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Paranoid American

Thomas Gorence

Official podcast of Paranoid American, comic book publisher, military veteran and ex-Disney animator.

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  • 68 episodes
  • Avg 1 hr 3 min
  • English
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  • Thursday · 1 hr 15 min

    Disney's Wish Is Full of Occult Symbolism

    Disney's 100th anniversary film is packed with occult symbolism, and most people completely missed it. Disney's Wish looks like a feel-good anniversary celebration, but underneath the star power and wish-granting is a story soaked in Aleister...

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  • Monday · 1 hr 29 min

    Best and Worst Movies Ever Made, Ranked and Debated w/ Matt Comegys

    From Scientology's grip on Hollywood to the hidden lineage connecting Bad Seed to modern school shooter films, this episode connects dots that mainstream film criticism won't touch. They debate Citizen Kane, the black goo cinematic universe,...

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  • November 5 · 1 hr 11 min

    Elemental Is Disney's First AI Movie and Nobody Noticed

    Pixar's Elemental looks like a cute rom-com about fire and water falling in love. It's also quietly the first Disney movie to use AI on nearly every frame, and possibly the first to sneak AI-generated music into the score without telling anyone. This...

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  • November 3 · 1 hr 7 min

    Cosmic Secret Reviewed: Aliens, Atlantis & The NWO

    What if one documentary tried to connect aliens, Atlantis, the Rothschilds, nuclear missile shutdowns, and psychic 9/11 kids and somehow almost pulled it off? Paranoid American and Uncle Sean break down The Cosmic Secret (2019), the David Wilcock and...

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  • October 31 · 1 hr 8 min

    Mr. Boogity Was a Cheech & Chong Exorcist Parody Disney Bought

    Disney bought a Cheech and Chong Exorcist parody, watered it down, and accidentally made one of the strangest occult documents in their entire catalog. Mr. Boogity and its sequel Bride of Boogity are packed with Faustian bargains, Project Monarch...

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  • October 28 · 57 min

    Aleister Crowley Was Just a Rich Edgelord

    Aleister Crowley killed a cat nine ways as a kid, claimed to turn invisible, and might be related to the Bush family. or so the documentary wants you to believe. The guys review 'In Search of the Great Beast 666,' a 2007 documentary that walks...

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  • October 27 · 1 hr 15 min

    WWE's Dark Secrets: The Mr. McMahon Doc Exposed | Under the Docs Review

    Vince McMahon didn't just build WWE/WWF, he built the blueprint for American spectacle, scandal, and power. Paranoid American and Uncle Sean dive deep into the Netflix Mr. McMahon documentary series, unpacking Vince's abusive origins, his mafia-style...

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  • October 26 · 43 min

    The NBA Brawl That Changed Basketball Forever (Malice at the Palace)

    This deep dive into Netflix's "Untold: Malice at the Palace" breaks down the infamous 2004 NBA brawl between the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons fans that went viral before viral was a thing. We explore how a simple cup throw escalated into players...

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  • October 22 · 1 hr 8 min

    How Disney Hid Crowley's Scarlet Woman in Hocus Pocus 2

    Hocus Pocus 2 looks like a fun Halloween sequel, but it's built on real occult history, Crowley's Babylon symbolism, and a generational Disney spell that keeps getting recast. Matt and Paranoid American dig into the actual dark history behind the...

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  • October 21 · 23 min

    What Happens When You Stitch 2,000 Cursed VHS Tapes Together?

    72 minutes of cursed VHS footage, evangelical rubber ducks, and softcore Cinemax horror — and somehow it tells a story. Paranoid American and Uncle Sean sit down with 'Everything Is Terrible Presents: The Great Satan,' a 2018 collage film stitched...

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  • October 19 · 1 hr 50 min

    GATE Program: How the Government Recruited Psychic Kids w/ Ryder Lee

    Has the government been using the public education system as a recruitment program? Filmmaker Ryder Lee joins me to break down his documentary 'Psychic Agent: The GATE Program', tracing how the CIA and military used gifted and talented education as a...

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