The Ripple Effect Podcast #501 (Charlie Robinson | The State of The Union)

Feb 10, 2024

Charlie Robinson is the author of The Octopus of Global Control, a controversial and humorous book that takes quotes from over 500 witnesses to some of history’s greatest events, and uses them to piece together and expose a century-long plan for world domination.

He is also the co-author of the #1 Best Selling book The Controlled Demolition of the American Empire written with Jeff Berwick from The Dollar Vigilante, now available on Amazon.

When he isn’t writing books, he’s the host of the Macroaggressions podcast which can be found on iTunes, Spotify, I Heart Radio, Rokfin, YouTube, and Ickonic. He also is the co-host of the wildly popular roundtable podcast, The Union of the Unwanted, with Sam Tripoli (Tin Foil Hat), Ricky Varandas (The Ripple Effect Podcast), and Midnight Mike (OBDM).

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