Tag: BookSmarts
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#MorningMonarchy: April 21, 2017
Seditious puns, quiet influence and “The Forgotten Man” + this day in history w/the Boston Marathon cheater and our song of the day by Lana Del Rey on your Morning Monarchy for April 21, 2017.
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#MorningMonarchy: March 17, 2017
Rebooting reality, Kroll comedy and “Tulipomania” + this day in history w/Skull Valley and our song of the day by Father John Misty on your Morning Monarchy for March 17, 2017.
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“Tulipomania” and the Madness of Crowds
Reading the chapter called “Tulipomania” from Charles Mackay’s “Extraordinary Popular Delusions & The Madness Of Crowds” can give us a greater insight into what we think is money, the machinations around it – and the growing bitcoin bubble.
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#MorningMonarchy: February 17, 2017
Boycott culture, real enemies and getting things wrong + this day in history w/Voice of America and our song of the day by Nikki Lane on your Morning Monarchy for February 17, 2017.
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#BookSmarts: “But What If We’re Wrong?”
“Klosterman conducts a series of intriguing thought experiments in this delightful new book about how we conceive of the future.”
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#MorningMonarchy: February 10, 2017
Believable ads, movie ops and comically “BrainDead” + this day in history w/Ziggy Stardust’s premiere and our song of the day by De La Soul on your Morning Monarchy for February 10, 2017.
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#MorningMonarchy: February 3, 2017
Merger minds, ticket schemes and magazine time + this day in history w/Iran options and our song of the day by London Grammar on your Morning Monarchy for February 3, 2017.
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#MorningMonarchy: January 20, 2017
Liberal lawsuits, “Trained to Kill” and Obama’s legacy + this day in history w/Iran’s Inaugural hostages and our song of the day by Ghost on your Morning Monarchy for January 20, 2017.
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#BookSmarts: “Trained to Kill: The Inside Story of CIA Plots Against Castro, Kennedy, and Che”
Continuing where we left off discussing “Suddenly”, we reach an inauguration day that brings America back to fractious times we’ve seen before – with the publication of the new book, “Trained to Kill: The Inside Story of CIA Plots Against Castro, Kennedy, and Che”.
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#MorningMonarchy: January 6, 2017
Sing for peace, spin the black circle and open the BitChute + this day in history w/the telegraph system and our song of the day by Elbow on your Morning Monarchy for January 6, 2017.
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#MorningMonarchy: December 16, 2016
Disputed news, semiotic ‘Silence’ and 8-bit maestros + this day in history w/”New World Symphony” and our song of the day by Justice on your Morning Monarchy for December 16, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: December 9, 2016
The Washington ComPost, fever dreams and record sales + this day in history w/”The Mother of All Demos” and our song of the day by The xx on your Morning Monarchy for December 9, 2016.
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Interview w/Steven Levingston on ‘Little Demon’ – Murder, Mesmerism and the Media
Author Steven Levingston has a new book called, ‘Little Demon In The City Of Light: A True Story of Murder and Mesmerism in Belle Epoque Paris’. Was she hypnotized into murder – or was she hypnotizing the public?
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‘Comic Art Propaganda’: See You In The Funny Papers
A comic aficionado from Sweden named Fredrik Strömberg put out a book in 2010 called ‘Comic Art Propaganda: A Graphic History and it’s quite literally the illustrations of indoctrination.