Unruled Voices delivers real-time corruption intelligence and proven, nonviolent tools so everyday citizens can fight back and reclaim power. Each episode pulls back the curtain on the hidden networks and corrupt systems eroding our democracy. We look at the money, the propaganda, and the multi-decade blueprints built to capture our public institutions.
This isn't partisan squabbling. Host Nick Van Zandt, a former intelligence officer and Co-Founder of Unruled Masses, applies real intelligence tradecraft to map dark money networks, trace the actors behind them, and expose the hidden machinery of social control. He's joined by dark money investigators, former CIA officers, legal experts, academics, and human rights strategists. We talk to people who know exactly how these systems work, and how to dismantle them.
Every episode equips you with concrete, proven, nonviolent civic actions from the Unruled Masses Action Playbook, the tools you can deploy in your community right now.
Power isn't stolen overnight. It's engineered while we sleep. Subscribe to Unruled Voices to learn how the machine was built, discover how to fight back, and help reclaim the power that belongs to the people.
An Ex-CIA Officer’s Guide to Safe Travel for Activists & Journalists
A former CIA operations officer with 20+ years of experience explains how activists, journalists, and everyday travelers can stay safe abroad, even in countries that look calm and stable.
Nick sits down with Yohann de Silva, who spent more than two decades as a senior operations officer at the Central Intelligence Agency and now teaches regular people how to travel safely. The danger isn’t limited to war zones. Orderly, “safe” countries can still surveil, question, or detain people doing advocacy, journalism, or anti-corruption work. The local contacts who meet with you can face consequences long after you’ve gone home. Tune in to learn how you can protect yourself when you travel.
15 Sept 2026
Dismantling Democracy: The Forces and Figures Driving Global Autocracy
Global democracy just fell to its lowest level since 1978, and the U.S. posted the fastest one-year democratic decline ever recorded.
In this episode, host Nick Van Zandt sits down with Deanna Wilken, President of the Human Rights Research Center, co-founder of Unruled Masses, and former USAID officer, to break down who and what is actually driving the global rise of authoritarianism, and why.
6 Sept 2026
Christian Nationalist Takeover of America and How You Can Fight Back
Christian nationalism isn't a fringe belief, it's an organized political movement that's been building for over a century, and it has already reached the Pentagon, the White House, and the federal judiciary. In this Unruled Voices episode, we trace the strategy behind it: a decades-old blueprint to capture government, education, media, and business; a recent Department of Defense policy that slashed its list of recognized religions from 211 to 30; and peer-reviewed research showing Christian nationalist belief is the strongest predictor of Americans' support for suspending elections. This isn't a story about faith, especially considering we've watched major Christian denominations oppose it. It's a story about power, and what you can do about it. Full sourcing and show notes at unruledmasses.org.
17 Aug 2026
Unruled Voices Trailer
Corruption isn't an accident, it's engineered. In this trailer for Unruled Voices, former intelligence officer and political science scholar Nick Van Zandt introduces the show that traces the money, maps the networks, shows the connections of how corruption translates into abusive authoritarian systems, and then hands you real, non-violent tools to fight back. Subscribe now so you don't miss episode one.
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