Overcoming Obstacles | Charlie Robinson | The Ripple Effect Podcast #564

Jan 9, 2026

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.

Charlie is also the editor & owner of ActivistPost.com, the host of the Macroaggressions podcast, and also the co-host of the wildly popular round-table discussion podcast, The Union of the Unwanted, with Sam Tripoli from the Tin Foil Hat, Midnight Mike from OBDM, and myself, Ricky Varandas from The Ripple Effect Podcast.

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