#340 - Mike Benz: DARPA & USAID are Weaponizing Music to Control Human Behavior

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Danny Jones

Society & Culture, Documentary, Comedy

4.4 • 777 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 192 minutes

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Watch every episode ad-free & uncensored on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dannyjones Mike Benz is a former State Department official and current Executive Director of the Foundation For Freedom Online, a free speech watchdog organization dedicated to restoring the promise of a free and open Internet. SPONSORS https://mizzenandmain.com - Use code DANNY20 for 20% off. https://mnniceethno.com/dj - Use code DJ22 for 22% off your first order. https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/DANNY - Use code DANNY and get $50 in lineups when you play your first $5 lineup! https://whiterabbitenergy.com/?ref=DJP - Use code DJP for 20% off EPISODE LINKS Mike's YouTube channel: @MikeBenzCyberOfficial https://x.com/MikeBenzCyber https://www.instagram.com/mikebenzcyber https://foundationforfreedomonline.com FOLLOW DANNY JONES https://www.instagram.com/dannyjones https://twitter.com/jonesdanny OUTLINE 00:00 - Music diplomacy 17:17 - USAID is funding shadow diplomacy 19:41 - Dua Lipa is pop propaganda 26:14 - Bono's liveaid scam 35:32 - Taylor Swift & The Gerasimov Doctrine 49:08 - NATO & Graphika censorship 01:05:03 - The Minerva Initiative 01:12:15 - Taylor Swift is a military disinformation asset 01:22:28 - Digital Censorship Act: how the EU can censor American speech 01:36:55 - Newsguard, middleware & social media censorship 01:48:47 - YouTube's settlement with Trump 01:57:12 - Google's 'Project Owl' 02:07:05 - Section 230 is a distraction 02:19:28 - Aftermath of Charlie Kirk's death 02:24:04 - The federal vs. state censorship crisis 02:39:02 - Who benefits from the censorship industry 02:44:39 - WEF push for digital ID's 02:51:09 - Elon Musk & the digital control grid 03:03:22 - Future of freedom of speech Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:52.8	All right, Mike Benz. Thanks for coming, man. I've been a fan of yours for a long time. I told you I was deep diving your stuff on the music diplomacy like over a year ago. And I'm a huge fan. And big shout out to Julian Doe for hooking this up. And like I told you before we
1:12.0	started, I don't know how you know more about this topic than I know about my own life.
1:17.9	No, it's absorption. And thanks for, thanks for having me. The music diplomacy stuff is fascinating.
1:22.7	We were just talking about this a little before. It's, you know, music is everywhere. We were just talking about the Allie G clip with Trump.
1:30.4	And Trump, you know, Ali G asked Trump, what's the most popular thing in the world?
1:34.8	Because he's trying to sell him some like no drip ice cream.
1:37.9	And Trump just says music.
1:39.6	Yeah.
1:40.2	And, you know, music really sets the vibe for the background
1:46.1	of so much of cultural affairs, social affairs.
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