A blunt, unsentimental dive into propaganda, ideology, and the contemporary cult of belief.
Host Todd Thompson dissects how both corporate and collectivist power structures manipulate guilt, fear, and identity to keep the herd in line. From Ellul and Chomsky to Didion and Camus, the show fuses political philosophy, field experience, and gallows humor to expose how revolutions become religions, and how “progress” often hides new forms of control.
The X-Pod is an autopsy of the narratives that shape us: digital Marxism, moral theater, and the algorithmic priests of the new faith. Expect philosophy with scars, historical context with teeth, and the rare luxury of an honest sentence.
Episodes
Thursday Feb 06, 2020
Thursday Feb 06, 2020
The Iowa Boner, The Rips Heard 'Round the World, and impeachment fails. All by Wednesday. This is the alternative?
ALSO:
- Scripture, agitation, and The Herd Mind,
- Democracy implodes without the public's consensual trust,
- The means, ends, and Salem Witches,
- Romney, Amash, Manchin, and the Principled Pit of Hell,
- Howard Dean says Democrats will challenge November's election,
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