Synopsis
Author and digital filmmaker Aaron Franz hosts this podcast about transhumanism, social manipulation, the occult, and much more.
Episodes
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Ebbing, Flowing, Still Going, AoT#457
21/04/2025 Duration: 55minAaron takes the opportunity to do a bit of brainstorming and reflection on media production. We live in a time of flux, and all we can do is keep moving within the raging current. One can stay afloat by simply realizing the reality of the situation, and not merely being washed away. Topics include: Candid Truth, being invited onto shows, Revolve book, being around for years, ebb and flow of popularity, drop off of female audience for Ochelli Effect, Skype as an original online broadcasting tool, Discord, herbivorizing predators video debate, bioengineering, content farm, time to create content, true independence is valuable, algorithms, online propaganda, social media online propaganda war, taboo topics, influencers, interesting email feedback, connected fringe groups, actual research, optimism, motivation, rules changing constantly, Uncle’s TikTok, short videos, Meria Heller as the Italian Grandma, social media as a form of therapy, layers of translations, international audiences, banned in China, propagand
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Robin Unger guest, Carroll Quigley Evolution of Civilizations, AoT#456
15/04/2025 Duration: 01h05minRobin Unger comes on to talk with Aaron about Carroll Quigley. Infamous in the world of conspiracy culture, some of his best work continues to go mostly unnoticed. His book, The Evolution of Civilizations, is looked at here. Topics include: Canada, Carroll Quigley, Evolution of Civilizations, Historical Analysis, Tragedy and Hope, Cecil Rhodes, Council on Foreign Relations, foreign policy think tanks, Georgetown University, Bill Clinton, right wing conspiracy culture, John Birch Society, Alan Watt, Anglo-American Establishment, scientific method applied to history, social sciences, Anna’s Archive, Weapon Systems and Political Stability, unfinished manuscript, Classical Civilization, Western Civilization, Middle Ages, 7 stages of civilization, mixing of civilizations, instruments of expansion, institutions become special interests, MacMillan publishing issues, book plates destroyed, Allen Dulles, no true secrets in intelligence work, open source intelligence, no secrets in nuclear research during the Cold W
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Forever Lost in the Algorithm, AoT#455
08/04/2025 Duration: 55minEveryone is a victim of American Exceptionalism. Topics include: podcast reviews, algorithms and shadow banning, future listens, Herbivorize Predators livestream debate, Robin Unger, Carroll Quigley, Uncle livestreams, normal life, digital world, contradictions, transhumanism, Martine Rothblatt, new propaganda narrative, Destroy and Rebuild, regime change, civil liberties, talking points, Joe Rogan’s podcast spinoff TV show, merging with machines, Elon Musk, X as propaganda platform, Tesla boycott is working, vandalism of Tesla as propaganda, fire symbol, uptick in racist posts, typical progression to full white supremacy, mainstreaming of fringe ideas, conspiracy culture, no talk about occult concepts, globalism, Great Powers competition, US national identity crisis, clashing with former allies, global influence ops, strength, China, Russia, fall of Soviet Union, trained to only look inward, veiled national arrogance, possible collusion between domestic and foreign power players, heresy, closed minds, tarif
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They Will Call It Liberty, AoT#454
31/03/2025 Duration: 57minWe are now witnessing a complete upgrade of the US government and our very lives. The War on Terror foundation and blueprint is there, and being used to go even further. There can be no true freedom from here on out, but there sure will be a lot more things labeled as “liberty.” Will you “stand with” this abomination? Topics include: Bookshop dot org affiliate link and buying books, techno eugenics, recent guests, digital propaganda stream, Tech moguls in charge of our government, total control, flaunting themselves in public view, evolution of Military Industrial Complex, Big Tech takeover from Aerospace, national security, defense, DIB, DIU, Eric Schmidt, cyber security, AI, future warfare, implied crony capitalism, F35, new dominant narrative centered on government waste, Deep State boogeyman, pure Libertarian Capitalism, Art of the Deal, new American Imperialism, American exceptionalism, cyber terror attacks, new rulers will exploit attacks, Musk and his super geniuses, desire for apocalyptic events by s
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Gil Duran interview, The Nerd Reich, AoT#453
17/03/2025 Duration: 51minGil Duran is an independent journalist and mind behind The Nerd Reich Blog, which is one of the absolute best sources of information about the Big Tech billionaires who are now attempting a hostile takeover of the United States government. In this interview, he talks about this Earth shattering story that can no longer be ignored. Topics include: Silicon Valley, freelance journalism, transhumanism, Bryan Johnson, Don’t Die conference, cult like ideology, life extension, true believers, fringe vs mainstream ideas, Neuralink, X, algorithm, billionaires, rich people are crazy, long form podcast interviews, journalists tuned out, career in politics, hostile takeover, California Forever, Solano County, secret group buying up farm land, slow growth ordinance, Network State, Mark Andreessen, Andreessen Horowitz, Amsterdam conference, surveillance and high end security, unite left and right to reject the development project, false claims of addressing the housing crisis, special economic status, Freedom Cities, Pete
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Anita Say Chan interview, Predatory Data and Techno-Eugenics, AoT#452
03/03/2025 Duration: 01h01minAnita Say Chan is the author of “Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future.” Here, she speaks about her book and the very important connection between eugenics and the current Big Tech data regimes that we all live under. Topics include: Uncle is on vacation, Ochelli Radio Network, Skype going away, 666-HELL, Singularity Summit 2009, eugenics, transhumanism, Bookshop(dot)org, University of Illinois, history of information sciences, data economy, predictive methods, social media, STEM, Silicon Valley, archives, critical humanities, Francis Galton, colonization, against diversity, demise of the West, paranoia, racial demise, datafication of populations, natural hierarchy, numbers, disinformation, non-Nordic classes, immigration laws, criminality, policy lobbying, misuse of science, sterilization laws, patrician classes, California eugenic policies, Stanford, Elon Musk, funding far right political movements, global order, attack on democracy, racial hierarchy, US as model for
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The Dominant Digital Propaganda Space, AoT#451
24/02/2025 Duration: 01h18minThe new political propaganda machine did not just appear overnight. It’s been a long road built in a relatively short period of time, and we are speeding down it now. If you just merged onto this freeway be warned, nothing is as advertised on the billboards. Topics include: no Uncle show this week, 2009 Singularity Summit, Peter Thiel, Ray Kurzweil, NYC, MIRI, Google, Macroeconomics and Singularity, Libertarian politics, government contracts, intelligence, Palantir, PayPal Mafia, billionaires, limited government, consolidation of fringe and mainstream, alternative media, ideological shifts, political technology, social media, big data, surveillance, Big Tech, crazy wins elections, data as a commodity, analytics, Information Age, political campaigns as potential data purchasers, world of contradictions, technocracy, Trump and Musk, crypto, claims to be disclosing hidden secrets, chainsaw at CPAC, transhumanism, zero charisma spokesmen, Joe Rogan, podcasts, comedy, fake underground, Gravitron ride, online media
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Tea Krulos interview, Political Monsters, AoT#450
09/02/2025 Duration: 49minFreelance journalist and author, Tea Krulos, is the guest on this episode of The Age of Transitions podcast. His zine, Political Monsters, has built onto a theory that posits that there are more vampire movies during Democratic presidencies, and more zombie movies with Republican administrations. Tea’s addition to this concept is that Trump has a whole horror genre unique to his reign, the killer clown movie. Topics include: Political Monsters zine and ebook, horror movies, original theory from Obama years, Democratic vampires and Republican zombies, collective fears, Trump clowns, MAGA Party, Great Clown Panic of 2016, archetypes, data presented in graphs, Dracula, public domain, Jimmy Carter, Joe Biden, Nosferatu, war commentary, Hollywood copycat films, collective reality, identity narratives, new fears, chaos, other subgenres to look for, Joker, rabble rouser, Jan 6, nostalgia, movies on TV, YouTubers, Juggalos, Violent J, DC march, live presentations, Milwaukee, Lion’s Tooth bookstore
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A More Perfect North American Union, AoT#449
03/02/2025 Duration: 55minThe Global Propaganda Matrix is raging onward in this world gone mad. Be on the lookout for the transformation of the “alternative media” into the fully fledged patriot media. Topics include: transhumanism, converging technologies, current events emergencies, AI, tech and biology merger, posthuman, continuum of human history, big picture, DeepSeek, generative AI, ChatGPT, NVIDIA, cheap development, national security, shift in MIC, Aerospace vs Big Tech, arms race, Eric Schmidt, NSCAI, DIB, DoD, app stores, Chinese app controversies, TikTok, digital hall of mirrors, Strong Man, US picking fights with neighbors, North American Union, Mexico, Canada, Greenland, change in alternative media, temporary identity crisis, New World Order, game show host savior, patriot propagandists, peace through strength, cyber warfare, false flag terrorism, 9/11, The Apprentice, administrative state, various forms of online propaganda, Elon Musk, Alternative for Deutschland, idiotic trolling, prodding the opposition, scapegoats, s
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Project 2025 Now In Full Swing, AoT#448
26/01/2025 Duration: 01h05minStrong Man is back, and he has come toting a stack of executive orders. Make no mistake, these EOs have not appeared out of thin air. They were written in advance by the Project 2025 team at the Heritage Foundation. Is our glorious leader trying to endear himself to the electorate by fulfilling campaign promises, while also setting up his billionaire backers for total takeover? Topics include: word of mouth podcast promotion, The Third Rail, Ochelli Radio taking new hosts, garage bands, foray into alternative media, transhumanism, insight from doing this for a long time, return of Strong Man, big changes, Project 2025, Newt Gingrich, hippies, bald identity, Turning Point USA, executive orders, DOGE repurposed USDS, assassination records releases, J6 pardons, campaign promises, immigration enforcement, alt media bought and paid for, tech overlords, USPS will be given to Bezos, inauguration parties for online media creators, voices of dissent now appearing, Stargate, Steve Bannon, AfD party, Musk, Nazi salute,
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There is no TikTok Ban, AoT#447
20/01/2025 Duration: 58minAs everyone frets about the impending “ban” of TikTok the world’s greatest businessman and politician is already two steps ahead and solving the problem. In an uncertain future the one thing that we can make out is that everyone stands to get something out of all the great deals that are yet to come. Topics include: David Lynch, David Wants to Fly, upcoming inauguration, TikTok Supreme Court ruling, supposed ban, China, Joe Biden, Bytedance, Trump with final say on any issues, technocracy, billionaires buying influence, wooing younger generation, online propaganda, Xi Jinping, changing narratives, the best is yet to come wall poster, alt media having temporary identity crisis, rebranding, popular apps from China, left-right paradigm, doing business as new American political propaganda model, social media as propaganda distribution network, shills, when the fringe becomes mainstream, patriotism, North American Union used to be a great evil, Columbus Oh, Anduril Arsenal-1 drone factory, Peter Thiel, jobs, new
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A Surreal Year Begins, AoT#446
13/01/2025 Duration: 58minThe year just started, and is already throwing all kinds of unexpected events our way. Is this merely the harbinger of even wilder things to come? Topics include: Goat Mountain video, technocratic oligarchy, Musk, Trump, Greenland, Canada, TikTok Supreme Court, Great Powers Competition, online propaganda, Culture War, Los Angeles fires, natural disasters, World War 3, hybrid and cyber war, underwater structures, UAP drones, military denials, Lakehurst base, UFOlogy, orbs, UAP in Southern California Inland Empire, sightings all week long, drone forms, orb form morph into drone form UAP, types and patterns of lights, Lake Hills, patrolling drones, large bulbous headlights, drawings and notes, no sound in flight, out in plain sight, Radio segue about UFO, online message boards and apps with posts about sightings, cannabis, surreal reality, current events also bizarre, Trudeau resignation, former allies possibly becoming enemies, media changes, George W Bush, War on Terror propaganda, billionaire late comers don
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The Rise of American Technocracy, AoT#445
29/12/2024 Duration: 01h08minWe are in the thick of The Age of Transitions now. It’s a time of technocracy, and control by Big Tech oligarchs who have bought and paid for the government. Not even the former beneficiaries of the MIC are safe from their data driven rule by force. Topics include: Chuck not well, Ochelli Radio Network, new Rumble channel, Patreon content, Singularity Summit interviews, new Themes & Memes episode, peers, tech oligarchs, shadow banning, share the show, AI powered guest referral systems, transcripts, artificial intelligence, MIC shifting from aerospace to Big Tech contractors, Space X, Palantir, Anduril, Open AI, consortium, retooling DoD, CDAO, JAIC, DDS, JADC2, Trump presidential campaign, tech billionaires, technocracy, cybersecurity, cyber 9/11, War on Terror, national security, social media, global propaganda matrix, exploitation of anti-establishment ideas, rise of online media, analytics, data surveillance, weaponization of culture war, Ramaswamy and Musk, acquisition of foreign talent in tech, MAGA
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John Kirwin interview, Conspiracy Theory Survival, AoT#444
16/12/2024 Duration: 01h09minJohn Kirwin is the author of The Conspiracy Theorist Survival Guide. In this interview he talks a bit about the book, and his motivations in pursuing the truth as he sees it. Topics include: Wake up or else, 508(c)1, legal education, Sovereign Citizen trigger term, conspiracy theorist trigger term, Federal Reserve, rifts in family life, ultimatums, God, religion, truther group, mind control programming, personal sacrifices, waking up, charlatans, insinuation of character flaws, 10 rabbit hole portfolio, normies, false narratives, chemtrails, in the world not of the world, willful ignorance, vaccine as bioweapon, vaccine issue forcing conversation to extremes, absolute truths, virologists, conspiracy ideas used in mainstream, red pills, UFOs, states banning chemtrails, children’s library books, alternative space doing more harm than good, digital propaganda space, covert influence operations, citizen journalism, weaponized government, money for hurricane victims, choosing not to give up, Mandela Effect, viv
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David Hirschfeld interview, AoT#443
08/12/2024 Duration: 59minDavid Hirschfeld is the founder of Tekyz software development company. In this interview he shares some interesting examples of how he has used artificial intelligence for projects that he has worked on. There are also some speculations on what we may expect to see in the near future. Topics include: Patreon material, David Hirschfeld, software development, Tekyz, artificial intelligence, no one understands how AI works, technology, training data, medical devices, AI integrated into new software, AI development assistant, idea that AI hype is overblown is wrong, Elon Musk, data centers, robotics, autonomous vehicles, parking garages, rideshare companies, Waymo, regulations, DOGE, AI hallucinations subsiding, coding, self improving systems, autonomous vehicle safety, AGI, data privacy, agentic workflow, Microsoft reopening Three Mile Island, geopolitical side to AI development, tech administered influence operations, near future implications
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Age of Transitions update and new content, AoT#442
01/12/2024 Duration: 11minA quick update to let you know about some live-streams and Patreon content you may have missed. topics include: Themes & Memes, War on Christmas Thanksgiving Spectacular, Singularity Summit 2009 video tapes Patreon shows, transhumanism, listener suggestions, making media fun
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New Media and Old Scams, AoT#441
18/11/2024 Duration: 59minOnions are known to cause tears, but this time they ain’t the tears of liberal snowflakes. No way, these are the tears of everyone’s favorite rightwing beefcake. Topics include: Patreon content, Singularity Summit 2009, NYC, James Hughes, 2B movie premiere, War on Christmas Thanksgiving Spectacular, video, changing media landscape, legacy media vs new media, Onion auction purchase of Infowars, Alex Jones, satire of alt media overdue, shills, Paul brothers, making money from media production, advertisers, home shopping channels, viewer demographics, content creator as career, online media high production value, Global Propaganda Matrix, fabs, microprocessors, TSMC, Intel, world war, CHIPS Act, technology, New Albany OH, Columbus, Les Wexner, Mike Jeffries, get rich quick, billionaires, made in America, gods, Antichrist
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Strong Man Returns, AoT#440
12/11/2024 Duration: 57minThe glorious leader will soon make his triumphant return to the office he was born to sit in. In truth, he likely won’t do much more than sit, but he is bringing all of the best people to help him to do the job. Topics include: Patreon improvements, War on Christmas Thanksgiving Spectacular live-stream, return of Trump, Stop the Steal 2, election fraud, content creators are always right, MAGA marketing, Trump brand, techno oligarchs, Big Tech, Silicon Valley Libertarianism, loss of civil liberties, technocracy, Freedom Cities, coming challenges, Grifter Industrial Complex, dying Legacy Media, Neocons, Bush administration, unitary executive, War on Terror, racism, Patriot Act, Supreme Court ruling on Presidential immunity, disenfranchised working class, Trump not actually in charge, Project 2025 is the plan, lawyers have written executive orders, old age, America First, foreign policy, karma, World War 3, South China Sea, Indo Pacific, China, Russia, Japan, Australia, Phillippines, Taiwan, Chinese statements
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Eray Özkural interview on AI, AoT#439
28/10/2024 Duration: 01h59sThis week’s episode of The Age of Transitions podcast is an interview of Eray Özkural. An AI professional, transhumanist, and all around free thinker, he has a lot of first hand experience from within the world of artificial intelligence technology that he talks about here. Topics include: Marvin Minsky, Usenet, philosophy of mind, machine learning, biocomputing, history of AI, AI research shut down on purpose, AI Winter artificially induced, experts can be fooled by propaganda, misinformation, science of influence, media, examachine, Open AI, scare tactics to keep tech in hands of a few, Sam Altman, free markets
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The End of Democracy, AoT#438
20/10/2024 Duration: 57minApparently, The End of Democracy is upon us. As that plays itself out, let’s try to get a firm hold on whatever is left. Topics include: crafting propaganda narratives, artificial world, self, epiphany, human experience, American democracy, presidential election, lost faith in electoral process, true wealth hoarded, turned on each other, foundations, anti-intellectual sentiment, rapid change, Singularity, history, stake holders, gaming the system, virtual life, scapegoating, generational warfare, led by analytics and algorithms, art, truth, upcoming interviews, future options