Rik's Mind Podcast Ep. 62- Fireside Chat w/ Rik & Jon: kind of a bummercast and Jon blows Rik's mind

Today it’s a classic Fireside chat. Rik and Jon chop it up over some shop talk, Jon goes off on a rant about the Bush family (shocker, we know), Rik reads a book about Hitler, and Jon serves up some hot takes. Come for the laughs and knowledge, stick around for the chaos. As requested by Rik, here are

“Jon’s Top 5 Books that Radicalized Me Into The Disenfranchised Leftist I Am Today”
1. Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil by Michael C. Rupert https://www.amazon.com/Family-of-Secrets-Russ-Baker-audiobook/dp/B007TFR8J0/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=a%20family%20of%20secrets&qid=1638481129&sr=8-2
2. Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, the Powerful Forces That Put It in the White House, and What Their Influence Means for America by Russ Baker https://www.amazon.com/Family-of-Secrets-Russ-Baker-audiobook/dp/B007TFR8J0/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=a%20family%20of%20secrets&qid=1638481129&sr=8-2
3. The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives by Zbigniew Brzezinski https://www.amazon.com/dp/046509435X/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_P36X9AF6JFQCWSQDPWJG
4. I Lost My Love in Baghdad: A Modern War Story by Michael Hastings https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0017W99L6/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_36HND6VPSHYE3M6FQF5Z
5. Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000TD15NE/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_MMYKYDWSDGV3TMB9S0Y1

Show Notes:
Spanish-American War | HISTORY https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/spanish-american-war#causes-remember-the-maine
Operation Paperclip | Jewish Virtual Library https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/operation-paperclip
In Cold War, U.S. Spy Agencies Used 1,000 Nazis | The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/27/us/in-cold-war-us-spy-agencies-used-1000-nazis.html
A US Coast Guard patrol unexpectedly encountered Chinese warships near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands | Artic Today https://www.arctictoday.com/a-us-coast-guard-patrol-unexpectedly-encountered-chinese-warships-near-alaskas-aleutian-islands/
On Putin’s Strategic Chessboard, a Series of Destabilizing Moves | The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/world/europe/russia-putin-belarus-ukraine.html
When The CIA Recruited Nazis To Fight The Cold War | Nazis In The CIA | Timeline https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxIj8M36wkk

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