The Delingpod: The James Delingpole Podcast Kris Millegan
Feb 21, 2026
Kris Millegan, independent researcher and founder of TrineDay known for work on Skull & Bones and covert state power. He explores secret societies' ties to mining and money. He outlines a three-tier model of elite control, the role of drugs, media and ritualized influence, and links intelligence-era programs to modern manipulation. He ends on technology, exposure and cautious optimism.
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Publishing Risked By Sudden Author Deaths
- Millegan describes publishing a gold-mining manuscript and a later book about Jane Stanford that faced author death and suppression.
- He uses these episodes to illustrate risks authors face researching elite-linked histories.
Circles Over Nations
- Millegan describes secret societies as overlapping 'circles' with different flavors that cooperate and manufacture false rivalries.
- He views allegiance to these societies as superseding national loyalty and enabling coordinated global influence.
Prohibition Enlarged The Illicit Profit Model
- Millegan explains prohibitions (opium, cannabis, coca) increased illicit profits and re-created dependence on smugglers.
- He sees prohibition as a policy that benefits hidden traders and entrenches social-control mechanisms like policing.
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Intro
00:00 • 2min
Kris's background and CIA family history
02:24 • 2min
Early CIA work and Philippine assignments
04:49 • 4min
Family moves, academia, and initial doubts
08:45 • 2min
Revelation: Vietnam, drugs, and secret societies
10:52 • 3min
Becoming a 'conspiracy theorist' as discipline
13:30 • 6min
Mind control, MKUltra and ritual techniques
19:24 • 1min
Discovering secret societies and Sutton's work
20:35 • 4min
Three-level Leviathan model of elite power
24:17 • 47sec
Mining, metal and money as top-level control
25:04 • 2min
Drugs, guns and oil as active levers
27:23 • 1min
Media, culture and 'magic' to control narratives
28:48 • 45sec
Origins of elite mass-trauma techniques
29:33 • 4min
Alice Bailey, esoteric plans and modern technocracy
33:52 • 1min
Russell, opium and Skull and Bones origins
34:55 • 5min
Climate change, Watermelons and public deception
39:56 • 2min
Secret society circles, cooperation and common enemies
42:18 • 2min
Two World Wars thesis and elite perfidy
44:41 • 2min
Control mechanisms: dialectic and generational cycles
46:43 • 7min
Drugs, education and destabilizing generations
53:25 • 5min
Personal computer, internet and tools for truth-seekers
58:12 • 2min
Hope, paradigm shifts and generational renewal
01:00:06 • 5min
COVID origins, bio-warfare and psychological weaponization
01:05:24 • 4min
Are there 'good' elites and whistleblowers?
01:09:10 • 4min
Mind-control victims, handlers and usable assets
01:12:56 • 5min
Jeffrey Epstein, experiments and elite science
01:17:39 • 4min
Engaging the elite: love bombing versus confrontation
01:21:55 • 6min
Skull and Bones, Charlotte Isabet and education control
01:27:40 • 5min
Skull and Bones secrecy, membership and Yale influence
01:33:09 • 4min
Scale of global drug trade and logistics
01:36:50 • 6min
Secret societies as transnational orders
01:42:30 • 3min
Personal anecdotes: mob approaches and saying no
01:45:42 • 14min
Where to find Kris's work and publishing ethos
01:59:49 • 2min
Is the world a globe? and closing rapport
02:01:32 • 5min
Outro
02:06:47 • 14sec
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Generations, the History of America's Future, 1584 to 2069
Neil Howe
William Strauss
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Fleshing Out Skull & Bones: Investigations into America’s Most Powerful Secret Society
Fleshing Out Skull & Bones: Investigations into America’s Most Powerful Secret Society
Kris Millegan
Kris Millegan's 'Shadow Government' explores the informal networks, clandestine operations, and institutional relationships that constitute a hidden architecture of power.
The book surveys intelligence agencies, secret societies, and covert initiatives, arguing that a shadow governance layer has long influenced policy and geopolitics.
Millegan supports his analysis with historical examples, case studies, and documentation linking elite private networks to public decision-making.
He highlights mechanisms—such as secret societies, front organizations, and intelligence operations—that enable covert influence.
The work is intended for readers interested in deep politics, conspiratorial histories, and the structural roots of state secrecy.
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America's Secret Establishment, An Introduction to the Order of Skull and Bones
Anthony C. Sutton
Anthony C. Sutton's 'America's Secret Establishment' investigates the membership and influence of the Skull and Bones society, arguing its members have played pivotal roles in American financial and political affairs.
Sutton compiles membership lists, historical documents, and network connections to show how the Order intersects with Wall Street interests and foreign policy.
The book situates Skull and Bones within transatlantic elite structures and explores its historical origins and key personalities.
Sutton's approach combines archival research with a critical thesis about elite continuity and hidden influence.
The work has been widely cited by researchers interested in secret societies and elite networks.
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Across the Rubicon
Michael Ruppert
Michael Ruppert's 'Crossing the Rubicon' (often referenced as 'Across the Rubicon' in conversation) examines systemic corruption, peak oil, and political manipulation in late-20th-century America.
Ruppert argues that energy politics, financial interests, and covert operations intertwine to produce crises and fragile governance.
The book mixes investigative journalism with personal analysis to claim that elites manipulate markets and policy to preserve power amid resource constraints.
Ruppert became a prominent figure in both peak oil and government-critique communities, with his work influencing activist and alternative-media audiences.
His style combines documentary claims with polemical urgency, prompting both followers and critics.
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Dumbing Down America
Charlotte Iserbyt
Charlotte Iserbyt's book, often titled 'The Dumbing Down of America' or similar, draws on her experience in education policy to argue that internationalist agendas and technocratic reforms intentionally reduce students' critical capacities.
She documents curriculum changes, policy initiatives, and institutional actors that she believes shifted schooling from civic formation to workforce training.
Iserbyt links these trends to broader geopolitical projects and elite influence in education systems.
The book became influential among critics of centralized education reform and those wary of international organizations' roles in schooling.
Its claims have sparked debate and have been used by activists calling for education reform centered on civic literacy and local control.
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Fleshing out Skull & Bones
Kris Millegan
Kris Millegan's 'Fleshing Out Skull & Bones' examines the origins, rituals, and membership of Yale's secret society and traces its connections into American political and financial elites.
The book compiles historical records, membership lists, and contextual analysis to show how the Order has influenced institutions and policy.
Millegan draws on archival research and investigative reporting to profile prominent members and their roles in government, business, and intelligence.
He situates Skull and Bones within broader networks of secret societies and elite institutions to argue for its outsized role in shaping elite continuity.
The work is often cited by researchers studying elite networks, covert influence, and the deep state.
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False Flags, State Lies, and the Deep State
Kris Millegan
In 'False Flags, State Lies, and the Deep State,' Kris Millegan investigates historical and contemporary incidents where governments or covert actors used deception and staged events to achieve political ends.
The book catalogs cases labeled as false-flag operations and analyzes patterns of state disinformation and covert manipulation.
Millegan connects these practices to broader deep-state mechanisms and clandestine networks that operate beyond democratic oversight.
Drawing on archival material, testimony, and investigative reporting, he argues that such operations have been recurring tools of power for influencing public sentiment and policy.
The volume aims to shed light on how secrecy and deception distort democratic accountability.
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Wall Street and Hitler
Anthony Sutton
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The Fourth Turning
What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny
Neil Howe
William Strauss
The Fourth Turning illuminates the past, explains the present, and reimagines the future based on a provocative theory of American history.
The authors identify a distinct pattern where modern history moves in cycles, each lasting about the length of a long human life, composed of four twenty-year eras—or 'turnings'—that comprise history's seasonal rhythm of growth, maturation, entropy, and rebirth.
The book offers bold predictions about how America’s past will predict what comes next, particularly focusing on the roles of Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials during times of upheaval.
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One Nation under Blackmail
Whitney Alyse Webb
This book is a damning indictment of the consequences resulting from the relationship between US and Israeli intelligence and the National Crime Syndicate.
It explores how this nexus developed sexual blackmail tactics and networks that enabled Jeffrey Epstein's crimes.
The book traces the origin of these networks back to World War II and follows their activities through the decades, highlighting various scandals, corruption, and crimes involving sex blackmail that have subverted many of America's important institutions.
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The underground history of American education
John Taylor Gatto
John Taylor Gatto's "The Underground History of American Education" offers a scathing critique of the American public school system.
Gatto argues that the system is designed to produce compliant workers rather than critical thinkers.
He traces the history of public education, highlighting its origins in Prussian military models and its evolution into a system that prioritizes conformity over individuality.
The book explores the influence of powerful figures like John D. Rockefeller and the General Education Board in shaping the system.
Gatto's work has resonated with many parents and educators who question the effectiveness and purpose of modern schooling.
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School World Order
John Kleizak
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Externalization of the Hierarchy
Alice A. Bailey
Alice Bailey's "Externalization of the Hierarchy" is a significant work within her broader body of esoteric writings.
It delves into her beliefs about a hierarchical spiritual structure and its role in shaping human society.
The book explores themes of spiritual evolution, the emergence of a new world order, and the unification of religions.
Bailey's ideas have been interpreted as promoting a global governance structure guided by spiritual principles.
The book's controversial nature stems from its esoteric language and its potential implications for social and political control.
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Watermelons
James Delingpole
James Delingpole's "Watermelons" (2024) exposes the deceptive tactics employed by climate alarmists.
The book unveils how political activists, green campaigners, and others fabricated the 'global warming' crisis.
Delingpole meticulously details their sinister plan to control resources and reshape society.
The updated edition includes new chapters that further illuminate the climate alarmists' manipulative strategies.
This insightful work challenges the prevailing narrative and encourages critical thinking about environmental issues.
James is joined by Kris Millegan, independent researcher, publisher, and founder of TrineDay, for a deep dive into the hidden architecture of power. Millegan’s work focuses on secret societies, deep politics, intelligence agencies, occult symbolism, and the long shadow of covert state power—subjects he has explored through books such as Fleshing Out Skull & Bones, Shadow Government, and False Flags, State Lies, and the Deep State.
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