Vital Dissent with Patrick MacFarlane
News & Politics
About
Vital Dissent seeks to oppose calamitous escalation in US foreign policy by exposing establishment narratives with well-researched documentary content and insightful guest interviews. Topics include: an antiwar foreign policy, historical revisionism, technocracy, eugenics, government & private corruption, & the use & development of propaganda. Host Patrick MacFarlane is the Justin Raimondo Fellow at the Libertarian Institute. He is a practicing attorney. His work has appeared on Antiwar.com and Zerohedge.
Episodes
- Terrence McKenna Warned Us About This Ep. 288
Things are getting weirder. Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show notes: Terence McKenna 's Final Interview http://www.vitaldissen…
- 'Gang Weed Conservatism' ft. Marcel Dumas Ep. 287
Talking with Marcel Dumas about his 'Gang Weed Conservatism' series concerning the intertwining of modern conservatism with psychedelics. Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vi…
- The Savagery of Man: 'Tender is the Flesh' and 'The Unworthy' Ep. 286
Sharing my thoughts on Agustina Bazterrica's 'Tender is the Flesh,' and 'The Unworthy' Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show notes…
- Why People Accept Horrible Fates: 'Never Let Me Go' Ep. 285
Sharing my thoughts on Kazuo Ishiguro's 'Never Let Me Go' Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show notes: Never Let Me Go - Affiliate…
- Anti-Natalism and 'Children of Men' Ep. 284
Sharing my thoughts on PD James's 'The Children of Men' Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show notes: Pat's StoryGraph account Patr…
- 'Dracula' & the Technocratic Nightmare Ep. 283
Sharing my thoughts on Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show notes: Vital Dissent - Blood Meridian episode…
- 'The Giver' & the Loss of Innocence Ep. 282
Sharing my thoughts on Lois Lowry's 'The Giver'. Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show notes: Support Today | The Libertarian Inst…
- Blood Meridian: War Is God? Ep. 281
Sharing my thoughts on Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian. Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show notes: Support Today | The Libertar…
- Prosecuting Individual Israeli Soldiers for War Crimes Ep. 280
Patrick discusses Non-Profit attempts to prosecute individual soldiers for war crimes in Gaza. Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Sh…
- Abu Ghraib Torture Victims Fight Back with $42 MILLION Verdict Win Ep. 279
Patrick dives into the recent trial which found US company CACI liable for damages from it's work at the Abu Ghraib military prison following the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member:…
- Intellectual Insurgency ft. Adam Fitzgerald Ep. 278
Adam Fitzgerald is a geopolitical researcher, writer, and a leading expert regarding the events of 9/11, as well as the host of The Darkened Hour podcast. Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vit…
- Butchering Our Sacred Cows ft. Richard Cox Ep. 277
In the conspiracy community, it's often taken for granted that Wall Street secretly funded Nazi Germany and the Bolshevik Revolution. These assertions are taken as truth based on the work of a professor named Antony Sutton. But who was Sut…
- Israel's AI Kill List ft. Kelley Vlahos Ep. 276
Patrick is joined by Kelley Vlahos, Senior Advisor at the Quincy Institute and Editorial Director at Responsible Statecraft, to discuss Israel's use of Palantir's AI program Lavender to target supposed Hamas militants. Vital Dissent websit…
- These Two Moments Changed the World Ep. 275
The latest on the upcoming sequel to The Truth About Oppenheimer, and more. Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 The Libertarian Insti…
- Israel's Secret War Against the International Criminal Court Ep. 274
Patrick dives into the fight between Israel/US and the UN International Criminal Court over the ongoing conflicts between the Israeli state and Palestinians. Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.…
- Did Assange's Plea Just Doom Journalism? Ep. 273
Patrick breaks down what the Julian Assange plea deal means for the future of journalism. Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show No…
- 'Haitian Cannibal' Extravaganza! Ep. 272
Patrick breaks down his latest article on the Haitian cannibalism hysteria. Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: Culture W…
- The Anti-Woke to Zionist Pipeline Ep. 271
Patrick discusses his latest article at the Libertarian Institute about the links between anti-wokism and zionism in the modern online conservative movement. Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.…
- Assange Fights for Freedom ft. Misty Winston Ep. 270
Misty Winston joins Patrick to talk about the latest in WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's fight for freedom. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show…
- How Libertarians Should View Foreign Policy Ep. 269
How should libertarians go about discussing real world foreign policy issues while keeping true to libertarian values? Patrick shares his views while looking back on the work of Antiwar.com founder Justin Raimondo. Vital Dissent website Li…
- Hoppe Kicks Walter Block Out of Libertarianism Ep. 268
Patrick covers Hans-Hermann Hoppe's article kicking Walter Block out of Libertarianism for his views on Israel, the latest on the South African ICJ case against Israel for its alleged genocide in Gaza, and the ICJ judgement in Ukraine's IC…
- Exposed: IDF Ordered to "Kill Anything that Moves" on October 7 Ep. 267
Patrick discusses the reporting accusing the IDF of mass civilian casualties from its "Hannibal Directive" kidnapping protocol in its response to the October 7th Hamas attack. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and…
- Is Israel Committing Genocide? Ep. 266
Patrick shares his thoughts on the current genocide case against Israel brought by the South African delegation at the UN's International Court of Justice. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vi…
- "Israel's Jeffrey Epstein" ft. Brad Pearce Ep. 265
Patrick is joined by Brad Pearce to discuss his recent article "If You Say Anything to Anyone, a Zaka Van Will Run You Over," about Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, the founder of Zaka Search and Rescue, whose narrative was referred to by a source from…
- How Palestine Became Israel Ep. 264
Patrick delves into the creation of the state of Israel, breaking down the article 'The Alienation of a Homeland' by Stephen P. Halbrook, which was featured in the The Journal of Libertarian Studies in 1981. Vital Dissent website LibertyWe…
- The Monkey's Paw and Imperial Hubris Ep. 263
Patrick reads the W. W. Jacobs short story 'The Monkey's Paw' discusses the theme's ongoing application to US foreign policy. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with…
- Decoding East Asia ft. Samuel Urban Ep. 262
Patrick is joined by Samuel Urban to discuss the differences between the western and eastern cultures and how that may play into the growing US/China tensions. Vital Dissent Labor Day sale Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my m…
- The Rise of the Information State: Woodrow Wilson to the Twitter Files ft. Brandan Buck Ep. 261
Patrick is joined by Brandan Buck to discuss the US government's fight for the control of information throughout its history. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with…
- How to Stop Your Ex from Vaccinating the Kids: A Lawyer Explains Ep. 260
Living through a custody battle can be one of the most terrifying, stressful, and challenging times in a person's life. That was true even before disputes over the COVID-19 vaccines started to work their way through the family courts. In t…
- The Truth About Oppenheimer / Part One
Transcript with Sources and link to the video version: http://www.vitaldissent.com/oppenheimer Christopher Nolan's new film #oppenheimer appears to humanize J. Robert Oppenheimer as an eclectic genius who was haunted by the profound conseq…
- China Caught Spying on the US, AGAIN ft. Ted Snider Ep. 259
Patrick is joined by Ted Snider to talk about the latest in US/China relations. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: China Caught Spying on…
- Now You've Got Something To Die For ft. Scott Spaulding Ep. 258
Patrick is joined by Scott Spaulding to talk about war in media. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: Scott Spaulding twitter Why I Am Antiw…
- Grassroots Realism ft. Kelley Vlahos Ep. 257
Patrick is joined by Kelley Vlahos, Senior Advisor to the Quincy Institute and Editorial Director for Quincy's online magazine Responsible Statecraft. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital D…
- This Is Why I Left The Military ft. Clay Huston Ep. 256
Patrick is joined by Clay Huston to talk about his story of leaving the military as a conscientious objector and transitioning to antiwar activism. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Diss…
- The End of Strategic Ambiguity ft. Ted Carpenter Ep. 255
Patrick is joined by Ted Carpenter to discuss the history and future of US and China policy regarding Taiwan. Vital Dissent websit LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show N…
- Why Fight For Formosa? ft. Joseph Solis-Mullen Ep. 254
Patrick is joined by Joseph Solis-Mullen to discuss the state of US-China relations regarding Taiwan. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: J…
- Is "Antiwar" Cinema Even Possible? Ep. 253
Patrick ponders the question of whether a film can truly capture the antiwar ethos. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: Is There Such A Thi…
- Who's Bankrolling Steve Bannon? ft. Kyle Matovcik Ep. 252
Patrick is joined by Kyle Matovcik to discuss his recent Article about Steve Bannon and his ties to Miles Guo, a dissident Chinese billionaire. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent…
- What Tim Pool Needs to Know About China Ep. 251
Patrick exposes what Tim Pool and the mainstream narrative makers get wrong about China. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: What Tim Pool…
- Meet the New Boss Same as the Old Boss with Truth Over Comfort Ep. 250
Patrick joins Truth Over Comfort to discuss the rise of China and the move from a unipolar to multipolar world. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Sho…
- Taiwan is Part of China Ep.249
Patrick discusses the US policy toward Taiwan in relation to China. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD1 Show Notes: http://www.taiwandocuments.org/commu…
- Ukraine War at One Year ft. Connor Freeman and Kyle Anzalone Ep. 248
Patrick welcomes Connor Freeman and Kyle Anzalone to discuss the state of the Ukraine War as it reaches the one year mark. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with co…
- Patrick and In Liberty and Health with Kyle Matovcik Ep. 247
Patrick joins Kyle Matovcik to discuss China, balloons, the recent antiwar rally and more. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: Kyle Matovci…
- Chinese Spy Balloon Bonanza Ep. 246 ft. Liam McCollum
Patrick is joined by Liam McCollum to discuss the state of US-China tensions. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: Liam's testimony against…
- What is the White Pill? Ep.245 with Keith Knight
Patrick joins Keith Knight to discuss Michael Malice's The White Pill. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: The White Pill by Michael Malice…
- The New Arms Race Ep. 244
Patrick explores old family Cold War Civil Defense pamphlets, and talks about the growing new arms race that is ramping up between the US and its allies, Russia, and China. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and ne…
- What You Need to Know About Kosovo ft. Richard Cox Ep. 243
Patrick is joined by Richard Cox of Deep State Consciousness to discuss Kosovo, it's separation from Yugoslavia following the Kosovo War, the role of the west in escalating the conflict, the rising tensions between the country and Serbia,…
- Patrick on The End Times Continue Podcast Ep. 242
Patrick joins Ace and Dean of The End Times Continue podcast to discuss the Christmas truce of 1914 and Patrick's documentary Why Can't Johnny Kill. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dis…
- We Need to Talk About the Liberty Movement Ep. 241
Patrick shares his opinion on the state of the liberty movement and it's relation to the greater antiwar movement. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10…
- A Policy of Escalation ft. Dave DeCamp Ep. 240
Patrick is joined by Dave DeCamp, News Editor at Antiwar.com, to discuss the latest in US relations with Taiwan regarding the growing tension with China, as well as the similarities of that situation with US policy regarding the conflict i…