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The ideas that shape how you think, work, and consume weren't accidents. They were designed. Each episode unpacks one essential text from critical theory, philosophy, fiction, and media studies that reveals how power really operates. No jargon. No academic gatekeeping. Just genuine inquiry into the forces shaping modern life. We're exploring thinkers like Guy Debord, Michel Foucault, Naomi Klein, and Mark Fisher alongside fiction from Ursula K. Le Guin, Kurt Vonnegut, and Octavia Butler. Some of these works are decades old. All of them feel uncomfortably relevant. This isn't about telling you what to think. It's about examining the machinery...
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