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2024 Best Books Awards Finalist – Biography In today’s sharply divided political culture, finding a deliberative leader with an enduring commitment to bipartisanship feels hopeless. Half a century ago, in one of the United States’ most trying hours, a relatively unknown congressman from New Jersey rose to the occasion as chair of the House Judiciary Committee, which established the gold standard for presidential impeachment in holding President Richard M. Nixon accountable for his crimes. Watergate’s Unexpected Hero: The Life of Peter W. Rodino Jr. is the long overdue biography of a man whom many pundits thought would shrivel as he entered the national spotlight. Instead, his calm presence during the televised proceedings helped to reassure an apprehensive nation, and he quickly became a household name. Rodino remained a revered figure on Capitol Hill, lionized for his stewardship in a crisis until he retired fourteen years later. Author Lawrence Spinelli, who served as Rodino’s press secretary, goes beyond Watergate to offer a meticulously researched, balanced account of his mentor’s service. On the fiftieth anniversary of Nixon’s resignation, Spinelli shares new insights into historic events. Relying on primary sources and Rodino’s personal recollections, Spinelli explores an extraordinary life that began in the rough streets of Newark’s Little Italy and culminated in a distinguished public career stretching from the New Deal to the presidency of Ronald Reagan. Along the way, Rodino worked with iconic political leaders to help address a wide range of public policy issues that still resonate today, including race relations, immigration, voting rights, and economic equality. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

Dawn Schiller - The Road Through Wonderland: Surviving John Holmes Jun 1, 2023 In this archive show, Dawn Schiller joins Ed Opperman to talk about her book, The Road Through Wonderland: Surviving John Holmes. A story of abuse, drugs, porn, murder and survival. It would have been so easy to give up. But she did something harder. She took a bad situation and, over time, turned it around. Painstakingly honest, this chilling memoir reveals how a teenager became immersed in the bizarre life of legendary porn star John Holmes. Starting with a childhood that moulded her perfectly to fall for the seduction of “the king of porn,” this autobiography recounts the perilous road that Dawn Schiller travelled—from drugs and addiction to beatings, arrests, forced prostitution, and being sold to the drug underworld. After living through the horrific Wonderland murders of 1981, she entered protective custody, ran from the FBI, and turned in John Holmes to the police. This is the true story of a young girl’s harrowing escape from one of the most infamous public figures, her struggle to survive, and her recovery from unthinkable abuse. Website and book (a proportion of the price goes to empowering teenagers) can be bought here Recorded circa 2014 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

Ron Chepesiuk - Organised Crime, Drugs and Conspiracies May 30, 2023 Ronald Joseph Chepesiuk is a full university professor. He is currently an author, publisher, radio host, film producer and screenwriter. He has written over 40 books on organised crime, the drug trade and the associations and informal arrangements they enjoy to ply their trade. In a fascinating and informed interview, Mr Chepesiuk imparts his first hand knowledge and shows the depth of his research. Website : Ron Chepesiuk Books by Ron Chepesiuk : Here columbia crime drugs mafia murder research smuggling Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

The 1999 examination of the JonBenet Ramsey case was the only book to suggest something other than the two conventional scenarios: one of the Ramseys killed the child or an intruder did it. "Presumed Guilty" broadened the discussion to include the involvement of child pornography/child exploitation around the murder. This electronic version of the book contains significant new information bolstering this theory and will be updated as further developments warrant. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

New York Times bestselling author Stephen Singular provides an inside look at the Mormon polygamist sect that made headlines in 2008 for coercing young girls into marriage, and the story of their ruthless leader, Warren Jeffs. As the self-proclaimed prophet of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints, Warren Jeffs held sway over thousands of followers for nearly a decade. His rule was utterly tyrannical. In addition to coercing young girls into marriages with older men, Jeffs reputedly took scores of wives, many of whom were his father's widows. But in 2007, after landing on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List, Jeffs's reign was forcefully ended. He would be imprisoned for committing rape as an accomplice. In When Men Become Gods, Edgar Award–nominee Stephen Singular traces Jeffs's rise to power and the concerted effort that led to his downfall. Newly updated, it describes the controversial 2008 raid on Jeffs's Texas compound and the fate of the 439 children taken from the sect. It offers readers a rare glimpse into a tradition that's almost a century old, but has only now been exposed. Buy the book here https://amzn.to/44I7CeX Oppermnan Report seriously needs your support during this seasonal low in radio broadcasting. You can join Pareon at https://www.patreon.com/oppermanreport Or Paypal a dobnation to Oppermareport@gmail.com Donate button with other options at oppermanreport.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

New York Times bestselling author Stephen Singular provides an inside look at the Mormon polygamist sect that made headlines in 2008 for coercing young girls into marriage, and the story of their ruthless leader, Warren Jeffs. As the self-proclaimed prophet of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints, Warren Jeffs held sway over thousands of followers for nearly a decade. His rule was utterly tyrannical. In addition to coercing young girls into marriages with older men, Jeffs reputedly took scores of wives, many of whom were his father's widows. But in 2007, after landing on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List, Jeffs's reign was forcefully ended. He would be imprisoned for committing rape as an accomplice. In When Men Become Gods, Edgar Award–nominee Stephen Singular traces Jeffs's rise to power and the concerted effort that led to his downfall. Newly updated, it describes the controversial 2008 raid on Jeffs's Texas compound and the fate of the 439 children taken from the sect. It offers readers a rare glimpse into a tradition that's almost a century old, but has only now been exposed. Buy the book here https://amzn.to/44I7CeX Oppermnan Report seriously needs your support during this seasonal low in radio broadcasting. You can join Pareon at https://www.patreon.com/oppermanreport Or Paypal a dobnation to Oppermareport@gmail.com Donate button with other options at oppermanreport.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

Dr Stephen Zunes Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Offers Window Into Corruption Underlying U.S. Foreign Policy 3 days ago Dr. Stephen Zunes is a Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco, where he served as founding director of the program in Middle Eastern Studies. Recognized as one the country’s leading scholars of U.S. Middle East policy and of strategic nonviolent action, Professor Zunes has served as a senior policy analyst for Foreign Policy in Focus project of the Institute for Policy Studies, an associate editor of Peace Review, and a contributing editor of Tikkun until June 2024. Dr. Zunes served May-June as 2024 Torgny Segerstedt Visiting Research Professor at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

Dr Mark G. Hewitt : Charles Manson Behind Bars - The Crazy Antics and Amazing Revelations of America's Icon of Evil Jun 1, 2022 Dr. Mark G. Hewitt, DBA is a true crime author and award-winning public speaker who travels the world in his quest for intriguing, unanswered questions and enduring mysteries. Charles Manson holds a special place in history, notorious for his crimesand cult, yet fascinating for his seemingly endless ability to dominate and control all who came into his orbit. In this interview Dr Hewitttells Ed about Manson, who was never a quiet inmate. Mood swings from outbursts of rage to acts of generosity, he made his presence felt to everyone around him. He inspired awe in other inmates, he cozied up to prison guards who were eager to do him favours, and he was responsible for numerous staff transfers in the institution and externally. Mark is also the author of the acclaimed Zodiac Serial Killer Series, three books dedicated to telling the complete story of California’s most notorious unidentified serial killer: HUNTED: the Zodiac murders PROFILED: the Zodiac examined EXPOSED: the Zodiac revealed With inmate Guillermo Mendez, he is the co-author of Charles Manson Behind Bars, the first Manson book from the inside. Website Dr Mark Hewitt Twitter Dr Mark Hewitt Books Shop Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

A journalist's twenty-year fascination with the Manson murders leads to shocking new revelations about the FBI's involvement in this riveting reassessment of an infamous case in American history. Over two grim nights in Los Angeles, the young followers of Charles Manson murdered seven people, including the actress Sharon Tate, then eight months pregnant. With no mercy and seemingly no motive, the Manson Family followed their leader's every order-their crimes lit a flame of paranoia across the nation, spelling the end of the sixties. Manson became one of history's most infamous criminals, his name forever attached to an era when charlatans mixed with prodigies, free love was as possible as brainwashing, and utopia-or dystopia-was just an acid trip away. Twenty years ago, when journalist Tom O'Neill was reporting a magazine piece about the murders, he worried there was nothing new to say. Then he unearthed shocking evidence of a cover-up behind the "official" story, including police carelessness, legal misconduct, and potential surveillance by intelligence agents. When a tense interview with Vincent Bugliosi-prosecutor of the Manson Family, and author of Helter Skelter-turned a friendly source into a nemesis, O'Neill knew he was onto something. But every discovery brought more questions: Who were Manson's real friends in Hollywood, and how far would they go to hide their ties? Why didn't law enforcement, including Manson's own parole officer, act on their many chances to stop him? And how did Manson-an illiterate ex-con-turn a group of peaceful hippies into remorseless killers? O'Neill's quest for the truth led him from reclusive celebrities to seasoned spies, from San Francisco's summer of love to the shadowy sites of the CIA's mind-control experiments, on a trail rife with shady cover-ups and suspicious coincidences. The product of two decades of reporting, hundreds of new interviews, and dozens of never-before-seen documents from the LAPD, the FBI, and the CIA, CHAOS mounts an argument that could be, according to Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Steven Kay, strong enough to overturn the verdicts on the Manson murders. This is a book that overturns our understanding of a pivotal time in American history. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

Don Lattin - God on Psychedelics Tripping Across the Rubble of Old-Time Religion May 1, 2023 Don Lattin is an award-winning journalist and the author of seven books. His most recent works are GOD ON PSYCHEDELICS -- Tripping Across the Rubble of Old-time Religion, and CHANGING OUR MINDS - Psychedelic Sacraments and the New Psychotherapy. They chronicle a quiet revolution underway in our understanding of how psychedelic drugs can be a source of spiritual renewal and work as therapeutic tools to treat depression, addiction and other diseases of the soul. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

On January 21, 1958, nineteen-year-old Charles Starkweather changed the course of crime in the United States when he murdered the parents and sister of his fourteen-year-old girlfriend (and possible accomplice), Caril Ann Fugate, in a house on the edge of Lincoln, Nebraska. They then drove to the nearby town of Bennet, where a farmer was robbed and killed. When Starkweather’s car broke down, the teenagers who stopped to help were murdered and jammed into a storm cellar. By the time the dust settled, ten innocent people were dead, and the city of Lincoln was in a state of terror. Schools closed. Men with rifles perched on the roofs of their houses. The National Guard patrolled the street. If there is a cultural version of PTSD, the town suffered from it. Starkweather and Fugate’s capture and arrest, and the resulting trials about the killing spree, received worldwide coverage. The event would serve as the inspiration for the movie Natural Born Killers and Springsteen’s iconic album Nebraska. Today, the story has dropped far from the national consciousness. With new material, new reporting, and new conclusions about the possible guilt or innocence of Fugate, the tale is ripe for an updated and definitive retelling. In Starkweather, bestselling author Harry N. MacLean tells the story of this shocking event and its lasting impact, a crime spree that struck deep into the heart of the heartland. Harry N. MacLean joins Ed Opperman to discuss this book and more. Book Website Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

Enty Lawyer - P. Diddy 4 days ago According to his X Profile, Enty Lawyer is "A 300 pound entertainment lawyer who has been married six times, lives in his parent's basement and has an obsession with digging up celebrity dirt." And does he have some scoops for The Opperman Report! X Website You can find the papers relating to this on The Opperman Report here. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

DANNO HANKS - HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE: I was Tinseltown's Private Eye 2 days ago Born into poverty in California, I was headed for a life inside. I prowled the night to avoid my abusive stepfather, stealing cars and burgling houses to survive. But prison time showed me I could put my criminal skills to good use – as a Private Investigator. I made crime pay. Then I got drafted into the Marines. In Vietnam, the Navy taught me how to spy. Back in The World, I became an even better Private Eye. I’d learned how to tap phone lines and bug hotel rooms. I worked as a CIA contract operative, and went undercover for the FBI, infiltrating The Gambino crime family. As an illegal PI, I straddled both sides of the fence. From the glamour of Hollywood, to the sleazy underbelly of LA’s vices. I targeted celebrities, porn-stars, prostitutes, gangsters, paedophiles – I was the keeper of Tinseltown’s secrets. Then, it got even sleazier: I was hired by the British tabloids to dig the dirt for the biggest stories of the century: Jeffrey Epstein, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Michael Jackson, Heidi Fleiss, OJ Simpson….you name it. I did them all - let God sort 'em out. For 20 years, I was a central cog in the Rupert Murdoch’s illegal newsgathering machine at Foxand the New York Daily Post. From London, The Sun and the News of the World wired me £100,000s to find out confidential information about the stars. But the Daily Mail, the Mirror and the big paparazzi agencies also wanted a piece of the action – soon they got addicted to my illegal reports. Then came the phone hacking scandal. The net closed in. I realised the harm my work was causing. Now it’s time to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Book Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

Section 3 Disqualification from Holding Office No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

Kathleen Willey: Target: Caught in the Crosshairs of Bill and Hillary Clinton Just in time for Hillary Clinton's 2008 Presidential campaign comes Kathleen Willey's explosive new book that details how her life was changed - and nearly destroyed - by Bill and Hillary Clinton. Target contains never-before-released details of the intimidation campaign launched to silence Kathleen...one way or the other. It provides new insight not just into the death of Kathleen's husband -- on the same day that Bill Clinton assaulted Kathleen in the Oval Office - but into Bill's sexual addiction and Hillary's compulsive enabling, a dangerous combination when partnered with the power of the presidency. Willey makes a persuasive case that Hillary should NOT be returned to the White House in ANY capacity. And, as evidence that the Clintons haven t changed, the terror and harassment continue. Over 2007's Labor Day weekend, Kathleen's home was burglarized. Instead of taking jewelry or computers, the thief took the manuscript for Target, with its explosive revelations that could damage Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. It was a break-in all too reminiscent of an incident 10 years ago in which Kathleen was threatened by a stranger just two days before she was to testify against President Clinton in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case. It's déjà vu all over again -- and time to stop the Clinton machine once and for al Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

Dolly Kyle : Hillary the Other Woman You think you know Hillary and Bill Clinton pretty well. After all, they have been in the public eye from Arkansas to the White House and beyond for over forty years. Dolly Kyle met former president Clinton (Billy as she calls him) on a Hot Springs golf course when she was eleven and he was almost thirteen. It was colpo de fulmine (the thunderbolt) at first sight. Their friendship grew throughout high school and college. It became a decades-long affair that lasted despite marriages and politics all the way to the threshold of the White House when she became a political liability, and he threatened to destroy her, as Hillary had done to so many of his other women over the years. What you know about the Clintons is probably limited to the pleasantries that the mainstream media have chosen to share with you. Hillary the Other Woman pulls no punches in describing the way media magic makes Clinton stories disappear. Have you heard about The RICO (Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) federal lawsuit that Kyle filed against Clinton and cronies while he and co-president Hillary were in the White House? The racial discrimination lawsuits filed by African-Americans against Clinton as governor of Arkansas? Clinton s orders for the Arkansas State Police to stop and search vehicles driven by Hispanics? Thousands of young African-American men given long prison sentences under the three strikes laws pushed by co-presidents Bill and Hillary? The co-president Clintons pandering to minorities with a subtle form of race baiting with their welfare agenda? The racist names they call Jesse Jackson behind his back? Hillary the Other Woman is not only about the politics of the Arkansas gubernatorial years and the famous two for the price of one presidency. It also provides a perspective on Arkansas life that formed the backdrop and training ground for the Clintons in their later crimes, their gangster-like threats and intimidation of political enemies, and their arrogant belief that they are above the law. You will see the connection between Hillary s current email scandal and her shredding of documents when they left the Arkansas governor s mansion. You will realize that the Clinton Foundation is the new international version of the money laundering and bribes that you glossed over as Cattlegate. You will read clear, concise, entertaining accounts that put the multitude of Clinton scandals into everyday perspective. Finally, you will be privy to the Clinton truth suppression techniques that allowed them to get away with all of it. Until now... Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.