Rules for Radicals: What They Are and Why They Still Matter.

In this episode of Unsealed, I crack open one of the most controversial books in American activist history—Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky. Depending on who you ask, it’s either a how-to manual for grassroots change or a satanic field guide to civil unrest. Spoiler: it’s neither.

I walk through Alinsky’s 13 original tactics—not the watered-down versions you see in training slides or conspiracy threads—and talk about what they actually mean in practice. Whether you’re organizing for change or working inside the system, understanding these rules can help you avoid the kind of knee-jerk overreactions that turn small problems into full-blown scandals.

We’ll also talk about that infamous Lucifer quote, why ridicule works, and how Alinsky’s real superpower wasn’t ideology—it was pressure, humor, and strategy.

No matter what side you are on - the outside advocating for change or on the inside trying to defend the established order - you need to understand this book. Those who don't will come to understand that "knowledge will forever rule over ignorance."

This episode, like the rest of the series, is produced using AI. I write the prompts, review the output, and let ElevenLabs handle the voice—trained to sound like me—because sometimes I’ve got something to say, but I’m not in the mood to say it out loud.

Where there are no secrets, there are no lies.