Crisis in Perception

Crisis in Perception

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  • Prison Profiteers: Who Makes Money from Mass Incarceration — The System Behind Full Prisons

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: Tara Herivel and Paul Wright

    This episode explores Prison Profiteers: Who Makes Money from Mass Incarceration by Tara Herivel and Paul Wright as a systems-level analysis of how the prison-industrial complex influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems persist — and how they connect to larger economic, political, and cultural structures.

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    41 min
  • The Battle for Your Brain: Cognitive Liberty — Who Owns Your Inner Life?

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: Nita A. Farahany

    This episode explores The Battle for Your Brain by Nita A. Farahany as a systems-level analysis of how neurotechnology, raw neural data, and institutional surveillance influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems persist — and how they connect to larger economic, political, and cultural structures.

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    39 min
  • Retrotopia: Zygmunt Bauman and the Age of Nostalgia — Why the Future Lost Its Grip

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: Zygmunt Bauman

    This episode explores Retrotopia: Zygmunt Bauman and the Age of Nostalgia by Zygmunt Bauman as a systems-level analysis of how the collapse of future-oriented security influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why nostalgia, tribal withdrawal, and political fragmentation persist — and how they connect to larger economic, political, and cultural structures.

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    53 min
  • Nihilistic Times: Thinking with Max Weber — Why Knowledge Can’t Tell Us How to Live

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: Wendy Brown

    This episode explores Nihilistic Times: Thinking with Max Weber by Wendy Brown as a systems-level analysis of how modern knowledge systems influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems persist — and how they connect to larger economic, political, and cultural structures.

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    37 min
  • Necropolitics — The System Behind Who Must Be Exposed to Death

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: Achille Mbembe

    This episode explores Necropolitics by Achille Mbembe as a systems-level analysis of how modern sovereignty organized through exposure to death influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems persist — and how they connect to larger economic, political, and cultural structures.

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    40 min
  • Marginality, Media, and Mutations of Religious Authority in Christianity — Why Margins Gain Power

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Editors: Laura Feldt and Jan N. Bremmer

    This episode explores Marginality, Media, and Mutations of Religious Authority in Christianity by Laura Feldt and Jan N. Bremmer as a systems-level analysis of how marginality, media, and institutional legitimacy influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems persist — and how they connect to larger economic, political, and cultural structures.

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    34 min
  • The War on Choice: The Fight for Women's Rights in America — The system behind fetal personhood

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: Gloria Feldt

    This episode explores The War on Choice: The Fight for Women's Rights in America by Gloria Feldt as a systems-level analysis of how reproductive politics, legal personhood, and bureaucratic control influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems persist — and how they connect to larger economic, political, and cultural structures.

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    36 min
  • Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power — Why Freedom Becomes Compulsion

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: Byung-Chul Han

    This episode explores Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power by Byung-Chul Han as a systems-level analysis of how neoliberal psychopolitics influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems persist — and how they connect to larger economic, political, and cultural structures.

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    43 min
  • Late Fascism: Race, Capitalism and the Politics of Crisis — The anti-state state

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: Alberto Toscano

    This episode explores Late Fascism: Race, Capitalism and the Politics of Crisis by Alberto Toscano as a systems-level analysis of how racial capitalism under crisis conditions influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems persist — and how they connect to larger economic, political, and cultural structures.

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    42 min
  • Statistics Simplified: Advanced Thinking Skills — What Data Hides About Reality

    Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

    Author: Albert Rutherford & Abby Gordon

    This episode explores Statistics Simplified: Advanced Thinking Skills by Albert Rutherford and Abby Gordon as a systems-level analysis of how statistical systems influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than individual misunderstanding, the episode shows why statistical distortions persist — and how they connect to larger technological, media, and economic systems.

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    45 min

About Crisis in Perception

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Crisis in Perception is a long-form educational podcast examining how we misunderstand the world around us. Using books as entry points, each episode explores history, psychology, economics, science, and power structures to reveal how systems actually work—and why our perceptions so often fail. Clear, evidence-based, and non-tribal.