Episode Summary: "Our Family Knows We're Crazy"

Nephilim Death Squad w/ Mark Steeves
Date: March 25, 2026
Host: TopLobsta Productions (David L Corbo & Top Lobsta)
Guest: Mark Steeves (My Family Thinks I'm Crazy Podcast)

EPISODE OVERVIEW

This episode of Nephilim Death Squad reunites hosts David L Corbo and Top Lobsta with their longtime friend, Mark Steeves, host of the "My Family Thinks I'm Crazy" podcast. True to the show’s subversive, comedic, and research-heavy style, the discussion dives deep into the overlapping topics of celebrity culture, spiritual warfare, the Jeffrey Epstein files, MKUltra / Project Monarch mind control, the occult, the UFO phenomenon, and their intersections with current events. Layered throughout are personal anecdotes, dark humor, and meta-commentary on the state of public consciousness and truth-seeking.

KEY DISCUSSION POINTS & INSIGHTS

1. Catching Up with Mark Steeves

• Time Stamp: 03:30
• Mark describes his life post-podcast and his forays into flea-market trading and upcycling as ways to "get outside the system."
• He points out the value of face-to-face interactions and the parallel of alternative economies with alternative research.

2. Epstein Files & Cultural Saturation

• Time Stamp: 07:01 – 13:29
• Central Thesis: The recent "Epstein email releases" are more about connecting everyone tangentially to Epstein than about hard evidence—creating a "potpourri" for conspiracy theorists (“It's more like a chew toy.” – David, 07:29).
• Epstein’s connections pop up across a dizzying variety of fields, from academics to musicians to celebrities, making the "files" so sprawling that almost anybody can be linked:

  “All of his research and people that he’s connected to starts coming up in the Epstein files as well... everybody and their mother is connected somehow.” (Top Lobsta, 09:04)

• Example: Rupert Sheldrake, known for research on psychic phenomena, is linked via funding from Epstein (10:31 – 11:12).

3. MKUltra, Project Monarch, & Mass Mind Control

• Time Stamp: 13:29 – 25:52
• Mark and the hosts discuss the lineage from Project MKUltra to what conspiracy researchers call "Project Monarch"—a term largely popularized by victims and writers like Cathy O'Brien.
• Levels of Programming: Alpha (memory division), Beta (sexualization), Gamma (misdirection), Delta (assassin), Theta (psychic killers), Omega (self-destruction) (32:14 – 34:57).
• Epstein is viewed as a product—maybe even a victim—of this system, possibly intentionally selected as a "Manchurian Candidate” from childhood (26:45 – 29:12).
• The cultural impact theory: Public trauma and hyper-sexualization through music and media as engineered mind-control, putting “the population at large…under a trance” (Mark, 20:25).
• Humor as meta-commentary:

  “We started calling them free-range MKUltra chickens...” (David, 23:11)

4. Skepticism, Psyops, and the Current Information War

• Time Stamp: 35:15 – 43:19
• Mark and the hosts reflect on the meta-psyop: Is the release of conspiratorial information real “truth” or manufactured chaos intended to manipulate the populace's worldview?
• Mark: “The truth is never plainly stated in the media. They use information in terms of warfare these days.” (Mark, 37:45)
• The “conspiracy bottleneck”:

  “Everyone is kind of now…shouldering, like, I mean, no one’s being rude, but everyone’s kind of like, ‘yeah, my thing…might be it’...It’s going to be important which angle we’re all looking at it from.” (Top Lobsta, 42:54)

5. Aliens, Demons, and Technological Deception

• Time Stamp: 50:46 – 73:37
• Mark asserts: “Aliens are fake and gay.” (Mark, 50:46) – meaning that much of what is called ‘alien abduction’ is actually covert military and occult operations masked as ET phenomena, citing Jim Keith’s research.
• The hybridization program, cattle mutilations, and the possibility of “entities” that are not extraterrestrial but rather spiritual (demonic/interdimensional) in nature are debated.
• Notable point: Technological advances and “disclosures” are seen as tools for conditioning public belief, not genuine revelations.

6. The Psychological Fallout of Disclosure

• Time Stamp: 91:10 – 94:57
• Dissecting how older generations (“boomers”) might react should wide-scale disclosure of deep corruption occur:

  “But what Topher mentioned was that, yeah, dude, there’s a whole chunk of the population…that when this veil gets torn to the side, like, those people are just gonna die.” (David, 91:10)

• Trauma as a mass tool and the generational divide in coping mechanisms and complicity.

7. Occult, Technology, & the Unsolved Mysteries

• Time Stamp: 67:15 – 86:57
• Linking black helicopter sightings and cattle mutilations as evidence that "alien" activities may really be ritual abuse and occult operations. (Mark referencing Jim Keith, 67:15)
• Discussion of Linda Moulton Howe and other ufologists as sometimes unwitting (or witting) vectors for government disinformation campaigns.

8. Meta & Personal Reflections

• Time Stamp: 100:28 – End
• Mark and the hosts ponder the fun, or lack thereof, of being a full-time researcher and truthteller:

  “Are you having fun?”
  “Oh, yeah...I do podcasts like this with you guys…life’s going good.” (Mark, 100:42)

• Mark concludes with tales from the flea markets, the thrill of the weird, and an embrace of curiosity despite the darkness in their subject matter.

NOTABLE QUOTES & MEMORABLE MOMENTS

• On Epstein’s Ubiquity:
  • “It’s not really the smoking gun that a lot of people think. It’s more like a chew toy…He’s associated with like, every conspiracy under the sun, which is weird.” (David, 07:29 – 08:05)
• On Research Plagiarism:
  • “The nature of non-fiction in general, right? Like, I don’t think anyone has ownership over the truth…if our goal is to uplift each other…we shouldn’t take authorship of the truth.” (Mark, 14:29)
• On Project Monarch:
  • “Project Monarch is interesting because it’s not necessarily an official term…It comes from victims of this type of mind control.” (Mark, 14:53)
• On Mass Mind Control:
  • “They’re manufacturing culture to an unbelievable degree. And the very people that they’re using…are themselves victims.” (David, 23:11 – 24:02)
• On Trauma as an Entryway:
  • “Trauma seems to be the doorway, which is what the MKUltra program figured out too.” (David, 64:42)
• On Disclosure Skepticism:
  • “I looked at the Epstein files like a plot device, and you wouldn’t release them until you were ready for whatever the next thing is.” (David, 88:28)

TIMESTAMPS FOR KEY SEGMENTS

| Segment | Description | Timestamp | |------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------| | Catch-up & Mark’s new ventures | Alternative economy, podcasts, lifestyle | 03:30 – 06:13 | | The sprawling Epstein files | Scope, implications, examples | 07:01 – 13:29 | | Project Monarch/MKUltra lineage | Levels of programming, cultural patterns | 13:29 – 34:57 | | Psyop Season and info-warfare reflections | What’s real, what’s manipulation | 35:15 – 43:19 | | Bottleneck of worldviews in “the end times” | Religious & conspiratorial crosscurrents | 42:54 – 45:22 | | Aliens as cover, not reality | Keith’s Saucers of the Illuminati, abductions | 50:46 – 58:57 | | Technology, UFOlogy, disinfo | CIA PSYOPs, black helicopters, Howe | 67:15 – 80:07 | | Boomer psych collapse & generational trauma | Boomer complicity, psychological reckoning | 91:10 – 94:57 | | The “Are you having fun?” segment | Podcasting philosophy, personal reflection | 100:28 – End |

CLOSING REFLECTIONS

• Mark Steeves and the hosts affirm that even as the information environment grows more chaotic and dark, life’s “weirdness” compels curiosity and creative engagement. The present era may be bleak for the status quo, but it’s rich for those willing to look beneath the surface.
• Importantly, the episode maintains the humorous, iconoclastic tone of NDS: oscillating between hard research, extreme skepticism, and the necessity of laughing at the world’s madness.

For new listeners:
This episode is a masterclass in blending conspiracy research, biblical worldview, and comedy. It’s a must-listen for those interested in the intersection of spiritual deception, hidden networks, and the cascading effect of mass disclosures—delivered through the unique, irreverent voice of the Nephilim Death Squad.