Today, Tanner gets his nostalgia goggles on, reminiscing about his time in the wonderful city of St. Louis. Guest Devin Thomas O'Shea, thankfully, brings things back down to clear-cut historical reality, where that beauty is retained but a certain ugliness is addressed. Devin has just released the thorough yet accessible history book, The Veiled Prophet: Secret Societies, White Supremacy, and the Struggle for St. Louis, which is an impressive tour of American history with a strange St. Louis-based secret society as the through-line. Topics include: A nuclear garbage fire, more than one toxic chemical spraying program, a trolley to nowhere, McDonnell Douglas parapsychology, the cultic power of the supernatural, the MLK Jr. assassination’s St. Louis plot, conspiracy researcher Kenn Thomas, Beatle Bob, and the shadowy illusions wielded by people in power to make life worse for everyone below them. Click the cover to check out the book at the publisher’s website:
Devin’s excellent new book can be bought directly from the publisher, Haymarket Books, or other major booksellers. More of his research and journalistic work can be found at his website or at his Substack publication.. (He’s also a good follow on Instagram or Twitter/X.)
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Guided By Voices - “My Kind of Soldier”
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