xyz patreon.com/roryoconnor
June 2, 2019

How Putin came to power

About the power struggles Putin faced before he became President of Russia in 2000, and about the help he got from some friends in the Kremlin. Along the way he benefited from his clique's war in Chechnya, and a nearly unknown war in the region of Dagestan. roryoconnor.xyz patreon.com/roryoconnor
June 2, 2019

How Putin came to power

About the power struggles Putin faced before he became President of Russia in 2000, and about the help he got from some friends in the Kremlin. Along the way he benefited from his clique's war in Chechnya, and a nearly unknown war in the region of Dagestan. roryoconnor.xyz patreon.com/roryoconnor