UNLOCKED: the Wheel of Winter's Darkness & Smallpox Bioterror Scares Pt 1

Robbie Martin continues the Amerithrax 20th anniversary series ( sort of ) with a deep-dive into the origins of the motherload of catastrophic imaginary terrorism, smallpox bioterrorism. It is common to hear people remark that the 2001 anthrax attacks have been 'memory-holed' in the public consciousness, if that's the case then the Bush-era smallpox program is a memory-hole within a memory-hole. Starting with the early history of Smallpox, variolation and the very first vaccines, Robbie tells the story of how a disease that was eventually eradicated globally became a powerful fearmongering tool that shaped the Clinton, Bush and Covid-19 eras. After George W Bush got elected and the PNAC dream came true, of not just one but two 'catalyzing' events ( anthrax & 9/11 ), the idea of innoculating the entire American public via smallpox vaccination became one of the primary Bush policy postures simultaneously with the drive towards the Iraq war. This is Part 1 of an ongoing series. If you would like access to Part 2, 3 & 4 (which are out now!) please consider subscribing to Media Roots Radio on Patreon // www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio Subscribers now have access to a new set of documents..... the Smallpox Cache:: https://bit.ly/3ICeQXS Clinton's War on Terror Pt 1 of 2: https://bit.ly/3rLZHxm Clinton's War on Terror Pt 2 of 2: https://bit.ly/3Gs9L2z note: @ 37:30 Robbie incorrectly refers to 'Our Hidden History' as Henry Hakamäki's podcast, while Our Hidden History is also a great podcast this was a mistake, Henry Hakamäki's podcast is actually called the Guerrilla History Pod which you can check out here: twitter.com/guerrilla_pod Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast please consider subscribing to Media Roots Radio on Patreon // www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio

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Since 2010, siblings and journalists Abby Martin and Robbie Martin have been doing Media Roots Radio, a political podcast with a critical eye on US foreign policy, political partisanship and what people can do to fight back. Conversational, controversial, passionate and explicit, Media Roots stands apart from the majority of podcasts coming from a similar point of view. Listen to all previous episodes on soundcloud, itunes, spotify and stitcher. All $5 and up patrons get an exclusive bonus episode every month!