Chris Ferguson, a psychology professor, discusses the weak link between social media and mental health problems and explains how previous moral panics have followed a similar pattern. He highlights that studies on social media and depression/suicide are inconsistent and that teens have some of the lowest suicide rates, with other age groups seeing…
Tag: Politics
Chatter #306 – John Sweeney on Evgeny Lebedev, Boris Johnson and Kyiv on the Ground
John Sweeney is an old school writer and reporter. He remained in the Ukrainian capital throughout the Battle of Kyiv and his latest book, Killer In The Kremlin, paints Vladimir Putin as “the monster he is”. Sweeney’s philosophy is: ‘I poke crocodiles, if crocodiles they be, in the eye with a stick.’ He’s…
Chatter #305 – Susan Standfield – Covid and the Money Printer: “They’ve Stolen All The Money”
Susan Standfield is an author, businesswoman, and activist who has worked all around the world. On April 12 2020 she started the NO MORE LOCKDOWNS marches in Vancouver and designed t-shirts to replace the income her family lost due to covid restrictions. In this episode we discussed her book, Betrayed (about the betrayal…
Chatter #280 – Konstantin Kisin on Triggernometry, Comedy and An Immigrant’s Love Letter To The West
Konstantin Kisin is a Russian-British comedian, podcaster, writer and social commentator. He made international headlines in 2018 by refusing to sign a university “behavioural agreement form” which banned jokes about religion, atheism and insisted that all humour must be “respectful and kind”. He is also the creator and co-host of the TRIGGERnometry YouTube…
Chatter #275 – Dr Susanne Trimbath – The Splividend: Could GameStop Escape From The DTC/DTCC?
Dr Susanne Trimbath returns to the podcast to discuss the madness that has surrounded the GameStop stock split/stock dividend/splividend. The fuckery at the DTCC/DTC and the apparent wrongful distribution of the shares made me wonder whether GameStop could escape from the DTC and remove their shares from the NASDAQ. So I decided to…
Chatter #274 – Jenin Younes – Pandemic Censorship: Taking Silicon Valley & the US Govt To Court
Jenin Younes is a Litigation Council at the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) and former New York City Defender. Jenin is working on the lawsuit that has been filed by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and Missouri AG Eric Schmitt in partnership with the NCLA, two of the three authors of the anti-lockdown…
