The Enlightened Dirtbags Podcast

Tom O'Neill is an award-winning investigative journalist whose work has appeared in Premiere, New York, the Village Voice, and Details. Together with Dan Piepenbring, Tom O'Neill spent 20 years writing Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties. The Enlightened Dirtbags review and discuss Chaos in the Season 2 Finale and have a surprising Octane rating for O'Neill's work. To celebrate the "boss level" book, V2 has a giveaway that you'll have to listen in for to get the secret details. #Books #Chaos #CharlesManson #TateLaBianca #CIA #Murder #Conspiracy

The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War, by Ben Macintyre, is a stunning account of Oleg Gordievsky's work as a double agent for MI6. Macintyre takes the political, historical, and cultural situation of the Cold War and writes a captivating true narrative of Gordievsky's almost unbelievable contribution to global security. #Books #Reading #Espionage #SpyCraft #ColdWar #Russia #SovietUnion #Enlightened #Dirtbags

Marching Powder, by Rusty Young, is The Astonishing Real-life Story of a Brit Drug Smuggler Banged Up in Bolivia's Most Notorious Jail. Thomas McFadden was busted for attempting to smuggle 5 kilos of cocaine out of Bolivia, and Marching Power is Thomas's story of surviving and thriving in San Pedro prison. Listen to the Enlightened Dirtbags discuss the funny, depressing, and stunning details of life inside San Pedro prison. #Books #Reading #Cocaine #Prison #Boliva #SanPedro #Enlightened #Dirtbags

Paul Rusesabagina, hotel manger is a hero of the Rwandan Genocide. Rusesabagina housed over 1,200 refugees in the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali during the 100-day genocide. The genocide resulted in the atrocious murders of an estimated 800,000 people. An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography is Rusesabagina's personal story of growing up and becoming a hotel manger in Kigali, and persevering during the Rwandan Civil War and Genocide. Listen to the Enlightened Dirtbags discuss the horrific details of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. #Books #Reading #Rwanda #Genocide #Murder #Africa #Enlightened #Dirtbags

Amaryllis Fox is ex-CIA, advanced operations. She spent the later part of her tenure working as a spy under "non-official cover" recruiting assets and infiltrating terrorist organizations. Fox's book, Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA recounts her experience as a young, female agent and as a new mother while deep undercover.   Listen in for The Enlightened Dirtbags' review of Amaryllis Fox's Life Undercover.   #CIA #Spy #UnderCover #Books #Reading #Enlightened #Dirtbags