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de Mike Freedman
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An exploration of dystopian trends in society, featuring a range of guests, hosted by Mike Freedman.
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- Dystopian By Default: The Architecture of Surveillance · 56 min“Privacy is not about something to hide. Privacy is about controlling access to yourself.” Bruce Schneier has spent decades thinking about digital security and the hidden…
- Iran’s Global Intimidation Machine: Journalism, Exile, and Keeping Dissent Alive · 1 h 43 min“There is no belief in a democratic process in Iran right now.” In this episode, I speak with Fariba Nawa, the Afghan-American investigative journalist, podcaster, and chief…
- Survival Is Resistance: Prison, Protest, and The Price of Freedom · 2 h 15 minIn this episode, I speak with Nasrin Parvaz, the Iranian civil rights activist, author, and artist, about her life before, during, and after the Islamic Revolution, her arrest in…
- Lawyering Against the Machine: The Human Cost of AI and the Fight for Tech Justice · 1 h 11 minTech justice lawyer and UCLA lecturer Melodi Dinçer joins me in this episode to explore the rise of AI‑induced delusional disorders and her litigation work at Tech Justice Law…
- Slowly, Then Suddenly: Surveillance, Social Rupture and Citizens’ Consent · 1 h 22 min“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 storm of social, economic and…
- Making The Machine That Makes Us: AI, Consciousness, and Human Creativity · 1 h 53 min“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, engineer, and AI ethicist…
- Democracy In An Age Of Permanent Crisis · 1 h 28 min“Authoritarianism today is cleverer; it doesn’t only rule by fear.” From manipulated statistics to collapsing trust in experts and institutions, what happens when people simply…
- The World Turned Upside Down: England's Puritan Dystopia · 1 h 35 minHide 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 explore one of England’s…
- Episode 154: Michael W. Green on Why $140k Is The Real Poverty Line · 1 h 38 minMichael W. Green is the Chief Strategist and Portfolio Manager for Simplify Asset Management. Previously in his nearly thirty-year career in finance, he managed macro strategies…
- Episode 153: Robert Joseph Greene on Censorship and the Hidden History of Gay Romance · 1 h 38 minRobert Joseph Greene is a Canadian author of gay romance fiction, including The Gay Icon Classics of the World, a globe-trotting collection of love stories set in various…
- Episode 152: John R. Carlos on Globalism, Technology, and Humanity's Future · 1 h 22 minJohn 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 retired and turned his hand…
- Episode 151: Daniele Bolelli on How A Society Eats Itself · 1 h 27 minDaniele Bolelli is an Italian historian, professor, and author who also hosts the podcasts History On Fire and The Drunken Taoist. He grew up during the Years of Lead, a fraught…
- Episode 150: Graham Linehan on Comedy, Cancellation, and Being Gender-Critical · 1 h 19 minGraham Linehan is a five-time BAFTA-winning comedian and writer who created Father Ted, Black Books, and The IT Crowd. He also wrote for The Fast Show, Harry Enfield & Chums…
- Episode 149: Kara Dansky on The Abolition of Sex · 1 h 25 minFeminists have a saying—we can’t fight sexism if we can’t say what sex is. And that is precisely where we are as a society today—we can’t say what sex is. Kara Dansky is the…
- Episode 148: Dr Leslie Gruis on Privacy and Surveillance · 1 h 42 minIn her book The Privacy Pirates: How Your Privacy Is Being Stolen and What You Can Do About It, Dr Leslie Gruis describes the current situation in stark terms: “If privacy were a…
- Episode 147: A Tale of Two Protests · 2 h 7 minOn September 13, central London was taken over by competing gatherings. One, organised by Tommy Robinson, was billed as a free speech festival and national pride event called…
- Episode 146: Michael Box and Patrick Hague on Punk Rock Dystopia · 1 h 38 minMichael Box and Patrick Hague are creative partners in EchoEterna Productions and have worked together for almost 20 years as musicians, writers, and filmmakers. They join me to…
- Episode 145: Joe Raiola on Satire, Censorship, and MAD Magazine · 1 h 38 minFree speech dies, comedy dies. It’s that simple. From 1952 to 2018, MAD Magazine published over five hundred regular editions as well as specials and books. In that time, it…
- Episode 144: Frank Sanazi on Being A Comedy Dictator · 1 h 17 minFrank Sanazi is a unique comedy character, a tongue-in-cheek mashup of Adolf Hitler and Frank Sinatra described by his creator, the British singer and comedian Pete Cunningham…
- Episode 143: Shady El Damaty on Reclaiming Digital Privacy · 59 minIt’s trite to point out that the internet is an increasingly weird and difficult space to explore. AI-generated ‘slop’ muddies search results and even ends up in published…
