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Episode 108: Beatriz Busaniche on Digital Rights and Surveillance in Argentina
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All eyes on Argentina in this episode, as I’m joined by Beatriz Busaniche, an Argentinian activist and academic focused on free …
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 107: Sergei Loznitsa on Totalitarianism and Truth
Sergei Loznitsa is an award-winning director of feature films and documentaries, a Ukrainian born in the Soviet Union, and a compassionate interrogator of the human condition.
His 2018 film Donbass, “…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
This Is How We Do It: AI Found Me A Wife (Valentine's Day Special)
Allow me to introduce This Is How We Do It, our new occasional sidebar exploring love in the age of dystopia.
Aleksandr, a tech-savvy young man from Russia, used AI to automate his Tinder profile, but…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 106: Jonathan M. Katz on Substack's 'Nazi Problem', Free Speech, and Modern Journalism
Substack has been in the news recently, due to accusations of and/or objections to extreme/racist/Nazi writers who have newsletters on the platform, and the refusal of Substack’s management to remove…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 105: Tim Boucher on the Fever Dream of the AI Mind
Can AI imagine itself?
Is an organic life possible in a machine world?
Do you want a computer chip in your brain?
Tim Boucher is the author of the AI Lore books, over 100 illustrated volumes of conspira…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 104: Elle Griffin on Faith, Hope, and Clarity
Can Substack survive mainstream media pearl-clutching?
Do we dare to dream of utopia?
Was the Virgin Mary really a virgin?
These are just some of the questions I get into with the fascinating and cont…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 103: CJ Hopkins on Thought Crime
Charged! Convicted! Sentenced! Then tried?
In this episode, I speak with CJ Hopkins, an award-winning playwright, novelist, and political satirist who lives in Berlin.
CJ’s plays have been produced and…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 102 - Ken Silva and the Fed Files
Entrapment! Terrorism! Nazis! It’s time for our second episode!
Our guest is Ken Silva, an investigative journalist focused on data privacy and, more recently, the FBI’s role in right-wing extremism.
K…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
1984 Today! Episode #101 - Dorian Lynskey
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This episode features the author, journalist, and podcaster Dorian Lynskey. His excellent book The…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago