James Corbett has many ideas that I have problems with. But his basic framework is to offer information not always easily accessible from the mainstream media -- or mainstream-alternative media. He rejects the box-like Left/Right paradigm and encourages the viewer/listener not to take his word for anything but to delve into it him/herself, offering links to the documentation of what he is saying. And based on this, I've found myself having to retreat from some of my initial rejections.

(Probably the best introduction I have encountered to James Corbett, to get a feel for who he is and what his strengths are, is his "Interview 903 -- James Corbett on the Failings (and Promise) of the Alt Media" at http://www.corbettreport.com/interview-903-james-corbett-on-the-failings-and-promise-of-the-alt-media/. He talks a bit more than he usually does, but this is in part because the interviewer does a good job of drawing him out.)

My exposure to Corbett and the many resources to which he links is due in part to my purchase of a small MP3 player. Much of what he does has a video component, but his work was born in audio and most of it can be fully grasped in that medium. He offers both forms -- video and audio can be played on the pages of his weekly hour-long podcasts (see local list) and more frequent generally-shorter interviews (see local list). But perhaps more significantly, at least for me, the MP3s can be downloaded with a right-click (or control-click on single-button Mac mice) on the "Download" link, and Save/Downloaded to the computer and MP3 player.

So while doing manual tasks or driving, I have listened to scores of these presentations. Some of them I find uncomfortable, some I have reason to disagree with completely, but almost all have provided information or a perspective new to me. And some have rocked my world, or led me to books and DVDs that have done so -- the proverbial Red Pill of The Matrix or the Rabbit Hole of Alice in Wonderland.

It's almost a cliche that there is no royal road to knowledge. So it is with getting a grasp on the realities of the world through Corbett's work. There's a lot to sift through. It is for that reason that I offer this list of what, for me, have been some of his most eye-opening podcasts and interviews. Each of us comes from a different starting point, so for some the material in these may be old hat. But I venture to guess that for many, this may be the kind of launching pad it was for me. I'll be updating it from time to time. And I'll start with what started it for me -- his interviews with FBI translator Sibel Edmonds.

Terrorism

Police State and Social Control

GMO's -- and Eugenics, which is (perhaps counterintuitively) related

Globalization

Broader 9/11 -- beyond the planes and buildings

UK's 7/7 (July 7, 2005 transportation bombing)

Spies and Intelligence

Political Elite