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#67 - THE VELVET FOG OF ALTERNATIVITY: A Subliminal History of KPFA/Pacifica Radio
🕑 Added 2021-05-22 21:51:24 +0000 UTCDimitri and Khalid dive deep into the history of alternative media pioneer KPFA/Pacifica Radio, the anarcho-pacifist subliminal jihad of Pacifica founder/Phillips oil heir Lewis Hill, ubiquitous Theosophical influences, Betty Ford-Aquino’s literary program and murky presence on the Pacifica Board, MK mystic Alan Watts, Pauline Kael, Betty Ford-Aquino’s role in popularizing “Doctor Zhivago” and “Howl”, Ginsberg’s MK-Ultra scientist cousin Oscar Janiger, Dwight MacDonald’s homicidal obsession with “Stalinoids”, getting massive financial support from the CIA Yale bluebloods running the Ford Foundation, and various influences on/synchronicities with today’s “alternative” left-wing podcast landscape.
