Best David J Temple Podcasts (2025)

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Why the %! Is Value So Important? 39:49

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So, why the %! is value so important, anyway? In a world that increasingly tells us our values are just personal opinions or made-up stories, what's the big deal? In this dialogue, Dr. Marc Gafni and Dr. Zak Stein deliver a powerful and urgent answer. They argue that value is not a human invention but a fundamental part of Reality itself, directl…

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David Kieran, "Signature Wounds: The Untold Story of the Military's Mental Health Crisis" (NYU Press, 2019) 50:01

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The surprising story of the Army's efforts to combat PTSD and traumatic brain injury The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken a tremendous toll on the mental health of our troops. In 2005, then-Senator Barack Obama took to the Senate floor to tell his colleagues that "many of our injured soldiers are returning from Iraq with traumatic brain inju…

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Epstein Email Dump: Trump, the ‘Dog That Didn’t Bark,’ and the MAGA Psyop Exposed! 11:28

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$1 Patreon sale! Promo Code "DRAMA" (expires Nov 30, 2025): https://www.patreon.com/cw/illuminatiwatcher On today's episode of the Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt podcast we have the November BONUS episode only for supporters! (*you can get in for $1 with promo code "DRAMA"). In this episode I’m breaking down over 20,000 pages…

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KPOP DEMON HUNTERS Symbolism: Shamanic Prophecy of Golden Honmoon, Saturn & Destroying the Kali Yuga! 57:12

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https://youtu.be/veY6ahKxDfE HELP ME get to 100K subs on new YouTube! Episode streams 10/11! On today's episode of the Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt podcast we’ll cover the occult symbolism of Netflix’s KPOP Demon Hunters! We’ll talk about symbolism of Saturn, Chaos Magick, mantras, alchemy of the Golden Honmoon, opposing po…

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Judith L. Pearson, "Radical Sisters: Shirley Temple Black, Rose Kushner, Evelyn Lauder, and the Dawn of the Breast Cancer Movement" (Mayo Clinic Press, 2025) 1:01:56

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There was a time when women's health was marginalized. There was a time when breast cancer wasn't discussed. There was a time when October wasn't pink. But three women--Shirley Temple Black, Rose Kushner, and Evelyn Lauder--refused to be silenced. Their courage ignited a movement that forever changed the way society addresses breast cancer. When th…

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Andrea Kitta, "The Kiss of Death: Contagion, Contamination, and Folklore" (Utah State UP, 2019) 1:09:41

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Disease is a social issue and not just a medical one. This is the central tenet underlying The Kiss of Death: Contagion, Contamination, and Folklore (Utah State University Press 2019) by Andrea Kitta, Associate Professor in the English department at East Carolina University, examines the discourses and metaphors of contagion and contamination in ve…

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Shoshana Walter, "Rehab: An American Scandal" (Simon and Schuster, 2025) 40:35

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In Rehab: An American Scandal (Simon and Schuster, 2025), Pulitzer finalist Shoshana Walter exposes the country’s failed response to the opioid crisis, and the malfeasance, corruption, and snake oil which blight the drug rehabilitation industry. Our country’s leaders all seem to agree: People who suffer from addiction need treatment. Today, more pe…

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Peter Thiel, AI & The Antichrist: Is Silicon Valley Building an End-Times God? 55:50

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Subscribe to my new YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@occultsymbolism On today's episode of the Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt podcast we’re going to decode the odd statements and lectures being made by billionaire Peter Thiel in regards to what he believes the Antichrist is. We’ll cover his New York Times interview w…

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The Nature of Desire 41:44

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What if every right you possess—from free speech to privacy—is actually based on a form of desire? And what if our new socio-technological conditions necessitate the protection of new rights, such as the “right to attention?” In this dialogue, Dr. Marc Gafni and Dr. Zak Stein explore the fundamental nature of desire, unveiling it not as something m…

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Carol Mason, "From the Clinics to the Capitol: How Opposing Abortion Became Insurrectionary" (U California Press, 2025) 57:21

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Antiabortion stories, images, and policies have primed Americans to embrace attitudes and politics once deemed extreme. Abroad, US antiabortion tactics, personnel, and funds have contributed to a global rise of the Right. From the Clinics to the Capitol: How Opposing Abortion Became Insurrectionary (University of California Press, 2025) is a schola…

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Muhammad H. Zaman, "Infected: How Power, Politics, and Privilege Use Science Against the World’s Most Vulnerable" (The New Press, 2025) 36:28

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In Infected: How Power, Politics, and Privilege Use Science Against the World’s Most Vulnerable (The New Press, 2025), Professor Muhammad H. Zaman reveals the troubling history of how science and public health have been manipulated to serve the interests of power. Moving from the U.S.–Mexico border to Pakistan, from the Tuskegee syphilis trials to …

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Attention as a First Principle and First Value – Part 2 33:07

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In the first part of this dialogue, we heard the radical claim that attention is a First Principle and First Value of the universe. Now, we explore the devastating consequences of disowning that truth. Dr. Marc Gafni and Dr. Zak Stein diagnose our current meta-crisis as a “Planetary Attention Disorder”—a global intimacy disorder where our inability…

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Nora Kenworthy, "Crowded Out: The True Costs of Crowdfunding Healthcare" (MIT Press, 2024) 44:28

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In Crowded Out: The True Costs of Crowdfunding Healthcare (MIT Press, 2024), Dr. Nora Kenworthy presents an eye-opening investigation into charitable crowdfunding for healthcare in the United States—and the consequences of allowing healthcare access to be decided by the digital crowd. Over the past decade, charitable crowdfunding has exploded in po…

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WEAPONS (2025) Breakdown: Hidden Symbolism, 2:17 Meaning, Occult Easter Eggs & WILD Apocalypse Theory! BONUS 30:03

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Patreon.com/IlluminatiWatcher UNLOCK FULL EPISODE HERE! (Tier 2 gets video version) On today's episode of the Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt podcast we have the Supporters-Only October BONUS episode where we decode the 2025 film WEAPON! I'll walk you through the whole film- starting with a brief discussion of the cast and the…

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Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Illuminati Secrets, Satanic Vampire Symbolism & Saturn in Retrograde! 58:34

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On today's episode of the Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt podcast we’re doing a film analysis of Texas Chainsaw Massacre! We’ll talk about the origins and making of the film and walk through the whole story as we reveal symbolism of the elites, astrology, Saturn, blood sacrifice, vampires, energy rituals, voodoo, satanism, Fre…

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1984 Book Club Pt 3: Orwell Was Right- How 1984 Became the Roadmap for 2025 Tyranny 1:03:07

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FREE book, social medias, appearances & more: https://allmylinks.com/isaacw On today's episode of the Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt podcast we wrap up our "Conspiracy Classics" series looking at George Orwell's 1984! Now that we're done with the book from Parts 1 and 2, let's see who George Orwell was and his inspiration for…

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1984 Book Club Pt 2: Orwell’s Prophecy Unfolds — Surveillance, Censorship & Psychological Warfare in 2025 1:04:41

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On today's episode of the Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt podcast we continue with our "Conspiracy Classics" series looking at George Orwell's 1984! We'll wrap up the rest of the book and unpack Big Brother's strategies for mass surveillance, corporate collusion with the government, controlling our thoughts, memory holing real…

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Meghan Crnic, "The Beach Cure: A History of Healing on Northeastern Shores" (U Washington Press, 2025) 45:25

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For centuries, the ocean was seen as a place of danger and work, but by the late nineteenth century, northeastern shores of the United States became therapeutic destinations for the sick and weary. Doctors in Philadelphia, New York, Boston, and other cities began prescribing time at the beach as a remedy for ailments such as tuberculosis, rickets, …

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1984 Book Club Pt 1: Orwell's Big Brother Dystopian Wasn't Fiction; It Was a Blueprint! Conspiracy Classics Series 59:14

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Attention as a First Principle and First Value 36:46

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We all feel our attention is under constant attack. But what if this digital war for our attention is a battle for something far more fundamental than our productivity? What if attention isn't just something we do, but something the universe is? In this dialogue, Dr. Marc Gafni and Dr. Zak Stein introduce attention as a fundamental quality of the C…

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Katherine J. Parkin, "The Abortion Market: Buying and Selling Access in the Era Before Roe" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2025) 42:15

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The abortion market was a powerful economic force in American life. Before legalization lowered the cost, one million women each year collectively paid upward of $750 million for abortions. In The Abortion Market: Buying and Selling Access in the Era Before Roe (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2025), Dr. Katherine Parkin reveals the strength of a…

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Diddy Trial Secrets, Travis Scott’s Dark Rituals & The Dark Enlightenment Agenda: Isaac on The Higherside Chats! 1:43:10

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On today's episode of the Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt podcast we have a special edition swapcast with my man Greg Carlwood over at The Higherside Chats! He gave me permission to share our recent conversation about Diddy, Travis Scott and the Dark Enlightenment! If you're on my supporter feeds you're even going to get the T…

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Katie Herzog, "Drink Your Way Sober: The Science-Based Method to Break Free from Alcohol" (Simon and Schuster, 2025) 55:06

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After 20 years of fighting and failing to get sober using abstinence-based methods, journalist Katie Herzog found a simple, inexpensive, and effective way to take control over alcohol. Part memoir, part guidebook, Drink Your Way Sober: The Science-Based Method to Break Free from Alcohol (Simon and Schuster, 2025) shares Herzog’s recovery journey as…

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Branka Bogdan, "The New Yugoslav Woman: Reproductive Regulation in Socialist Yugoslavia" (Indiana UP, 2025) 50:47

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From 1945 to 1989, the Yugoslav state connected its claims of progressive politics and gender equality to its support of free healthcare, sex education and contraception, and laws that supported reproductive choice. Yugoslav men and women internalized these messages, proclaiming their homeland's superior care for its citizens in comparison to postw…

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Jessica Hundley Interview: David Lynch, Dennis Hopper & The Library of Esoterica’s Secret Teachings! 1:05:08

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On today's episode of the Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt podcast we are joined by a true renaissance woman who's done it all: from writing and journalism to filmmaking and collaborating with David Lynch and Dennis Hopper; she's the creator of the Library of Esoterica book series from the iconic publishing house Taschen! She s…

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Fight Club Film Analysis (Part 2): Project Mayhem, Gnostic Nihilism & 9/11 Symbolism 1:18:59

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On today's episode of the Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt podcast we’re wrapping up our deep dive into Fight Club! We’ll finish the film and break down all of the symbolism we’ve been witnessing in the conclusion of this ritualistic initiation into practices of MKULTRA alters, Gnostic Nihilism, human sacrificial soap, red pill…

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Fight Club Film Analysis (Part 1): MKULTRA, Freemasonry, Human Sacrifice & Shadow Work! 1:08:56

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https://patreon.com/illuminatiwatcher UNLOCK AD-FREE AND HUNDREDS OF BONUS EPISODES! On today's episode of the Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt podcast we’re beginning a full decode of the cult classic film Fight Club! We’ll go through the entire film and point out the symbolism of MKULTRA mind control programming, alter egos, …

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Susan Erikson, "Investable! When Pandemic Risk Meets Speculative Finance" (MIT Press, 2025) 35:03

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Investable! When Pandemic Risk Meets Speculative Finance (MIT Press, 2025) by Dr. Susan Erikson presents a critical and sobering look at how international bankers and investors turn pandemics into investment opportunities, and what we stand to lose when we rely on “innovative finance.” In a world increasingly defined by crisis, bankers and investor…

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Masaya Llavaneras Blanco and Damien P. Gock eds., "Pandemic Policies and Resistance: Southern Feminist Critiques in Times of Covid-19" (Bloomsbury, 2025) 43:31

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Offering Southern feminist assessments of detailed case studies from 12 countries, this open access book Pandemic Policies and Resistance: Southern Feminist Critiques in Times of Covid-19 (Bloomsbury, 2025) provides crucial insights into the gendered repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on macroeconomics, labour, migration and human mobilities, a…

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Charlie Kirk Shooting: King Kill 33, Freemasonry, Witchcraft and Occult Rituals BONUS 18:57

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UNLOCK FULL EPISODE: https://Patreon.com/IlluminatiWatcher On today's episode of the Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt podcast we're doing our SECOND Supporters-Only bonus show of the month- we're going to unpack what happened to Charlie Kirk but ONLY from the occult perspective on how this directly maps onto the James Shelby Do…

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Epstein’s Birthday Book Review: Elite Secrets, Sex, and Sinister Connections BONUS 14:53

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UNLOCK FULL EPISODE HERE: https://www.patreon.com/c/illuminatiwatcher On today's episode of the Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt podcast we have our September BONUS episode only for supporters! I’m going to walk you through this now-infamous Epstein Birthday Book! I’ll show you all the relevant information, coded language, not-…

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Shakespeare’s Secret Cult: Francis Bacon, Kubrick, Lynch & the Technocratic Gnosis with Robert Frederick! 1:12:27

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Fresh shirt drop at new store: https://occultsymbolism.com/ On today's episode of the Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt podcast we are joined with a guest that's been doing some massively deep research into Shakespeare, Francis Bacon and the impending Scientific Technocracy- it's Robert Frederick! He's the host of The Hidden Lif…

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Breanne Pleggenkuhle and Joseph A. Schafer, "Crime, Corrections, and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Responses and Adaptations in the US Criminal Justice System" (Southern Illinois UP, 2025) 24:20

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While COVID-19 lockdowns affected nearly everyone worldwide, feelings of anxiety and fear were exacerbated for those already entangled in the criminal justice system. Scholars recognized the unique opportunity to study crime and the justice system’s response during this period, though they soon realized that determining the pandemic’s effects would…

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May Friedman, "Fat Studies: The Basics" (Routledge, 2025) 23:15

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Fat Studies: The Basics (Routledge, 2025) introduces the reading of fat bodies and the ways that Fat Studies, as a field, has responded to waves of ideas about fat people, their lives, and choices. Part civil rights discourse and part academic discipline, Fat Studies is a dynamic project that involves contradiction and discussion. In order to under…

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Helen C. Epstein, "Why Live: An Anatomy of Suicide Epidemics" (Columbia Global Reports, 2025) 31:34

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What causes suicide epidemics—and how can we prevent them? Many suicides are caused by biological mental illness, but sometimes the suicide rate of a particular group jumps—two-, three-, or even ten-fold—in a short time, behaving like an epidemic. Suicide epidemics unfold more slowly than microbial plagues like flu or malaria, but they happen far t…

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Taylor Swift’s Witchy New Album, Labubu Demon Toys & Matt Rife Buys the Conjuring House! LIVE Stream! 2:18:46

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Sub to the new YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@occultsymbolism On today's episode of the Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt podcast we have the August 2025 livestream show! Taylor Swift’s Life of a Showgirl is here — and the occult symbolism is everywhere! From the fate of Ophelia to her fragmented alter-egos, witchy numerology…

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Sunshine Film Analysis: Black Sun, Saturn Death Cult & Hidden Solar Symbolism! BONUS 22:15

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On today's episode of the Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt podcast we have the August BONUS episode for supporter feeds! We dive deep into the occult symbolism of Danny Boyle’s Sunshine, exploring how the film functions as a modern allegory for death, rebirth, and humanity’s obsession with the solar deity. We unpack the story o…

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7SEES: Exposing Truthers & Technocracy Agenda- Flynn, QAnon, Rogan, Snowden, Assange & the Great Reset! 1:40:59

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On today's episode of the Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt podcast we are joined with a red-hot special guest: 7SEES! He's been exposing data maps of your favorite truthers and their possible connections to the Technocracy agenda! We'll talk about the Michael Flynn network, Q Anon, Trevor Fitzgibbon, The Wellness Company, Couls…

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Susan C. Boyd, "Heroin: An Illustrated History" (Fernwood, 2022) 45:23

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Dr. Susan Boyd is a scholar/activist and Distinguished Professor emerita at the University of Victoria. Her research examines a variety of topics related to the history of drug prohibition and resistance to it, drug law and policy, including maternal drug use, maternal/state conflicts, film and culture, radio and print media, heroin assisted-treatm…

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Stacia Kalinoski, Racing Uphill: Confronting a Life with Epilepsy (U of Minnesota Press, 2025) 31:01

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The book, Racing Uphill: Confronting a Life with Epilepsy (U of Minnesota Press, 2025), is a memoir and an educational resource, which tells the story of an Emmy Award-winning TV news Journalist, Stacia Kalinoski. The author's aim is beyond giving an account of her experience of epilepsy, her goal is to sensitize readers and inspire epileptic patie…

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Introducing: CONSPIRACY THEORIES, CULTS, AND CRIMES 7:53

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From Jonestown to Heaven’s Gate, to the Octopus Murders and the Waco Siege, the world is full of deception, manipulation, and destruction. Listen to Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Crimes every Wednesday as we explore the real people at the center of the world’s most shocking secrets and nefarious organizations. Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Crim…

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The Shining Decoded Pt 3: Kubrick’s Code—Illuminati Bloodlines, MKULTRA, Eyes Wide Shut, Portals, Saturn & the Moon Landing Lie 1:13:12

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New online store is now up with the Mushroominati Watcher Coffee! https://occultsymbolism.com On today's episode of the Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt podcast we wrap our decoding of Kubrick's The Shining! In Part 3 we’ll decode the entire film: Stephen King, America, Illuminati bloodlines, Eyes Wide Shut elitist parties, Eps…

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The Shining Decoded Pt 2: Room 237, Grady Twins, Labyrinths & Epstein Parties! 1:22:08

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On today's episode of the Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt podcast we continue our decoding of Kubrick's The Shining! In Part 2 we’ll walk through the second half of the film- we’ll talk about symbolism found in the German Adler typewriter, eagles, phoenix, labyrinths, Heretic, Grady twins, Room 217 vs Room 237, Faustian bargai…

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Manuel Barcia, "The Yellow Demon of Fever: Fighting Disease in the 19th-Century Transatlantic Slave Trade" (Yale UP, 2020) 48:40

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As we now know, epidemics and pandemics are not new phenomena. In her new book The Yellow Demon of Fever: Fighting Disease in the 19th-Century Transatlantic Slave Trade (Yale University Press, 2020), Manuel Barcia offers a striking rendition of the diseases that swept through the illegal slave trade Atlantic World. In fact, Barcia argues that the h…

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Lewis A. Grossman, "Choose Your Medicine: Freedom of Therapeutic Choice in America" (Oxford UP, 2021) 42:39

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Throughout American history, lawmakers have limited the range of treatments available to patients, often with the backing of the medical establishment. The country's history is also, however, brimming with social movements that have condemned such restrictions as violations of fundamental American liberties. This fierce conflict is one of the defin…

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The Shining Decoded Pt 1: Conspiracies, Illuminati, MKULTRA & Project Monarch! 1:21:44

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New online store is now up with the Mushroominati Watcher Coffee! https://occultsymbolism.com On today's episode of the Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt podcast we begin our deep dive into The Shining! Part 1 will explore the cast members, like Jack Nicholson, the movie poster and the first half of the film! We’ll touch on vari…

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Melody Glenn, "Mother of Methadone: A Doctor's Quest, a Forgotten History, and a Modern-Day Crisis" (Beacon Press, 2025) 43:35

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Dr. Melody Glenn was a burned-out emergency physician who had grown to resent the large population of opioid dependent patients passing through her ER. While working at a methadone clinic, she realized how effective harm reduction treatments could be and set out to discover why they weren’t used more broadly. That’s when she found Dr. Marie Nyswand…

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Judith Grisel, "Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction" (Doubleday, 2019) 1:00:13

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Not a lot of authors go from spending their early twenties homeless and addicted to cocaine to becoming one of the world’s leading researchers on the neuroscience of addiction. But Dr. Judith Grisel, in her new book Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction (Doubleday, 2019), uses her personal story to illuminate the ways in which …

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Tricia Starks, "Smoking Under the Tsars: A History of Tobacco in Imperial Russia" (Cornell UP, 2018) 1:00:09

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How and when did Russia become a country of smokers? Why did makhorka and papirosy become ubiquitous products of tobacco consumption? Tricia Starks explores these themes as well as the connections between tobacco, gender, and empire in her latest monograph, Smoking Under the Tsars: A History of Tobacco in Imperial Russia (Cornell University Press, …

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NYC Midtown Shooting Ritual: Saturn, Mind Control, Modeling, Epstein & the Black Cube Sacrifice 1:02:42

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Promo code “OZZY” on gets you in for a buck! 80% off your first month of Tier 1 or Tier 2 at Patreon.com/IlluminatiWatcher, or VIP Section: https://wp.me/P2ijVF-aRL (expires Aug 1, 2025) On today's episode of the Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt podcast we’re looking at the July 2025 Midtown NYC shooting by Shane Tamura and the…