President Biden finds some room to maneuver in a challenging world.

 “All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players”

Much has changed since William Shakespeare wrote ‘As You Like It’, but those words are as true today as they always were.

As Joe Biden enters the world stage as president, he inherits a world far different than the one he knew as Vice President.

The After Show takes you around the world with L.B., Greg Olear, and Zev Shalev.

Nord Stream And Middle East

CHARLES AND ALASKA

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Bill Gates’ cover story about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein is quickly unraveling.

There is more to the Gates’ divorce than meets the headlines. Noel Casler of the Noel Casler Podcast joins Zev Shalev.

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The After Show tries to keep track of the many criminal enterprises of the GOP featuring Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump, Allan Weisselberg, Joel Greenberg and Roger Stone.

PArt 1: RIP GOP?

Lincoln’s Bible and Prevail’s Greg Olear join Zev Shalev and discuss the new bride of the GOP and why things are heating up in the criminal investigation of Donald Trump.

Lincoln’s Bible also reveals news about her 5 season-deal for a new audio serial about the intersection of organized crime and intelligence called The World Beneath. It begins this Summer. Click on the link to subscribe and listen to the trailer.

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PART 2: Denial is a party CALLED THE GOP

The GOP is suffering from an acute case of denial about Jan 6.

CORRECTION. I erroneously reported that Richard Barnett had been sentenced to seven years. He has not been sentenced.

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Why are the Proud Boys receiving massive donations from Chinese nationals? Plus revealing Rudy Giuliani’s crimes

Every Tuesday night, former Celebrity Apprentice talent executive Noel Casler joins me for the Narativ broadcast. We tried out a new format this week counting down to the top news story of the day. The news gods were smiling on us this week because all the stories led us to fascinating connections.

Part 1: Made in China

We began the countdown with a USA Today report about Chinese nationals funding the Proud Boys.  

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If you’ve been following Narativ for the last few years, Rudy’s FARA violations were no surprise. Here’s why

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Narativ was live in the hours after the historic verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd.  

In this podcast, Zev Shalev was joined by attorney Andrew Laufer, former Federal Prosecutor Glenn Kirschner, Journalist and author Nina Burleigh and guest co-host comedian and activist Noel Casler. Parts 1 & 2 below.

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Donald Trump’s favorite Florida congressman just found out his party buddy, Seminole County’s former tax collector Joel Greenberg, has flipped on him and intends to plead guilty on reduced charges on May 15. The question is: in which of Greenberg’s many crimes is Matt Gaetz allegedly involved?

Zev Shalev is joined by Noel Casler, Andrew Laufer and for the first time on Narativ, filmmaker Melissa Jo Peltier.

PART 1 – Panhandle to Palm Beach

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PART 2 – Palmer to Pardons

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Scientists and Western governments have raised serious doubts about the WHO coronavirus investigation. The report is not only misleading, it suggests Beijing is involved in a cover up.

It didn’t take long for researchers and the Biden administration to sharply challenge the WHO investigation – the first undertaken by the organization, and the only international team allowed into China since the pandemic began in 2019.

The study was publicly billed as a World Health Organization investigation but was renamed recently as a “joint WHO/China investigation” and was accompanied on its release by a statement from the organization’s director-general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu, which read in part: “WHO calls for further studies, data on origin of SARS-CoV-2 virus, reiterates that all hypotheses remain open”.

The United States alleges Beijing not only wrote a significant portion of the report, but also limited what international investigators were allowed to investigate.

My own review of the 300-page report revealed misleading conclusions which strongly suggest China’s regime is covering up the real cause of the Wuhan outbreak.

WATCH: Part one of the interview with Prof. Nikolai Petrovsky of Flinders University (above).

Lab Leak Theory

The WHO report lists four possible causes of the outbreak in order of their likelihood. The panel concluded the most likely origin of the outbreak was a zoonotic transmission from animal (potentially a bat) to a human.

The second most likely possibility was that the virus evolved through an intermediate animal like a pangolin to a human.

Transmission through frozen foods was third on the list of likely culprits.

The least likely cause according to the panel, was an accidental lab leak.

In reality, there’s little available evidence to support the three initial scenarios and a significant amount of evidence to support the lab leak, as I first reported last May.

Scientists cannot explain how quickly the virus adapted from bats to humans. A typical zoonotic process would require a longer evolutionary timeline and many more contacts between infected animals and humans but this never happened.

Chinese scientists have also tested thousands of species and food sources for signs of contamination but could not find a single match to the coronavirus.

That leaves scientists with only one remaining possibility – a leak from one of the labs at the Wuhan Institute of Virology which housed the largest bat coronavirus database in the world.

Researchers at the institute had been experimenting on bat coronaviruses including gain of function experiments which augment an existing genome by splicing it together with another genome, making it more amenable to human cells.

Prof Nikolai Petrovsky of Flinders University in Adelaide joined Zev Shalev and Noel Casler on the podcast to explain his research, which he says proves a lab leak is the only possible cause.

“What came out of the study was that [the coronavirus] was optimally designed to infect and transmit between humans, and every other animal species was below human. There is no evidence [that] virus was in humans prior to, October, November, December 2019. The only plausible answer is it saw human cells in the laboratory.”

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Study BLOCKED

Petrovsky initially struggled to gain public attention for his study because he says the virology community is concerned that disclosure would hurt their reputation and future funding.

“It was just being blocked, and it still hasn’t officially been published to this day. We think we might be on the cusp of getting it accepted nine months after we submitted it. It’s quite extraordinary. And it’s a very innocent paper.”

Author and journalist Nina Burleigh will soon publish ‘Virus’, out May 18. Burleigh says the scientific community must take a stand. “I think people like David Relman at Stanford, if more people would come out and say, it’s quite possible that this is an accident, then they have to come back and make some changes,” Burleigh said.

One question does remain unanswered: Was the virus accidentally or deliberately released? That’s a question few people want to answer or even entertain.

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The story of one man’s life-long struggle to expose a child abuse scandal on Jersey Island – a crown dependency ruled directly by the Queen.

It became known as the House of Horrors. The Children’s Home on the Island of Jersey where hundreds of children were sexually abused, including by entertainer Jimmy Savile.

The discovery of the child abuse at Haut De La Garenne would land up exposing the dark side of a global elite willing to look the other way in exchange for the tax shelter the island provides them.

Stuart Syvret was once a promising young Senator and Jersey’s Health Minister until he tried to expose the child abuse scandal and was fired on trumped up charges. He’s paid the price for the rest of his life.

Stuart joined LB and Zev Shalev on Narativ to tell his story.

PART 1: MONEY ISLAND: House of Horrors

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PART 2: MONEY ISLAND: A Royal Shame

The price you pay for saving children from child abuse and Jersey which is considered a crown dependency and is under the direct control of the Queen. It’s the place many foreign corporations and the world richest people hide their money to avoid taxes. Among them many members of the Russian mob that have in recent years strangled the British economy, corrupted its leaders and ultimately resulted in Brexit.

Stuart won a huge victory when the BBC dedicated a prime time documentary to his life-long work to expose the child abuse in Jersey. It’s because of Stuart that children are safe in Jersey today and hopefully the millionaires who call the island home can do something in return for Syvret to say thank you.

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The After Show has the latest on the FBI’s investigation into the Jan 6 insurrection, Piers Morgan, and breakthrough reporting on how Facebook uses Artificial Intelligence to radicalize users. 

And the big news of the week, President Joe Biden’s ‘miraculous’ Covid-19 vaccination effort, reaching 100 Million shots in 50 days. We’re calling it “Coviderance”.

This week’s After Show features stand up comedian Noel Casler on the panel with L.B. and Prevail’s Greg Olear.

PART 1: Coup and Piers

RICO is in the air and Roger Stone may be catching a whiff of it.

PART 2: FACEBOOK AI and Coviderance

Karen Hao, Sr AI reporter at MIT’s Technology Review, joins the After Show.  Hao discusses her exclusive reporting revealing how Facebook uses A.I. to radicalize its users.  

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Some people believe the Council for National Policy is the biggest domestic threat to American democracy. Narativ interviews Anne Nelson and Dave Troy on the CNP’s dystopian agenda.Anne Nelson wrote the book about the CNP. In “Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right,” Nelson explores the evolution of the right wing’s umbrella council from its roots in social conservatism to the radical extremism it supports today.

Nelson’s recent article detailed how members of the CNP helped organize the Jan 6 ‘Stop The Steal’ event. She joins Zev Shalev along with disinformation researcher Dave Troy.

PART 1: DEEP BACKGROUND

Dave reveals the CNP’s roots in U.S. intelligence and Anne reveals how the CNP helped organize the Jan 6 attempted coup. 

PART 2: EXTREME MACHINE

Anne and Dave discuss ways democrats can respond to the CNP.

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This week’s Narativ After Show took on Andrew Cuomo’s relations, the failed Trump coup, GOP whining and Brett Kavanaugh.

Authors Nina Burleigh and Greg Olear, and journalist Sandi Bachom joined Zev Shalev on the After Show.

PART 1: Cuomo and the Coup

Sandi began the show by revealing she had just had an unexpected Twitter spat with one of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s accusers.

PART 2: Pantheon and Kavanaugh

Followers of Greg Olear’s Prevail site will have read Greg and L.B.’s 5-part investigation into Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s questionable path to the SCOTUS bench, which sets you up perfectly for Greg’s Friday night rant.

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A UN report finds that Erik Prince violated a UN arms embargo by supporting Khalifa Hafter’s attempted overthrow the United Nations government in Tripoli.

The news broke in the New York Times on Friday just as the After Show was set to go live with special guest Gregg Smith – Prince’s former business partner and a man who helped bring Prince’s Libya escapade to the attention of the UN and the US Department of Justice which buried the investigation for the duration of the Trump administration.

We first exposed Prince’s Libya operation on Narativ in September when Smith first appeared on Narativ in “Prince of Proxy“.

These days, Smith is taking on a new challenge – as a Democratic Party candidate in Colorado’s 3 rd district which is currently represented by gun-toting GOP Congresswoman Lauren Boebert.

Smith joined Greg Olear and and L.B. on the After Show panel to talk Prince, Cancun Cruz, Boebert and the insurrection of Jan 6.

Part 1: THE UN COMES CALLING FOR PRINCE

PART 2: Prince was central to Trump’s election win

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Ronald Reagan’s inauguration in 1981 coincided with the release of 52 American hostages from Iran. It was an artfully choreographed moment of diplomatic showmanship which elated a country and elevated a presidency, even as it exposed important questions about how Reagan pulled off such a deal. 

Watch: Civil Rights Attorney Andrew Laufer (@LauferLaw) joins @LincolnsBIble, @EricGarland and @ZevShalev on the show this week (above).  

Lincoln’s Bible recently uncovered a classified document which raises new questions about one of the most contentious chapters in American presidential history, and whom was behind that inauguration surprise.

The previously unseen classified document – a memo penned by Rudy Giuliani – not only places Giuliani inside the Reagan Administration in the weeks following the inauguration, but also reveals that the the newly minted associate attorney was making direct inquiries about foreign interference in the 1980 U.S. election.

LB first told us about the document on her can’t miss morning live “Flyerside Chat”

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By attempting to construct an elaborate narrative, Donald Trump has exposed his own cover-up.

Donald Trump’s coronavirus infection has spread to more than 100 people in and outside the administration.

Zev Shalev continues to make the case for an independent investigation into the Trump’s administration’s Covid-19 contagion. The White House has repeatedly refused to reveal when Trump last had a negative coronavirus test, citing HIPAA privacy laws.

In part 2, Zev and his guests explore Trump’s attempt to shape the narrative of this explosive scandal, which has unwittingly revealed a clumsy cover-up.

@Lincoln’sBible and Dr. Bandy X. Lee, author of the upcoming “Trump’s Mind, America’s Soul” join Zev.    

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Watch Part 1 here.

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Zev Shalev talks to investigative journalist Jean Guerrero whose new book ‘Hatemonger’ profiles Donald Trump’s key advisor Stephen Miller, and traces his ‘radicalization’ from a young age. 

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EXCLUSIVE: Jeffrey Epstein was a key member of a global arms trading network that sold weapons of war to the world’s most ruthless leaders.

Of the many terms used to describe Jeffrey Epstein’s tradecraft, international arms dealer rarely comes up. Epstein became globally infamous for trafficking in teenage girls and blackmailing politicians with compromising evidence of encounters with those women.

The human trafficking and blackmailing operation was just a means to an end – an elaborate cover story to protect from Epstein’s biggest secrets from leaking.

In this exclusive report, I reveal how Epstein was a key part of a global arms trading network which trafficked in weapons of war sold to countries mostly in the Middle East for decades.

I’m joined by Steve Hoffenberg, Epstein’s former business partner, strategic analyst Eric Garland and organized crime researcher @LincolnsBible.

Part 1: EPSTEIN, TRuMP AND a guy named ADNAN

In part 1, we trace the ties between Epstein, U.S. President Donald J. Trump and the world’s most famous arms trader, the late Adnan Khashoggi.

PArt 2: WASH AND FOLD

In Part 2, we look at the complex money laundering operation Epstein may have set up at Towers Financial to launder his profits of war.

PARt 3: THE AGENCY

In Part 3, we reveal that Epstein inherited some of his personal fortune from Robert Maxwell, but where did Maxwell get his fortune from?

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EXCLUSIVE: The untold story of how Jeffrey Epstein brought down Towers Financial and the network of despots, arms dealers, royals and spies which enabled him.

Did he also get away with the money?

In 1987, well before he became known for human trafficking, Epstein worked as a consultant at Towers Financial, a Manhattan financial monolith which specialized in selling securities and collecting on loans.

At its height, the firm had $2.5 Billion in operations. Epstein masterminded Towers rapid expansion into riskier products and suspected securities fraud. Then in 1991, the company collapsed under the weight of Epstein’s wild bets.

The story of Towers would have been buried were it not for the personal crusade of Epstein’s mentor and the Chairman of Towers, Steven Hoffenberg. Hoffenberg served 18 years for the crimes, while Epstein walked away a free man.

Hoffenberg claims Epstein was able to get away with millions of dollars from Towers by deliberately driving the company into bankruptcy.

Steven Hoffenberg is our guest on Narativ Live this week along with strategic analyst and intelligence expert Eric Garland and organized crime researcher @LincolnsBible.

For the first time we are able to reveal the extraordinary intersection of dictators, arms dealers, royalty and spies which has become Towers Financial, but we need to start in 1974.

PART 1: Once upon a watergate…

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PART 3: Crime of the Century

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Exposing Donald Trump and Bill Barr’s cynical plan to use a military clampdown against protesters to help them win the November election. Strategic Analyst @EricGarland joins Narativ’s @ZevShalev.

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Is Jared Kushner a White House mole for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu?

Not since Jonathan Pollard, has the United States had a public spy scandal involving our closest mid-east ally, Israel. Now within the space of a few years, we’ve learned about Jeffrey Epstein, George Nader, Psy Group, and George Papadopoulous, all off whom are, or were suspected of being assets for Israel.

Now there’s compelling evidence to suggest Kushner is heavily influenced by Netanyahu as part of a multinational conspiracy to destroy American democracy.

On the latest podcast, I’m joined by futurist and strategic analyst Eric Garland and Twitter’s authority on organized crime, Lincoln’s Bible. We break down the evidence from every angle: America’s interest, domestic politics, and intelligence operations

If you don’t already follow them, I highly recommend doing so @EricGarland and @LincolnsBible on #Twitter

Part 1 of Jared Kushner: Inside Man

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PART 2 OF JARED KUSHNER: INSIDE MAN

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The DOJ’s reversal on prosecuting Michael Flynn means reopening the case of Flynn’s alleged treasonous acts.

In my latest podcast, I was joined by strategic analyst Eric Garland. We discussed Flynn’s crimes and why Jared Kushner’s and Bibi Netanyahu’s actions need closer examination.

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Did the coronavirus leak from a Wuhan lab?

By the time you start reading this post or watch the latest podcast, your mind has probably been bombarded by an extraordinary amount of disinformation from the U.S. and China over whether the coronavirus leaked from a Chinese virology lab? China obviously denies this possibility but the US isn’t so sure.

The global dispute resulted in an extraordinarily rare statement from the director of national intelligence confirming the U.S. is exploring claims the coronavirus leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

My independent investigation reveals that while the virus appears to be naturally occurring, it likely originated from cultures in the high security P4 laboratory in Wuhan.

These are my findings.

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There is much more to the disinformation war than meets the eye. Trump’s claims are also a strategic attempt to paint Democrats and Joe Biden as soft on China.

“This is what happens in a disinformation war. Two sides that are involved in something together start pretending to fight with each other. We saw it in Syria when Russia accused Turkey of profiting off the sale of ISIS oil. The truth is that faux fight was a smokescreen to hide the fact that they were both profiting off the sale of ISIS oil in Syria. The same thing is happening here.”

“What Happened in Wuhan?”

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EXCLUSIVE: It’s official. Donald Trump fits the clinical profile of a psychopath or sociopath.

A couple of years ago, a book came out claiming Donald Trump had Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Dr. Daniel Winarick says that diagnosis is not widely accepted by the medical community.

Dr. Winarick says Trump does fit the profile of the disorder associated with psychopaths and sociopaths known as Anti Social Personality Disorder.

Winarick joined Zev Shalev on Narativ Live to explain why Trump’s behavior is consistent with ASPD.

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Narativ is premiering There’s Something About Rudy, a pop-up podcast about the man at the center of Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry, Rudy Giuliani.

THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT RUDY

Rudy Giuliani is fond of his nickname, America’s Mayor, which he earned after 9/11. It suits his reputation as a mob-busting federal prosecutor and a tough New York City Mayor.

These days Giuliani calls himself the president’s personal attorney and cybersecurity adviser, but the truth about Rudy is a far cry from the image he presents.

Here are all three episodes of Narativ’s pop-up series “There’s Something About Rudy”.

PART 1: MAFIA MYTHS

Part one is all about Rudy and the mob. Giuliani claims credit for the cracking down on La Cosa Nostra as a federal prosecutor in the 1980s, but that’s only part of the story.

PART 2: RUSSIAN MISSION

My investigation into Rudy Giuliani leads me to a Ukrainian oligarch with direct ties to Vladimir Putin and a discovery of a series of ‘consulting’ agreements that appear to be bribes.

PART 3: LIBYA SCHEME

Rudy Giuliani has been linked to many world leaders of questionable repute and businessmen who play fast and loose with the law, but a connection to a Libyan oil smuggling ring involving ISIS is the last thing I expected.

MORE RUDY IN THESE PODCASTS

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