I am the featured guest in episode 41 of the Shamanic Freedom Radio podcast. You can find that episode here:

http://shamanicfreedomradio.podomatic.com/entry/2009-09-15T06_37_37-07_00

Really, for those familiar with the C-Realm Podcast, nearly everything I say in this interview amounts to preaching to the choir, but I know that some members of the choir don't mind a sermon replete with familiar themes.

In this year's 9/11 extravaganza KMO welcomes Doug Lain, author, editor, and fellow podcaster, to the program to help make sense of some 9/11 themed commentary from James Howard Kunstler, John Horgan, Gwynne Dyer, and (indirectly) Douglas Rushkoff. Doug & KMO then continue the conversation in episode 22 of the Diet Soap Podcast. Lorenzo Hagerty of the Psychedelic Salon adds his perspective on attitudes surrounding 9/11 to the C-Realm mix in a prelude to next week's show.



Douglas Rushkoff writes:

Yes, I believe that 9-11 theorizing debilitates the counterculture. It robs us of some potentially creative thinkers. It replaces truly important questions with trivial ones. It marginalizes more constructive investigation of American participation in the development of Al Qaeda as well as its subsequent aggravation. And perhaps worst of all, it is precisely the sort of activity that government disinformation specialists would want us to be involved with.

Link: http://www.arthurmag.com/2007/09/20/rushkoff-on-911-conspiracy-theorists

stupidculture posted the following to the PodOMatic entry for this episode:

As a long time fan of your podcast and someone who understands your ambivalence towards the topic yet is not afraid of pointing out the Naked Emperor at hand, I would HIGHLY recommend what activist Ken Jenkins has to say.

Please check out:
"Psychological Aspects Of 9-11"
http://www.archive.org/details/snowshoefilms_KenJenkins_PsychologicalAspectsOf911

He would be a great guest on a future show on the topic.

and

...IMHO.

A more recent article by Ken Jenkins:
"The Truth is Not Enough: How to Overcome Emotional Barriers to 9/11 Truth"
http://www.cosmicpenguin.com/911/KenJenkins_9-11_psychology.pdf

And there are two threads on the C-Realm Forum on the Grow Report on the topic of 9/11 eight years after the fact:

Nine Oh Nine Oh Nine (#170)

and

911/ oil/ Iraq.

The use of the term "conspiracy theory" to paint someone as a lunatic without actually bothering to find fault with the specifics of their ideas is a pet peeve of mine. Given that we're so close to September 11th, that odious phrase, "conspiracy theory," and the laziness and dishonesty that go with it have really been stinking up the memetosphere in recent days.

There are three "discussion" threads that I've followed over the last few days that have me thinking about this. The first of the three continues on the C-Realm Forum over at the Grow Report. You can find that thread here:

http://www.thegrowreport.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=4629

It was there that I found this nifty graphic:



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"C" stands for consciousness

Episode 84: No More Addiction



Host KMO talks with New York Times best-selling author Steve Alten about his new book The Shell Game. Was 9/11 a false flag operation? Will the next attack result in a canceled 2008 election and an indefinite extension of the Bush-Chaney regime? How far will the Neo-cons go to indulge the appetites of the Saudi "royals," and what won't they do to shield the House of Saud from the consequences of its many crimes?

In the interview, Steve made many references to Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil By Michael C. Ruppert, which you can find in the C-Realm Amazon store.


Steve Alten interviewed by Alex Jones: http://www.alexjonesfan58.com/mp3/20080307_alexjones_stevealten.mp3


Steve Alten on the Jim Bohannon show: http://www.alexjonesfan58.com/mp3/20080306_jimbohanon_stevealten.mp3

And here's Steve presenting his uncompromised message on a corporate media TV news talk show:
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/media?id=6059274