The advent of social media technology has made global communication easier than ever before - yet this innovation creates opportunities for evil as well as good. Learn how ISIS is using social media to manipulate, groom and ultimately recruit people acros
Sep 5
CLASSIC: Davos & The Great Reset, Chapter II
In the second part of this Classic two-part episode, Ben, Matt and Noel explore the Great Reset. While it's sometimes called a conspiracy theory, the allegations and speculation circling the WEF and Davos are more like a mix of multiple, at-times contradictory ideas. Listen in to ... Show More
52m 59s
Sep 4
The Data Center Conspiracy
Modern civilization depends on data centers - these facilities, which can be as small as a single room or as large as gigantic, stand-alone compounds, house the servers and computers that make the digital world spin 'round. However, as Ben, Matt, and Noel discover in tonight's ep ... Show More
1h 4m
Dec 2019
Michael Krona and Rosemary Pennington, "The Media World of ISIS" (Indiana UP, 2019)
From efficient instructions on how to kill civilians to horrifying videos of beheadings, no terrorist organization has more comprehensively weaponized social media than ISIS. Its strategic, multi-platformed campaign is so effective that it has ensured global news coverage and ins ... Show More
36m 30s
Jan 2023
The Dangers Of Social Media Content- Part 1
Social media is full of wonderful opportunities for people to connect. It is also filled with people who push identity-based hate, extremism, disinformation, and conspiracy theories. Imran Ahmed, Founder and CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, joins Dr. Phil on his Phi ... Show More
44m 13s
Jul 2016
Daily: Influence online, from jihad to kawaii. Cybercrime. Industry updates.
In today’s podcast we hear about the doxing of a major ISIS forum, and we take a look at the state of play with respect to online information operations in the war with ISIS. We ask whether jihad and kawaii offer contrasting case studies of inspiration. In Turkey, did coup plotte ... Show More
15m 55s
Oct 2023
Taming Our Teens on Social Media
For both good and evil social media has changed the world, and people spew things online they’d never say to someone’s face. So join Tony and Bre to discuss social media, its pros and cons, and how parents can guide their tweens and teens into the virtual world.Register now for t ... Show More
16m 33s
Sep 2020
How Facebook profits from polarization | Yaël Eisenstat
"Lies are more engaging online than truth," says former CIA analyst and diplomat Yaël Eisenstat. "As long as [social media] algorithms' goals are to keep us engaged, they will feed us the poison that plays to our worst instincts and human weaknesses." In this bold talk, Eisenstat ... Show More
13m 53s
Jun 2017
#82 — The End of the World According to ISIS
Sam Harris speaks with Graeme Wood about his experience reporting on ISIS, the myth of online recruitment, the theology of ISIS, the quality of their propaganda, the most important American recruit to the organization, the roles of Jesus and the Anti-Christ in Islamic prophecy, f ... Show More
42m 59s