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Dystopian Discourse
by Dystopian Discourse
A podcast for people who see the dystopian features of our every day lives, and want to talk about it.
Episodes
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Are Your Favorite Creators Influencing for Technofascists?
There are currently no federal regulations requiring content creators to disclose payments they’ve received for showing political support on social media. How do you know if the opinions your favorite creators are sharing with their audience are authentic, or compromised by a financial incentive?...
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Who Asked for Forever Chemicals in Their Food?
In June 2026, the EPA approved four new pesticides and expanded the use of two additional chemicals in our food system—most of which qualify under the international definition of “forever chemicals,” as polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). PFAS have been widely studied and shown to increase risk of...
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Hyper Convenience Culture is Making Your Life Worse
There is nothing convenient about being lonely, unhealthy, depressed, and over-stimulated, but that’s what a life of hyper-convenience often gets you. Capitalism tells us that every shiny new technology is going to make our lives easier, give us more time back, and make us happier. The research…
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What’s the Big Deal With Data Centers?
Data centers are in the news a lot lately, but what’s the big deal? Data centers themselves aren’t new, but the hyperscale data centers of the last few years and the projects currently in development are nothing like what we’ve seen in the last half century. These are massive facilities that...
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The Existence of Billionaires is a Societal Failure
Billionaires are socially depraved criminals who evade paying taxes and exploit the working class. And rather than being punished and held accountable, they continue to be rewarded by policymakers in government. In this episode, we discuss: The antisocial tendencies of the ultra-wealthy, known as...
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The Rise of Science Suppression and Alternative Facts
The second Trump administration is on a highly visible mission to suppress science and public health efforts, through the mass layoffs in scientific departments and agencies, removal of thousands of data sets from federal websites, questioning the safety of life-saving vaccines, and many more...
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Living in the Anthropocene is Climate Chaos
In this episode we launch into the theme we’ll be referring to as: climate chaos. The current administration is on a mission to pour gasoline on the flames that is climate change, removing Biden-era subsidies to green energy and ramping up investments in the coal industry. The depraved decision…
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Introducing Dystopian Discourse
Introducing Dystopian Discourse, a podcast for anyone who feels like dystopia is not some distant imagined version of the world–but the reality that we find ourselves in today. Tune in to hear about the ways in which common dystopian themes are playing out in our everyday lives, and then to...
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