June 28

Ep. 0184: DHP Villains: Harry Anslinger (CJ’s presentation from the 2019 Midwest Peace & Liberty Fest)

At the 2019 Midwest Peace & Liberty Fest in Delton, Mich., CJ took the occasion of Michigan’s recent legalization of marijuana to do a DHP Villains feature on the man who is arguably the most important of the Founding Fathers of the US government’s war on drugs.

Join CJ as he discusses the career of Harry J. Anslinger, from his early life to working for the State Department, then the Treasury Department, culminating in his tenure as first Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics from 1930-62, during which time (among other things) he presided over the beginning of the federal government’s criminalization of marijuana and the continuous amping-up of the drug war and its penalties; along the way we’ll also cover Anslinger’s racism & xenophobia, as well as his connections to the OSS and CIA, including lending those agencies some of his top agents for shady purposes, including some of the MK-Ultra experiments.

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June 5

Ep. 0183: The 5 Year Anniversary of the Dangerous History Podcast: A Soft Reboot

On June 5th, 2014, CJ published the first episode of the Dangerous History Podcast, and while it wasn’t great, he kept plugging away at it, slowly getting better & better and now, here we are, five years later, and not only has the Dangerous History Podcast survived & endured, it’s bigger & better than ever!

Join CJ as he discusses:

  • What he means by “soft reboot”
  • Some changes he’s gone through personally since he started this podcast back in 2014 (including some relatively recent major positive changes)
  • Some of what he’s learned in 5 years of Dangerous History podcastin, and how his approach to the DHP has both stayed consistent, and evolved in some aspects & issues
  • New levels of support for the DHP on Patreon & Subscribestar
  • Introduction of the Dangerous History Lyceum, and a description of the first course CJ plans to do as part of it: Rise of the American Empire
  • Some other things in the works for the foreseeable future, including a second show CJ plans to launch by the end of the summer: the Guerrilla Scholar-Warrior podcast
  • Finally, a rebroadcasting of Vintage DHP Episode #48: Introduction to Taoism & the Scholar Warrior Ideal

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(Photo in this episode’s show notes, ‘Freedom,’ courtesy Graur Razvan Ionut at freedigitalphotos.net

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