Good morning, students. It's time for Media Literacy 101. Are you sitting comfortably? Then let's begin. Have you ever heard of Betteridge's Law of Headlines? It is a journalistic maxim, formulated by Ian Betteridge, holding that "any headline which ends in a question...
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Interview 1439 – Davi Barker on Authoritarian Sociopathy
Davi Barker of The Black Sale joins us to discuss his book, Authoritarian Sociopathy. We talk about the various psychological experiments that have been done in the past to show people's propensity to obey or disobey authority, and Barker proposes his own experiment...
Japan’s Emperor is Abdicating. Here’s What It Means.
Sometime this weekend, the cabinet members of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will be locked in a room without communication devices of any kind. Not so much as a smartwatch will remain as they engage in deliberations, and they will stay locked in that room...
Do Humans Have Free Will? Not If Big Tech Wins!
Do humans have free will? That question has puzzled philosophers for millennia and has generated fierce debates. Perhaps the only thing more contentious than the question are the implications of its answer. If man has no free will, then how can there be moral...
Uncle Sam Doesn’t Want You Anymore
OK, I've got some good news and some bad news. Which do you want first? The good news? OK, no problem. You know that old anti-war cliché about "Suppose They Gave A War And No One Came"? Well, that slogan might be closer to becoming reality than you think. Learn all...
Episode 339 – Meet Paul Ehrlich, Pseudoscience Charlatan
Renowned scientist Paul Ehrlich has been in the public spotlight for half a century now. But there's a question at the heart of the story of Ehrlich's unlikely rise to prominence. A question that must be answered. Why is it that this entomologist has become such a...
Episode 321 – Why Big Oil Conquered the World
The 20th century was the century of oil. From farm to fork, factory to freeway, there is no aspect of our modern life that has not been shaped by the oil industry. But as the "post-carbon" era of the 21st century comes into view, there are those who see this as the...
How & Why Big Oil Conquered The World
Oil. The 19th century was transformed by it. The 20th century was shaped by it. And the 21st century is moving beyond it. But who gave birth to the oil industry? What have they done with the immense wealth and power that it has granted them? And what are they planning...