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Today we have a most unusual episode: a parody of American radio cliches, pieced together by Nathan. Using audio editing software, sound effects libraries, voice cloning technology, and "AI" music tools, he has created an absurdist soundscape satirizing media, politics, and commercialism. Filled with jingles, talk shows, news reports, and presidential speeches, it portrays the darkness lurking beneath cheery American mythology.
The "Manatee Facts Podcast" mentioned in the introduction can be heard here. Nathan's article about the remarkable power of new audio technology is here.
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475 - Why The Luddites Were Right (w/ Brian Merchant)Mon, 29 Apr 2024
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474 - Why Students Are Rising Up for GazaFri, 26 Apr 2024
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473 - The Meaning of "Security" (w/ Astra Taylor)Fri, 26 Apr 2024
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472 - A Philosopher Explains Why It's Rational To Be Angry (w/ Myisha Cherry)Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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471 - How is Capitalism Like a Bad Relationship? (w/ Malaika Jabali)Mon, 22 Apr 2024
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470 - How to Spot Corporate Bullshit (w/ Nick Hanauer)Fri, 19 Apr 2024
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469 - Your Money or Your Life: A Physician on the Miseries of Medical DebtWed, 17 Apr 2024
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468 - How Four Billionaires Are Creating A Horrible Future For All of Us (w/ Jonathan Taplin)Mon, 15 Apr 2024
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467 - The Rise and Fall of Crypto Lunacy (w/ Zeke Faux)Fri, 12 Apr 2024
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466 - How The Occupation Shapes Everything (w/ Nathan Thrall)Wed, 10 Apr 2024
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465 - The Current Israel-Palestine Crisis Was Entirely Avoidable (w/ Jerome Slater)Mon, 8 Apr 2024
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464 - Why Wars Happen (w/ Michael Mann)Fri, 5 Apr 2024
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463 - A McKinsey Whistleblower on Life Inside The Secretive Consulting FirmWed, 3 Apr 2024
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462 - How Big Pharma Makes a Killing From Letting People Die (w/ Nick Dearden)Mon, 1 Apr 2024
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461 - What Makes For a "Strong Town"? (w/ Allison Lirish Dean)Fri, 29 Mar 2024
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460 - How White Supremacist Ideology Made Its Way Into Music Theory (w/ Philip Ewell)Wed, 27 Mar 2024
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459 - Gary Younge's 30-Year Panorama of the African DiasporaMon, 25 Mar 2024
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458 - Why The Cop City Indictment Threatens Everyone's Freedom (w/ Christopher Bruce)Fri, 22 Mar 2024
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457 - Why We Need Utopias (w/ Kristen Ghodsee)Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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456 - ZINNOPHOBIA - Why So Many Still Fear "A People's History of the United States" (w/ David Detmer)Tue, 19 Mar 2024
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455 - Why Do We Have Any Poverty In America When It's Such a Solvable Problem? (w/ Matt Desmond)Fri, 15 Mar 2024
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454 - Mini-Cast: Ending Period Poverty Through the "Menstrual Equity for All" Act (w/ Grace Meng)Wed, 13 Mar 2024
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453 - There Is No Alternative to Ending Fossil Fuel Use (w/ Lorne Stockman)Mon, 11 Mar 2024
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452 - Why "Climate Optimism" Is Irrational and What Global Climate Justice Requires (w/ Jag Bhalla)Fri, 8 Mar 2024
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451 - Is Being "Moderate" Actually How Democrats Win? (w/ Alex Bronzini-Vender)Wed, 6 Mar 2024
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450 - The Many Layers of Injustice in American Criminal Punishment (w/ Stephen Bright & James Kwak)Mon, 4 Mar 2024
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449 - Can The Concept of "Philanthropy" Be Saved? (w/ Amy Schiller)Wed, 28 Feb 2024
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448 - What Would It Take To Have a Democracy? (w/ Thom Hartmann)Mon, 26 Feb 2024
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447 - How Did the Idea of Being "Self-Made" Come About? (w/ Tara Isabella Burton)Fri, 23 Feb 2024
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446 - Our Plan to Make It Actually Enjoyable to Read The NewsWed, 21 Feb 2024
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445 - The Role of Drugs in American Life (w/ Benjamin Fong)Mon, 19 Feb 2024
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444 - The History of Arab-Jews Can Change Our Understanding of The World (w/ Avi Shlaim)Fri, 16 Feb 2024
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443 - A HEATED Encounter with Chris Rufo: Critical Race Theory, The Left, and American HistoryWed, 14 Feb 2024
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442 - The Dark Side of Fashion (w/ Alyssa Hardy)Mon, 12 Feb 2024
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441 - How To Make Schools That Children Actually Enjoy Going To (w/ Lauren Fadiman)Fri, 9 Feb 2024
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440 - How Rupert Murdoch Killed The Only Good Social Media Platform (w/ Michael Tedder)Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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439 - How Labor Can Drive a Hard Bargain (w/ Jane McAlevey and Abby Lawlor)Mon, 5 Feb 2024
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438 - Learning From Neglected Novels By 1900s Radicals (w/ the Rickard Sisters)Fri, 2 Feb 2024
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437 - Why Minimalism? (w/ Kyle Chayka)Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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436 - Is U.S. Democracy Just Going To Be Dysfunctional Forever? (w/ Benjamin Studebaker)Mon, 29 Jan 2024
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435 - What Happens to the Disappointed When Social Movements Fail? (w/ Sara Marcus)Fri, 26 Jan 2024
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434 - The Disaster of Privatizing Everything (w/ Donald Cohen)Wed, 24 Jan 2024
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433 - The Process of Leaving Jordan Peterson Behind (w/ Benjamin Howard)Mon, 22 Jan 2024
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432 - How The Super-Rich Really Live (w/ Michael Mechanic)Fri, 19 Jan 2024
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431 - How to Explain Socialism To People Who Aren't Socialists (w/ Danny Katch)Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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430 - Exposing the Spurious Anti-Semitism Accusations That Helped Bring Down Corbyn (w/ Asa Winstanley)Mon, 15 Jan 2024
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429 - Dreaming of a World Without Wells Fargo (w/ Terri Friedline)Fri, 12 Jan 2024
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428 - How "Influencing" Became an Industry (w/ Emily Hund)Wed, 10 Jan 2024
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