They call him the “million dollar dissident.”

Ahmed Mansoor has been targeted for a decade. As a human rights activist in the United Arab Emirates, Mansoor has been the subject of theft, assault, and repression. He's also a regular target of state-sponsored hacking.

In this premiere episode of the Layer 8 podcast, Mansoor talks about his life, his work, and why he continues on despite the government's eyes trained on his every move in both cyberspace and the street.

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This week on the Upstream podcast, we survey the fall streaming landscape for signs of life, and find much to be excited about, including Christopher Guest's new Netflix film Mascots, HBO's pickup of High Maintenance, and Amazon's fourth-wall-breaking series Fleabag.

Join Audra and Daily Dot producer Logan Youree as we discuss the existential questions one must ask when they fall asleep to Netflix and find themselves staring into a... black mirror. (We're also excited about that series.)

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As summer winds down, let's look back at two memes we just couldn't quit: Harambe and Dat Boi. What can we learn from their senseless deaths? Is there a line between sincerity and performative irony online? Just how many dicks have been out for Harambe?

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Ah, the 2016 Summer Olympics, where mansplaining is practically a sport and a guy who was in Cool Runnings finds out he doesn't know how to do the Twitter!

Sports we didn't really know were sports are all around us this week, as are the memes and heart-swelling moments of these Olympic games. Join the Upstream podcast team as they discuss the highs and lows of the Internet Olympics.

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This week, we unlock (https://soundcloud.com/dailydot/on-the-dot-8416-stranger-things) the curiosity door of Stranger Things with writers Aaron Sankin (http://www.dailydot.com/authors/aaron-sankin/) and Colette Bennett (http://www.dailydot.com/authors/colette-bennett/). What's in the box? What does that teacher with the creepy smile know? Where's Eleven? We keep pulling at those threads.

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On this week's edition of the Upstream Podcast, our roundtable of ghost girls—Jaya Saxena, Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Rae Votta, Michelle Jaworski—go deep on the Ghostbusters reboot, online backlash around the film, how much we're in love with Kate McKinnon, and how the original holds up.

Also, a surprise drop-in from original ghostbro Donald Trump!

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The Daily Dot's own Audra Schroeder sits down for an intimate conversation with Rooster Teeth's Josh Flanagan about his new project Day 5. https://www.dailydot.com/topics/upstream/ (https://www.dailydot.com/topics/upstream/)

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