The Age of Transitions
Author and digital filmmaker Aaron Franz hosts this podcast about transhumanism, social manipulation, the occult, and much more.

Influence operations have made us go to war with ourselves. 

Topics include: cyber security, national security, digital terror attack, war propaganda, torture, Guantanamo Bay, 9/11 trials, Saudi Arabia, New World Order, technology, weapons, AI, influence operations, China, civil war, no ideological cohesion, gates, meta verse, virtual reality, converging media, entertainment, brutal justice

Direct download: 399_Influence_Ops_Prop_Shop.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:06am EDT

Who wants to help trample truth into the ground, and replace it with a hideous imposter? Join the party, everyone’s doing it. 

Topics include: Ochelli Radio Network, other networks, conformity, censorship, freedom of speech, phone lines in jeopardy, JFK Lancer, misfit among misfits, no regrets, odd choices, success, day job allows freedom on the microphone, give audience benefit of knowledge from the other side of the speakers, shrewd business masked in virtue signaling, alternative media, 9/11 Truth Movement, attention for its own sake, confrontation videos, out of context and unprompted 9/11 questions, transhumanism now popular to comment on, happy on the sidelines, frauds, talking vs listening, inertia behind bad narratives, BS sells, religious devotion, tech overlords being horrible believing themselves to be benevolent, self actualization, individuality, complete reversal on certain talking points, hatred of Islam, martial law is great if it keeps the right person in power, police state, many actually want an authoritarian system, law and order, pretending to be tough, pretending to care about free speech, psychological projection, belief

Direct download: truth_in_reverse_AoT_398.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:16pm EDT

Law and order for the people, and total criminality for their leaders. Fair is fair. 

Topics include: alternative media, Truth Movement, narrative fandom, guest spots, 2024 presidential election

Direct download: 397_Narrative_Fanboys.mp3
Category:social commentary -- posted at: 12:37am EDT

Freedom means throwing your neighbor in a gulag if they go against the will of “our president”. The Constitution is a Christian document written by Jesus, and predators will be herbivorized. Yes, it’s true, Heaven on Earth is upon us. 

Topics include: hurricane, climate change, The Storm, QAnon, Trump indictments, 2024 election, Georgia, threats against judge, Grand Jury doxxed, 18 codefendants, Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, indictments help Trump gain popularity, entrenched political establishment two parties, Russian moon mission, grand narrative, serial killer, Trump fans radicalizing themselves, what even is alternative media, meaningless labels, Herbivorize Predators, paradise engineering

Direct download: 396_politics_is_radical_dude.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:07am EDT

Dwitght D. Eisenhower’s famous farewell address to the American people is played here. Aaron, Chuck and Jimmy give some commentary on it. 

Topics include: call in to the live show, AI, LLMs, microphone, URLs, X, Meta, Eisenhower farewell speech, MIC, technology, inventors vs massive grant funded labs, classic Republican, more cohesive public sentiment in the past, democracy, informed citizenry, upward mobility used to be possible, performance

Direct download: 395_Ike_Warned_Us.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:40pm EDT

Author, Sam Aydlette returns to the show to talk about his new book, “American Values.” Take a road trip deep into the undercurrent of the American psyche, and see what may emerge from the shadows. 

Topics include: Sam Aydlette author, writing, brevity, blurring lines between metaphor and reality, Stratosphere casino and hotel, Las Vegas, Big League Chew, Curt Schilling, coming to terms about dangers in world, perception vs reality of Iraq war, admitting when you are wrong, road trip narrative, synchronicity, media talking points, intelligence community, connecting with readers

Direct download: 394_Sam_Aydlette_interview_American_Values.mp3
Category:interview -- posted at: 1:03am EDT

As technological capacity keeps building we are being reminded of the many new possible threats to national security. Where is this all leading and who is profiting? 

Topics include: global tension, Cold War 2.0 term, American foreign policy, Eric Schmidt, Silicon Valley becoming new MIC, DIU, profiting off of government contracts, Doug Beck DIU director fomerly Apple executive, emerging technology, new arms race, defense budget, Ike MIC speech, Ellul, technique requires funded big laboratories, cyber version of 9/11, reactionary media a problem, possibility of homegrown open source tech, communication breakdown, idolotry, STEM vs the humanities, college attendance down, online interactions, research into life extension, aliens and UFOs, congressional hearing

Direct download: 393_new_old_guys_in_town.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:18am EDT

Chuck, Chris Graves and Aaron discuss podcast production, and news at the Ochelli Radio Network. This gig isn’t as economical as it once was, and it isn’t even the gig economy, or is it? We may have missed that when it happened. 

Topics include: Ochelli Radio Network, broken microphone, using the knobs, audio equipment, dollar store microphone, Disney video game microphone, promo products made in Asian countries, polka dot design idea, new Uncle IG videos, new shows coming to network, Chris Graves, guests charging appearance fees, Stuttering John, Sgt Slaughter, RFK Jr speaking fee, Dallas JFK conference trip, big budget podcast producers, over-saturation of podcast market, Cameo show bumpers, Jerky Boys, Captain Janx

Direct download: 392_talking_shop_with_Chuck_and_Chris_Graves.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:25am EDT

The facts have been thoroughly checked, and podcasting has been exposed. Learn the real truth here on this show, and not on any other shows. This show isn’t a podcast, it is an expose of podcasts. 

topics include: internet could change, semiconductor manufacturing, Taiwan, TSMC, US military buildup in South China Sea, 2024 election, desire to use US military against Mexican drug cartels, defense budget, technology at center of global conflict, possible new hardware for computing, training AI, possibility of incredibly boring future optimized by AI and surveillance tech, group psychology, Soros replica son, celebrities with fertility issues, artificial wombs, AI prompts, fact checking, podcasting exposed

Direct download: 391_podcasts_exposed.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:21am EDT

Zardoz was a cool vision of the future. Let’s do that one. 

Topics include: transhumanism, technology, continuum of the present, life extension, basic healthcare incredibly difficult to attain, dominant minority beneficiaries of high tech healthcare, cost of living, artificial meat, Zuckerberg and Musk cage fight, Wagner Group head run out of Russia, Myanmar, cobalt, Saudi Arabia purchase of pro sports, Chinese entertainment approval, attention as an asset, extreme tedium of AI training, Wizard of Oz

Direct download: Eternal_Life_Right_Around_the_Corner_390.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:06am EDT