Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
In this episode, filmmaker Eugene Jarecki reveals how his new documentary The Six Billion Dollar Man uncovered evidence and testimony that painted a very different picture of Julian Assange than the one long pushed by governments and mainstream media. What began as a film about a controversial figure became, in his words, an international spy thriller – involving torture findings, intelligence operations and political pressure spanning more than 15 countries.
Jarecki walks us through what his team discovered, why key details were never widely reported, and how narratives around Assange were deliberately shaped by powerful institutions across the political spectrum. This conversation exposes the hidden forces behind one of the most important press-freedom cases of the century – and the revelations that didn’t make the headlines.
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In this episode, filmmaker Eugene Jarecki reveals how his new documentary The Six Billion Dollar Man uncovered evidence and testimony that painted a very different picture of Julian Assange than the one long pushed by governments and mainstream media. What began as a film about a controversial figure became, in his words, an international spy thriller – involving torture findings, intelligence operations and political pressure spanning more than 15 countries.
Jarecki walks us through what his team discovered, why key details were never widely reported, and how narratives around Assange were deliberately shaped by powerful institutions across the political spectrum. This conversation exposes the hidden forces behind one of the most important press-freedom cases of the century – and the revelations that didn’t make the headlines.
Subscribe to Factual America: https://linktr.ee/FactualAmerica
Like us on Facebook: @factualamerica
Follow us on Twitter: @Factual_America
Connect with Matthew Sherwood:
Twitter: @sherwood1967
Facebook: @matthew.sherwood.14
LinkedIn: @matthewsherwood
