Unfilter

Watching all that news, you really shouldn't be.

About the show

Unfilter is a weekly independent news show, media watchdog, meme spotter, and topic deep diver. Unplug from the distractions, and unfilter your life.

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Episodes

  • Episode 290: Ending On a High Note

    August 8th, 2018  |  2 hrs 5 mins
    independent news podcast, the last unfilter, unfilter podcast

    In the last weekly episode of Unfilter, we look at the four major fronts facing Donald Trump, discuss the state of intellectualism, and share our thoughts on the week's news.

  • Episode 289: Trump Tower Tales

    July 30th, 2018  |  1 hr 42 mins
    collusion, independent news podcast, muller, russians, trump, trump tower meeting, unfilter

    Did Trump know about the Russian meeting with his son? His old fixer seems to think so. And the reaction from the Whitehouse has been manic.

  • Episode 288: Trump Tape Troubles

    July 25th, 2018  |  1 hr 59 mins
    fisa, gchq, independent news podcast, michael cohen tapes

    Michael Cohen’s secret stash of tapes leaks to the media, and everyone is hearing something different. We’ll play the clips.

  • Episode 287: Bob’s Dozen Russians

    July 18th, 2018  |  1 hr 52 mins
    2016, collusion, cyber, election meddling, fbi lovers, independent news podcast, media reaction, peter strzok, putin, summit, testimony, trump, unfilter

    The world melts down after Trump meets with Putin, but we’ll focus on the substance of the meeting and the possibly positive developments… And of course a bit of the reaction!

  • Episode 286: Gangster Government

    July 11th, 2018  |  2 hrs 1 min
    cyber, donald trump, independent news podcast, michael cohen, mike pompeo, military budget, nato, north korea, unfilter

    Trump’s gut punching at the NATO summit, North Korea is throwing around the “gangster” label, and Paul Manafort is really screwed while Cohen plays ball.

  • Episode 285: Gowdy Gettin' Rowdy

    July 4th, 2018  |  1 hr 38 mins
    china, comey, fbi agents, fbi bias, ice, immigration, independent news, podcast, protest, rob rosenstein, russia investigation, trey gowdy

    Pressure is building to wrap the Russia investigation, and we play the clips that demonstrate the US war machine is just starting to ramp up.

  • Episode 284: Team America, Space Police

    June 27th, 2018  |  2 hrs 16 mins
    bolton, cannabis, china, faimly speration, imergration ig report, independent news podcast, north korea, putin, russia, trade war, trump, unfilter

    The show is back after a couple weeks hiatus and there is much to cover, from separating families to the North Korea summit.

  • Episode 283: Pardon Me, Mr. President

    June 6th, 2018  |  1 hr 12 mins
    bill clinton, cyber, fusion gps, independent news, james comey, paul manafort, peter strzok, robert muller, russia investigation, trump pardon, unfilter podcast

    Trump kicks off a Pardon Party, and the reason seems obvious… We just both completely disagree with each other.

  • Episode 282: Kremlin Script Kiddies

    May 30th, 2018  |  1 hr 8 mins
    2016 election, cyber, independent news podcast, inditement, manafort, russia hacking, sessions, trump, trump twitter, ukraine

    We try to get to the root of what Russia actually hacked, cover the whiplash from the North Korea news since last week, and serve up some cold cyber analysis.

  • Episode 281: The Illusion of the Institution

    May 23rd, 2018  |  1 hr 2 mins
    cannabis news, collusion, cyber attack, fbi informant, gina haspel, independent news podcast, media analysis, michael morell, russia investigation, spy gate, spygate, stefan halper, trump

    Trump chips away at the shared illusion of our "cherishes" Institution, and the secret spy inside the Trump campaign is revealed, and the history of this individual tells all.

  • Episode 280: Mutually Assured Manipulation

    May 16th, 2018  |  1 hr 36 mins
    cannabis, christopher steele, cyberwar, election hacking, fbi, independent news podcast, israel, jerusalem, michael cohen payment, north korea summit, palestine, rudy giuliani, russia investigation, snipers, stormy daniels, trump lies

    Palestinians grab the attention of the world once again, and no one is coming out a winner. A new insight into why the Trump White House leaks so much, a mole in the Trump campaign, and some extreme cyber.

  • Episode 279: Iran Pullout

    May 9th, 2018  |  2 hrs 20 mins
    bolton, china, cold war, crimea, cyber, independent news podcast, iran deal, iran sanctions, north korea, russia, trump, ukraine, unfilter

    Trump announces the United States withdraw from the “Iran Nuke Deal”. We’ll explain the historical context, the ramifications from the pullout, and where this all leads.

  • Episode 278: Calculated Comey

    April 19th, 2018  |  2 hrs 16 mins
    book tour, dnc lawsuit, independent news podcast, james comey, russia investigation, unfilter

    The memo’s are out, the interviews are in, and we've read the book. It’s our take on former FBI Director James Comey’s moral crusade.

  • Episode 277: Bomb First Ask Later

    April 18th, 2018  |  1 hr 6 mins
    assad, chemical weapons, cnn, fox news, general mattis, independent syrian journalist, lindsey graham, media reaction, msnbc, russia, syria, unfilter podcast, us response, warhawks

    In defiance of logic and International Law the US and it’s gang of moral crusaders have broken the law to teach Assad a lesson about breaking the law.

  • Episode 276: Save Syria Now

    April 11th, 2018  |  1 hr 36 mins
    assad, bolton, chemical weapons, cyber attack, facebook, independent journalism, independent news podcast, putin, russia poisoning, syria, testimony, trump, unfilter, zuckerberg

    War in Syria seems just hours away, with Trump calling out Putin and Assad, the warships moving into position, and the hawks circling.

  • Episode 275: Testing Russia's Nerves

    April 3rd, 2018  |  2 hrs 16 mins
    border wall, cannabis, chemical attack, coast guard, cyber defense, double agent, independent news podcast, mexico border, news, news podcast, russia, trump, us cyber defence

    Russia has launched a diplomatic counter-offensive, demanding that its scientists be involved in investigating the reported poisoning of former spies.