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diff --git a/wiki/transcripts/the-importance-of-heroes-part-4.md b/wiki/transcripts/the-importance-of-heroes-part-4.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..66de580c @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +--- +title: "Transcript: The Importance of Heroes | Part 4" +type: transcript +episode: the-importance-of-heroes-part-4 +generated: true +date: 2026-03-17 +audio: "https://feeds.fountain.fm/R8scBF2Wiykm0YVldsHQ/items/PL3N72W2rk6iuy4Szs0A/files/AUDIO---DEFAULT---f0041902-f087-4ab1-8c73-5654d1488c59.mp3" +duration: "7:47" +sources: + - raw/episodes/the-importance-of-heroes-part-4/bundle.json +--- + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-0">0:00</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-0" data-t="0">The idea of using media as a method of influence had long interested the intelligence agencies.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-6" data-t="6">With the CIA identifying movies specifically</span> <span class="cue" id="t-9" data-t="9">as powerful instruments of warfare in a 1943</span> <span class="cue" id="t-13" data-t="13">memo titled, the motion picture as a weapon of psychological warfare.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-19" data-t="19">The stated objective</span> <span class="cue" id="t-21" data-t="21">of the formally</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-22">0:22</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-22" data-t="22">classified document is to, quote, exploit the potentialities</span> <span class="cue" id="t-26" data-t="26">of the motion picture</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-37">0:37</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-37" data-t="37">disposal of The United States. It can serve many diversified functions.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-42" data-t="42">Motion pictures are a potent force in attitude formation, and attitudes are the basis of action and morale.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-49" data-t="49">Motion pictures can stimulate or inhibit action.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-52" data-t="52">Motion pictures are important in all the major types of psychological warfare.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-56" data-t="56">Directly in general propaganda,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-58" data-t="58">indirectly,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-59">0:59</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-59" data-t="59">in connection with certain aspects of subversive,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-62" data-t="62">economic, and diplomatic propaganda activities.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-65" data-t="65">Motion pictures can be employed on most of the major psychological fronts. They can be aimed at the people of countries allied to The United States, of the countries occupied by The United States or her allies,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-77" data-t="77">or countries neutral to The United States</span> <span class="cue" id="t-79" data-t="79">to inform and to create attitudes favorable to The United States and unfavorable to the enemy.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-89">1:29</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-89" data-t="89">The memo also discusses the, quote,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-91" data-t="91">suppression of motion pictures of enemy origin judged to have potentially subversive influence,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-97" data-t="97">and makes note of the military national security strength of having an influential</span> <span class="cue" id="t-102" data-t="102">US motion picture industry. The products of which have achieved a worldwide popularity.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-108" data-t="108">Domestically,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-109" data-t="109">even the White House began to support movies, not just news outlets, like it was doing overseas through Voice of America broadcast, which drummed up support for its geopolitical</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-119">1:59</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-119" data-t="119">agenda.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-135">2:15</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-135" data-t="135">I'm sorry. I'm</span> <span class="cue" id="t-137" data-t="137">sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-140" data-t="140">I'm</span> <span class="cue" id="t-141" data-t="141">sorry.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-145" data-t="145">I'm sorry.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-226">3:46</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-226" data-t="226">When you were young,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-228" data-t="228">you had dreams.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-230" data-t="230">Let your heart remember what they mean. A longing to do</span> <span class="cue" id="t-235" data-t="235">something brave to be someone</span> <span class="cue" id="t-239" data-t="239">more than a slave.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-241" data-t="241">Now you're</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-352">5:52</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-352" data-t="352">Folks, welcome back to the hero series. I apologize on this taking,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-356" data-t="356">so long. I've I've had a ton</span> <span class="cue" id="t-359" data-t="359">going on, and I'm recording this after the,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-363" data-t="363">the bracket drop</span> <span class="cue" id="t-366" data-t="366">for Maxi Madness 2026.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-369" data-t="369">And,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-371">6:11</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-371" data-t="371">I just don't think I'm gonna be able to get this out for another week if I don't record right now, so I'm gonna wing it. I had another,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-380" data-t="380">I don't know, like, hour and a half recording, which I scrapped because I just didn't like it. I listened to it</span> <span class="cue" id="t-386" data-t="386">through a couple times,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-387" data-t="387">and, I felt like I needed something different. But,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-391" data-t="391">the clip at the beginning of the episode</span> <span class="cue" id="t-394" data-t="394">is from the Sean Ryan</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-398">6:38</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-398" data-t="398">YouTube channel. It's called, like, Ironclad or something like that. He is an interesting guy,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-405" data-t="405">ex, you know, government guy or military guy that is doing a series on psy ops, which</span> <span class="cue" id="t-412" data-t="412">in my opinion is kinda borderline psy ops, but it is also</span> <span class="cue" id="t-419" data-t="419">enlightening</span> <span class="cue" id="t-422" data-t="422">to hear the perspective. And, you know, one one of the things that</span> <span class="cue" id="t-428" data-t="428">people,</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-430">7:10</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-430" data-t="430">empower</span> <span class="cue" id="t-431" data-t="431">understand is the importance</span> <span class="cue" id="t-434" data-t="434">of</span> <span class="cue" id="t-435" data-t="435">forming public perception because it like, in that video, it's it it said people's</span> <span class="cue" id="t-442" data-t="442">opinions on the world around them and about themselves informs</span> <span class="cue" id="t-447" data-t="447">the way they behave and the way that they act.</span></span></p> + +<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-450">7:30</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Pastor Jeffs</b> <span class="cue" id="t-450" data-t="450">Hello, folks. This is pastor Jeffs, and you have just listened to the preview of part four of Richard Griese's series on heroes.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-460" data-t="460">If you would like to listen to the full thing, become a paid subscriber</span> <span class="cue" id="t-465" data-t="465">on fountain.</span></span></p>