Whistleblower and author of Confessions of an Economic Hitman, John Perkins, explains how Donald Trump’s corruption fits into the same global debt slavery system enforced by the IMF, the World Bank, and the machinery of American empire in episode 252 of the Far Out with Faust podcast.

John Perkins is the bestselling author of Confessions of an Economic Hitman and the former chief economist at international consulting firm Charles T. Main, where he says he helped engineer debt deals that enriched U.S. corporations and advanced American geopolitical interests. Since exposing that system, he has become one of the most influential critics of corporate empire, foreign intervention, and the financial machinery used to control nations — including in his forthcoming new book, Art of the Steal.

In this conversation, Faust and Perkins trace the through-line between Trump corruption and the older economic hitman model Perkins says was used to trap nations in debt, strip them of leverage, and fold them deeper into the machinery of American empire. The conversation moves through World Bank debt, fear-based politics, and the manufactured sense of scarcity Perkins argues has been used to keep both nations and populations compliant. It also explores how war, corruption, and financial dependence feed the same cycle — and what China’s rise, America’s declining credibility, and a broader crisis of consciousness might signal about where that cycle leads next.

In this episode:
• Trump & the Economic Hitman Model: Why John Perkins thinks Trump didn’t invent a new system — he brought an old one home.
• World Bank Debt: How a country can look like it’s developing while losing control of its future.
• Who Recruited John Perkins? The strange path from business school and the Peace Corps to the world of private intelligence and economic warfare.
• Too Big to Fail: How did Trump use debt to make the system work for him?
• Iran & the Strait of Hormuz: Why Perkins says the U.S. helped build the infrastructure behind one of the world’s most dangerous choke points.
• China vs. America: Did endless war and broken promises hand the future to Beijing?
• A Crisis of Consciousness: Is the real problem corruption and empire — or the way we’ve been taught to define success itself?
• Perkins’ Five Questions: The personal audit Perkins believes can break the spell of fear, debt, and scarcity.

What begins as a conversation about Trump, debt, and empire ends somewhere much stranger: with the possibility that the only lasting way out is to change the consciousness that keeps rebuilding the system in the first place.

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UFO researcher Preston Dennett explores what decades of ET contact and alien abduction reports may reveal about UFO disclosure, why he rejects the "aliens are demons" theory, and what contactees say aliens have been trying to tell humanity for decades in episode 251 of the Far Out with Faust podcast.

Preston Dennett is a UFO researcher, paranormal investigator, and author of more than 30 books, including UFOs at the Drive-In and Out of Body Exploring. A former MUFON investigator, he has spent more than three decades researching UFO sightings, alien contact, telepathy, out-of-body experiences, and other unexplained phenomena.

In this conversation, Faust and Preston explore why the UFO disclosure debate may be missing the most important part of the phenomenon: direct contact. Drawing on decades of research into alien encounters, contactee reports, telepathy, UFO healing cases, and schoolyard sightings, Preston examines the remarkably consistent messages experiencers say they've received, what those messages suggest about humanity's future, and why the growing belief that aliens are actually demons may be distracting from a much larger conversation about consciousness, sovereignty, and our place in the universe.

In this episode:
• UFO Disclosure & Experiencer Testimony: What if contactees have been disclosing the phenomenon all along?
• The "Aliens Are Demons" Debate: Why Preston believes one of the fastest-growing theories gets the evidence backwards.
• ET Contact & Alien Abductions: The patterns that keep appearing no matter who reports the encounter.
• Telepathy & Non-Human Communication: Why so many contactees describe the same invisible form of communication.
• UFO Healings & Positive Encounters: The cases that don't fit the frightening version of the phenomenon.
• Schoolyard UFO Encounters: What children around the world reported after seeing the impossible.
• CE5 & Human-Initiated Contact: Can ordinary people reach out first?
• Consciousness & Out-of-Body Experiences: Why some researchers believe the UFO mystery extends beyond the physical world.
• Contactee Warnings & ET Messages: The same message experiencers say they've been hearing for decades.
• Sovereignty, Free Will & Humanity's Future: The surprising reason contactees say nobody is coming to save us.

Maybe the most important question isn't whether contact is real. It's why the same message keeps appearing.

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Out-of-Body Exploring: A Beginner's Approach https://a.co/d/0atmsfQ0
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Forbidden Knowledge News host Chris Mathieu explores why UFO disclosure, Skinwalker Ranch, and Sasquatch encounters may be less about the unknown — and more about who controls our understanding of reality — in episode 250 of the Far Out with Faust podcast.

Chris Mathieu is the creator and host of Forbidden Knowledge News, an independent podcast exploring UFOs, consciousness, hidden history, paranormal phenomena, and alternative perspectives often overlooked by mainstream media. He is also a documentary filmmaker whose projects include Occult Louisiana and Doors of Perception, investigations into cryptids, anomalous encounters, and the nature of reality itself.

In this conversation, Faust and Chris explore the growing tension between direct experience and institutional narratives in an age shaped by AI, information warfare, and competing versions of reality. From the co-opting of alternative media and debates surrounding UFO disclosure to questions about October 7th, hidden history, and elite power structures, they examine how public perception is formed, challenged, and manipulated. The discussion ultimately turns toward consciousness, spirituality, and the possibility that some of humanity’s most enduring mysteries may be more connected than they appear.

In this episode:
• The Alternative Media Takeover: Why Chris believes figures like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens helped transform the independent media landscape
• October 7th and the Power of Narrative: Why Faust never believed the Hamas attack was a surprise
• The UFO Disclosure Trap: Why both men distrust official transparency more than official secrecy
• What’s Really Happening at Skinwalker Ranch: Paranormal phenomena, military technology, and a story involving shape-shifting nanobots
• The Sasquatch Encounter That Changed Everything: A Louisiana hunter's experience with telepathic beings and a mysterious Dogman
• Tartaria and Historical Resets: Could evidence of a forgotten civilization be hiding in plain sight?
• The CIA’s Mars Remote Viewing Session: The story that led to one of the episode's strangest conversations
• Geoengineering, AI, and the Electromagnetic World: Why Alana Freeland believes the transformation is already underway
• The Rothschild Question: How discussions of war, banking dynasties, and hidden influence shaped the conversation
• Christianity, Consciousness, and Control: Why both men distinguish personal faith from institutional religion

…and much more! The claims may be controversial. The patterns are difficult to ignore.

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