Episode #217
Michael Ruppert
Books mentioned
The Book of Mormon
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 01:10:27 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Michael Ruppert, a former Los Angeles police officer and the subject of CollapseNet, discusses his work investigating alleged CIA drug trafficking and the Contra affair. He and Joe Rogan examine industrial civilization’s instability, political and economic decline, nuclear and energy risks, corruption, psychedelics, spirituality, and the potential for large-scale societal change.
What they talked about
- Nick Diaz no-showing a jiu-jitsu match
- CollapseNet and preparing for societal collapse
- San Onofre nuclear reactor and blackouts
- AIDS as a man-made or hoax theory
- Funny dead body story from LAPD
- Pat Tillman friendly fire cover-up
- Unsustainable debt and resource depletion
- Shift in consciousness as the only solution
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