Crisis in Perception

Crisis in Perception

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Crisis in Perception episodes

  • Nostalgia Marketing: Consumer Behavior and Advertising Effectiveness — Memory, Identity, Brand Power

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

    This episode explores Nostalgia Marketing: Consumer Behavior and Advertising Effectiveness by Marco Pichierri as a systems-level analysis of how nostalgia-based persuasion 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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    33 min
  • In the Beginning… Was the Command Line — Interface Systems & Digital Mediation

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

    This episode explores In the Beginning… Was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson as a systems-level analysis of how interface architecture influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive structures rather than brand narratives, the episode shows why abstraction-heavy interface systems persist — and how they connect to larger economic and cultural structures shaping digital life.

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    57 min
  • Vagina: A New Biography — How Taboo Systems Shape Agency

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

    This episode explores Vagina: A New Biography by Naomi Wolf as a systems-level analysis of how cultural narratives and embodied health 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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    33 min
  • Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter — Interactive Systems & Cultural Legitimacy

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

    This episode explores Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter by Tom Bissell as a systems-level analysis of how interactive entertainment systems influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than cultural panic or artistic defense, the episode shows why gaming systems persist — and how they connect to larger economic, technological, and media structures within digital capitalism.

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    37 min
  • Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making — The Access Economy of Power

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

    This episode explores Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making by David Rothkopf as a systems-level analysis of how access-based elite networks influence institutional decisions and global outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or rumors, the episode shows why network governance persists — and how it connects to larger economic, political, and technological structures.

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    36 min
  • The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry — Diagnosing Power

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

    This episode explores The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson as a systems-level analysis of how diagnostic classification and forensic risk tools influence behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or sensational cases, the episode shows why these systems persist — and how they connect to larger legal, cultural, and organizational structures.

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    1 hr 1 min
  • On Fire: The Case for a Green New Deal — Fossil Autopilot and Justice

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

    This episode explores On Fire: The Case for a Green New Deal by Naomi Klein as a systems-level analysis of how an extractive fossil-fuel economy 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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    36 min
  • Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World — Branding, Doubles, Conspiracy Markets

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

    This episode explores Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein as a systems-level analysis of how the Mirror World’s incentive architecture influences belief, identity, and institutional outcomes.

    By focusing on incentive design rather than personalities or scandals, the episode shows why misinformation ecosystems persist — and how they connect to larger political, economic, and cultural structures.

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    39 min
  • The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality — Violence as a Leveling Mechanism

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

    This episode explores The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality by Walter Scheidel as a systems-level analysis of how stable institutions, compounding advantage, and elite protection shape inequality across history.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why inequality tends to expand under long peace — and how leveling has historically been associated with shocks that disrupt the structures protecting concentrated wealth.

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    33 min
  • The Making of Global Capitalism: The Political Economy of American Empire — State Power and Global Markets

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

    This episode explores The Making of Global Capitalism: The Political Economy of American Empire by Sam Gindin and Leo Panitch as a systems-level analysis of how American state institutions structure and manage global capitalism.

    By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or isolated crises, the episode shows why global financial governance persists — and how Treasury coordination, Federal Reserve authority, and international institutions remain central to economic stability and geopolitical influence.

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    50 min

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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.