The ongoing sabotage or destruction of oil and gas production and refining and transportation facilities worldwide is an important pattern, as are rising costs or renegotiated agreements relating to trade channels and bottlenecks.

Efforts are underway to compromise the governance of 401(k)s in a manner that could lead to inappropriate access by alternative investments, including crypto, private equity, and hedge funds. Tiffany Cianci and Catherine discuss what is happening and consider some of the other meltdowns in our financial regulation and standards.

John Titus and Catherine Austin Fitts argue the Iran conflict can be “lost” on three circuit breakers—military, energy, or financial—and contend the U.S. effectively lost due to inflation, energy constraints, and financial pressure rather than battlefield outcomes.

Returning guest Keidi Obi Awadu discusses food as medicine and also looks at how game theory can help us understand current events.

Susan Luschas returns with an update on her latest cash-related efforts in South Dakota. At a time when Mr. Global is trying to build a freedom-throttling “three-lock” transaction system that allows surveillance and interference by outside parties, she shows that transacting with physical cash is not only a powerful and satisfying form of pushback, but one that is fun!

John Titus and Catherine Austin Fitts discuss their theme “Who’s in charge?” as geopolitical and market “theater” intensifies, focusing on Iran’s surprising strikes, the Strait of Hormuz remaining closed, Yemen’s Red Sea ban on Israeli-linked shipping, and the idea that the U.S. is banking on economic war while Iran pushes militarily, with central bankers and the bond market ultimately “calling the shots.”

Elze van Hamelen’s new blockbuster report, Mr. Global in Your Street: Local Politics and Money Are the Last Line of Defense, will help you recognize how UN-inspired policies are playing out in your locality and to provide you with a practical and strategic manual for pushback.

John Titus and Catherine Austin Fitts frame the episode around “American Psychos,” comparing public officials’ cheerful talk of violence and confiscation to American Psycho, then discuss Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent bragging about seizing Iranian crypto and properties without due process.

Dr. Jon Padfield offers a wealth of intelligence on how you can protect your privacy in the face of ever-encroaching technology.

Fourth-generation cattle farmer Will Harris tells the story of White Oak Pastures, a highly successful, vertically integrated regenerative farm that produces and sells meat direct to consumers and through retail stores around the country.

If technocracy is the operating system, the dialectical engine is what keeps the participants too busy fighting each other to look at the architecture. Courtenay Turner refuses to stay inside the daily dialectic, instead tracking the institutions, founders, methodologies, and funding lineages that explain how we arrived where we are.

Catherine and John use Trump’s “not even a little bit” remark as a theme to discuss shifting realities in geopolitics, finance, and domestic governance.

By Catherine Austin Fitts Note: This is a dynamic checklist, first published on April 16, 2025. As new developments arise, we are adding them to the checklist, noting the date of their additio…

New mothers are propagandized before they ever become pregnant. In Jessica Bell’s view, the antidote is not to do battle with the old system but to patiently construct a new one—guided by mentors and peers who have already walked the path.