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Survival Is Resistance: Prison, Protest, and The Price of Freedom
In this episode, I speak with Nasrin Parvaz, the Iranian civil rights activist, author, and artist, about her life before, during, and after the Isla…
12 hours ago
Lawyering Against the Machine: The Human Cost of AI and the Fight for Tech Justice
Tech justice lawyer and UCLA lecturer Melodi Dinçer joins me in this episode to explore the rise of AI‑induced delusional disorders and her litigatio…
2 weeks ago
Slowly, Then Suddenly: Surveillance, Social Rupture and Citizens’ Consent
“If you don’t have legitimacy, then you need 1984.”
Professor David Betz of King’s College London’s Department of War Studies argues that a perfect s…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Making The Machine That Makes Us: AI, Consciousness, and Human Creativity
“We are tearing a hole in the universe and AI is sticking its head out, and we still don’t really understand how.”
In this episode, the philosopher, e…
2 months ago
Democracy In An Age Of Permanent Crisis
“Authoritarianism today is cleverer; it doesn’t only rule by fear.”
From manipulated statistics to collapsing trust in experts and institutions, what …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The World Turned Upside Down: England's Puritan Dystopia
Hide your mince pies! Our first-ever Christmas Special is about when Christmas was outlawed in England.
I’m joined by historian Dr. Fiona McCall to ex…
3 months ago
Episode 154: Michael W. Green on Why $140k Is The Real Poverty Line
Michael W. Green is the Chief Strategist and Portfolio Manager for Simplify Asset Management.
Previously in his nearly thirty-year career in finance,…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 153: Robert Joseph Greene on Censorship and the Hidden History of Gay Romance
Robert Joseph Greene is a Canadian author of gay romance fiction, including The Gay Icon Classics of the World, a globe-trotting collection of love s…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 152: John R. Carlos on Globalism, Technology, and Humanity's Future
John R. Carlos wants you to think about what it means to be human.
In 2020, after forty-two years as a Royal Australian Air Force Wing Commander, he …
4 months, 1 week ago
Episode 151: Daniele Bolelli on How A Society Eats Itself
Daniele Bolelli is an Italian historian, professor, and author who also hosts the podcasts History On Fire and The Drunken Taoist. He grew up during …
4 months, 3 weeks ago