The BS Filter

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  The Grand Chessboard Part 2: America’s Playbook for World Domination – BS Filter #150 04.09.2026 14min

  Today we continue to pick apart Zbigniew Brzezinski’s 1997 geopolitical playbook – The Grand Chessboard – and how America’s blueprint for world domination is currently falling apart in real time. If you would like to listen to the full episode, sign up and become a supporter of the show! It’s less than the cost of a single coffee a week. The post The Grand Chessboard Part 2: America’s Playbook for World Domination – BS Filter #150 appeared first on The BS Filter.
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  The Grand Chessboard: America’s Playbook for World Domination – BS Filter #149 24.07.2026 21min

  Today we crack open Zbigniew Brzezinski’s 1997 playbook – The Grand Chessboard – and find out it basically predicted every war the US has picked since, and why that was always the point.If you would like to listen to the full episode, sign up and become a supporter of the show! It’s less than the cost of a single coffee a week.The post The Grand Chessboard: America’s Playbook for World Domination – BS Filter #149 appeared first on The BS Filter.
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  Havel’s Power of the Powerless – BS Filter #148 10.07.2026 30min

  Today we pick apart Václav Havel’s “Power of the Powerless” – with guest Michael Romahn – and why going along to get along is exactly how every rotten system keeps itself alive.If you would like to listen to the full episode, sign up and become a supporter of the show! It’s less than the cost of a single coffee a week. The post Havel’s Power of the Powerless – BS Filter #148 appeared first on The BS Filter.
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  The Precariat Trap: Why America Can’t Rise Up – BS Filter #147 29.06.2026 19min

  Today we have guest Scotty B to pick apart America’s slow-motion slide into fascism – the Precariat Trap – and why the 99% can’t afford to pick up a pitchfork even when they probably should.If you would like to listen to the full episode, sign up and become a supporter of the show! It’s less than the cost of a single coffee a week.The post The Precariat Trap: Why America Can’t Rise Up – BS Filter #147 appeared first on The BS Filter.
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  Nine Grievances, One Con Man – BS Filter #146 08.06.2026 20min

  Today we cut through the spin on why people actually support Trump – nine real grievances, zero good excuses for picking the worst possible guy to fix them. If you would like to listen to the full episode, sign up and become a supporter of the show! It’s less than the cost of a single coffee a week. The post Nine Grievances, One Con Man – BS Filter #146 appeared first on The BS Filter.
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  Iran, Lies, and the Pentagon Slush Fund – BS Filter #145 14.05.2026 23min

  Today we dig deep into the US-Israel attack on Iran - Operation Epic Fury - and what's actually going on beneath the spin.
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  Sharks with Laser Beams – BS Filter 144 01.03.2026 44min

  In this episode of *The Bullshit Filter*, Cameron and Ray dissect a world seemingly gone mad under the pressure of the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” foreign policy. The duo explores the unfolding humanitarian disaster in Cuba, where a modern fuel blockade has pushed the island’s socialist experiment to the brink of collapse and triggered a “mini Bay of Pigs” skirmish. Beyond the Caribbean, they analyze the “Board of Peace”—a privatized, multibillion-dollar alternative to the UN Security Council run by Trump and a circle of luxury real estate developers. Finally, the conversation shifts to the global stage as the BRICS nations and the EU accelerate their “de-dollarization” efforts, launching digital payment systems like Wero to escape the reach of American financial weaponization. It’s a deep dive into an era defined by “grifts within grifts” and the slow-motion collapse of the post-WWII global order. The post Sharks with Laser Beams – BS Filter 144 appeared first on The BS Filter.
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  The Rupture – BS Filter 143 31.01.2026 1h 33min

  In this episode of *The Bullshit Filter*, Cameron and Ray navigate a global landscape defined by “ruptures” rather than transitions. The duo begins with a sobering look at Australia’s first mass shooting in 30 years and the subsequent rapid-fire passage of controversial anti-hate and migration legislation. The conversation then shifts to the world stage, dissecting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s viral Davos speech that declared the “rules-based international order” a useful fiction that has finally reached its breaking point. From the shifting power dynamics of American hegemony to the “American ISIS” and the complexities of foreign-backed protests in Iran, Cameron and Ray peel back the layers of propaganda and political theater. They explore how historical baggage, corporate-funded think tanks, and advanced jamming technology are reshaping modern conflict, ultimately questioning whether any government—foreign or domestic—is truly equipped to handle the brewing “Wild West” of 2026. The post The Rupture – BS Filter 143 appeared first on The BS Filter.
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  #142 – Fascism Goes Corporate 27.11.2025 49min

  In this final instalment of the Fascism miniseries, Cameron and Ray trace how fascism didn’t die after 1945 but simply changed its wardrobe. Once openly discredited, fascist ideology went underground, hiding behind anti-communism, Catholic conservatism, Cold War geopolitics, and the language of “law and order.” The pair outline how the same structural anxieties that fuelled Mussolini and Hitler found new hosts in post-war regimes like Franco’s Spain and Salazar’s Portugal, apartheid South Africa, Cold War dictatorships in Latin America, and today’s far-right populists in Europe and the United States. They explore how neoliberalism, manufactured fear of socialism, weaponised Christianity, resentful middle-class voters, and billionaire backing continue to make fascism useful to the powerful. The conversation ends by drawing uncomfortable parallels between classical fascism and modern MAGA politics, arguing that America is not on the verge of fascism — it is living through it in a new, suited, media-savvy form. The post #142 – Fascism Goes Corporate appeared first on The BS Filter.
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  #139 – Make Italy Great Again: The Birth of Fascism (Fascism #3) 14.10.2025

  In this episode of The Bullshit Filter, Cameron and Ray continue their deep dive into the history of fascism — tracing its emergence from the ashes of World War I to Mussolini’s rise in Italy. They unpack how the trauma of the war radicalised millions, creating fertile ground for authoritarian movements that promised strength, unity, and a return to national glory. Through sharp wit and historical insight, they explore the socioeconomic chaos of postwar Italy — labour strikes, land seizures, and political paralysis — that allowed fascism to masquerade as a stabilising force. Cameron and Ray discuss how Mussolini, once a socialist firebrand, transformed into the prototype fascist leader by weaponising propaganda, street violence, and elite fear of socialism. The episode draws unnerving parallels between Mussolini’s Italy and modern political movements, showing how democracy often erodes not with explosions, but applause. The post #139 – Make Italy Great Again: The Birth of Fascism (Fascism #3) appeared first on The BS Filter.
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  #138 – Fascism: The Remix of History’s Worst Ideas (Fascism part 2) 01.10.2025

  In this second episode of our fascism series, Cameron and Ray trace the roots of fascism from the French Revolution through the 19th century and into the early 20th century. They explore how nationalism, the Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightenment, industrial upheaval, social Darwinism, Nietzsche’s philosophy, Bismarck’s realpolitik, futurism, and mass psychology all fed into the eventual rise of fascism. Along the way, they compare past anxieties about modernity with today’s fears of AI and technology, dig into the religious devotion of MAGA Trumpism, and unpack the Italian Fascist Manifesto of 1919. By the end, the groundwork is set for how Mussolini and others fused these cultural, philosophical, and political threads into a movement that would reshape the 20th century. The post #138 – Fascism: The Remix of History’s Worst Ideas (Fascism part 2) appeared first on The BS Filter.
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  #137 – What is Fascism? Part 1 01.09.2025 18min

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  #136 – 20 Years of Napoleon and Friendship 18.08.2025 1h 16min

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  #135 – Unprovoked or Preemptive? Iran, the Media & Manufactured Consent 05.07.2025 25min

  In this fiery and no-holds-barred episode, Cam and Ray dive into the geopolitics of U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran, calling out the hypocrisy and propagandistic media coverage that frames these attacks as “preemptive” rather than “unprovoked” — a word the media reserved exclusively for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. They draw sharp historical parallels, from the 1953 CIA-led coup in Iran to the weaponised narrative-building of Western governments and media. The episode also takes a tour through Iran’s actual military record (spoiler: mostly defensive or retaliatory), the ever-reliable military-industrial complex, and Trump’s sudden missile diplomacy. Plus, there’s a heartfelt tribute to Michael Madsen, a scathing takedown of media groupthink, and a sobering reminder that the real winners of war are the profiteers. As always, it’s a punchy mix of gallows humour, truth bombs, and righteous exasperation. The post #135 – Unprovoked or Preemptive? Iran, the Media & Manufactured Consent appeared first on The BS Filter.
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  #134: Section 70302: The Quiet Coup 06.06.2025 25min

  Cameron and Ray crack open the popcorn for a free-wheeling hour on the sudden Musk-Trump bromance breakup and the “one big beautiful bill” (HR 1).  They riff on Roman triumvirates, oligarch knife-fights, and the sneaky Section 70302 that could neuter America’s courts overnight.  Along the way they detour through the Byrd Rule, unleash dystopian what-ifs about AI, and ask whether the U.S. can out-collapse ancient Rome for speed.  It’s equal parts history lesson, constitutional autopsy, and late-night pub rant—served with extra swearing and zero deference.  The post #134: Section 70302: The Quiet Coup appeared first on The BS Filter.
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  BS 129 – It’s The Stupid, Stupid 08.11.2024 1h 43min

  As I've been saying for years - Trump isn't the problem. He's just a symptom of the problem. The actual problem is stupid people. And they are justifiably angry. But to think billionaires are going to solve the problem is just stupid. It's billionaires and the politicians they control that got the U.S. into this situation in the first place. Welcome to late stage capitalism. The post BS 129 – It’s The Stupid, Stupid appeared first on The BS Filter.
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  BS 128 – Israel’s Terrorism 11.10.2024 1h 15min

  The media coverage, and Western government commentary, of Israel's pager and walkie-talkie attacks in Lebanon have studiously avoided the use of the word "terrorism", even though that's what all of the world's human rights organisations are calling it and what we all know the media and governments would be calling if it any other single country did it. Today on the show we break down why. The post BS 128 – Israel’s Terrorism appeared first on The BS Filter.
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  BS 127 – Kamala and Lichtman’s 13 Keys 13.09.2024 1h 23min

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  BS 126 – The Global Rules-Based Order 27.05.2024

  In this episode of 'The Bullshit Filter,' we discuss the US's selective adherence to international laws, the complex US-Saudi relationship, and evolving power dynamics involving China. Discussions include potential ICC arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, the US's opposition to ICC jurisdiction over Israel, and the historical context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Additionally, the conversation explores US energy policy, Chinese and Russian competition, Boris Johnson's alleged role in derailing a Russia-Ukraine peace deal, and China's dominance in green technology markets. The episode concludes with a speculative look at the upcoming US presidential election, highlighting the strategic interests and long-term consequences of these geopolitical maneuvers. The post BS 126 – The Global Rules-Based Order appeared first on The BS Filter.
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  BS 125 – Come On Feel the Noise 27.04.2024 1h 58min

  The controversies and hypocrisies clouding the US's dance with TikTok and its awkward stance at the UN over Palestine, the US's veto power against Palestine's UN bid and the complex support web for Israel, parallel discussions tear into Australia's online safety efforts and the biased battleground of global news. The post BS 125 – Come On Feel the Noise appeared first on The BS Filter.