News Brief: The Growing Pushback to Copaganda
In this News Brief we recap the recent mainstream pushback against pro-police pop culture, and discuss how this pushback is raising fundamental questions about the supposed firewall between creators a...
10 Kesä 202034min
News Brief: Cops Push "Outside Agitator" Line, Exploit Real Fears of Far Right Violence to Delegitimize Protests
In this News Brief we examine the old––and new––ways police and government officials seek to undermine and divide the George Floyd protests.
4 Kesä 202028min
News Brief: 7 Years On, US Media Still Has No Answer for #BLM Other Than Vague Handwringing
In this News Brief we catch up on the patronizing, racist media coverage of protests in Minneapolis.
30 Touko 202032min
News Brief: Trump, the NFL, and the Upcoming Mother of All 'Culture Wars'
Trump is likely pinning his reelection hopes on "reopening" the NFL––a grand media spectacle that will signal victory over the virus and usher in a new low in Triggering The Libs politics. A cynical c...
27 Touko 202040min
Episode 110: The Shiny-Object Psychology of American Capitalist "Innovation"
"Free markets drive innovation!" It's a narrative imparted to us ad nauseam. The ultimate catalyst of creation and progress — we're told by policymakers, business executives, think tanks, and the medi...
20 Touko 20201h 2min
Episode 109: Self-Help Culture and the Rise of Corporate Happiness Monitoring
How can one achieve happiness? It's the eternal question. From Aristotle to Al-Ghazali, Thomas Aquinas to Arthur Schopenhauer. The answer, we're told, is to look within. These days, we're told repeate...
6 Touko 20201h 4min
Episode 108: How GDP Fetishism Drives Climate Crisis and Inequality
"Economists' forecasts for GDP growth in 2020 vary widely," says The Economist. "Algeria's GDP growth falls to 0.8% in 2019," one Reuters headline reads. "GDP — the broadest measure of economic activi...
29 Huhti 20201h 1min
Episode 107: Pop Torts and the Ready-Made Virality of 'Frivolous Lawsuit' Stories
"Woman Sues TripAdvisor After Falling off Runaway Camel," reports the Associated Press. "Red Bull Paying Out to Customers Who Thought Energy Drink Would Actually Give Them Wings," eyerolls Newsweek. "...
22 Huhti 20201h 12min
