Express VPN 12 Months 35% off!! Jen Perelman, former congressional candidate and host of JENerational Change was my guest on today’s show. I first heard of Jen when she decided to primary Debbie Wasserman Schultz, former chair of the DNC, and one of the individuals involved in the Hillary Clinton DNC debacle. Although…
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Our Divided Society – Chapter 4
Deep-seated inequalities continue to cast long jagged shadows over the map of England. – Alex Niven We’ve learnt how technology has helped advertisers and political campaigners alike to understand us and how social media is exacerbating societal divisions. We’ve also looked at how the press has helped exacerbate anti-immigrant and anti-EU sentiment and…
Chatter #127 – Mat Hope On Tufton Street, Think Tanks, Brexit and Climate Deniers
Express VPN 12 Months 35% off!! Mat Hope, the editor at DeSmogUK, a UK based climate/environmental news site producing some of the best investigative journalism surround Brexit and climate change in the UK. Mat and I chatted with his colleague Chloe Farand on the climate denial lobby and their pushing of a hard…
The Weaponized Propaganda Machine – Chapter 5
Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing. – George Orwell, 1984 As we’ve already seen, data gathered by companies like Facebook, Google, and Twitter allows them to target adverts based on our every click. They can build detailed profiles about our personality,…
Chatter #126 – Lily Francus on GameStop, Shortselling, and r/WallStreetBets
Express VPN 12 Months 35% off!! Lily Francus, of Salience Capital was my guest on today’s show. Lily is the creator of the NOPE chart, Head of Fashion at Salience Capital, former teenager, and definitely not someone giving financial advice. I wanted to get Lily on the show to talk about the GameStop…