KunstlerCast 442 — Elizabeth Nickson on Globalism and its Dark Mysteries
From KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st Century by James Howard Kunstler
April 22, 2026 · 1h 6m
About this episode
Elizabeth Nickson discusses globalism and its implications on individual liberty and rural economies.
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
People in this episode
Host: James Howard Kunstler
Guest: Elizabeth Nickson
Topics covered
- globalism
- individual liberty
- rural economies
- politics
- environmentalism
Keywords
- globalism
- individual liberty
- rural economies
- politics
- environmentalism
- journalism
- CIA
- MK-Ultra
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Time Magazine, LIFE Magazine, Harper's, The Guardian, The Observer, The Independent, The Telegraph, The Sunday Times, Toronto Globe and Mail
Books & works: The Monkey Puzzle Tree, Eco-Fascists: How Radical Environmentalists Are Destroying Our Natural Heritage
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