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Slowly, Then Suddenly: Surveillance, Social Rupture and Citizens’ Consent
War scholar Professor David Betz on why he thinks civil war is inevitable and how failing governments resort to tyranny
Feb 15
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Mike Freedman
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Making The Machine That Makes Us: AI, Consciousness, and Human Creativity
Philosopher and engineer Nell Watson on how AI may shape us more than we shape it, and why that might be a good thing
Feb 1
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Mike Freedman
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Nell Watson
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The January Weird
#76: Britannia waives the rules, eye on Iran, Lovejoy comes for VPNs, the edifice complex, Grok-blocked, don't believe (all) the shite, Big Apple…
Jan 28
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Mike Freedman
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Democracy In An Age Of Permanent Crisis
Professor Richard Youngs discusses rising authoritarianism, "in-between" regimes, our crisis of governance, and the danger of limiting democracy to save…
Jan 18
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Mike Freedman
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1:28:19
The World Turned Upside Down: England's Puritan Dystopia
In our first-ever Christmas Special, Dr. Fiona McCall discusses what happens when a society tears down its institutions in the name of moral purity and…
Jan 4
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Mike Freedman
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2025: The Year In Weird
O Come Alaa Ye Faithful, digital unfreedom, AI & FIMI, surveillance gets up in your face, the global war on dissent, Iran takes the cake, my two cents
Dec 30, 2025
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Mike Freedman
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Episode 154: Michael W. Green on Why $140k Is The Real Poverty Line
Simplify Asset Management's Chief Strategist explains how poverty in the US is misunderstood and why wealth inequality matters
Dec 21, 2025
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Mike Freedman
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Michael W. Green
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Episode 153: Robert Joseph Greene on Censorship and the Hidden History of Gay Romance
The author discusses how historians covered up gay romance, why Russia wanted him arrested, and the philosophy of why democracies fail
Dec 7, 2025
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Mike Freedman
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