Major General Edward Lansdale The Ochelli Effect 5-22-2018 Mike Swanson and Pearse Redmond Mike Swanson Author of The War State joins us to revisit Vietnam and examine a recent book by Author Max Boot. Many fallacies about the Vietnam conflict are confronted in the opening discussion. However, the primary focus of the conversation is [...]
military industrial complex today The Ochelli Effect 4-30-2018 Chuck Solo On a Moon Day, Ochelli Effect Chuck does a solo show to honor the alleged day the Vietnam War ended 43 years ago. Have we learned a single thing since the previously most protracted military conflict in United States history? Eclipsed by Afghanistan Vietnam opened [...]
Geopolitics Asia Trump Versus Reality The Ochelli Effect 11-7-2017 Mike Swanson and Pearse Redmond This week , The author of The War State continues to enlighten us about the complex industrial known as military and a great deal more. A realistic connection relating his Fathers profession to the Swanson perspective is explored. How did [...]
Vietnam War Racket Raqqa Rolling Thunder The Ochelli Effect 10-17-2017 Michael Swanson and Pearse Redmond Hour 1 The Author of "The War State" Michael Swanson continues the series of critiques regard the Ken Burns Documentary on Vietnam. The domestic unrest of 1967 and the how and why of the rise of the anti-war movement [...]
Vietnam Lessons Unlearned Ever After Ochelli Effect 10-10-2017 with Mike Swanson and JP Sottile Hour 1 Mike Swanson , author of "The War State" continues to break down Ken Burns Vietnam Series with Chuck. Part 4 of the burns series brings itself to the third episode of The Ochelli Effect Break-Down. Mike continues to [...]
Burns Vietnam Selectively Sanitized The Ochelli Effect 10-3-2017 Mike Swanson Breaking down the Burns Version of Vietnam Episode 3 Burns Vietnam Selectively Sanitized Any regular listener knows that The Vietnam War is one of the most referenced events on The Ochelli Effect. Chuck points to it as a key toxic time period in American [...]
Vietnam God Country and Battle Fatigue The Ochelli Effect 9-26-2017 Mike Swanson and JP Sottile Vietnam God Country and Battle Fatigue On a Tuesday Chuck discusses with Mike Swanson the Ken Burns documentary on Vietnam. The good , bad , and ugly of the PBS presentation and the subject in general which Mike is [...]
