Dan 11:32

In 1922 Margaret Sanger's best-known  book, The Pivot of Civilization, was published. In this episode we'll  take an in-depth look at Sanger's message in this book, and the influence that her ideology continues to have on society nearly a  hundred years later.

"Eugenics" is “the study or practice  of attempting to improve the human gene pool by encouraging the  reproduction of people considered to have desirable traits and  discouraging or preventing the reproduction of people considered to have  undesirable traits.” In this episode, we examine the work and legacy of  Sir Francis Galton, and the continuing influence of eugenicist ideology  on the spirit of the age in the 21st Century.

In this episode we continue to explore transhumanist ideology, focusing  on Arthur Koestler's 1968 book The Ghost in the Machine. Why is this  important in 2021? Because Koestler's ideology is alive and well, and  more dangerous than ever, as we can see in the work of a bioethicist who  argues that a "morality pill" could be a solution to the Covid19  "pandemic."

Do you ever get the feeling that you're being sold a bill of goods? That  you're being played? That you're being manipulated? In this episode we  discuss "artificial scarcity," a marketing technique that has come to  the fore recently, as the issue of "vaccine envy" has suddenly become a  thing.

In this episode we look at the meaning of transhumanism and the roots of  transhumanist ideology, by examining the work of Julian Huxley, who  coined the term. This is another one of the "big ideas" that are shaping  21st Century culture, and understanding the poisonous root of this  ideology will help us to deal with its poisonous fruit!

What can a book published in 1516 teach us about the dangers confronting  us in the 21st Century? As it turns out, a whole lot! In this episode,  we consider Thomas More's "Utopia," utopian thinking, and why utopianism  is such a destructive and dangerous ideology.

Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook is one of the "big four" tech giants that has  taken over the world over the past two decades. In this episode we  explore the history of Facebook, the story of Mark Zuckerberg, and talk  about the dangers inherent to this social network and the way it's being  used to shape society.

In 1956, Dr. Joost Meerloo published  "The Rape of the Mind: The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and  Brainwashing." In this episode we summarize some of Meerloo's work on  the techniques of mind control used in wartime, in totalitarian  societies, and their use in propaganda today - and how we can be  prepared to counter the effects of propaganda in our own lives.

H.G. Wells is best-known today as one of the "fathers of science  fiction," as the author of The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, and  The Time Machine. But his lasting legacy goes far beyond his  contributions to literature. In this episode of Dan 11:32, we'll look at  Wells's "Open Conspiracy," his visions for a future technocratic  society, and the continuing importance of his ideas.

How can we use critical thinking skills to avoid being deceived by the  distorted messages that the media is sending out? In this episode, I  examine two specific examples to show how the corporate media is shaping  the news, and why.