Best Mass Surveillance Podcasts (2024)

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A Year Of War In Gaza (w/ Norman Solomon) 50:06

38m ago50:06

50:06

Norman Solomon, co-founder of RootsAction.org, returns to the "Unauthorized Disclosure" podcast to talk about the afterword for his book "War Made Invisible: How America Hides The Human Toll Of Its Military Machine," which is now available in paperback. The book is a follow-up to his 2005 book "War Made Easy: How Presidents And Pundits Keep Spinnin…

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French-Canadians in America with Denis Ledoux 55:58

21m ago55:58

55:58

Denis Ledoux talks all about the trasnformation of French settlers of Canada from French to French-Canadians, then French-Americans with anecdotes from his own life as a Frenchie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Evergreen Podcasts

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Felia Allum, "Women of the Mafia: Power and Influence in the Neapolitan Camorra" (Cornell UP, 2024) 53:20

5m ago53:20

53:20

Women of the Mafia: Power and Influence in the Neapolitan Camorra (Cornell UP, 2024) by Dr. Felia Allum dives into the Neapolitan criminal underworld of the Camorra as seen and lived by the women who inhabit it. It tells their life stories and unpacks the gender dynamics by examining their participation as active agents in the organisation as leade…

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Michael David-Fox, "The Secret Police and the Soviet System: New Archival Investigations" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2023) 56:18

5m ago56:18

56:18

The Secret Police and the Soviet System: New Archival Investigations (U Pittsburgh Press, 2023) compiles an array of recent scholarship that draws on newly available archival evidence. This interview with the book's editor, Dr. Michael David-Fox, summarizes what these new findings add up to, and highlights specific arguments made by the collection'…

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Biometric verification doesn’t have to be a privacy nightmare (feat. Privado ID) 42:42

8d ago42:42

42:42

Sebastian Rodriguez, chief product officer at Privado ID, breaks down how services and users alike can verify their identities while maintaining privacy in a trustless environment using blockchain technology. He also explains how Privado ID differs from Worldcoin, how it can help fight misinformation online, and the security risks of biometric data…

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Joy Knoblauch, "The Architecture of Good Behavior: Psychology and Modern Institutional Design in Postwar America" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2020) 42:37

2h ago42:37

42:37

Inspired by the rise of environmental psychology and increasing support for behavioral research after the Second World War, new initiatives at the federal, state, and local levels looked to influence the human psyche through form, or elicit desired behaviors with environmental incentives, implementing what Joy Knoblauch calls “psychological functio…

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Building Movement Media Power (w/ Lara Witt & Maya Schenwar) 57:11

1h ago57:11

57:11

The Movement Media Alliance is a newly-formed "coalition of grassroots-aligned social justice-driven journalism organizations." Each organization in the coalition is committed to growing support for "accurate, transparent, accountable, principled, and just media." Joining the "Unauthorized Disclosure" podcast to discuss the Movement Media Alliance …

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Guest: Derrick Broze - Fluoride Update, UN's Summit of the Future, & Indy Media Ignites 57:09

6m ago57:09

57:09

In this week's episode of The Free Thought Project Podcast, Jason, Matt, and Don are thrilled to welcome back Derrick Broze for the fourth time. Derrick is a stalwart of independent journalism, the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Conscious Resistance Network, and a long-time contributor to The Last American Vagabond. He's been a beacon of truth …

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Michael L. Walker, "Indefinite: Doing Time in Jail" (Oxford UP, 2022) 37:09

2h ago37:09

37:09

Jails are the principal people-processing machines of the criminal justice system. Mostly they hold persons awaiting trial who cannot afford or have been denied bail. Although jail sentences max out at a year, some spend years awaiting trial in jail-especially in counties where courts are jammed with cases. City and county jails, detention centers,…

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China's AI Paradox, OpenAI and Project Strawberry, and Oprah Brings AI to Primetime 30:55

6d ago30:55

30:55

This week we discuss China's struggling economy and how the very investments China is making in AI and technology threaten to put more folks out of work, leading to civil unrest. Also, should we believe the hype around OpenAI's next big release, Project Strawberry? Maybe. Lastly, Oprah brings AI to primetime TV. NYTs Article on China's Struggling E…

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Guest: Bess Byers - How Your Car is Spying on You and How to Stop It 1:01:17

3d ago1:01:17

1:01:17

On this week's episode of the Free Thought Project Podcast, Jason and Matt sit down with Bess Byers, a dynamic entrepreneur and political advocate who’s made waves in both the cannabis industry and the realm of free-market libertarianism. Bess founded Blaise Creative, a cannabis marketing agency, in 2017, where she specialized in social media, cont…

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Jess Whatcott, "Menace to the Future: A Disability and Queer History of Carceral Eugenics" (Duke UP, 2024) 1:00:22

6d ago1:00:22

1:00:22

In Menace to the Future: A Disability and Queer History of Carceral Eugenics (Duke UP, 2024), Jess Whatcott traces the link between US disability institutions and early twentieth-century eugenicist ideology, demonstrating how the legacy of those ideas continues to shape incarceration and detention today. Whatcott focuses on California, examining re…

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79: Louis VII "The Young" 1:22:28

6d ago1:22:28

1:22:28

A prince groomed for the church ends up on the throne. Louis VII will war across France and lead the Second Crusade, but is he up to the challenge? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Evergreen Podcasts

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Genomic data value is ‘infinitely higher’ than most people think (feat. Genomes.io) 49:30

13d ago49:30

49:30

Aldo de Pape, co-founder and CEO of Genomes.io, joins The Agenda podcast to discuss the genomic mapping industry’s privacy challenges and their impact on users, including why people should be more cautious with their genetic data amid an atmosphere of hacks and companies selling your DNA data. The Agenda is brought to you by Cointelegraph and hoste…

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Judge Frederic Block, "A Second Chance: A Federal Judge Decides Who Deserves It" (The New Press, 2024) 27:43

8d ago27:43

27:43

The police officer who brutalized Abner Louima. A purveyor of child pornography. These are some of the defendants to have come before U.S. District Court Judge Frederic Block to ask for reductions in their prison sentences. All of them have been found guilty and have already served decades in prison, but under the 2018 First Step Act they are entit…

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David H. Price, "The American Surveillance State: How the US Spies on Dissent" (Pluto Press, 2022) 56:34

20d ago56:34

56:34

When the possibility of wiretapping first became known to Americans they were outraged. Now, in our post-9/11 world, it's accepted that corporations are vested with human rights, and government agencies and corporations use computers to monitor our private lives. In The American Surveillance State: How the US Spies on Dissent (Pluto Press, 2022), D…

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Guest: Chloe Macintosh - Breaking the Taboo of Sex & Transforming the World Through Sexual Wellness 1:09:31

17d ago1:09:31

1:09:31

In this episode of the Free Thought Project Podcast, Jason and Matt sit down with the brilliant and insightful Chloe Macintosh, a leading voice in the field of sexual wellness and the founder of Kama, a platform dedicated to helping people achieve greater intimacy, connection, and pleasure in their lives. Chloe’s background is as diverse as it is i…

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Andy Clarno et al., "Imperial Policing: Weaponized Data in Carceral Chicago" (U Minnesota Press, 2024) 1:18:38

15d ago1:18:38

1:18:38

Chicago is a city with extreme concentrations of racialized poverty and inequity, one that relies on an extensive network of repressive agencies to police the poor and suppress struggles for social justice. Imperial Policing: Weaponized Data in Carceral Chicago (University of Minnesota Press, 2024) examines the role of local law enforcement, federa…

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How US Labor Unions Partnered With The CIA To Undermine Workers (w/ Jeff Schuhrke) 53:34

12d ago53:34

53:34

Host Kevin Gosztola interviews Jeff Schuhrke, labor historian, journalist, union activist, and author of Blue Collar Empire: The Untold Story Of US Labor's Global Anticommunist Crusade. Renewed "great power" rivalries threaten billions of lives, along with a host of planetary crises. Within that context, Schuhrke provides an overview of labor histo…

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Guest: Scott Horton - How Ruby Ridge Became the Blueprint for Turning Americans Into Domestic Terrorists 1:11:09

18d ago1:11:09

1:11:09

On this week’s episode of the Free Thought Project Podcast, Jason and Matt welcome back one of our most respected and returning guests, Scott Horton, for the third time. Scott is the director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com, and the host of Antiwar Radio on Pacifica, 90.7 FM KPFK in Los Angeles, California. He's also…

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The Green Fairy and France with Dr. Nina Studer 42:24

19d ago42:24

42:24

Dr. Nina Studer talks about the absinthe craze and peril in France from the 1830s to its ban in 1915. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Evergreen Podcasts

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Robin Bernstein, "Freeman’s Challenge: The Murder That Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit" (U Chicago Press, 2024) 1:16:00

1M ago1:16:00

1:16:00

In the early nineteenth century, as slavery gradually ended in the North, a village in New York State invented a new form of unfreedom: the profit-driven prison. Uniting incarceration and capitalism, the village of Auburn built a prison that enclosed industrial factories. There, "slaves of the state" were leased to private companies. The prisoners …

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1 year later: Catching up with CryptoHarlem, OriginTrail and Blockchain Socialist 1:01:46

1M ago1:01:46

1:01:46

Three of The Agenda’s first guests return to the podcast to update us on the wins and losses of the last year and their goals and vision for 2025. CryptoHarlem founder Matt Mitchell, OriginTrail co-founder Tomaž Levak, and Blockchain Radicals author Joshua Dávila sit down with Ray and Jonathan for the second half of this two-part episode. The Agend…

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Guest: Dylan Allman - Breaking Free from Military Indoctrination & RFK Jr. vs. The Uniparty Regime 1:05:50

25d ago1:05:50

1:05:50

On this episode of the Free Thought Project Podcast, Jason and Matt sit down with Dylan Allman, a husband, writer, and passionate advocate for liberty. Dylan is a conscientious objector, techno-optimist, and a Hazlitt Apprentice at the Foundation for Economic Education. We dive into Dylan's compelling journey from joining U.S. Army intelligence to …

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Raj Jayadev, "Protect Your People: How Ordinary Families Are Using Participatory Defense to Challenge Mass Incarceration" (New Press, 2023) 32:11

1M ago32:11

32:11

Over two million Americans are currently in prison or jail. Another 4.5 million are on probation or parole. And nearly one in two Americans have a family member who is or has been incarcerated. Writing for those new to activism as well as seasoned organizers, celebrated criminal justice activist Raj Jayadev introduces readers to the groundbreaking …

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Protesting The DNC In Chicago (w/ Andy Thayer) 46:30

27d ago46:30

46:30

Kevin Gosztola interviews Andy Thayer, a longtime grassroots activist and organizer in Chicago. He is part of a coalition called Bodies Outside of Unjust Laws that obtained a permit for the first protest that will take place on Sunday in opposition to the 2024 Democratic National Convention. Andy discusses the formation of Bodies Outside of Unjust …

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Shaun S. Yates, "Over-Efficiency in the Lower Criminal Courts: Understanding a Key Problem and How to Fix it" (Policy Press, 2024) 46:37

1M ago46:37

46:37

In our pursuit of efficiency in the lower criminal courts, have we lost sight of quality justice? Through the critical examination of original stenographic data, Over-Efficiency in the Lower Criminal Courts: Understanding a Key Problem and How to Fix it (Policy Press, 2024) by Dr. Shaun Yates demonstrates how an English Magistrates' courthouse ofte…

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AI Agents, Kids and Screens, and Has AI Hit a Wall? 35:20

1M ago35:20

35:20

This week we review the temperature around AI. Has AI development stalled or is the next big leap right around the corner? Also, AI Agents are coming by the billions and may be the tool AI gives us that changes work and life. And, we look at the correlation between screen time and the behavior of children. UBI Study CBS Piece on Kids and Screens Fr…

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Policing and White Power with Daniel Kryder and David Cunningham (JP, EF) 39:35

29d ago39:35

39:35

This June 2020 episode, originally part of a Global Policing series, was Recall this Book's first exploration of police brutality, systemic and personal racism and Black Lives Matter. Elizabeth and John were lucky to be joined by Daniel Kryder and David Cunningham, two scholars who have worked on these questions for decades. Many of the mechanisms …

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Heather Murray, "Asylum Ways of Seeing: Psychiatric Patients, American Thought and Culture" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2022) 43:53

1M ago43:53

43:53

Asylum Ways of Seeing: Psychiatric Patients, American Thought and Culture (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021) by Dr. Heather Murray is a cultural and intellectual history of people with mental illnesses in the twentieth-century United States. While acknowledging the fraught, and often violent, histories of American psychiatric hospitals, Heath…

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The People's Revolution of 1789 with Dr. Micah Alpaugh 23:59

1M ago23:59

23:59

Dr. Micah Alpaugh talks about how all of France and its colonies participated in the French Revolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Evergreen Podcasts

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1 year later: Catching up with Cryptonauts, LaborDAO, Nym and Wetspace 50:25

1M ago50:25

50:25

Five of the Agenda's first guests return to the podcast to update us on the wins and losses of the last year and their goals and vision for 2025. Allie Rae from WetSpace, Nym's own Harry Halpin, LaborDAO founder Larry Williams, Jr., and Cryptonauts host Nathan Leung sit down with Ray and Jonathan for Part 1 of a two-part episode. The Agenda is brou…

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Election Denial In Venezuela: US-Backed Opposition Rejects Maduro Win (w/ Cira Pascual Marquina) 56:44

2M ago56:44

56:44

On July 29, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was re-elected president in a democratic election. The United States government, however, immediately declined to recognize the result and then came out days later with a statement that erroneously claimed Edmundo González, the opposition candidate, had won. González is now effectively the country's n…

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Guest: Skot Sheller - Javier Milei: Friend or Foe? A Deep Dive Into His Policies & Politics 1:10:03

2M ago1:10:03

1:10:03

On this week's episode of the Free Thought Project Podcast, Jason and Matt sit down with Skot Sheller, a New Hampshire Free State Project advocate with a wealth of knowledge on Argentinian politics, economy, and culture. Skot’s wife hails from Argentina, and his father-in-law is a PhD Austrian economist, academic, and author in the country. Skot ha…

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Anne Gray Fischer, "The Streets Belong to Us: Sex, Race, and Police Power from Segregation to Gentrification" (UNC Press, 2022) 1:14:04

1M ago1:14:04

1:14:04

Anne Gray Fischer speaks about her path to and through research, including how sex workers informed her analysis of policing and state violence, the role of law enforcement in struggles over economic development, and the intellectual and practical factors of research design. Men, especially Black men, often stand in as the ultimate symbol of the ma…

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Mitchel P. Roth and Mahmut Cengiz, "Murder by Mail: A Global History of the Letter Bomb" (Reaktion Books, 2024) 42:46

2M ago42:46

42:46

Murder by Mail: A Global History of the Letter Bomb (Reaktion, 2024) by Dr. Mitchel P. Roth and Dr. Mahmut Cengiz unfolds the gripping history of weaponized mail, offering the first ever comprehensive exploration of this sinister phenomenon. Spanning two centuries, the book unveils the history of postal bombs, describing the evolution of both explo…

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