Today it’s a classic Fireside chat. Rik and Jon chop it up over some shop talk, Jon goes off on a rant about the Bush family (shocker, we know), Rik reads a book about Hitler, and Jon serves up some hot takes. Come for the laughs and knowledge, stick around for the chaos. As requested by Rik, here are “Jon’s Top 5 Books that Radicalized Me Into The Disenfranchised Leftist I Am Today”Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil by Michael C. Rupert Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, the Powerful Forces That Put It in the White House, and What Their Influence Means for America by Russ BakerThe Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives by Zbigniew BrzezinskiI Lost My Love in Baghdad: A Modern War Story by Michael HastingsLegacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim WeinerShow Notes:Spanish-American War | HISTORYOperation Paperclip | Jewish Virtual LibraryIn Cold War, U.S. Spy Agencies Used 1,000 Nazis | The New York TimesA US Coast Guard patrol unexpectedly encountered Chinese warships near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands | Artic TodayWhen The CIA Recruited Nazis To Fight The Cold War | Nazis In The CIA | TimelineGeorge H.W. Bush, American War Criminal | The InterceptTruth, War and Consequences (full documentary) | FRONTLINEWhat if Russia invaded the Baltics? | CaspianReportInterview: San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin on Surge in Looting, Smash-and-Grab Robberie | KPIX SF Bay AreaThe Baltic Tragedy - Nazi and Soviet occupation in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania | Youtube