Media Roots

Abby and Robbie Martin discuss Tucker Carlson's abrupt exit from FOX News, the impact of his rhetoric and the true nature of his role as a controlled opposition figure with an allegiance to the Deep State and a sordid history of peddling war propaganda. Patreon subscribers at the $5 tier get access to an exclusive bonus episode per month. www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio FOLLOW // twitter.com/AbbyMartin // twitter.com/FluorescentGrey Disclaimer: the music and thumbnail image used in this podcast was generated with AI

Abby Martin is back on Media Roots Radio after a 2 month hiatus to join Robbie in a lively discussion about the absolute mind numbing absurdity of the political landscape today If you're wondering where the the Media Roots Episodes are from February and March you can access them by subscribing @ www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio Patreon subscribers at the $5 tier also get access to an exclusive bonus episode per month. FOLLOW // twitter.com/AbbyMartin // twitter.com/FluorescentGrey

On September 16, 1994 at least 62 children between the ages of six and twelve witnessed something incredible and beyond explanation, over two decades later the children who witnessed this strange event recount their experiences in the recently released documentary film, Ariel Phenomenon. https://watch.arielphenomenon.com Patreon subscribers at the $5 tier get access to an exclusive bonus episode per month. www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio FOLLOW // twitter.com/AbbyMartin // twitter.com/FluorescentGrey

Robbie Martin discusses the different layers of the Bigfoot believing community, the paralells between Bigfoot and UFOs in American pop culture & how the infamous 1967 Patterson-Gimlin film still holds up as one of the most impressive visual hoaxes of all-time with special guest Robert Skvarla Patreon subscribers at the $5 tier get access to an exclusive bonus episode per month. www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio FOLLOW // twitter.com/AbbyMartin // twitter.com/FluorescentGrey

Abby & Robbie Martin dive into the aftermath of oligarch Elon Musk’s hostile takeover of Twitter under the banner of “free speech” and piece together the hidden and not so hidden motivations Musk really has. Additional Research: Amanda Compton-Gordon Patreon subscribers at the $5 tier get access to an exclusive bonus episode per month. www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio FOLLOW // twitter.com/AbbyMartin // twitter.com/FluorescentGrey

Abby and Robbie discuss the latest unraveling of Kanye West: using pornography as a form of control, embrace of groyper fuccboi Nick Fuentes and full transformation into a Hitler adoring Nazi. Note: Abby knows she is saying "Ye" wrong. We blame it on our genetic dyslexia. Patreon subscribers at the $5 tier get access to an exclusive bonus episode per month. www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio FOLLOW // twitter.com/AbbyMartin // twitter.com/FluorescentGrey

Abby and Robbie are back for a Media Roots Radio banger going over tons of headlines from the past month including fake news about Iran and Ukraine, the Club Q shooting and rise of homophobic violence, the series Dr. Death and medical malpractice, Jordan Peterson teaming up with Ben Shapiro as Israel lobbyists and more. They wrap the episode with a bombshell interview with Mike Prysner of Eyes Left about his investigation into Ron DeSantis, detailing how he was overseeing the worst year of torture at Gitmo and went on to be the clean up operator of war crimes in Iraq. Listen to the full Eyes Left report on DeSantis: https://soundcloud.com/eyesleft/desantis Patreon subscribers at the $5 tier get access to an exclusive bonus episode per month. www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio FOLLOW // twitter.com/AbbyMartin // twitter.com/FluorescentGrey // twitter.com/MikePrysner

Abby Martin is back in the saddle with Robbie for a jam packed episode of Media Roots Radio. They discuss how America can even have useful elections anymore with the record breaking spending of the recent midterm elections, Kanye West's continuing spiral, the Democrats reversing their position to put diplomatic conditions on money to Ukraine and Trump VS Ron DeCIAntis (the showdown we've all been waiting for). [This episode was recorded the evening before some of the final vote tallies came in for AZ governer and senate race] Patreon subscribers at the $5 tier get access to an exclusive bonus episode per month. www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio FOLLOW // twitter.com/AbbyMartin // twitter.com/FluorescentGrey //

A spooktacular Halloween Media Roots special with Robbie Martin & Gumby breaking down 2 of the most politically subversive horror films of the 1970s, The Crazies & Deathdream. [this episode originally came out on October 31st for patreon subscribers] Patreon subscribers at the $5 tier get access to an exclusive bonus episode per month. www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio FOLLOW // twitter.com/AbbyMartin // twitter.com/FluorescentGrey //

Robbie Martin is joined by Max aka Compostghoul, a researcher and Media Roots collaborator who has been working with Robbie to turn previous Media Roots anthrax investigative podcasts into long form written pieces. They start by giving their opinions about what was good and bad about the new Netflix documentary: Anthrax, In the Shadow of 9/11. Halfway through the podcast Robbie and Max emphasize how the recently unearthed abandoned St Petersburg hoax letters thread alone undermines the entire FBI case about Bruce Ivins, possibly the strongest evidence point at the current moment that proves that the anthrax attacks must have been the work of at least 2 individuals, but probably more. In the last third Robbie throws out darker possibilities for suspects, including the liklihood that whoever conducted the 2001 anthrax attacks had foreknowledge of the 9/11 attacks and was planning the anthrax attack before 9/11 actually occured. Robbie mentions several crucial previous Media Roots works on the 2001 anthrax at

Abby & Robbie go over a brief history of British Imperialism and comment on the strange balancing act of 'right populists' like Tucker Carlson emulating the rhetoric of neocon psychopath Robert Kagan by saying the British empire was the 'most humane' empire in human history. In the last third of the podcast they comment on the Mar-a-lago raid, Ukraine and the weaponized deep state tool Robbie likes to refer to as Ron DeCIAntis. note: the article referenced at the beginning of the podcast 'The Soft Bigotry of 9/11' was fake and both Abby and Robbie thought it was real at the time of recording this podcast.

Abby and Robbie are joined by Mike Prysner for a special two part Media Roots Radio on Alex Jones. Part two details how Alex became a Trump sycophant calling for martial law, his role in QAnon, and the recent attempt to rehabilitate his image and whitewash his legacy with the film Alex’s War.

Abby and Robbie are joined by Mike Prysner for a special two part Media Roots Radio on Alex Jones. Part one goes over the real history of Alex Jones dominating alternative media and poison pilling government skepticism. The Sandy Hook trial is explained, as well as Alex’s pathological, malicious lying about the mass shooting.

Abby and Robbie talk about the fentanyl epidemic hitting home, anti-BDS legislation being ruled constitutional and heading to the Supreme Court next, Jordan Peterson’s evolution into a manic homophobe, Scott Adams advocating to murder your children, and SCOTUS overturning the right to abortion: how democrats are responding to the right wing judicial coup and what the dark new reality means for millions of marginalized people in the country. Patreon subscribers at the $5 tier get access to an exclusive bonus episode per month. www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio FOLLOW // twitter.com/AbbyMartin // twitter.com/FluorescentGrey //

Abby and Robbie catch up on the last few weeks, including Robbie's special visit to the last Shulgin BBQ before Anne passed away, "The Boys" show bad and good empire babydom, the killing and political legacy of Shinzo Abe, the insidious co-optation of the left into reactionary politics, and the historic shift in Latin America from countries like Chile and Colombia throwing off their neocolonial chains. Patreon subscribers at the $5 tier get access to an exclusive bonus episode per month. www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio FOLLOW // twitter.com/AbbyMartin // twitter.com/FluorescentGrey //

Abby and Robbie dive deeper into the life and work of Sasha and Anne Shulgin and their close yet tumultuous relationship with the DEA, their books PiHKAL / TiHKAL , the raid of his home and the crackdown on “designer drug” internet retailers that were selling pure chemical drugs following the recipies from both of Shulgin's books. This is Episode 6 of an ongoing series on Psychedelic History, Episodes 1-6 are availible now. Patreon subscribers at the $5 tier get access to Episode 4 of the series: www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio Previous: Episode 1: A Brief History of Hallucinogens, MK-Ultra, the CIA, LSD, Leary & the Psychedelic 60s / 70s Episode 2: How Raves Brought Back the Psychedelic Subculture, DanceSafe, Pill Tests & the DEA vs MDMA Episode 3: Terrence McKenna, Johnathan Ott, DMT, Pharmahuasca, Heroic Dosing, Utopianism & the Psychedelic New Age Episode 4: When Microsoft Employee #9 Boosted an Online Psychedelic Revolution, Erowid.org, DXM & Salvia Episode 5: the Acid Drought, Making DMT, A Godfa

Robbie and Abby Martin continue their psychedelic series with an episode about the DEA raid on the LSD missile silo manufacturing plant, Robbie’s quest for psychedelics online, his experience taking 2-C-T-7 and dangerous attempts to synthesize DMT at his home. They discuss the fear campaign around several overdoses of 2-C-T-7 and introduce the groundbreaking life and work of the brilliant chemist behind 200+ psychedelic analogs, including MDMA, Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin and his wife Anne. This is Episode 5 of an ongoing series on Psychedelic History, Episodes 1-5 are availible now. Patreon subscribers at the $5 tier get access to Episode 4 of the series: www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio Previous: Episode 1: A Brief History of Hallucinogens, MK-Ultra, the CIA, LSD, Leary & the Psychedelic 60s / 70s Episode 2: How Raves Brought Back the Psychedelic Subculture, DanceSafe, Pill Tests & the DEA vs MDMA Episode 3: Terrence McKenna, Johnathan Ott, DMT, Pharmahuasca, Heroic Dosing, Utopianism & the Psychedelic Ne

Abby and Robbie Martin cover Biden’s failed Summit of the Americas, where Abby confronted Secretary of State Antony Blinken about the Israeli assassination of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, and numerous Latin American countries boycotted due to the exclusion of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. They talk about the mass shootings in Uvalde and Buffalo and how this unique phenomenon is an extension of extreme American narcissism AKA Empire Baby syndrome, the strategy of tension surrounding the anti-trans hysteria being cultivated by the GOP and the leaked SCOTUS draft about overturning Roe v Wade, and how the mind bending AI art tools like DALL E 2 is about to change our reality. Patreon subscribers at the $5 tier get access to an exclusive bonus episode per month. www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio FOLLOW // twitter.com/AbbyMartin // twitter.com/FluorescentGrey //

Media Roots Radio on Psychedelics: Episode 3: Terrence McKenna, Ott, DMT, Pharmahuasca, Heroic Dosing, Utopianism & the Entheogen New Age Abby and Robbie dive into the psychonauts that repopularized psychedelics in the 80s and 90s, focusing on the brilliant visionary riddler Terrence McKenna and his wild theories––from Stoned Ape to TimeWave Zero––his promotion of heroic dosing, his mainstreaming of DMT and the notion of DMT 'machine elves.' They explore the complicated nature of McKenna's legacy, including the pitfalls of the utopianism that he and others elevated about heroic dosing. They also cover the lesser known Johnathan Ott, a chemist who coined the term entheogen and pushed for the production of a Pharmahuasca, a pharmaceutical pill version of Ayahuasca. This is Episode 3 of an ongoing series on Psychedelic History, Episodes 1-4 are availible now. Patreon subscribers at the $5 tier get access to Episode 4 of the series: www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio Next: Episode 4: When Microsoft Employee #9

Media Roots Radio on Psychedelics: Episode 2: How Raves Brought Back the Psychedelic Subculture, DanceSafe, Pill Tests & the DEA vs MDMA Robbie and Abby Martin discuss the resurgence of psychedelics in the 80s through underground raves. Unregulated warehouse parties featured the revival of psychedelics like LSD and the arrival of MDMA and ecstasy during the era of Regan's 'War on Drugs.' Out of this subculture came DanceSafe, which administered the safe testing of ecstasy pills, and a new government fear campaign. Featuring exclusive insight from DanceSafe founder Emanuel Sferios about the suspicious flooding of the ecstasy market with DXM to help paint MDMA as a dangerous drug that melts brains. This is Episode 2 of an ongoing series on Psychedelic History, Episodes 1-4 are availible now. Patreon subscribers at the $5 tier get access to Episode 4 of the series: www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio Episode 3: Terrence McKenna, Johnathan Ott, DMT, Pharmahuasca, Heroic Dosing, Utopianism & the Psychedelic New Ag