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Real History with Melissa - Ep. 137 "Nick Heys -- That Hideous Strength - Part 1" - Nov. 20, 2025
Cutting Through the MatrixWhat are some male/female/marriage ideas we see in That Hideous Strength? - How does C.S. Lewis reveal and foreshadow with his use of names? - Politics and academia: C.S. Lewis shows how the Delphi technique and the dialectic are used. What is telegraphing? Cutting Through the Matrix - website https://cuttingthroughthematrix.com/ Real History with Melissa - past episodes https://cuttingthroughthematrix.com/radio/Real_History_with_Melissa.html Cutting Through the Matrix on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3n1FIlCKd0qx19LQ7Jj5cw Cutting Through the Matrix on Substack https://cuttingthroughthematrix.substack.com/ Heys Reviews on YouTube - Livestreaming on Friday - right now covering Bzrezinski's Between Two Ages https://www.youtube.com/@HEYSREVIEWS Continuity of Control - Nick Heys' email series on quotes about control https://continuityofcontrol.com/ Heys Reviews on Skool - Members Bookclub, Tuesdays and Wednesdays - currently reading Political Ponerology https://www.skool.com/deviced/about78 views 2 comments -
"Real History with Melissa" - Ep. 136 "AI Clones and Carbon Labels" - Nov. 13, 2025
Cutting Through the MatrixWhy did Alan Hamel create an AI clone of his late wife Suzanne Somers? - Was the Red Father a forefather of ChatGPT? - What is an AI Friend? - Should firms have to put carbon labels on all products? - Universal Basic Income - Whole Body Donation in Florida - Why are stillbirths in the US higher? - Assisted suicide in Illinois. Cutting Through the Matrix https://cuttingthroughthematrix.com/ Alan Hamel Says He's Created an AI Clone of His Deceased Wife Suzanne Somers That's So Good He Can't Tell the Difference https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/alan-hamel-ai-clone-wife-suzanne-somers The Thrill — And The Mystery — Of A 1970s Bell Labs AI Chatbot Known As 'Red Father' https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2023/04/02/the-thrill---and-the-mystery---of-a-1970s-bell-labs-ai-chatbot-known-as-red-father/ 'I'm suddenly so angry!' My strange, unnerving week with an AI 'friend' https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/22/im-suddenly-so-angry-my-strange-unnerving-week-with-an-ai-friend Should firms have to put carbon labels on all products? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59150008 Restaurateur Louise Palmer-Masterton Talks Queerness, Veganism, and Sustainability https://outfrontmagazine.com/restaurateur-louise-palmer-masterton-talks-queerness-veganism-and-sustainability/ 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference Personal carbon allowances white paper https://www.carbontrust.com/our-work-and-impact/guides-reports-and-tools/personal-carbon-allowances-white-paper Lawmakers float a nationwide basic income experiment that would cover the cost of a 2-bedroom apartment https://www.businessinsider.com/federal-monthly-basic-income-program-bill-2025-10 Whole Body Donation in Florida https://unitedtissue.org/whole-body-donation-in-florida/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22126280093 Stillbirths in the U.S. higher than previously reported, often occur with no clinical risk factors https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/stillbirths-in-the-u-s-higher-than-previously-reported-often-occur-with-no-clinical-risk-factors/ Stillbirths in the United States https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2840578 Illinois lawmakers pass assisted suicide... hidden within food safety prep bill https://www.liveaction.org/news/illinois-senate-advances-assisted-suicide-food166 views 1 comment -
"Real History with Melissa" - Ep. 135 "This is not a dress rehearsal" - Nov. 6, 2025
Cutting Through the MatrixLocal sustainability updates - NEW!! Keir Starmer as the devil AI generated images - Nick and Melissa are reading C.S. Lewis' That Hideous Strength. - Talking today with Adam who lives in Germany. - Digital IDs, scanning at the grocery store; blockchain technology. - Questions to Alan Watt such as "Where can we move that is not part of the system?" - Countries like Scotland devastated by drug abuse. American cities like Seattle, Portland and San Francisco, drugs and homelessness - Seattle is Dying - Requiem for Detroit - The Scheme; intergenerational despair in Scotland. - Alan Watt, predictive programming - Artificial Intelligence, mind-reading technology. Glasgow, Europe’s drug hell https://www.nzz.ch/english/glasgow-is-center-of-scotlands-drug-epidemic-ld.1642046 Seattle is Dying | A KOMO News Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpAi70WWBlw BBC Documentary: Requiem For Detroit https://vimeo.com/10554065 The Scheme: Episode 1 - Scotland's Most Notorious Housing Estate? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASFsDPpNqmg Once Were Warriors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Were_Warriors_(film) ‘I Feel Like I’m Going Crazy’: ChatGPT Fuels Delusional Spirals https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/i-feel-like-im-going-crazy-chatgpt-fuels-delusional-spirals-ae5a51fc As mind-reading technology improves, Colorado passes first-in-nation law to protect privacy of our thoughts https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/mind-reading-technology-improves-colorado-passes-first-nation-law-protect-privacy-thoughts/ Mind-reading technology has arrived https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/5/4/23708162/neurotechnology-mind-reading-brain-neuralink-brain-computer-interface Tech that aims to read your mind and probe your memories is already here https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/03/17/1069897/tech-read-your-mind-probe-your-memories Orig. audio and news links (scroll to date) - "Cutting Through the Matrix" with Alan Watt - "Upon Gathering my Thoughts, I did Find, External AI Energy had Changed my Mind" - Feb. 18, 2018 https://cuttingthroughthematrix.com/radio/Alan_Watt_CTTM_Blurbs_JanDec2018.html270 views 2 comments -
"Real History with Melissa" - Ep. 134 "Perelandra: The Acid Trip" - Oct. 30, 2025
Cutting Through the MatrixWho is Greg Gorsuch and what is perichoresis? - Nick and Melissa revisit "the acid trip" in Perelandra. Was C.S. Lewis a pantheist? Does God want individuals? The Christian Trinity - Carl Jung, Alan Watt, Soren Kierkegaard. Cutting Through the Matrix https://cuttingthroughthematrix.com/ Working Out Our Salvation - Jasun Horsley https://childrenofjob.substack.com/p/working-out-our-salvation Analogia Spiritus - "Eternity in our hearts" - Gregory Scott Gorsuch https://era.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/12248 Jacob and the Night of Faith - Gregory Scott Gorsuch https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jacob-Night-Faith-Analogia-Spiritus/dp/166677474X A Christian Pluralistic Hypothesis: To Bonhoeffer and beyond—A World Christianity - Gregory Scott Gorsuch https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/1/19 C S Lewis, Perelandra, Part One - Scott Masson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OghoN6CygMw C S Lewis, Perelandra, Part Two - Scott Masson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aeXxObySvE C S Lewis, Perelandra, Part Three - Scott Masson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aeXxObySvE174 views 2 comments -
"Real History with Melissa" - Ep 133 "AI Aye aye" - Oct. 23, 2025
Cutting Through the MatrixIs Keir Starmer literally the devil? Why are we left with so little that is 'real' and authentic online? Have you ever had a conversation with an online chat bot? Cutting Through the Matrix https://cuttingthroughthematrix.com/ NADRA https://www.nadra.org/ How AI chatbots may be fueling psychotic episodes https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-ai-chatbots-may-be-fueling-psychotic-episodes/ Human bodyoids - we will soon be able to manufacture brain-less human bodies to generate body part replacement organs https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2025/04/11/human-bodyoids-we-will-soon-be-able-to-manufacture-brain-less-human-bodies-to-generate-body-part-replacement-organs/ World’s first living computer goes global with 10 universities on board https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/world-s-first-living-computer-goes-global-with-10-universities-on-board/ar-AA1OPobU Pop goes the weasel https://www.mentalfloss.com/literature/nursery-rhymes/words-to-pop-goes-the-weasel182 views -
Real History with Melissa - Ep. 131 "Neil Foster, the UK's digital ID" - Oct. 9, 2025
Cutting Through the MatrixOrwellian schemes with Neil Foster talking about UK's Digital ID and the petition against it, Canada's Bill C-8, the cyberterrorism bill that is rather Orwellian. Why did Scottish police arrest a silent, elderly woman? AI actress, facial recognition cameras, and cash and what you can buy with it. Cutting Through the Matrix https://cuttingthroughthematrix.com/ New digital ID scheme to be rolled out across UK https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-digital-id-scheme-to-be-rolled-out-across-uk Do not introduce Digital ID cards https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730194 Bill C-8 https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/45-1/bill/C-8/first-reading Bill C-8 would allow minister to secretly cut off phone, Internet service, CCF warns https://theccf.ca/bill-c-8-would-allow-minister-to-secretly-cut-off-phone-internet-service-ccf-warns/ Scottish Police Arrest Serial Speaker: Elderly Woman Charged After Holding Sign Offering to Discuss Abortion https://jonathanturley.org/2025/09/29/scottish-police-arrest-serial-speaker-women-arrested-for-holding-sign-offering-to-discuss-abortion/ Trump asks 9 colleges to commit to his political agenda and get favorable access to federal money https://apnews.com/article/trump-political-agenda-colleges-federal-money-756407729a3b16c7bb51564d5056084c Pub renamed The George Orwell in digital ID protest https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3qp41z45eo New strategic partnership to unlock billions and boost military AI and innovation https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-strategic-partnership-to-unlock-billions-and-boost-military-ai-and-innovation Albania’s prime minister appoints an AI-generated ‘minister’ to tackle corruption https://apnews.com/article/albania-new-cabinet-parliament-ai-minister-diella-corruption-5e53c5d5973ff0e4c8f009ab3f78f369188 views -
Real History with Melissa - Ep. 130 "Nick Heys: Perelandra" - Oct. 2, 2025
Cutting Through the MatrixQuestion: What is Nick Heys' new project? Answer: continuityofcontrol.com - Heys Reviews covering Between Two Ages - Go to cuttingthroughthematrix.com and find CTTM book club coverage of Carroll Quigley's Tragedy and Hope - We cover C.S. Lewis' third novel in the Space Trilogy: Perelandra - What are the Christian themes in Perelandra? Who is the Green Lady? Why was Ransom sent to Perelandra? - Trans-sensuous versus non-sensuous - Why are we told to be positive? 'Always look at the bright side.' - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and concepts of spiritual evolution - What did Alan Watt say about possession and psychopathy? - Nick and Melissa will have a shorter conversation about a few more topics in this book: duality, gender, and that weird 'trip'. - The third novel in the series - That Hideous Strength. Continuity of Control - Nick Heys https://continuityofcontrol.com/ The Life and Work of C.S. Lewis - James Tunney with Jeffrey Mishlove https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M0apGiwhF4 The Mystical Path - James Tunney with Jeffrey Mishlove https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8zHJk2yQb0 Perelandra: The BEST Scene: Hatred Has a Purpose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm5MFbFuwQ8&pp=ygUVbGVjdHVyZSBvbiBQZXJlbGFuZHJh "Cutting Through the Matrix" with Alan Watt (Blurb, i.e. Educational Talk) The Deceit of Elite: Sept. 6, 2020 https://www.cuttingthroughthematrix.com/radio/Alan_Watt_CTTM_Blurbs_JanDec2020.html240 views 1 comment -
"Real History with Melissa" - Ep. 129 - "Authorized Hate and the Love of Simple Pleasures" -9/25/25
Cutting Through the MatrixBBQ with Jim, a CTTM book club member, and meeting up with a cousin - A correction on Sigrida's email story. We do not know the manager in the picture! He may not be a Freemason and he might be perfectly lovely! :) - A little more about Yehudi Menuhin and Gerard Menuhin - A phone call from Joe, a listener and lover of BBQ - What are some things his wife noticed in a Nick Fuentes interview with Patrick Bet-David? What connections are worth mentioning? Prager U? and the Leadership Institute? - Are we looking at authorized hate? Is this the time when we're being sanctioned to criticize Israel and the Jews? - A little letter about life in Texas just after the American Civil War. Cutting Through the Matrix https://www.cuttingthroughthematrix.com/ Tucker Carlson appears to blame Jews for killing Charlie Kirk with story on Jesus’ death https://www.timesofisrael.com/tucker-carlson-appears-to-blame-jews-for-killing-charlie-kirk-with-story-on-jesus-death/ The New Third Position - Arktos Journal and Alexander Dugin https://www.arktosjournal.com/p/new-third-position Who Is Nick Fuentes? | PBD Podcast | Ep. 654 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TEnJ5pyFDg Prager U https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PragerU Leadership Institute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadership_Institute Bible prophecy says the world will turn against Israel in the ‘last days’ – is it happening now? https://allisraelnews.com/bible-prophecy-says-the-world-will-turn-against-israel-in-the-last-days-is-it-happening-now Israel’s attack on Qatar shows why it’s time for a Gulf defence union https://www.chathamhouse.org/2025/09/israels-attack-qatar-shows-why-its-time-gulf-defence-union He's been spoiled till salt won't save him https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/6519223-he-s-been-spoiled-til-salt-won-t-save-him Tucker Carlson appears to blame Jews for killing Charlie Kirk with story on Jesus’ death https://www.timesofisrael.com/tucker-carlson-appears-to-blame-jews-for-killing-charlie-kirk-with-story-on-jesus-death/ The New Third Position - Arktos Journal and Alexander Dugin https://www.arktosjournal.com/p/new-third-position Who Is Nick Fuentes? | PBD Podcast | Ep. 654 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TEnJ5pyFDg Prager U https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PragerU Leadership Institute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadership_Institute Bible prophecy says the world will turn against Israel in the ‘last days’ – is it happening now? https://allisraelnews.com/bible-prophecy-says-the-world-will-turn-against-israel-in-the-last-days-is-it-happening-now Israel’s attack on Qatar shows why it’s time for a Gulf defence union https://www.chathamhouse.org/2025/09/israels-attack-qatar-shows-why-its-time-gulf-defence-union He's been spoiled till salt won't save him https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/6519223-he-s-been-spoiled-til-salt-won-t-save-him453 views 3 comments -
"Real History with Melissa" - Ep. 128 "Sigrida's email: The Gstaad Adventure" - 9/18/25
Cutting Through the MatrixWhat did Sigrida learn on a recent adventure? What is the Menuhin Music Festival? Sigrida sent an email from Switzerland filled with tales of surprises and good luck. Connecting the dots in a wealthy playground. "Real History with Melissa" -- Ep. 118 - Sigrida's Prayer for Truth and Wisdom - 6/19/25 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yTKWnsPYhM Gstaad, Switzerland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gstaad Ermitage Wellness and Spa Hotel https://www.ermitage.ch/en Gstaad Menuhin Festival and Academy https://www.gstaadmenuhinfestival.ch/en Yehudi Menuhin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehudi_Menuhin Meret Matter https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meret_Matter Antonín Dvořák https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%C3%ADn_Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1ks Music as a mirror of migration ñ Gstaad Menuhin Festival 2025 https://klassikpunk.de/musik-als-spiegel-der-migration-gstaad-menuhin-festival-2025/ Chamber music and slam poetry? Fit perfectly together https://www.derbund.ch/saanen-kammermusik-am-gstaad-menuhin-festival-186936582722 The Limits to Growth - A Club of Rome report https://archive.org/download/TheLimitsToGrowth/TheLimitsToGrowth.pdf The Limits to Growth - Club of Rome https://www.clubofrome.org/publication/the-limits-to-growth/239 views 2 comments -
"Real History with Melissa" - Ep. 127 "9/11, Charlie Kirk, Neil Foster, Police State" - 9/11/25
Cutting Through the MatrixBill Cooper and 9/11 - Alan Watt on 9/11 - What is the question to ask about the Charlie Kirk narrative? - Who was arrested at the rally against Palestine Action ban in London? - Illiterate German police - Trump using the National Guard to police - Scotland's population. William 'Bill' Cooper - 10 hours straight on 9/11 https://m.soundcloud.com/hour-of-the-time/sets/the-911-series-broadcast-live-on-911-for-10-hours-straight-on-worldwide-shortwave-and-national-fm-syndicates Charlie Kirk has died. https://cuttingthroughthematrix.substack.com/p/charlie-kirk-has-died Who Killed Charlie Kirk? - Alexander Dugin https://alexanderdugin.substack.com/p/who-killed-charlie-kirk? ‘We are in a war’: rightwing media vow retribution for Charlie Kirk killing https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/11/charlie-kirk-shooting-rightwing-media-reaction More than 425 arrested at rally against Palestine Action ban in London https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62qrmpd7l5o 55 percent of Berlin police candidates do not speak sufficient German https://apollo-news.net/55-prozent-der-berliner-polizeianwrter-knnen-nicht-ausreichend-deutsch/ National Guard Mobilization Plans Across States: What We Know https://www.newsweek.com/national-guard-mobilization-plans-2118224 Scotland's population tops 5.5m for the first time https://www.aol.com/scotlands-population-tops-5-5m-120301740.html SNP Ministers say independent Scotland would throw open door to asylum seekers https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/snp-ministers-say-independent-scotland-35886755283 views