The Totally Legitimate Business Podcast
The TLB Podcast – Deep Dives into Art & Creativity, Conspiracies, and Culture
The TLB Podcast, hosted by James Oliva, invites listeners on unconventional explorations through obscure history, emergent technology, conspiracy narratives, art & creativity, esoteric traditions, and plenty of ethically charged existential dilemmas. From the inner workings of secretive agencies and speculative science to alternative healing and societal myths, each weekly episode blends thoughtful curiosity with diverse perspectives and a golf ball sized understanding of reality.
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Podcasting since 2022 • 158 episodes
The Totally Legitimate Business Podcast
Latest Episodes
CIA, JFK & Hidden Power Networks: Inside America’s Secret History | Eyes Wide Open | Episode 160
On Episode 160 of The TLB Podcast, James sits down with the creator behind the Eyes Wide Open YouTube channel for a deep dive into covert history, intelligence networks, and the power structures that tend to operate just out of frame.Th...
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Music, Politics & Cultural Breakdown in the Digital Age | Barry Donegan | Episode 159
What happens when an artist doesn’t play it safe — and says exactly what he thinks about music, politics, and culture?On Episode 159 of The TLB Podcast, James sits down with Nashville legend and Look What I Did frontman Barry Donegan fo...
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Episode 159
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Foley Sound, Analog Gear & the Future of Audio Engineering | Mitch Kluge | Episode 158
On Episode 158 of The TLB Podcast, James speaks with musician, audio engineer, and longtime friend Mitch Kluge for a conversation about foley audio, sound design, and the strange niche world of professional audio engineering.They talk a...
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UFO’s, Esotericism, and Consciousness: Lifting the Lamp | Frater Eleftheria | Episode 157
What happens when UFO research, occult history, and intelligence agencies start appearing in the same conversation?On Episode 157 of The TLB Podcast, James sits down with Frater Eleftheria, curator of the Lifting the Lamp YouTube channe...
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Episode 157
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AI Is About to Completely Reshape Human Work: The Ethics of Disruption | Jacob Pierce | Episode 156
On Episode 156 of The TLB Podcast, James welcomes electrical and AI engineer Jacob Pierce of Vortex Computation for a wide-ranging exploration of artificial intelligence, automation, and the future of human work.They discuss firsthand e...
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