How Did It Come to This? Part 4, the rise of niche media platforms
Social market dynamics are driving the ever-greater fracturing of public discourse. Can it be pulled back together? In this episode Erik finishes his ...
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How Did It Come to This? Part 3, the role of media technology in political polarization
In this episode, Erik expands substantially on work from Wedged, talking about how media technology, now and in the past, contributes to (or doesn't c...
Volume Bias
In the words of the legendary Terry Pratchett, in the Discworld novel The Truth:“A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth has had a cha...
Selective Forgiveness
What are you willing to forgive in the heroes of your story?Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/reconsiderpodcast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
How I Learned to Start Worrying and Loathe the Bomb
Agenda:Weren’t nukes good for global stability? The idea of Mutually Assured DestructionGame Theory and the First Strike problem of most nuclear weapo...
Patron Q&A! #1
I finally managed to get a bunch of patrons to send me questions. Many who are eligible have still sent none, so I’m going to be doing another soon!So...
Competing Frames
Do you ever feel like your political opposition is talking right past you? As if you are having two entirely different conversations?You might be work...
Competing Frames
Do you ever feel like your political opposition is talking right past you? As if you are having two entirely different conversations?You might be work...
Escape
How does the United States escape spiraling political polarization? Waiting for a hero may not work. The cause of polarization is structural; the solu...
Escape
How does the United States escape spiraling political polarization? Waiting for a hero may not work. The cause of polarization is structural; the solu...