# KunstlerCast 442 — Elizabeth Nickson on Globalism and its Dark Mysteries

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Published: 2026-04-22T17:39:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3962

## Resource

Elizabeth Nickson is a Canadian journalist, author, and blogger who writes the weekly Welcome to Absurdistan newsletter on Substack, focused on politics, threats to individual liberty, and restoring rural economies. She began her career reporting for Time Magazine before becoming European Bureau Chief of LIFE Magazine and has since written for an extensive roster of publications including Harper's, The Guardian, The Observer , T he Independent , The Telegraph , The Sunday Times , and the Toronto Globe and Mail. Her first book was The Monkey Puzzle Tree, an investigation of the CIA's MK-Ultra mind-control program. Herr second was Eco-Fascists: How Radical Environmentalists Are Destroying Our Natural Heritage . The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unger

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