Zack Snyder's Jockstrap: The hysteria of modern fandom and the death of Art
In the final episode of season two we discuss the origins of the modern phenomenon of toxic fandom amongst supporters of Pop Sci-Fi and Fantasy movies...
Anomie in the 21st Century
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In a world dominated by Capitalism three intrepid Anarchists board a leaky tug boat on a global journey to find truth, socialism and the ghost of Jeffrey Epstein.
Craven New World Part 2: Why Science Fiction can no longer imagine a better future for us
In the second part of our two-parter on science and technology we focus on the importance of science fiction in presenting an image of the future for ...
Craven New World: Will advances in Technology make a better world possible or entrench existing class inequality?
In this episode we look at the coming advances in technology (automation, AGI, gene editing, etc.) and whether this revolution will improve the lives ...
UKrazy: Why England has become detached from reality
In this episode we have an open discussion about why Britain (but really England) has- as the kids would say- gone batshit crazy over the last number ...
"Stupid is as stupid derp": Is the Human species too dumb to survive?
In this week's episode we discuss the simple but rather alarming idea that humans (or many of them) are too stupid a species to prevent their own exti...
Alba Gu Bràth: The case for Scottish Independence
After a run of polls showing a clear majority of respondents favoured Scottish Independence the topic that dominated our youthful student activism in ...
Gaming Stocks: The History of the Stock Market
In this week's episode we discuss the recent Game Stop stock/RobinHood Trading App story in the context of the history of the Stock Market in general ...
"Robert Preston doesn't understand mirrors": Client Journalism and the Manufacturing of Consent in the UK media
In this week's episode we explore the client journalism of the British press and how the media manufactures consent for the continuing rule of a corru...
The First Anarchist: A discussion of the ideas of Pierre-Josef Proudhon
In this episode we go back to the 19th century origins of European Anarchism with the ideas of the first thinker to describe himself as an Anarchist, ...
Critical Thinking: How to stop sociopaths conning rubes
In this week's episode we discuss the failure to teach critical thinking in schools and the current danger of non-reality based thinking amongst large...