In this extraordinary talk recorded at Antioch University in Seattle on 5/12/07, Michael Parenti explores how propaganda works in relation to human cognition or “How to think about what we think”. Parenti says, “We know truth exists because liars exist.” Since we perceive with our mind and not our eyes, our perception is already limited by our convictions. He calls this the “Prevailing orthodoxy” or “Dominant paradigm”, which can be described as “conformity of bias.” This conformity of bias in a highly indoctrinated society passes for objectivity. This is why reality is radical. Says Parenti: “Heterodoxy is more reliable since it is constantly challenged and tested.”
26 January 2026
To celebrate the life of one of my greatest mentors I have been going through old hard drives and spools of DVDS to find old shows featuring Michael Parenti. As I go, I’ll pick out some other shows of note, upload them to Youtube and restore them to the website while I’m at it. Godaddy decided that they were going to start charging me $1200 a year to park WMV files at one point so I downloaded and deleted those files from the FTP. This folder somehow got deleted from my laptop when I was on the Golden Rule tour. Three- or 4-years’ worth of shows in WMD format were lost. I found these in a backup folder on an old hard drive yesterday! This is where I got the Michael Parenti talk that I upload yesterday.
This current talk was in the first spool of DVDs I went through. There are several more. So, if you are rifling through my website and come across an old show that comes up “file not found”, it is one of those shows. There is probably not enough time in my life to restore all those shows. However, if you come across one that you simply can’t live without, contact me and I’ll upload it to Youtube.
There were roughly a decade and a half of Pirate TV broadcasts before I created the website and started putting the shows online. These are in boxes full of VCR tapes. I will upload some of these shows that I think are particularly important for the first time as well as other shows featuring Michael Parenti as I come across them.
I watched this show while I was working on it. I’m so glad I did! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.