Michael Ruppert is a former LAPD narcotics investigator, whistleblower and a 1973 Honors Graduate of UCLA in Political Science. He authored ‘Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil’, was publisher and editor of the newsletter ‘From The Wilderness’ until 2006, and is perhaps best known for being the subject of the 2009 documentary ‘Collapse’.

In this episode of Smells Like Human Spirit, Michael discusses the recent 50th anniversary of JFK's assassination, the rise of corporate power in the United States, and the future of the surveillance state. Enjoy!