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The Ripple Effect Podcast

The Ripple Effect Podcast # 61 (CJ Werleman)

The Ripple Effect Podcast

Ricky Varandas

Bryan, Society & Culture, Callen, Philosophy, Carlin, Bill, 6, Dave

4.6603 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2015

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Episode 61 with CJ Werleman, an Australian born author, columnist & political and social commentator. He is an op-ed columnist for Middle East Eye and author of God Hates You: Hate Him Back, Crucifying America, Atheist Can't Be Republicans, Koran Curious & Jesus Lied: He Was Only Human and host of the 'Foreign Object' podcast. CJ has also published articles in Salon Magazine and AlterNet. On Twitter, he is ranked in the top 50 of most influential Australians.

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We must regard again the acquisition of unborned in a world, whether sought or unsurred by the military

0:11.0

successful economy. In my line of work and things I've got to keep repeating things over and over again

0:28.6

for the truth to sink in.

0:33.6

They've got to catapult the propaganda.

0:36.6

They've got a cataport the propaganda

0:38.3

I've got a cataport the propaganda

0:43.3

propaganda, propaganda, propaganda,

0:46.3

propaganda, propaganda,

0:48.3

propaganda,

0:49.3

propaganda,

0:50.3

pipe, right, propaganda What's up, another episode of the ripple effect podcast. Today we got C.J. Wurlerman. He's the author of Crucifying America. God hates you, hate him back. Atheist can't be Republicans.

1:10.1

Kuran Curious. Jesus lied, he was only

1:12.2

human, he's also contributor to Salon, and a podcaster of a podcast titled Foreign Object.

1:18.0

And very interesting guy, we hit on everything from current events to Middle Eastern history,

1:23.4

and two documents I wanted to mention on the show, which I forgot to bring up during the conversation

1:27.8

was promises and betrayals and also blood and oil, the Middle East during World War I.

1:33.4

And they're both very interesting, a quick history lesson into the Ottoman Empire, the fall of it,

1:38.8

and how it created some of the conflicts that we see today in the Middle East.

1:42.6

So I think it's one of those things that not a lot of Americans know about is the conflicts

1:47.6

that go on in the Middle East and the roots of it and the history behind it.

1:51.8

So I think those are two great documentaries to kind of give you a quick history lesson

1:56.4

on what caused some of the conflicts today and the history behind it.

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