Propawhatnow?

Propawhatnow?

By Melissa MerlotSociety & CultureDocumentary
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Propawhatnow? episodes

  • The Andromeda Strain

    The 1971 film The Andromeda Strain, is the first in the "Michael Crichton deep dive that no one asked for" series. Also, a bit about the D.U.M.B.s.

    32 min
  • Fatal Error

    A film about a computer virus that is contagious to humans, oh my! And a little about optogenetics.

    32 min
  • Computer Flu

    What if a computer virus could make a human sick.? That is what happens in the 1999 technothriller Fatal Error. And in science, optogenetics could use light to rewire your mind. How dangerous could something in a screen really be? We discuss that and more in this episode.

    24 min
  • That Teal Appeal
    Therapist extraordinaire Katie joins me to discuss the documentary series The Deep End. We talk pros and cons of Teal Swan and her Teal Tribe.
    1 hr 18 min
  • More Merits, More Problems
    Rachel Beulah Jensen joins me again to dive back into Black Mirror. We discuss it's episode Fifteen Million Merits and how it predicted Facebook's Metaverse all the way back in 2011. Tune in to listen to us discuss the other technology it predicted and how much we enjoy reality TV.
    50 min
  • Future Shockery
    A look back at the 1972 documentary Future Shock. To marvel at the greatness of the narration of the future by Orson Welles. And to see if what they predicted occurred.
    32 min
  • Go Pig or Go Home
    Rachel Beulah Jensen joins me to discuss the first episode of the incredible and brilliant series Black Mirror. We talk about how shocking The National Anthem episode is and make endless pig jokes.
    1 hr
  • Social Media Will Do Anything For Attention
    Your attention is currency when it comes to social media. In this episode we look at the documentary The Social Dilemma.
    Getting people to stare at screens is a lot of work and big business. We also look into Shoshana Zuboff on Surveillance Capitalism VPRO Documentary https://youtu.be/hIXhnWUmMvw
    48 min

About Propawhatnow?

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This is Propawhatnow, the podcast formally known as Realitiki. But it's still about how media is a form of mind control. There is so much bread and circus nowadays, it's hard to see anything for what…