Author, Film Historian, and JFK assassination researcher Joseph McBride joins S.T. Patrick to discuss his newest book, Frankly: Unmasking Frank Capra. The book is about the "Kafkaesque" journey McBride endured in trying to publish a truthful biography of director Frank Capra (1992's Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success). Its an illustrative story about what it's like to try … [Read more...]
MWN Episode 111 – Mae Brussell on Alexander Haig and the Reagan Assassination (MWN Legends Series 009)
In this, the current installment of the MWN Legends Series, we listen to excerpts of three Mae Brussell episodes from 1981. We begin with an amazing bit of foreshadowing, an episode Mae recorded days before the attempt on Reagan's life (March 30, 1981). Then we move to episodes recorded less than six weeks after the shooting. Mae talks about the history of Alexander Haig, … [Read more...]
MWN Episode 106 – The October Surprise with Barbara Honegger
Barbara Honegger joins S.T. Patrick to discuss her book The October Surprise: Did the Reagan-Bush Election Campaign Sabotage President Carter's Attempts to Free the American Hostages in Iran? Honegger discusses her work and associations within the 1980 Reagan-Bush campaign and her position at the White House from 1981-1983. Why is the October Surprise important today? Whom did … [Read more...]
MWN Episode 105 – Presidential Puppetry with Andrew Kreig
Andrew Kreig, the director of the Justice Integrity Project and the author of Presidential Puppetry, joins S.T. Patrick to discuss presidential politics of the last 40 years. What should we have known about George H.W. Bush, Bill & Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush, John Kerry, John Edwards, and John McCain? Krieg takes a non-partisan approach to dissecting the pros, cons, … [Read more...]
Operation Desert Lie: Bush 41, Nayirah, and Saddam Hussein
For thirty years, Iraq believed that the small oil-rich nation of Kuwait was its own. In 1961 and 1973 Iraq had tried to legally and militarily take over Kuwait. The border dispute between the two had transitioned through hot and cold spells dependent, it appeared, upon Iraq’s financial stability. Though the relationship was amiable enough for the United States to use Kuwait as … [Read more...]