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Veteran technology executive Nigel Kent explores the the Big Technocracy, interviews Big Tech whistleblowers as well as censored freethinkers while uncovering controversial facts about the corporate-controlled metaverse.

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    • Aug 21, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    21. Gatekeeping Adds No Value

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2023 27:46


    Nigel Kent discusses the practice of social media gatekeeping, the oldest value extracting technique in the big tech playbook. How do companies like X and Facebook make money off of your content, interests, and decisions? By getting in your way.

    20. X Marks the Spot - Elon's Censorship Debacle

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2023 26:44


    Nigel Kent unpacks the recent name change from Twitter to X, and digs deep into what the future of censorship might mean to you. Let's go on a journey beginning with Elon Musk's ambitions about a company called X, to the use of CBDC's to control your freedom of speech.

    19. Lavern Spicer Doesn't Hold Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2022 37:36


    Lavern Spicer is an expert at free speech. We learn by experience. She's running as a GOP candidate for a Miami congressional seat and she cares about freedom of speech.

    18. Tribalistic Censorship in the Church (with Jazmine Starr)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2022 35:12


    Nigel Kent interviews Jazmine Starr about her experience coping with tribalism and censorship within an American bible study class and analyzes the same bully techniques Big Tech companies employ to shut down influences they don't like.

    17. Censored Physician Dr. Keith Rose

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2022 37:49


    Nigel interviews famously censored physician Dr. Keith Rose, an outspoken advocate of free speech, independent medicine, and truth in media.

    16. Censorship Buzzwords

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2022 28:14


    Censorship Buzzwords are the fluff that fill the dreams of big technology executives each night -- and they're designed to give the big tech companies the advantage when dealing with disputes brought by their users.

    15. Jack Dorsey's Resignation from Twitter

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2022 28:14


    Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey steps down amid a firestorm of criticism over censorship on the platform he created. Nigel Kent breaks it down.

    14. Everybody is Suing Facebook

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2022 30:45


    Well maybe not everybody. But many -- at least four - parties are suing Facebook over free speech related issues at the moment.

    13. GoDaddy's Censorship-Ridden History

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2022 30:06


    Nigel Kent issues a big call-out to GoDaddy over censorship, and dives deep on several of the most egregious cases of anti-speech activities by the hosting giant.

    12. Censored Filmmaker Ken Avidor (Part Two)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2021 31:18


    Nigel Kent discusses art and censorship with banned artist and filmmaker Ken Avidor in this the second part of a two-episode interview.

    11. Censored Filmmaker Ken Avidor

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2021 31:50


    Nigel Kent interviews Ken Avidor, the brilliant artist behind the banned film "Unjabbed" as well as other intriguing film shorts about his experience with censorship from video distribution platform Vimeo.

    10. "Meta" Ambitions: What's in a Name?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2021 32:07


    Facebook recently announced that it is renaming its parent company "Meta". Nigel unpacks what this may mean to Facebook users, what the "metaverse" is, and how free speech may be impacted by Facebook's meta-ambitions.

    9. The Great Facebook Outage of 2021 (with Jazmine Starr)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2021 37:24


    Jazmine Starr from the Trouble in Paradise Podcast joins Nigel Kent to talk about the surprising and sudden disappearance of Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram from the web.

    8. Gabby McAllister (Part Two)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2021 36:28


    The second part of a two-episode interview with censored spiritualist Gabby McAllister, touching on how some in the technocracy appear to be attempting to redefine truth, Orwell-style.

    7. Banned for Her Speech Gabby McAllister

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2021 31:49


    Personal consultant and animal spiritualist Gabby McAllister discusses her energy treatment and healing practice and how her speech got her banned from Twitter.

    6. What are Social Credit Systems?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 31:30


    Nigel discusses the troubling emergence of social credit systems while dissecting the big technocracy's ongoing efforts to de-anonymize everything. What does it mean for you?

    5. The Most Censored Man in the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2021 30:55


    If you've never heard of Martin Geddes, you should track him down and read his writings. If you can find him, that is. See, he's the most censored man in the world.

    4. Censored Comedian Josh Denny (Part Two)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2021 38:00


    Cancelled Comedian and former Food Network Host Josh Denny discusses censorship, big tech, and proper steak seering in this second part of a two-episode interview.

    3. Censored Comedian Josh Denny (Part One)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2021 35:39


    Josh Denny, former host of smash hit television show "Ginormous Food" joins Nigel Kent to discuss cancel culture, Jenkum, and the state of free speech.

    2. The eBay Mafia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2021 33:46


    Nigel Kent covers the mob-like intimidation campaign against early users of eBay, one of the last remaining successes of the original Internet boom, and how that sort of intimidation continues to this day during the third-wave Internet.

    1. The Tricks of Online Censorship

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2021 32:41


    Nigel Kent breaks down some of those most common tactics of technocratic censorship algorithms, including social credit systems, crowdsourcing, and "yelping".

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