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Mike Benz

Mike Benz is a former U.S. State Department official and the founder and executive director of The Foundation for Freedom Online (FFO), a right-of-center watchdog group focused on free speech and the internet. He discusses U.S. foreign policy, intelligence operations, and media censorship.

Executive Director of The Foundation for Freedom OnlineKnown for U.S. foreign policy, intelligence operations, media censorshipOfficial site

Appearances3

Podcasts1

Linked books3

LatestFeb 3, 2026

Podcasts featuring Mike Benz

Joe Rogan Experience

3 episodes · latest Feb 3, 2026

Books mentioned around this guest

Operation Gladio, the CIA, the Vatican, and the Mob

Paul Williams · 1 mention

Casino Moscow

Book · 1 mention

Weapons of Mass Deletion

Book · 1 mention

Featured moments

Joe Rogan Experience

#2447 - Mike Benz

Feb 3, 2026

“There's a great book on this by Paul Williams.”

Operation Gladio, the CIA, the Vatican, and the Mob · CIA and organized crime

Joe Rogan Experience

#2237 - Mike Benz

Dec 3, 2024

“To me that was one of the early breakthroughs in being able to trace the larger networks and history of it was the close conjoined nature of censorship and geopolitics and in particular around the energy world.”

Weapons of Mass Deletion · AI censorship and geopolitics

Joe Rogan Experience

#2237 - Mike Benz

Dec 3, 2024