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- Mind Theater | Industry: Cog in the Machine
In episode 34 of Mind Theater, host Ayo explores ambition, exploitation, and the ruthlessness of capitalism in HBO's "Industry."
Links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mindtheaterpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindtheaterpod/Music:
Blue Dot Sessions: https://sessions.blue/- Lunette
- Crosswire
- A Catalog of Seasons
- Tolls Folly
Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/mindtheater)Visit https://muckrakermedia.org/ for more information.
Find all the Muckraker Content at https://muckrakermedia.fireside.fmContact me (Jordan Myers) with Muckraker Creative Inquiries or feedback at [email protected]
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Thank you for your attention, time, and support.
12 min - Mind Theater | The Man Who Wasn't There: Passengers
In episode 33 of Mind Theater, host Ayo explores how the absurdity of life can leave us feeling like helpless passengers in "The Man Who Wasn't There" by the Coen Brothers.
Links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mindtheaterpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindtheaterpod/Music:
Blue Dot Sessions: https://sessions.blue/- Arlan Vale
- Algea Trio
Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/mindtheater)Visit https://muckrakermedia.org/ for more information.
Find all the Muckraker Content at https://muckrakermedia.fireside.fmContact me (Jordan Myers) with Muckraker Creative Inquiries or feedback at [email protected]
Be sure to follow us on social media and subscribe to our YouTube and RSS feed to stay up to date on all things Muckraker!
Thank you for your attention, time, and support.
10 min - Mind Theater | The Twilight Zone: What the Masks Reveal
Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/mindtheater
In episode 32 of Mind Theater, host Ayo analyzes the Twilight Zone episode titled "The Masks" exploring what it eveals about the inner ugliness that exists in humans.
Links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mindtheaterpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindtheaterpod/Music:
Blue Dot Sessions: https://sessions.blue/- Shade WaysVisit https://muckrakermedia.org/ for more information.
Find all the Muckraker Content at https://muckrakermedia.fireside.fmContact me (Jordan Myers) with Muckraker Creative Inquiries or feedback at [email protected]
Be sure to follow us on social media and subscribe to our YouTube and RSS feed to stay up to date on all things Muckraker!
Thank you for your attention, time, and support.
7 min - Mind Theater | The Queen's Gambit: Control
In episode 31 of Mind Theater, host Ayo explores Beth Harmon's struggle with addiction and need for control through her rise from chess prodigy to grandmaster in "The Queen's Gambit."
Links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mindtheaterpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindtheaterpod/Music:
Blue Dot Sessions: https://sessions.blue/- Milkwood
- Curious Case
Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/mindtheaterVisit https://muckrakermedia.org/ for more information.
Find all the Muckraker Content at https://muckrakermedia.fireside.fmContact me (Jordan Myers) with Muckraker Creative Inquiries or feedback at [email protected]
Be sure to follow us on social media and subscribe to our YouTube and RSS feed to stay up to date on all things Muckraker!
Thank you for your attention, time, and support.
9 min - Mind Theater | Lady Bird: What Home Represents
In episode 30 of Mind Theater, host Ayo explores what home represents in Greta Gerwig's 2017 film, Lady Bird.
Links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mindtheaterpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindtheaterpod/Music:
Blue Dot Sessions: https://sessions.blue/- Sylvestor
- Mr Mole and Son
- Greyleaf Willow
- Late Night Reading
- The TerrariumVisit https://muckrakermedia.org/ for more information.
Find all the Muckraker Content at https://muckrakermedia.fireside.fmContact me (Jordan Myers) with Muckraker Creative Inquiries or feedback at [email protected]
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9 min - Mind Theater | Michael Corleone: The Loss of Innocence
In episode 29 of Mind Theater, host Ayo explores Michael Corleone's loss of innocence as he transforms from family outsider to mafia don in Francis Ford Coppola's, "The Godfather."
Links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mindtheaterpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindtheaterpod/Music:
Blue Dot Sessions: https://sessions.blue/- Our Only Lark
- Passing Station 7
- Waltz and FuryVisit https://muckrakermedia.org/ for more information.
Find all the Muckraker Content at https://muckrakermedia.fireside.fmContact me (Jordan Myers) with Muckraker Creative Inquiries or feedback at [email protected]
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Thank you for your attention, time, and support.
13 min - Mind Theater | Breaking Bad: Fly on the Wall
Support Mind Theater through kofi: https://ko-fi.com/mindtheater
In episode 28 of Mind Theater, host Ayo analyzes how Breaking Bad uses the bottle episode "Fly" to explore Walt's loss of control and the feeling of being helpless against the randomness of the universe.
Links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mindtheaterpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindtheaterpod/Music:
Blue Dot Sessions: https://sessions.blue/- Rainday
- ScallatVisit https://muckrakermedia.org/ for more information.
Find all the Muckraker Content at https://muckrakermedia.fireside.fmContact me (Jordan Myers) with Muckraker Creative Inquiries or feedback at [email protected]
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Thank you for your attention, time, and support.
9 min - Cicadas Kickstarted Citizen Science. Over a Century Later, They're Still a Mystery
In episode 2 of Science Sagas, host Ian Graber-Stiehl speaks with professors Gene Kritsky and Chris Simon (some of the foremost experts on periodical cicadas) about how cicadas were at the center of arguably the first citizen science experiments in American history, why cicadas still hold many mysteries over a century later, and how citizen scientists are still helping scientists understand one of the most ubiquitous and enigmatic insects in the world.
Ian Graber-Stiehl:
Media:https://twitter.com/StiehlPointPenhttps://twitter.com/SagasScienceWriting:https://muckrack.com/ian-graber-stiehlProfessor Gene Kritsky:
https://www.msj.edu/faculty-and-staff-directory/faculty-directory/gene-kritsky.htmlProfessor Chris Simon:
https://wp.chris-simon-lab.eeb.uconn.edu/researchers/Tools to get involved in cicada citizen science yourself:
https://www.cicadamania.com/http://magicicada.org/magicicada/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.msj.cicadaSafari&hl=en_UShttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/cicada-safari/id1446471492Photo:
Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)Visit https://muckrakermedia.org/ for more information.
Find all the Muckraker Content at https://muckrakermedia.fireside.fmContact me (Jordan Myers) with Muckraker Creative Inquiries or feedback at [email protected]
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2 hr 11 min - Mind Theater | What Does the Truth Sound Like?
Support Mind Theater through kofi: https://ko-fi.com/mindtheater
In episode 27 of Mind Theater, host Ayo explores some of the history of audio dramas and analyzes an episode of "The Truth" podcast by Jonathan Mitchell to showcase how powerful audio storytelling can be.
Links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mindtheaterpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindtheaterpod/Music:
Blue Dot Sessions: https://sessions.blue/- Messy Inkwell
- Gathering Stasis
- Grey Alley
- Rotary Cog
- Snowmelt
The Dark End of the Mall: https://www.thetruthpodcast.com/story/2017/1/11/the-dark-end-of-the-mall?rq=the%20dark%20end
Sources:
https://slate.com/technology/2017/07/radio-dramas-still-have-an-important-place-in-the-entertainment-world.htmlhttps://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/the-radio-drama-handbook-audio-drama-in-context-and-practice/ch1-a-history-of-radio-drama?from=search
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teDXRbx-qHYVisit https://muckrakermedia.org/ for more information.
Find all the Muckraker Content at https://muckrakermedia.fireside.fmContact me (Jordan Myers) with Muckraker Creative Inquiries or feedback at [email protected]
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Thank you for your attention, time, and support.
12 min - Mind Theater | Incurring the Wrath of the Gods
Support Mind Theater through kofi: https://ko-fi.com/mindtheater
In episode 26 of Mind Theater, host Ayo explores how Robert Eggers uses mythology and mythical symbolism in his 2019 film "The Lighthouse" to tell a story about madness, alcoholism, and homo-eroticism.
Links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mindtheaterpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindtheaterpod/Music:
Blue Dot Sessions: https://sessions.blue/- Tillis County
- Fever Creep
- Kovd Lask
- Tiny Bottles
Sources:
https://www.ancient.eu/Prometheus/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_u91SjrEOE
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2103&context=jrf
https://www.rct.uk/collection/800080/the-sea-monster
https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/-sHSNPG85tUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PP5&dq=greek+mythology+homoerotism
https://miscellanynews.org/2019/11/07/arts/the-lighthouse-fuses-humor-horror-homoeroticism/
https://www.greekboston.com/culture/mythology/poseidon-odysseus/
Visit https://muckrakermedia.org/ for more information.
Find all the Muckraker Content at https://muckrakermedia.fireside.fmContact me (Jordan Myers) with Muckraker Creative Inquiries or feedback at [email protected]
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About Muckraker Media
From the publisher's feed
Muckrakers were investigative reporters and writers during the Progressive Era (1890–1920) who wrote about corruption and injustices in order to bring about changes in society. The team at Muckraker Media exists to bear these same responsibilities. Creatives within this network are fighting to push education forward.
Institutional barriers to education are a crime against humanity. The team at Muckraker Media is guided by the belief that education is a human right, and that modern mediums for delivery will surmount any paywall while reaching more diverse audiences.
Muckraker Media does not create the content of each show which allows hosts total creative liberty.
Also, we are the only nonprofit podcast network aimed specifically at producing open-access educational content.
Advocating for positive societal change begins with advocating for education. For too long, education systems have promoted inauthentic learning based on rote memorization. These practices create an inelegant system that values test scores but leaves little room for passion or genuine interest. Moreover, higher education is increasingly cost-ineffective, posing a formidable barrier to entry for low-income families.
Muckraker Media seeks to provide autonomy in learning, thus reflecting an innate psychological need.
Muckraker Media is not an attempt to replace traditional education—it is an effort to supplement it.
Our mission is to inspire lifelong learning by providing open access to interesting and useful content thereby subverting an outdated and coercive system built on information inequality.
For learning to be recognized as the subversive activity it ought to be—subversive in that the act of learning should question the accelerants of societal entropy—the power and authority of attitudes, beliefs, and assumptions that foster chaos and uselessness as Neil Postman would put it.