Topic: Google Video

Ben Joseph Stewart recounts his transition from a touring musician in the band Hyrosonic to a documentary filmmaker in 2007. He describes the influence of the film Zeitgeist and his desire to create a more hopeful, research-heavy alternative that addressed human potential. The segment details the accidental viral success of Esoteric Agenda on Google Video after it was uploaded in fifteen-minute segments.

Ben Joseph Stewart reflects on the 2007 creation of Esoteric Agenda, which began as a short project for his band Hyrosonic before evolving into a two-hour feature. Inspired by the film Zeitgeist but seeking to add a focus on human potential and magic, Stewart uploaded the film in segments to Google Video. The documentary went viral unexpectedly, weaving together themes of central banking, Saturnian symbolism, and the 13 Illuminati bloodlines.