Media Limitations and Public Investigations

Intimacy has always involved risk—emotional, physical, and social. But in 2025, intimacy carries a new threat: surveillance. What once was private—our messages, desires, hookups, heartbreaks—has become data to be tracked, monetized, and weaponized. The surveillance of intimacy reveals how personal connection is increasingly entangled with corporate profit and state control.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

5 Sep 3min

Conspiracy as Culture”—is a potent lens, and it’s been explored deeply by scholars like Michael Barkun in A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America. Barkun argues that conspiracy thinking has evolved from fringe belief into a cultural force, especially in the U.S., where it now intersects with millennialism, stigmatized knowledge, and pop media.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

5 Sep 1min

Let’s crack open The Myth of Normal by Dr. Gabor Maté—a searing, poetic, and deeply human critique of how modern society pathologizes health while normalizing trauma. This isn’t just a book; it’s a cultural MRI.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

3 Sep 2min

The weaponization of identity is a phenomenon where identity politics—originally intended to uplift marginalized voices—is strategically used to silence dissent, deflect accountability, or manipulate public perceptionBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

3 Sep 2min

Memory carries both burden and power. The memory of George Floyd is heavy: it bears the weight of centuries of racialized violence in America, the collective grief of communities, and the personal trauma of his family. Yet memory is also a weapon: it galvanizes movements, shatters the silence of denial, and creates an archive of resistance that can neither be erased nor ignored. To study George Floyd’s memory is to see how trauma is remembered not only in pain but in protest—how a single life lost becomes the spark for global cries of justice.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

3 Sep 4min

Trauma, identity, and resistance are not separate currents but interwoven threads in the fabric of lived experience. Trauma is not just a private wound; it is social, historical, and political. Identity is not only personal but shaped in relation to power, stigma, and solidarity. Resistance is not simply a reactive act but a reimagining of futures. At their intersection, we find both pain and possibility—the scars of violence alongside the seeds of transformation.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

3 Sep 2min

Compassion Without Boundaries” is a potent lens for dissecting how empathy—when unmoored from discernment—can quietly perpetuate harm. It’s a theme that resonates deeply with your work on emotional economics, normalization, and the collapse of discourse.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

3 Sep 1min

That’s Happened (What’s Being Called the "Tariff Scandal")1. Use of Emergency Powers (IEEPA)In early to mid-2025, Trump invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to unilaterally impose broad "reciprocal" tariffs—including a universal 10% tariff in April and expanded measures in August—on a wide range of imports, citing trade imbalances and the fentanyl crisis as national emergencies.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

3 Sep 3min