9 episodes
The Last Resort Interval Presents
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- Society & Culture
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3.4 • 235 Ratings
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What if California seceded from the United States? If it did, what would happen? Would it usher in a new era of peace and prosperity? Or plunge the US into a new civil war?
This is The Last Resort, a new documentary podcast following the rise, fall, and rebirth of CAL EXIT: the campaign for Californian Independence.
It’s a story about a dream for a new progressive utopia on the West Coast. It’s about the fight for America’s future. And it’s also a tale of two friends who started on the political fringe and ended up in the middle of a still-unfolding global criminal conspiracy involving the FBI and Russian Intelligence.
Narrated by Xiuhtezcatl.
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1 | The Tipping Point
Could California really secede from the United States? A group of activists believe it’s not just possible – it’s inevitable. They call their movement CAL EXIT.
Sources:
The Washington Post
PBS NewsHour
The New Yorker
ABC7 News
@sophiabollag on Twitter
CGTN America
KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco
ABC7 News
@Phil_Lewis_ on Twitter
Pigeons & Planes
BBC Music
NewsNation
BRUT
Bloomberg
The Washington Post
News 5 Cleveland
Newsweek
Associated Press
Real Time with Bill Maher
Jesse Dollemore on YouTube
MSNBC
CrowderBits
The Daily Wire
Fox News
Netflix
Earth Guardians
Skavlan
United Nations
Fox News
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2 | The Ballad of Marcus & Louis
Meet your new Founding Fathers: Marcus Ruiz-Evans & Louis Marinelli. Who are they? And how did they take CAL EXIT from the political fringe to the national news?Sources:
The Seasteading Institute
@SophiaBollag on Twitter
KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco
Fox News
PBS SoCal
Kayla Moon on YouTube
Yes California Calexit Campaign
Donald J Trump on YouTube
Good Morning Britain
CGTN America
truth videos on YouTube
Fox News
Fox News
Fox News
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3 | After The Gold Rush
California has always attracted dreamers. But the California dream had a dark side. From this complicated history, Marcus & Louis saw an opportunity to grow their movement. Sources:
OHS Film and Video Archives
CBS News
Fox News
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4 | The Great State of Jefferson
California is perceived as a liberal state but the truth is a lot more complicated. No place better epitomizes that truth than Shasta County, where far-right activists are plotting a government takeover.Sources:
Doni Chamberlain / anewscafe.com
Associated Press
TMZ
Action News Now
CNN
Indisputable with Dr. Rashad Richey
MMFA | InfoWars
truth videos
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5 | The Land of Flowing Water
Marcus & Louis file to get CAL EXIT on the ballot. But for CAL EXIT to happen, other states would have to agree. One big reason why they might? Water. Sources:
FOX Weather
PBS (Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature)
BBC News
CBS News
The Sacramento Bee
ABC 30 News
Paramount Pictures (Chinatown)
travelfilmarchive
ABC News
NBC News
The Next News Network
Slavic Sacramento
MSNBC
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6 | Civil War
Shocking revelations about Louis threaten to derail the CAL EXIT movement. Can it survive the civil war within its ranks?Sources:
CNBC
CNN
The Guardian
PBS NewsHour
@samadams593 on TikTok
@sheepdogs17762.0 on TikTok
The Next News Network
MSBNC
ABC 7 News
MSNBC
CSPAN
Reddebrek on YouTube
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Customer Reviews
Interesting subject, insufferable writing
Don’t know what more I can say. I’m sure things the presenter has gone through justify the writing, but it’s so insufferable. I get Trump is scary. I get America has done and continues to do horrible things, but all the hand wringing about that takes up so much of the episodes I could get through that I was left wondering is this podcast really about Cal Exit and its founders or is it just an anti Trump anti imperialism anti right wing diatribe? And, let’s be clear, I’m fine with a podcast about all those things, but I downloaded these episodes to listen to a podcast about Californians efforts to secede. Listen at your own risk.
Missed opportunity
It’s ok for a documentary style podcast to have a viewpoint but this was extremely one-sided. Fascinating topic. Too bad it missed.
Seriously?
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