RSS

The Duran | France and the hollowing out of Europe | Oct. 21, 2026

Source: The Duran youtube



Description:
France is in flames and Macron has left the country, but in this episode we argue this is not just a French crisis, it is a European one rooted in a Brussels center that now controls borders, migration, the euro, foreign policy and Project Ukraine. From Orban and Georgescu to Meloni, Le Pen, Merz and the AfD, we explain why national governments can no longer answer to their own voters, and why Macron may already have his eyes on the European Central Bank as Lagarde moves on. Will the EU outlive the very nations it was built on?

The Duran: Episode 2654
00:00:00 France protests spread across Europe
00:01:00 Why France is the flash point again
00:02:16 Migration, economics and fear of conflict
00:03:53 Weak governments under a Brussels center
00:07:14 France under pressure from EU policy
00:09:38 There is no France without sovereignty
00:10:26 Orban, Georgescu and the price of dissent
00:11:43 Meloni falls in line, Le Pen softens
00:14:28 The EU will destroy member states first
00:17:27 Five years of meetings about Ukraine money
00:19:34 Macron's speech and his exit to the Middle East
00:22:47 Macron's next move: the European Central Bank?
00:26:00 Project Ukraine as the test of loyalty
00:29:08 Burning of the town hall and cultural violence
00:32:32 Europe's future: tourism and the military
00:34:12 Germany's AfD split, east versus west
00:38:04 Britain, Brexit and the London establishment
00:41:14 What is the EU? Treaties and Aztec gods
00:44:16 Mercouris on the France he loves 

Bigelow Podcast | Does consciousness survive death? Chris Carter on the case for the afterlife | Oct. 21, 2026

Source: Bigelow Podcast youtube



Description:
Oxford-educated philosopher and author Chris Carter joins the Robert Bigelow Podcast to lay out the evidence that consciousness survives death. He starts with the haunting that first drew him to the question. He then walks through the early research of the British and American Societies for Psychical Research, including how several debunkers became believers.

Can We Prove There Is Life After Death? | BY Chris Carter

Pepe Escobar | MBS wants Pakistan. Trump needs Iran. What did Munir deliver? Munir in Tehran | Transition Protocol | Oct. 21, 2026

Source: Transition Protocol youtube



Description:
MBS wants Pakistan. Trump needs Iran. Pakistan’s Field Marshal Munir is in Tehran — and our host’s sources say MBS gets a no. Pepe Escobar says what Munir carried: a quiet return of IAEA inspectors, for little more than the interest on Iran’s $6 billion in Qatar.
— 06:10 The offer: IAEA inspectors back in Iran, and what Iran would get in return — according to Pepe Escobar.
— 14:21 “Show us the money”: why Escobar says Tehran won’t take it — before the 3 November midterms.
— 30:01 What MBS wants from Pakistan, and why our host’s sources say Islamabad will refuse.
What you’ll learn: what Field Marshal Asim Munir carried into Tehran · why Washington wants a concession from Iran before the midterms · how sanctions, the IMF and the border gates squeeze Pakistan · what Lavrov proposed in Tehran · what our host’s sources say about China’s backing, the Riyadh war room and Saudi pressure.

Sourcing note: The Qatari–Pakistani IAEA idea and its price are Pepe Escobar’s account; we have not located them in public reporting. The Pakistan–MBS and China reports are our host’s own sourcing from Islamabad and Rawalpindi and cannot be independently verified. 

The Najran delegation, the three Black Hawks and the Article 2 wording are as Escobar describes them; we have not located them. Escobar’s Balochistan remarks are a scenario, not a report. Public record: Fars said Munir’s trip was finalised on Monday 19 October; Reuters reported on 20 October — after this recording — that Mohsen Rezaei told Munir there would be “no talks with Washington until Tehran’s demands were met”, and that Iranian officials see “little prospect of a breakthrough before the November 3 vote”; Trump has said the US would not strike Iran again before 3 November. The 1934 Treaty of Taif was signed between Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

Alex Christoforou | Putin's Two Options; Witkoff Oslo Ukraine Plan; Zelensky Has No Clue | Oct. 20, 2026

Source: Alex Christoforou youtube



Description: 
Europe is finally ready to talk to Russia, but the two option offer reported by the Financial Times looks designed to be rejected. Alex walks through the Witkoff Oslo meeting with the E4, Zelensky lobbying US senators against Trump, Elon Musk distancing Starlink from Star Shield, plus curfews in France, Albania blaming Russia for its protests, the Kim Jong Un coma rumor and Christiane Amanpour leaving CNN. Why would Putin pick either door when Russia is already winning?

Timeline:
00:00:00 Europe ready to talk to Russia
00:01:13 FT reveals Europe's two options for Putin
00:03:47 Why Russia will reject a ceasefire and the NATO trade
00:06:26 Setting Russia up to say no and the next escalation
00:07:29 Starlink, Starshield and Musk distancing
00:09:33 Witkoff heads to Oslo to meet the E4 and Ukraine
00:12:43 Kushner joins virtually as US and Europe coordinate
00:14:52 Trump lashes out at Zelensky over leadership
00:17:04 Trump floats a Trump Xi Putin denuclearization meeting
00:20:43 Zelensky lobbies US senators against Trump
00:26:21 Republicans tie Pentagon funding to a tougher Russia stance
00:27:18 France curfews, Macron in the UAE and Italy deploys troops
00:29:31 Hegseth in Israel and talk of another Iran strike
00:30:48 Clown World: Albania protests and Rama blames Russia
00:34:28 Kim Jong Un coma rumor and Amanpour leaves CNN

Pepe Escobar | Ansarallah Captures Strategic Mountain, Munir in Tehran and Hegseth in Israel | Oct. 20, 2026

Source: Dialogue Works youtube



Description: 
Nima Alkhorshid says Ansarallah has captured Jabal Han, a strategic mountain in the encirclement of Taizz, and that the siege is closing on Saudi-backed forces in a city of at least two million people. Pepe Escobar says a Najran tribal delegation pledged allegiance in Sanaa, and that Sergei Lavrov went to Tehran before Munir.

The Duran | Desperate Maneuvers To Get Russia To Stop | Oct. 20, 2026

Source: The Duran youtube



Description: 
Europe and Washington are quietly drafting a new offer for Moscow, and Russia is almost certain to say no. In this episode we break down the Financial Times report on Europe's two option plan, Witkoff's Oslo talks, the rumored Trump Putin Xi meeting at APEC, and why the public Trump Zelensky feud may be cover for coordinated escalation through Starlink and Star Shield. Is the West setting up Russia's rejection as the excuse for one last big round of escalation?

Timeline:
00:00:00 Russia grinding Ukraine down as Western diplomacy turns chaotic
00:00:48 Rumored Trump Xi Putin meeting at APEC in China
00:01:16 Witkoff in Oslo and a possible trip to Moscow
00:01:42 Financial Times reveals Europe's two option plan
00:02:59 Endgame since September and the West's push for a freeze
00:04:16 Ratcliffe threats and Witkoff Kushner offers rejected
00:06:47 Was the tripartite summit really Putin's idea?
00:09:07 Trump links the meeting to denuclearization
00:10:39 Why China won't want a three way meeting
00:12:30 Rassvet, Oreshnik and Ukraine's financial crisis
00:14:49 Trump Zelensky feud versus quiet US Europe coordination
00:18:46 Starlink, Star Shield and the intelligence sharing confusion
00:21:08 Kellogg plan, the summer drone offensive and Vietnam parallels
00:26:10 Zelensky lobbies US senators against Trump
00:32:05 Through the fog: Russia will say no

MintPress News | Iran Destroys U.S. Strike Plan As Yemen Acquires Khaibar Shekan Missiles To Strike Israel | Oct. 20, 2026

Source: MintPress News youtube



Description:
On this episode of The Target, Robert Inlakesh breaks down how Yemen’s acquisition of modern Iranian Khaibar Shekan missiles to strike Tel Aviv & the IRGC’s new missile strategy has completely destroyed the U.S.-Israeli strike plan. All as Washington issues warning to 11 embassies across the region that escalation may be imminent.

Plus, we cover a Saudi helicopter shot down near the Yemeni border, mysterious fires at UAE oil sites in the Strait of Hormuz, and the massive escalation of missile strikes on Saudi Arabia while Riyadh continues its horrific civilian massacres in Yemen, with the city of Taiz suffering the most casualties. Also, we debunk the mainstream media propaganda, & disinformation being spread in the alternative media, regarding Yemen.

The corporate media is completely silent on the massive escalation in the Middle East, but we aren't.

Stand with independent watchdog journalism.

Larry Johnson | Lavrov Lands in Tehran, MBS Is on His Own, Trump Is Out of Options,Hegseth Summoned Generals | Transition Protocol | Oct. 20, 2026

Source: Transition Protocol youtube



Description:
Trump said Russia was doing “very little, if anything” to help Iran. Today Sergey Lavrov sat beside Abbas Araghchi in Tehran. Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson asks whether that was a coincidence — and host Zulfiqar Ali’s Pakistani and Turkish contacts say the leader who is really on his own is MBS.

— 09:29 Lavrov in Tehran: “You think that was just a coincidence?”
— 19:55 MBS on his own: why Pakistan and Turkey have cut their support, per our host’s contacts — and China’s position.— 30:48 “There are no good military options”: Trump’s only way out, according to Larry Johnson.

What you’ll learn: why Lavrov’s visit contradicts Trump’s claim about Russia · why Pakistan’s border “closure” is two gates, not the border · what our host’s sources say about MBS, Pakistan, Turkey and China · why Iran wants the Islamabad MOU, not the JCPOA · what Johnson expects before the 3 November election.

Sourcing note: The reports on Pakistan’s and Turkey’s support for MBS, on China’s position, on sea traffic through Gwadar and on US helicopters off Pakistan’s coast are our host’s own sourcing and cannot be independently verified. Johnson’s report of a Quantico meeting of senior officers on 20 October had not been publicly reported at the time of publishing. 

Public record: Lavrov met Araghchi in Tehran on 19 October and said Russia is committed to its 20-year strategic partnership with Iran; Pakistan suspended trade at the Taftan and Gabd crossings (18 October; some reports say four crossings) and Iran’s foreign ministry cited “technical issues”; Trump said on 16 October that “Israel’s been very helpful to Saudi Arabia”; IRGC Brigadier General Hossein Zarifi was killed in Saravan on 24 September; Pakistan’s information ministry on 18 October called claims that the US Navy operates from Pakistani territory against Iran “baseless”. 

Joseph Farrell | Beyond the Forbidden | The Darkside of AI: Transhumanism & the Technocratic Elites Endgame | Oct. 20, 2026

Source: Beyond the Forbidden youtube



Description:
THROWBACK INTERVIEW FROM 2019

Support Beyond the Forbidden by clicking the Join Button on YouTube or visit Patreon and subscribe there. You will receive the Ad Free Video Versions of the Podcast.
YOUTUBE:

A FEW TALKING POINTS IN THIS INTERVIEW:
• AI as an anti-human technology: Farrell argues AI is fundamentally anti-human and that its unchecked development could lead to a Terminator-like future if not carefully controlled.

• Consciousness upload agenda: He outlines a possible blueprint in which elites seek to infuse or transfer human consciousness into AI systems, effectively creating a form of digital immortality or machine-based existence.

• Will AI turn on us? Discussion of the risk that advanced AI could become autonomous, malevolent, or act against human interests.

• Elon Musk’s role: Analysis of Musk’s public warnings about AI and his involvement in its development, including the idea that something external could be “transduced” into AI systems.

• Cold War race to perfect AI: Historical context of the U.S.–Soviet competition in advanced technologies and how that race continues in the AI domain.

• Malevolent agendas: How AI could be weaponized or used by powerful groups for control rather than human benefit.

• CERN and the Large Hadron Collider: Speculation on whether high-energy physics experiments could intersect with AI development or open pathways to simulated or higher-dimensional realities.

• Simulated universe theory: Whether we may already live in a simulation and how AI fits into that framework.


Alex Christoforou | Xi, Putin, Trump Meeting; Macron Blames Trump, Then Flees France | Oct. 19, 2026

Source: Alex Christoforou youtube



Description: 
In the video I reference the Putin-Trump call on October 9th. I said "December 9th" multiple times. This is my mistake. I meant to say October 9th. My apologies for the error.

Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump may meet at the APEC summit in China to discuss Ukraine, and Zelensky is not invited. Alex breaks down the Wall Street Journal report, Trump's blunt Truth Social message to Zelensky after pausing Graham's sanctions, Russia's Rasvet guided strikes on western Ukraine, and Macron's speech blaming Trump for fuel prices before flying off to the Gulf. Is Europe's leadership running out of excuses as protests spread from Paris to Milan?


Timeline:
00:00:00 Xi, Putin and Trump to meet at APEC in China
00:04:05 Why Zelensky is not invited
00:06:48 Trump defends pausing Graham's sanctions bill
00:09:10 Trump on Iran and his blunt message to Zelensky
00:11:14 Witkoff and Kushner call and what Putin may propose
00:13:12 Zelensky blames the US in NBC interview
00:15:40 Russia hits western Ukraine using Rasvet
00:17:56 Kyiv strikes and the US warning claims
00:21:19 St Petersburg drone flight path via Lithuania
00:25:18 Macron's speech and the Celine Dion concert
00:29:38 Macron blames Trump and the Middle East
00:33:12 Macron leaves France for the Gulf
00:35:06 Italy's Crosetto dismisses public opinion
00:36:54 Trump endorses Netanyahu
00:38:49 Clown World: Zelensky's NBC interview

Scott Ritter | Trump vs. Zelensky — End of Ukraine, NATO & EU | Oct. 19, 2026

Source: Glenn Diesen youtube



Description: 
Scott Ritter tells Glenn Diesen that the largest drone attack on St. Petersburg did not exploit a hole in Russian air defenses so much as a corridor along Belarus, Poland, and the Baltic states, where intercepting the drones would put Russian assets into NATO airspace, and that the precision implies guidance beacons inside NATO countries. He says Zelensky made the quarrel with Donald Trump personal, a mistake he calls fatal, and that the split points to the collapse of Ukraine and, with it, of NATO and the European Union.

Andrei Martyanov | Convulsions | Oct. 19, 2026

Source: Andrei Martyanov youtube, smoothiex12.blogspot.com



Description: 
Big Three, real one. Stand-off arsenals. Andrei Martyanov says political and military elites have brought Europe to the end, with France convulsing, and that only the United States, China, and Russia will decide a relatively peaceful world, because Russia's standoff arsenal, used every day, is not comparable to what he says remains of U.S. munitions after the Iran war.

Larry Wilkerson | Iran's 'Father of Missiles' Responds to Trump's MOAB Threat | Oct. 19, 2026

Source: Dialogue Works youtube



Description: 
Nima Alkhorshid reads Iran's foreign minister answering Donald Trump's endorsement of Benjamin Netanyahu and the claim they will finish the job, then an IRGC brigadier general who said a MOAB strike on Iran would be answered with a father of missiles Iran has not used yet. Larry Wilkerson calls that talk a path toward another round of war, likelier after the November 3 election than before it, and says Egypt's President Sisi would be unwise to send troops to Yemen after Tehran warned of consequences.

Stanislav Krapivnik and Mark Sleboda | Putin warns Europe? Risks of nuclear escalation | Oct. 19, 2026

Source: Stanislav Krapivnik youtube



Description:
Stanislav Krapivnik and Mark Sleboda go through a set of warnings: British talk of preparing for war, a nuclear escalation in Europe, pressure on Macron, and further fronts they name in Pakistan, Syria, Iran, and Ukraine.

Timeline:
0:00 British politicians urge preparations for war
4:15 Europe could trigger a nuclear escalation
8:54 French protests increase pressure on Macron
12:28 Migration policies deepen divisions across Europe
16:32 Trump's opponents seek to restrict his decisions
19:54 Pakistan could enter the Middle East conflict
23:59 Syria risks becoming another conflict front
28:24 Houthis challenge Israel over regional conflict
31:30 Trump surprises with ambitious military plans
34:33 Iran war weakens America's strategic position
38:05 Ukraine's future sparks new territorial debates
41:06 Speakers fear another prolonged war 

The Duran | Graham 500% sanctions collapse; Zelensky wants €155 billion | Oct. 19, 2026

Source: The Duran youtube



Description:
Donald Trump has waived Lindsey Graham's sanctions, shelving the 500% penalties on Russian oil. The episode argues the Graham-Blumenthal bill was a trap ahead of the midterms, while Zelensky arrives in Brussels asking for more money and warning of 20 million refugees. It also asks how the EU funded its 90 billion euro Ukraine loan, and whether Russia's frozen assets in Euroclear are being used as collateral.

The Duran, episode 2652.

0:00 Trump waives Lindsey Graham's sanctions
0:58 Why 500% sanctions on Russian oil was always a bad idea
3:11 Strait of Hormuz, Red Sea and the global energy crunch
4:13 Trump's waiver authority and why it is rational
5:12 Why did Trump let this bill get so far?
7:13 A neocon setup for a Putin puppet narrative
9:40 The tariff trap after the Supreme Court ruling
12:47 Blumenthal and Congress react with fury
14:27 Midterms, investigations and impeachment talk
16:32 Zelensky in Brussels asks for another 70 billion euros
18:30 Who is funding the 90 billion euro loan?
21:02 Merz and Sikorski refuse to hand frozen assets to the US
23:52 Are frozen assets being used as collateral?
26:05 How the asset freeze backfired on Europe
28:45 Zelensky warns of 20 million Ukrainian refugees 

Now you see them, now you don't. Budd Hopkins says nobody saw | Oct. 18, 2026

Source: UAMN TV youtube



Description:
Invisible alien encounters and abductions in plain sight, the kind no one around ever notices: a family missing from the photographs they posed for, dozens of people nearby who saw nothing, and beings said to pass through walls. Twenty-eight years of casework from the late Budd Hopkins.

Timeline:
0:00 They walk through walls
3:48 The man who filmed it and forgot
6:49 Got any pictures?
9:28 The family missing from their own photos
14:08 Fifty people nearby, nobody saw
17:43 Five people, one night
21:31 The hybrid question
28:11 He woke up in the wrong house
36:46 Under one roof
42:36 Two sources never to believe
45:37 The damage nobody intended 

Bigelow Podcast | Three beings at the bedside: Bigelow and Nolan's childhood encounters | Oct. 13, 2026

Source: Bigelow Podcast youtube



Description:
In this episode of the Bigelow Podcast, Robert Bigelow reveals a childhood experience he kept private for most of his life. At age 8, three short, hooded figures stood beside his bed, silent and motionless. It happened about four times. He wasn't afraid.

His story began earlier. Robert's grandparents were driving home from the mountains when a glowing object grew until it filled their windshield, then vanished with a sharp turn. They arrived home hours late, a classic sign of missing time. They refused to talk about it for the rest of their lives. Days later, Robert's mother and grandparents watched a large craft hover over a mountain before it disappeared.

Then Stanford geneticist Dr. Garry Nolan joins the conversation. Nolan describes nearly the same scene from his own childhood: three figures in his bedroom, pressure on the edge of the bed, and a face at a window far too high for anyone to reach. The two men had never spoken before last week. 

Return top