And so we bring an end to another fine journey through a fascinating topic and indeed another year of this podcast.
Part 3 of this series looks at ‘positive propaganda’ in the field of public health, multiple examples of negative propaganda by way of the demonising (sometimes literally) of political rivals and rival nations, and finally a look at how techn ... Show More
May 15
Episode 66: Piers Morgan, Russell Brand & The Media
The encounter between Piers Morgan and Russell Brand in April was, if nothing else, compelling and revealing. Despite their very different personae, they have had strangely similar journeys through some of the darker aspects of media and come out the other side, each now position ... Show More
1h 17m
Nov 2025
Truth in an age of doublethink
We use “Orwellian” to describe everything from campus dust-ups to authoritarian crackdowns. But what did George Orwell actually stand for, what did he get wrong, and what can we learn from him about our age of surveillance capitalism and distraction? Sean’s guest is Laura Beers, ... Show More
52m 16s
Oct 2024
Why Does Our Foreign Policy Suck So Bad?
Getting Curious superstar, Dr. Osamah Khalil, is back for the third installment of our series covering U.S. Foreign Policy from 1945 to 2024. If you haven’t caught those first two installments, no sweat! You can jump in here, or go back and take the whole course from the top - th ... Show More
1h 19m
Jul 2018
BONUS Illuminati Consumerism Pt 2- Century of the Self, 1950s Mind Control, Freud, & Bernays!
On today’s episode of the Conspiracy Theories and Unpopular Culture podcast we pick up where we left off from “Illuminati Consumerism Pt 1“!!! We go into phase two of the “Century of the Self” documentary that Kanye West tweeted about! We explore the 1950s a bit more with Freud a ... Show More
32m 7s
Mar 2024
Season 3, Episode 5: Norman Solomon, War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine
Send us Fan MailJoin Professor Jeffrey Sachs and political and media analyst Norman Solomon as they discuss Solomon’s important new book, War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine. Listen in as Solomon and Sachs explore the intricate interplay b ... Show More
51m 56s
Oct 2025
Aymann Ismail: Faith, Fatherhood & The Truth | Sumud Podcast
🎙️This week on the Sumud Podcast, we sit down with Aymann Ismail, journalist, storyteller, and father, to explore how identity, faith, and truth-telling intersect in a time of moral crisis. A staff writer at Slate, the author of Becoming Baba, and president of the Arab and Middl ... Show More
1h 22m
<p>Here is the text I'm reading:</p> <p>Пропаганда в России</p> <p>Во-первых, <strong>что такое</strong> пропаганда? Сегодня многие путают пропаганду с политикой и <strong>культом личности</strong>. На самом деле пропаганда – это подача <strong>необъективной</strong> информации д ... Show More
