Express VPN 12 Months 35% off!! – https://www.xvbelink.com/?a_fid=chatter Rupert Read, a former spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion and author of the wonderful book, Parents For A Future, was my guest on this episode of Chatter. We got into a lot of different topics including his reason for writing the latest book, individual vs collective…
Category: Politics
How Dark Ads On Facebook Undermine Democracy: Part 1
It used to be that how you voted depended very much on your class or where you were born or grew up. But in recent years, people have been, as Alexander Nix then CEO of Cambridge Analytica, puts it, ‘buoyed by the availability of information and a plethora of options available on the…
Brexit: The Establishment Civil War – Chapter 1 Preview
Data, Data Everywhere With big data comes big responsibilities. – Kate Crawford 27 January 2015, Twitter HQ: Twitter executives are preparing to unveil a set of tools for advertisers. This array of new tools will allow users to be targeted based on specific criteria, such as their postcode or geographical location. The new…
Chatter #117 – Sanjeev Sabhlok on The Great Hysteria and Challenging Lockdowns In Court
Sanjeev Sabhlok, author of The Great Hysteria And The Broken State, was my guest on this episode of Chatter. We talked about why he wrote his book, why the media love covid, and his legal challenge to the lockdowns in the International Criminal Court. If you haven’t already and you enjoyed this episode,…
Chatter #116 – Emma Knaggs on Why We Need To Reform Our Electoral System
Emma Knaggs, the grassroots leader at Make Votes Matter was my guest on today’s show. Make Votes Matter are a single issue campaign for the reform of the UK voting system into a more proportional and representative one. They are a cross party group working to get more and more MPs on board…
Chatter #115 – Oli Dugmore on Memes, Journalism, and the Influence of Social Media on Politics
Oli Dugmore, head of News and Politics at Joe Politics, was my guest on today’s show. In this conversation we went deep on the power of the meme, the GameStop saga, and the power of social media to influence politics. We also covered a number of issues that I cover in my book,…
