Podcast appearances and mentions of George Orwell

George Orwell writes, “If you look up ‘tea' in the first cookery book that comes to hand you will probably find that it is unmentioned; or at most you will find a few lines of sketchy instructions which give no ruling on several of the most important points. This is curious, not only because tea is one of the mainstays of civilization … but because the best manner of making it is the subject of violent disputes.” In this episode I got to sit down with Meagan Francis, a supporter and friend of Ancestral Kitchen and veteran podcaster herself. She is the host of The Kettle with Meagan Francis, which is a lovely podcast, and author of “The Last Parenting Book You'll Ever Read” which just came out this spring. Meagan also owns a tea and variety shop and in this episode she shared with me some surprising and interesting tidbits on the history of tea and how it was introduced to Western civilization, some of the finer points of sourcing and brewing, where some of our familiar tea traditions came from and what High Tea really means.We had so much to talk about that we overflowed into an Aftershow which will be available on Kitchen Table Chats, our private podcast of bonus episodes for podcast supporters. As a thank you to our podcast supporters for keeping us on the air, Alison also created a new recipe for Spelt Buttermilk and Honey Scones, which is available where supporters can log in to the podcast downloads section of our website. Sorry Orwell, no violent disputes broke out today, but I learned a lot. Pour yourself a hot cup of brew - whether you're doing the dishes or just gazing across the lonely windswept moors as you listen - and let's get into it.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *One Earth Health make the grass-fed organ supplements we use and trust. Get 15% off your first order here and 5% off all subsequent orders here.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Get more news from Alison & Andrea by signing up to their newsletter at the top of the page here.For more tips, inspiration and recipes plus a free 30-page guide to Baking with Ancient Grains sign up for Alison's newsletter here!Get our two podcast cookbooks:Meals at the Ancestral HearthSpelt Sourdough Every DayAlison's course, Rye Sourdough Bread: Mastering The BasicsAlison's Sowans oat fermentation courseGet 10% off US/Canada Bokashi supplies: click here and use code AKP.Get 10% off UK Bokashi supplies.Visit our (non-Amazon!) bookshop for a vast selection of ancestral cookbooks: US link here and UK link here.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *...

À Cannes, parmi les films projetés en sélection, hors compétition, figure le nouveau documentaire de Raoul Peck. Après s'être intéressé à l'écrivain noir américain James Baldwin et au photographe sud-africain Ernest Cole, le cinéaste originaire d'Haïti montre toute la lucidité et l'actualité de George Orwell, auteur du chef-d'œuvre 1984.  À lire aussiCannes 2025 : le journal du festival à mi parcours

À Cannes, parmi les films projetés en sélection, hors compétition, figure le nouveau documentaire de Raoul Peck. Après s'être intéressé à l'écrivain noir américain James Baldwin et au photographe sud-africain Ernest Cole, le cinéaste originaire d'Haïti montre toute la lucidité et l'actualité de George Orwell, auteur du chef-d'œuvre 1984.  À lire aussiCannes 2025 : le journal du festival à mi parcours

John and Sarah discuss the UK's sharp shift right on immigration, Sinn Fein's George Orwell moment on transgender issues, Sinead Gibney's painted nails, and the role of porn in the Hawes family murders.

Jennifer Daiches, daughter of the Scottish critic and biographer David Daiches, was born in Chicago, educated in the US and in England, before moving to Scotland in 1971.From 1978 to 2001 she worked at the National Museums of Scotland in various capacities, including Head of Publications and script co-ordinator for exhibitions. She is a freelance writer and lecturer, writing on literary and historical subjects as Jenni Calder (having been married to the poet Angus Calder until 1982) and fiction and poetry as Jenni Daiches. An area of special interest has been Scottish emigration, particularly to North America, and questions of identity. Other key interests include Scottish literature and women writers.Jenni is also a biographer, writing book on Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, George Orwell and Naomi Mitchison. See her full bibliography here. Somewhere Else has been longlisted for this year's Women's Prize for Fiction. Miriam Margolyes is among its fans, saying “I wept and laughed and wished I had written it.” Get the book here or at your local bookshop. Rosa Roshkin is five years old when her family are murdered in a pogrom and she is forced to leave behind everything she knows with only a suitcase of clothes and her father's violin.An epic generational novel about womanhood and Judaeo-Scottish experience across two World Wars, the creation of Israel and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Jenni Daiches's  Somewhere Else explores today's most difficult and urgent questions, not least of which: how to find identity in displacement.

Paulinho, Dri, TAM e Carol viajam ao futuro distópico de George Orwell e finalmente comentam sobre a experiência de ler um dos livros mais influentes do século XX: 1984.Precisa do livro? Compre-o pelo link abaixo e de quebra ainda ajude o Ichthus a crescer cada vez mais.→ 1984 (George Orwell): https://ichthus.com.br/1984* * *► GOSTA DO ICHTHUS PODCAST? ◄SÓ CONTINUAREMOS A EXISTIR COM A SUA AJUDA!Escolha AGORA MESMO sua faixa de apoio mensal em nossa campanha de financiamento coletivo no Catarse (pode ser qualquer valor) acessando: https://catarse.me/ichthusAgora, se você REALMENTE não tem condições de se comprometer com um valor mensal, por menor que seja, mas deseja nos abençoar esporadicamente, você também pode, sempre que possível, fazê-lo através de DOAÇÕES AVULSAS ou RECORRENTES de qualquer valor via PIX.Nossa chave PIX é: 17.558.300/0001-93* * *Outra forma de ajudar o Ichthus é SEMPRE fazer TODAS as suas compras na Amazon partindo do nosso link de afiliação: https://ichthus.com.br/amazonPode ficar tranquilo que nenhum item será mais caro por conta disso.* * *E que tal continuar esta conversa em nossa comunidade no Discord? Por lá organizamos várias leituras coletivas (inclusive da Bíblia), transmitidos AO VIVO a gravação de podcasts do Ichthus (e você pode participar via chat) e muito mais. Participe acessando: https://bit.ly/leituracoletiva (É TUDO DE GRAÇA!)Se preferir, também temos o nosso canal no Telegram. Inscreva-se em: https://t.me/clubeichthusE, agora, também temos o nosso canal no WhatsApp. Inscreva-se em: https://ichthus.com.br/whatsapp* * *O Ichthus Podcast é um oferecimento do Estúdio Ichthus. Você pode ouvir este e outros programas em nosso site (https://ichthus.com.br) ou nas principais plataformas de áudio (como Spotify, Deezer, Apple Podcasts, Google Music, Amazon Music e tantas outras).Procure por "Ichthus Podcast" em seu aplicativo favorito e assine nosso feed gratuitamente para não perder nenhum episódio.* * *Finalmente, lembre-se de compartilhar este episódio de todas as maneiras possíveis. Este é o melhor jeito de você demonstrar carinho por nós e ajudar este projeto a crescer cada vez mais. Ah, e não esqueça de nos marcar (@clubeichthus) na sua postagem.Agora sim, pegue seu fone de ouvido e bom podcast!

Begreppet propaganda för tankarna till lögner och manipulation, men det började som ett heligt uppdrag att försvara den katolska tron gentemot reformationen. Under världskrigens totalmobilisering på 1900-talet fick propagandan sin moderna karaktär. Radio och film skapade helt nya möjligheter för masspåverkan.Totalitära regimer som Nazityskland och Stalins Sovjet förfinade propagandans estetik och metodik. Affischer, parader, tal och slogans blev verktyg för att forma både verklighetsbild och folkvilja. Och i Sverige och Finland har propagandans verktyg använts för att få oss att dricka mjölk.I detta avsnitt samtalar programledaren Urban Lindstedt med Mats Bergman, professor i kommunikation vid Svenska social- och kommunalhögskolan vid Helsingfors universitet och aktuell med skriften Propaganda. Detta är ett betalt samarbete med Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland.Enligt en etablerad definition är propaganda en avsiktlig, systematisk ansats att utforma perceptioner, manipulera kognitioner och styra handlingar i syfte att gynna sändarens mål. Det centrala är alltså inte nödvändigtvis lögnen, utan ensidigheten och manipulativiteten. Propagandan är inte dialogisk utan monologisk – inte inriktad på att främja förståelse, utan lydnad.Vissa forskare har dock menat att denna syn är för snäv. De menar att propaganda inte bara handlar om vilseledning, utan om att konstruera verklighet – att forma identiteter, offentligheter och hela samhällsnarrativ. Med denna förståelse rör sig propaganda inte bara i informationssfären utan i själva ontologin. Den bygger inte bara falska bilder, utan formar själva det som uppfattas som verkligt.På 1600-talet inrättade påven Gregorius XV myndigheten Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide – en institution med syfte att sprida katolicismen och bekämpa reformationen. Det latinska propagare betyder att sprida, alstra eller utvidga – ett uttryck med både agrikulturella och militära undertoner.Men redan i det antika Egypten och Rom användes reliefer, mynt och texter för att förstärka makthavares legitimitet och militära triumfer. Caesar själv agerade propagandist i sina krigskrönikor, och även Bayeuxtapeten kan ses som ett ideologiskt verk som berättigar en erövring.Propagandans dystopiska potential blev tydlig, inte minst i George Orwells 1984, där språket i sig förvandlades till ett kontrollinstrument. Även efterkrigstidens kalla krig innebar ett ideologiskt mediekrig mellan öst och väst, där inte bara bomber utan också budskap var avgörande vapen.Men propaganda är inte alltid lögn. Flera kända propagandister – såsom Nazitysklands Joseph Goebbels – betonade faktiskt vikten av att hålla sig nära sanningen, om än i selektiv eller manipulerad form. Det är därför mer korrekt att tala om propaganda som en teknik för att forma verkligheten snarare än att alltid direkt förvränga den.Med digitaliseringens framväxt har propagandan återigen genomgått en förvandling. I dag är det inte längre enbart stater eller medier som står för påverkan – alla med en internetuppkoppling kan delta i informationskriget. Den nya propagandan är snabb, ofta automatiserad och gränslös.Bild: Beredskapspropaganda som vykort. Kalmar läns museum, Digitaltmuseum. Public Domain.Musik: Strolling Downtown av New Library Sounds. Storyblock Audio.Lyssna också på Från grötmiddag till ensam-sallad framför tv-n på 50 år.Klippare: Emanuel Lehtonen Vill du stödja podden och samtidigt höra ännu mer av Historia Nu? Gå med i vårt gille genom att klicka här: https://plus.acast.com/s/historianu-med-urban-lindstedt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Viajamos ao futuro distópico de George Orwell para finalmente comentar sobre a experiência de ler um dos livros mais influentes do século XX.

Wer ein Bild der Zukunft sehen möchte, sollte sich ein Gesicht vorstellen, das unaufhörlich von einem Stiefel niedergetreten wird. Diese eindringliche Aussage beschreibt das Leben in einem totalitären Staat – einem Staat, der seit fast 80 Jahren existiert: Ozeanien, der dystopische Schauplatz des Romanklassikers „1984“ von George Orwell. Eine Adaption dieses Werks wird derzeit im Theater Basel von der Ballettkompanie auf die Bühne gebracht. von Mirco Kaempf

Fim de tarde, e eu aqui com um clássico nas mãos: A Revolução dos Bichos, de George Orwell.Pense comigo: direita e esquerda. Parece um cabo de guerra infinito, não é? Cada lado puxando com tanta força que a corda acaba arrebentando. E onde a gente fica? No meio do caos.O Orwell, com toda a sua genialidade, já antecipava esse cenário. Em pleno século XX, ele criou um enredo simples e brilhante sobre poder e manipulação. E é disso que eu quero falar hoje.Se você acha que A Revolução dos Bichos é só uma fábula bonitinha sobre animais se rebelando, sinto te dizer: não entendeu nada. O livro é um espelho, daqueles que incomodam. Não importa se você se identifica mais com a direita ou com a esquerda — Orwell expõe a fragilidade de ambos os lados quando o poder sobe à cabeça.A ideia aqui não é escolher um lado. É entender como o discurso político, quando mal utilizado, transforma ideais em desculpas para manipulação. E, no meio disso tudo, o que sobra para quem está apenas tentando viver sua vida em paz?Então, se você está cansado de extremos e busca um olhar mais crítico e sensato sobre política e poder, esse vídeo é para você. Vamos refletir juntos?

First published on 8th June 1949, George Orwell's dystopian novel '1984' has ironic similarities with the state of the Sikhs today. In almost prophetic fashion, Orwell seems to have spelt out the subjugation and mental regression of the Sikhs to enslave them to the overarching agendas of Hindus and Muslims post-independence.This episode furnishes a Sikh-led reading of Orwell in the current context of the ongoing Indo-Pak conflict and how both nations are enacting the same charades that Orwell's states in '1984' enact to distract their populations by uniting them around a convenient external aggressor.Can the Sikhs not only survive but also thrive in this conflict? Listen to find out more.

Seine Romane „1984“ und „Die Farm der Tiere“ sind heute Klassiker der Weltliteratur, weniger bekannt hingegen ist George Orwells Tätigkeit als Kriegsreporter, der 1945 mit den alliierten Truppen nach Deutschland kam. Die Einnahme Stuttgarts durch amerikanische und französische Soldaten hat er hautnah miterlebt und die chaotischen Zustände in der Stadt dokumentiert. Der Anglistikdozent Geoff Rodoreda von der Universität Stuttgart ist in den Originaltexten Orwells nicht nur auf spannende Details zu den Ereignissen dieser Tage gestoßen. In seinem neuen, sehr anschaulich geschriebenen Buch zeigt er auch auf, welche Bedeutung die Erfahrung als Kriegsreporter für den Schriftsteller Orwell hatte.

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Ally and Nic settle in for the first Wild Card pick, Animal Farm by George Orwell. They also talk Star Wars Day, so it's not a all bleak!

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Het is de Dag van Europa. Maar daar heeft hij weinig gevoel bij. We spreken over nationalisme, George Orwell, de pijn van iets kwijtraken, zijn neiging tot nuanceren, het inbeelden versus het verbeelden van Louis Couperus en de liefde, hoe je die nooit kunt afdwingen.

Did Amazon secretly alter the 2010 Robin Hood film?... Today we're unpacking a viral conspiracy about media giants reshaping historical narratives. We'll unpack the Robin Hood Conspiracy: Jeff Bezos illuminate confirmed, government propaganda, George Orwell's 1984, Epstein Files update, underground bunker for elites, Leo lives on in Isaac's heart and the Animal Farm CIA conspiracy. If you're into real censorship cases, cultural manipulation, and deep state breadcrumbs; this one's for you!LINK TO THE 2010 Robin Hood video edit proof now up on Josie's Instagram (subscribe while you're there!): https://www.instagram.com/p/DJUhpdkO05F/You can now sign up for our commercial-free version of the show with a Patreon exclusive bonus show called “Morning Coffee w/ the Weishaupts” at Patreon.com/BreakingSocialNorms  OR subscribe on the Apple Podcasts app to get all the same bonus “Morning Coffee” episodes AD-FREE with early access! (*Patreon is also NOW enabled to connect with Spotify! https://rb.gy/r34zj)Want more?…Index of all previous episodes on free feed: https://breakingsocialnorms.com/2021/03/22/index-of-archived-episodes/Leave a review or rating wherever you listen and we'll see what you've got to say!Follow us on the socials:instagram.com/theweishaupts2/Amazon Affiliate shop (*still under construction) with our favorite hair, skin care and horny books: https://breakingsocialnorms.com/2024/08/24/amazon-shopping-list-josie-and-isaacs-list/Check out Isaac's conspiracy podcasts, merch, etc:AllMyLinks.com/IsaacWOccult Symbolism and Pop Culture (on all podcast platforms or IlluminatiWatcher.com)Isaac Weishaupt's book are all on Amazon and Audible; *author narrated audiobooks*STATEMENT: This show is full of Isaac's and Josie's useless opinions and presented for entertainment purposes. Audio clips used in Fair Use and taken from YouTube videos.

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(00:47) Sie las dem neu angetretenen US-Präsidenten Trump die Leviten und wurde über Nacht weltbekannt. Am Deutschen Evangelischen Kirchentag in Hannover spricht sie über die Hasskultur und macht Mut, durchzuhalten. Weitere Themen: (05:37) Intendant des Opernfestivals in Aix-en-Provence und Regisseur Pierre Audi ist überraschend gestorben. (11:04)«Big brother is watching you»: Basierend auf George Orwells «1984» kommt am Theater Basel ein «Physical Theater» mit Schauspielern und Tänzerinnen auf die Bühne. (15:35) Diesjährige Bieler Fototage stehen unter dem Motto «Horizons – Horizonte». (19:50) Jubiläumsausstellung zur «Malerin des Todes»: Kunsthaus Zofingen würdigt Künstlerin Eva Aeppli zum 100. Geburtstag.

Dan Loges delivers the latest entertainment news on:- Andy Serkis speaks on directing two new projects including "Animal Farm" by George Orwell.- Green Day celebrates their Hollywood Walk of Fame star unveiling.- Sebastian Stan sports a new bald appearance at press release for Thunderbolts*.

“Creo que, desde un principio, mis ambiciones literarias estaban envueltas de soledad y menosprecio, sabía que tenía facilidad de palabra y que podía enfrentar situaciones desagradables”, expresó el autor británico en su libro de 1946...

President Donald Trump has been in office for 100 days. Israel has been at war with Hamas in Gaza for 570, and Russia and Ukraine have been at war for over 1,000.  Douglas Murray has had a front-row seat to all three of these unfolding stories, bringing us reportage and analysis that have illuminated the most urgent issues of our time.  His reporting and willingness to call out bad actors across the world and the political spectrum has earned him his fair share of adversaries. Earlier this month, Douglas went on The Joe Rogan Experience—the most popular podcast in America—to debate both Rogan and comedian-turned-pundit Dave Smith. They sparred for some three hours, with the debate earning millions of views and becoming its own viral news story.  The interview became popular in large part because Douglas refused to pull a punch. In this case that meant fighting back against antisemitism—the people that spew it and the people who fail to confront it. In this case, the kind of antisemitism rising on the online right.  George Orwell famously wrote that “to see what's in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.” Nobody knows that better than Douglas who, unlike many of his contemporaries, never gets lost in excuse-making and needless ideological abstraction. He sees the world clearly and reports it back to us, which is a big reason why he's such a unique and valuable voice in our era of dishonesty. That gift is on full display in his new and best-selling book, On Democracies and Death Cults, where he writes: “The story of the suffering and the heroism of October 7 and its aftermath is one that spells not just the divide between good and evil, peace and war, but between democracies and death cults.” We get into all that and much on this episode of Honestly, which was originally filmed live for our subscribers. As an aside, if you want to start participating and asking questions in my live interviews with people like Douglas, head over to TheFP.com now to subscribe. The Free Press earns a commission from any purchases made through all book links in this article. Buy tickets for SAPIR Debate“Is Donald Trump Good for the Jews?” at  ⁠sapirjournal.org/sapirdebate⁠. Listen to Wondering Jew with Mijal and Noam Visit clearme.com/honestly for two months free! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”―George Orwell,1984It isn't that one crazy, alleged animal-abusing Democrat who just introduced articles of impeachment against Trump who will define Resistance 2.0.It's the more serious threat that looms ahead should the Democrats take the House next year.Steve Bannon has become the harbinger. He predicted it in 2018, and he's predicting it now.He's right. They have no other plan for America, not in the four years Trump was in power the first time, not for Biden's four years, and not now. They have one directive: to purge Trump and MAGA from utopia.It's beginning to look a lot like 2016, only this time I'm watching from the other side of the door. I escaped, but only just barely. I sometimes look back at who I was then and scratch my head. How could I have been that easily manipulated? How could I have believed them?I believed it all. I read every book on Putin. I hung on every word that came out of Rachel Maddow's mouth. I believed the New York Times had our best interests at heart. I could not believe or even imagine that the people I trusted would eventually expose themselves as weaponized, partisan propaganda machines.I try to connect with the Democratic centrist I used to be because that is still where most of my friends and family are, not to mention all of American culture and most institutions. They live in a completely separate reality, and I live in this one.The only comparison I can make takes us back to just before the last Civil War. One reality not only justified slavery but also existed inside a utopian Antebellum paradise of Southern Belles and wealthy plantations, but also believed ending slavery was an existential crisis they could not survive. How else to convince so many to go fight and die for a cause?The pre-war propaganda whipped both sides into a frenzy that would eventually take them to war. From War History Online:In the decade prior to the Civil War, the American press began flourishing and evolved rapidly in terms of technology, output, and distribution. Meanwhile, the number of newspapers expanded and a new style of weekly pictorial publications filled with comics and illustrations became popular and widespread in northern and southern states.This mass distribution of picture-based media was eagerly and voraciously consumed by the American public. It also proved ideal for distributing and disseminating propaganda and successfully pushed divisive ideologies from both sides of the divide.Sound familiar?When the Union Army won the war, however, their utopian paradise in the South was upended, which kicked off episodes of mass hysteria that would eventually lead to Jim Crow laws, the KKK, segregation, and worse.It's easy, especially for the modern-day Left, to see those crimes against humanity as a disease that lives inside of white people, the sin of racism, a war they believe they're still fighting today.The side that suddenly had all of the wealth and power after the rise of Silicon Valley and the marriage between the Obama coalition and culture was lacking only one thing: spiritual reliefI was part of it. I was a “woke” blogger, though we did not use that word then, and many don't dare use it now. What mattered to me was elevating non-whites and other marginalized groups in the film industry. That gave me, a white woman, a sense of purpose, a deeper meaning for my work and my life, something I'd never felt before.But to be “woke” as translated for white people means believing you share your country and your culture with racists afflicted with “white fragility.” At first, it was an idea that spread, but by 2020, it was mandated.It makes sense when you consider our country expanding onto the new frontier of the internet, where the free market, cities, towns, and demographic groups mattered less than this giant swirling soup of humanity we suddenly had to make sense of. What better way than to divide us up into easily recognizable categories?2016 was, to all of us, a sign that the Confederacy had returned, especially since Trump was now a prominent figure on Twitter, just like Obama had been. We saw his win as an act of war. We were to obstruct, block, shun, attack, or resist. He was not to be allowed to govern, which would ensure his destruction, or so we thought.What we didn't do, however, was listen to the voters. They were invisible to us because we wrote them off as angry white deplorables clinging to their guns and religion. They don't deserve representation. No, it wasn't we who failed. It was Trump who invaded us and is now oppressing us.We couldn't see things any other way. Because we were the “good” side and those people over there had to be the “bad side.” The nation's first Black president, we believed, was hated by white Americans, and now, they were coming to dismantle his legacy, our utopia, and Make America White Again. They still believe that. It is existential to them, which explains the ongoing need to purge their utopia of threatening people.Those same realities that decided who got to stay and who had to go also existed in George Orwell's 1984. What is “cancel culture” anyway, but virtual gulags?Anyone who didn't agree with the reversed hierarchy was out. You couldn't just go along with it; you had to believe it. You had to love Big Brother.Orwell had it so right when he wrote in that last paragraph, “He was in the public dock, confessing everything, implicating everybody.”I could feel it, the mass dehumanization. It didn't sit right with me. I was disgusted by how my side was behaving, but it wasn't until I walked in the shoes of Trump supporters that I knew for sure that this really was a Civil War.No, Trump supporters were not getting lynched or put in concentration camps or a gulag. But the mechanisms at play are the same. I've never seen people in America feel emboldened to attack another group this way, but no doubt it has happened many times throughout our history.To justify that they are the “good” side, they must continue to find victims of oppression based on skin color or gender identity. They don't seem to care that much about the hollowed-out, torn-down neighborhoods in the middle of the country, where people of all skin colors are suffering. No, it has to be those who come from other countries, helpless and faceless, defined only by one thing: the color of their skin. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sashastone.substack.com/subscribe

Chuck Todd begins with a critical assessment of the Democratic Party's first 100 days under the Trump administration, noting widespread discontent among Democratic voters with party leadership. He examines the positioning of potential 2028 contenders, with AOC emerging as Bernie Sanders' heir apparent, Buttigieg and Pritzker carefully laying groundwork, and Gavin Newsom attempting to distance himself from his progressive reputation. He highlights Arizona's Ruben Gallego as a potential breakthrough national figure while acknowledging the Democratic brand remains problematic with many voters despite individual politicians' popularity.Then he dives into a fascinating conversation with "Black Mirror" creator Charlie Brooker, who discusses his dystopian anthology series through the lens of human response to technology rather than the technology itself. Brooker reflects on social media's evolution from optimistic beginning to profit-driven outrage machine, and shares insights on artificial intelligence's most pressing concerns: job displacement and algorithmic management. The conversation covers wide-ranging topics including healthcare differences between the US and UK, AI's impact on education and emotional connections, and the accelerating pace of technological change that feels increasingly destabilizing. Throughout, Brooker maintains his characteristic blend of dark humor and thoughtful analysis about our relationship with technology, even touching on how the COVID pandemic influenced his creative perspective. The episode concludes with "Ask Chuck," where Todd addresses listener questions about the potential echo chamber effect in local news, the potential fracturing of the Republican Party, and speculation about Trump's relationship with stock market fluctuations.00:00 Introduction02:15 The first 100 days report card for the Democratic Party03:00 Democratic voters are not happy with party leadership04:30 Which democratic leaders have performed well?07:20 AOC has become the heir apparent to Bernie Sanders10:30 Pete Buttigieg, JB Pritzker teeing up a 2028 run?12:45 Gavin Newsom is trying to distance himself from his progressive brand15:00 Ruben Gallego could break through on the national stage16:30 The Democratic brand is still toxic with voters18:25 Charlie Brooker joins the show! 18:45 Is Charlie the 21st century George Orwell 20:25 Is Black Mirror meant to be a warning? 22:25 The show isn't about technology, it's about the human response to these tools 25:25 First episode concept came from a podcast Charlie listened to 28:25 The concept of paying for healthcare is foreign outside of America 29:55 Facebook and X were fun at first, but then they turned up the dials for anger and grievance for profit 31:55 How long did Charlie have Black Mirror as an idea before it came to fruition? 33:55 Parallels between Black Mirror and The Twilight Zone?36:00 We thought social media would be great for society… then it turned out quite differently 37:00 How worried should we be about AI? 40:15 The worry with AI will be two things. Will it take my job, and will it be my boss? 41:45 Has Charlie used AI to help with writing on Black Mirror? 42:15 Charlie's writing 44:00 People will be willing to pay more for human customer service rather than dealing with AI 46:30 Is Charlie obsessed with privacy? 48:00 Technology will always put someone out of work 50:15 Will we have to teach spelling in the future? Have we taken away something from society? 52:45 Robocop was an influence on Black Mirror 54:45 The show deals with futuristic concepts, but also feels like it's taking place in the present 56:30 Is Charlie extrapolating the future on his own, or does he talk to experts? 58:00 The inspiration behind the honeybee episode 59:45 Will we see AI avatars teaching history? 1:02:15 People get emotionally attached to AI companions 1:04:30 Will AI conclude that humans are a threat to progress 1:05:15 Technology brought back the dire wolf from extinction 1:06:30 We're living through a period of accelerated technology 1:09:00 The pace of change feels dizzying and destabilizing 1:10:15 Whose to blame for this moment, tech CEO's or politicians? 1:11:00 Could AI rewrite history? 1:15:30 How did the COVID pandemic affect Charlie's thinking? 1:19:00 How long will Charlie continue making more Black Mirror?1:23:15 Chuck's thoughts on interview with Charlie Brooker1:24:00 Ask Chuck1:24:45 Does local news just become an echo chamber for that community?1:28:10 If the Republican party fractures, who would remain in the “traditional” wing of the party?*1:30:25 Is Trump manipulating the stock market so wealthy people can buy the dip?

Who were Jardine and Matheson? What was life like for workers growing opium in India? How does George Orwell relate to the East India Company opium trade?  William and Anita explore how William Jardine and James Matheson accumulated immense power and wealth by becoming international drug dealers in the 1830s… Empire Club: Become a member of the Empire Club to receive early access to miniseries, ad-free listening, early access to live show tickets, bonus episodes, book discounts, our exclusive newsletter, and access to our members' chatroom on Discord! Head to empirepoduk.com to sign up. For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com.  Email: empire@goalhanger.com Instagram: @empirepoduk  Blue Sky: @empirepoduk  X: @empirepoduk Assistant Producer: Becki Hills Producer: Anouska Lewis Senior Producer: Callum Hill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this fascinating episode of Spybrary, host Shane Whaley takes us to the espionage heart of London with expert London Spy Tours guide David Harry, also known as The London Spy. From real-life Cold War betrayals to Bond-worthy locations and hidden relics, David shares captivating insights from his acclaimed Westminster and St. James's London spy tours. This episode is a treasure trove for spy fiction lovers and espionage history buffs alike.

Summary: In this compelling conversation, Michael Easley and Brett McCracken examine the far-reaching impact of digital technology on spiritual life, mental health, and Christian community. They delve into the addictive nature of social media and gaming, drawing on the insights of Neil Postman and George Orwell to frame today's digital challenges. The discussion contrasts passive digital consumption with the richness of active, embodied living, emphasizing how an abundance of dopamine-driven experiences can dull the soul and contribute to a growing mental health crisis. They call Christians to navigate technology with wisdom—using it to serve their mission, not sabotage it—and to prioritize real human connection, spiritual growth through discomfort, and intentional community engagement in an increasingly digital world. Takeaways: Dystopian futures may stem from pleasure, not pain. Dopamine hits from technology can desensitize us. Digital gaming can be a form of mental gambling. The unpredictability of social media is addictive. Pain and discomfort can lead to growth. The stakes of digital engagement are high for Christians. LINKS MENTIONED: Scrolling Ourselves to Death by Brett McCracken The Wisdom Pyramid by Brett McCracken Uncomfortable by Brett McCracken Watch the highlights and full version of this interview on our Youtube channel. For more inContext interviews, click here.

In this episode, we dive deep into the totalitarian world of George Orwell's 1984 and ask: Could a Stoic survive—and even thrive—there? What does inner freedom look like when the outer world is a prison? And how might Stoic philosophy be the ultimate rebellion in a world where truth is erased, thought is policed, and fear is everywhere?This podcast is listener-supported; if you would like to support the Strong Stoic (as well as gain access to exclusive content), you can do so on Patreon or Substack:Patreon: www.patreon.com/brandontumblinSubstack: https://strongstoic.substack.com

In this episode, we dive deep into the totalitarian world of George Orwell's 1984 and ask: Could a Stoic survive—and even thrive—there? What does inner freedom look like when the outer world is a prison? And how might Stoic philosophy be the ultimate rebellion in a world where truth is erased, thought is policed, and fear is everywhere?This podcast is listener-supported; if you would like to support the Strong Stoic (as well as gain access to exclusive content), you can do so on Patreon or Substack:Patreon: www.patreon.com/brandontumblinSubstack: https://strongstoic.substack.com

The Head of English at an Auckland college says he won't teach the proposed new English curriculum and is urging other teachers to boycott it too. The draft curriculum released earlier this month comes with a list of suggested texts including Arthur Miller's the Crucible, Edgar Allan Poe's the raven,1984 by George Orwell and Dubliners by James Joyce. The draft document makes no mention of Te Mataiaho a learning frame work grounded in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Northcote College head of English David Taylor spoke to Lisa Owen.

Hace poco más de un año nadie quería publicar la novela 'La península de las casas vacías' de David Uclés. Su manuscrito, en el que llevaba trabajando quince años,  recibió el 'no' de la mayoría de las grandes y pequeñas editoriales. Nadie quería apostar por un autor joven con una novela de setecientas páginas sobre la guerra civil y escrita al más puro estlo del realismo mágico ¿Quien iba a leer algo así? Pero hubo una editoria que apostó por ella, Siruela.  Doce meses después se han vendido más de cien mil ejemplares, ha sido ensalzada por la crítica, encabeza todas las listas de mejor novela. Todos estos éxitos lo hemos celebrado en Hoy por Hoy con su autor, David Uclés. Además hemos hablado de otros libros. Dos donados por el propio Uclés a nuestra biblioteca: 'La muerte y la primavera' de Mercé Rodoreda (Club Editor) y  'Alfanhui' de Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio (Destino). Luego , nuestro bibliotecario Antonio Martínez Asensio, aprovechó  la fecha del 25 de abril para hablarnos de cuatro novelas relacionadas con este día sea por su autor o contenido: 'Levantando del suelo' de José Saramago (Alfaguara), 'Robinson Crusoe' de Daniel Defoe (Sexto Piso) , 'Homenaje a Cataluña" George Orwell ( DeBolsillo) y  'Su único hijo' Leopoldo Alas 'Clarin' (Castalia). Además , Martínez Asensio nos dejó el libro que nos contará en su programa 'Un libro  una hora' :'El malentendido' de Irene Némerosky (Salamandra).   Tuvimos también novedades con Pepe Rubio, una de ellas reedición:  'Los caimanes' de Manuel Ciges Aparicio  (Montesinos) y 'Las voces del jilguero' de Eva Losada (Funambulista). El libro perdido, abandonado en la redacción de la SER, lo recuperó esta semana Eva Cruz y fue 'Cuantas noches son esta noche' de Juan Domingo Aguilar (La navaja suiza). Y finalmente las donaciones de los oyentes: 'Los garbanzos de doña Violeta' de Reyes Aguilar (Alfar), 'La lluvia amarilla' de Julio Llamazares (Seix Barral) y 'Maddi y las fronteras' de Edurne Portela (Galaxia Gutemberg) 

In this episode, JF and Phil are joined by Jacob G. Foster—sociologist, physicist, and researcher at Indiana University Bloomington and the Santa Fe Institute—for a conversation about their recent collaboration in Daedalus, the journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Their co-authored essay, “Care of the Dead,” explores how the dead continue to shape our cultures, languages, and ways of being. Together, they discuss the process of writing the piece and what it means to say that the dead are not gone—that they persist, and that they make claims on the living. The article is available here: https://direct.mit.edu/daed/article/154/1/166/127931/Care-of-the-Dead-Ancestors-Traditions-amp-the-Life **References** [Peter Kingsley,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kingsley) English writer  Weird Studies, [Episode 98 on “Taboo”]) https://www.weirdstudies.com/98)  John Berger, “12 Theses on the Economy of the Dead” in _[Hold Everything Dear](12 Theses on the Economy of the Dead)_  Bernard Koch, Daniele Silvestro, and Jacob Foster, ["The Evolutionary Dynamics of Cultural Change”](https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/659bt_v1)  Gilbert Simondon, _[Imagination and Invention](https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781517914455)_  William Gibson, _[Neuromancer](https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780441007462)_  [Phlogiston theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlogiston_theory)  George Orwell, _[1984](https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780451524935)_  HP Lovecraft, [“The Case of Charles Dexter Ward”](https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cdw.aspx)  Weird Studies, [Episode 187 on “Little, Big”](https://www.weirdstudies.com/187)  [John Dee,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dee) English occultist  Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, _[The Western Esoteric Traditions: A Historical Introduction](https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780195320992)_  Robert Harrison, _[The Dominion of the Dead](https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780226317939)_  Gilles Deleuze, _[Bergsonism](https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780942299076)_  Elizabeth LeGuin, _[Boccherini's Body](https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780520240179)_  Elizabeth LeGuin, [“Cello and Bow thinking”](http://www.echo.ucla.edu/cello-and-bow-thinking-baccherinis-cello-sonata-in-eb-minor-faouri-catalogo/)  Johannes Brahms, _Handel Variations_  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss how easy it is for nefarious forces to influence the "educated" before introducing Hillsdale College president Dr. Larry P. Arnn. Totalitarian novels depict regimes that exert complete and pervasive control over the lives of their subjects. George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Arthur Koestler, and C.S. Lewis imagine the terrible possibilities of unchecked modern tyranny. Join Larry P. Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, and Hillsdale College students in this exploration of 1984, Brave New World, Darkness at Noon, and That Hideous Strength. The course includes four lectures and four conversations, each about 30 minutes long. It is structured with one lecture about each book followed by a conversation between Dr. Arnn and the students about themes from that book. Lewis exposes the dangers of substituting scientific expertise for wisdom and bureaucracy for politics as the ruling impulses of a nation. Mark and Jane Studdock discover the importance of marriage, family, friendship, and faith.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss how easy it is for nefarious forces to influence the "educated" before introducing Hillsdale College president Dr. Larry P. Arnn. Totalitarian novels depict regimes that exert complete and pervasive control over the lives of their subjects. George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Arthur Koestler, and C.S. Lewis imagine the terrible possibilities of unchecked modern tyranny. Join Larry P. Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, and Hillsdale College students in this exploration of 1984, Brave New World, Darkness at Noon, and That Hideous Strength. The course includes four lectures and four conversations, each about 30 minutes long. It is structured with one lecture about each book followed by a conversation between Dr. Arnn and the students about themes from that book. Lewis exposes the dangers of substituting scientific expertise for wisdom and bureaucracy for politics as the ruling impulses of a nation. Mark and Jane Studdock discover the importance of marriage, family, friendship, and faith.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Une dizaine d'établissements universitaires, dont de grandes signatures comme celle de Yale, Brown, Princeton ou Harvard, dénoncent une ingérence sans précédent de l'administration Trump dans les programmes d'enseignement. Au Texas, la peur s'installe dans l'enseignement supérieur. Il y a d'abord, rapporte notre envoyé spécial, Nathanaël Vitrant, les étudiants internationaux, qui craignent, comme c'est déjà arrivé à plusieurs centaines d'entre eux dans cet État, de voir leurs visas révoqués pour des raisons parfois obscures, comme une infraction au code de la route. Ou bien pour avoir exprimé une opinion qui déplaît à l'administration américaine. Sofia, une étudiante pakistanaise, rencontrée lors de manifestations anti-Donald Trump : « Les étudiants impliqués dans les mouvements pro-Palestiniens sont devenus une cible : les services migratoires les enlèvent et les font disparaître. Une de mes amies a vu son visa révoqué et a été condamnée à ce que je qualifierais d'exil politique. »Et comme le confirme Matthew Thompson, un avocat de Houston spécialisé dans le droit à l'immigration, même les enseignants sont pétrifiés : « Le monde académique est en panique. Des profs étrangers qui en théorie n'ont aucune raison d'être inquiets, qui ont le statut de résident permanent, n'osent plus voyager même pour assister à une conférence à l'étranger de peur qu'on ne les laisse pas revenir. »Quant aux citoyens américains dans le monde universitaire, depuis que l'administration Trump a interdit certains mots ou certains sujets, il y règne ce qu'il faut bien qualifier de censure, d'après Sofia Alvarado, une étudiante en journalisme à Austin. « J'écrivais un article sur les feux de forêt au Texas et je suis tombée sur une étude scientifique qui mentionnait le lien entre le réchauffement climatique et les feux de forêt. Mais quand j'ai contacté l'auteure, j'ai eu la surprise de l'entendre me répondre que, dans le contexte politique actuel, elle n'avait pas le droit d'en parler. »Une situation qui inquiète son professeur, John Schwartz : « Des sources qui refusent de parler, ça arrive tout le temps. Mais là ce ne sont pas des gens qui disent « je n'ai pas envie de vous parler », ce sont des gens qui disent « je ne PEUX PAS vous parler. J'ai PEUR de vous parler. George Orwell a écrit 1984 comme un avertissement, mais il y a des gens dans cette administration qui semblent s'en servir comme d'un manuel. Ils n'aiment pas le monde universitaire. Ils rêvent de le transformer en outil de propagande conservateur. On a vu beaucoup de gens et d'institutions mettre le genou à terre, mais heureusement il y a aussi un mouvement de résistance face à cette tentative de changer notre culture. J'espère que d'autres universités suivront l'exemple d'Harvard. » Disparation du pape François, hommage en Haïti et à MiamiL'annonce de la mort du chef de l'Église catholique a suscité de vives réactions sur le sol haïtien, prêtres et leaders religieux n'ont pas caché leur peine et vanté un homme présenté comme très attentif aux souffrances des plus faibles et au sort d'Haïti. Reportage de Peterson Luxama.Hommage aussi du Miami Herald, le grand quotidien pro-démocrate de Floride, dans un articlé signé de son comité éditorial. « Le pape François a touché du doigt deux thèmes majeurs qui résonnent à Miami, souligne le journal, il a d'abord placé le climat sur le devant de la scène catholique en soulignant que la dégradation de la planète touchait en premier lieu les plus pauvres ». Or, dans un endroit tel que la Floride, en première ligne face aux impacts de la crise climatique, aux inondations et aux ouragans, « son appel a pris tout son sens ». Il s'est aussi emparé de la défense des migrants, remarque l'archevêque de Miami Thomas Wenski, « ne s'est jamais lassé de plaider pour les marginaux ou les exclus, et ce message compte ici, dans un État où de très nombreuses familles se sont forgées à travers l'expérience de l'immigration ». François, conclut le Herald, « nous a montré que l'Église ne devait pas être une forteresse où l'on se cache, mais un hôpital de campagne où chacun doit se mettre au service de son prochain ». Les Haïtiens face à la crise alimentaire Avec notre confrère Gotson Pierre, directeur de l'agence Alterpresse, en ligne de Port-au-Prince, retour sur une prédiction alarmante : plus de la moitié de la population, soit près de 6 millions de personnes, devraient se trouver en situation d'insécurité alimentaire aiguë au moins de juin 2025. C'est ce qui ressort du dernier rapport de la Coordination nationale de la sécurité alimentaire (Cnsa). Dans une note publiée le jeudi 17 avril 2025, le Programme alimentaire mondial (Pam) signale de son côté combien la montée des actes de violences a entraîné des déplacements massifs de personnes et une aggravation de la faim. Aux États-Unis, les démocrates mobilisés sur le dossier migratoireQuatre élus démocrates de la Chambre des Représentants sont arrivés au Salvador hier (21 avril 2025), afin de mettre en exergue les failles des mesures d'urgence décrétées par le président américain. C'est toujours le cas d'un seul homme qui mobilise l'attention, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, expulsé le mois dernier malgré une décision de justice en sa faveur. L'opposition veut faire de son histoire un exemple des procédures bâclées par l'administration Trump et demande sa retour immédiat aux États-Unis. Dans le Washington Post, les démocrates parlent d'une « crise constitutionnelle » et d'une « opération de kidnapping financée par le gouvernement, à rebours de l'État de droit, et d'un président qui ignore sciemment l'injonction de la Cour Suprême ». La question-clé du moment : Kilmar Abrego Garcia a t-il été ou est-il encore membre du MS13, un gang ultra-violent actif aux États-Unis et en Amérique centrale ? D'après la Maison Blanche, c'est bien le cas et c'est ce CV criminel qui justifierait son éloignement vers le Salvador. Mais sur quels éléments repose cette affirmation ? À ce jour, aucun élément tangible n'a été rendu public, et le quotidien salvadorien La Prensa Grafica nous apprend qu'à la demande expresse des États-Unis, la procédure va rester confidentielle.Les professionnels du droit au Salvador, eux, veulent profiter de cette affaire pour plaider la cause de tous les prisonniers qui croupissent dans les geôles du pays. L'avocate pénaliste Roxana Cardona rappelle que depuis l'instauration de l'état d'urgence en 2022, plus de 85 000 personnes ont été arrêtées de manière arbitraire et jetées en prison, sans accès à leur dossier, sans conseil juridique et sans contact avec leurs familles, au nom de la lutte contre les groupes criminels décrétée par le président salvadorien Nayib Bukele. Pérou : une loi « anti-ONG » alarme le milieu associatif Le Congrès péruvien vient d'adopter le texte qui vise à « limiter l'influence de l'étranger » au Pérou. Le gouvernement espère restreindre le travail des associations et des ONG internationales, pour éviter d'être poursuivi en justice pour certains de ses manquements au droit. Et cette évolution législative fait craindre une catastrophe dans le milieu associatif. Reportage de notre correspondant à Lima, Martin Chabal.Devant le ministère de la Santé à Lima, l'Asemblea verde, l'Assemblée verte, s'est réunie pour manifester sa colère. Ce collectif de femmes, lutte aujourd'hui pour le droit à l'avortement thérapeutique chez les mineures, car des groupes conservateurs tentent de limiter le recours à l'IVG à la maternité de Lima. Rocio Gutierrez s'inquiète de ces nouvelles mesures.« Nous, ce que nous voulons c'est que nos filles ne soient pas des mères. Au Pérou, chaque année au moins 1 000 enfants accouchent, et elles ont entre 10 et 14 ans. Et le Congrès remet en question le protocole pour ces filles, violées, et enceintes. »Aujourd'hui, à travers son association, Rocio Gutierrez peut se battre juridiquement, pour défendre le droit de ces jeunes filles à un avortement légal. Mais elle craint que ce ne soit bientôt plus possible, depuis que le congrès veut limiter « l'influence de l'étranger ».« L'une des conséquences de cette loi dite anti-ONG, c'est que par exemple, si une enfant se voit retirer le droit à l'accès à un avortement thérapeutique légal, nous en tant qu'organisation nous devons la défendre et dénoncer l'État. Mais ça, on ne pourra plus le faire. »Parce que le Congrès a voté pour la modification de la loi sur l'Agence péruvienne de coopération internationale. Les associations seront maintenant soumises à des amendes si elles poursuivent l'État en ayant reçu des fonds internationaux. Et au Pérou c'est le cas de nombreuses associations, comme celle de Rocio Gutierrez, qui a parfois besoin de l'aide internationale pour faire valoir le droit à l'avortement de ces jeunes filles.Pour les peuples originaires et isolés du Pérou, c'est aussi un coup dur.Antolin Huascar Flores défend les paysans des peuples autochtones à travers la Confédération nationale agraire :« Les communautés autochtones et agricoles du Pérou, on est vulnérables. Je parle des mines dans la partie andine, des entreprises pétrolières en Amazonie qui déforestent. Et quand on veut dénoncer tout cela, une organisation comme la nôtre n'a pas de fonds. On est obligé de recourir à la coopération internationale qui défend nos droits, le droit lié à notre terre, et oblige à l'État de respecter la Constitution. »Aujourd'hui, si ces associations ne se plient pas à la loi et veulent traîner l'État en justice, elles risqueront une amende de près de 700.000 euros. Autant dire que c'est impossible à payer pour ces petites communautés sans risquer la dissolution. Mais cette loi affecte aussi les poids lourds, prévient Marina Navarro, la directrice d'Amnesty International au Pérou, qui travaille notamment sur les victimes de violences policières lors des manifestations contre le pouvoir en 2023, où 49 Péruviens ont été tués.« Cette loi nous affecte beaucoup parce qu'on réalise des rapports sur les violences que l'on fournit à la justice, que l'on met à disposition des enquêteurs, mais avec cette loi ça pourrait être interdit. »Elle compare la situation du Pérou à d'autres pays autoritaires d'Amérique latine. Certains articles auraient été inspirés, voire totalement copiés de ce qui se fait au Nicaragua ou au Venezuela, des pays connus pour leurs atteintes à la démocratie et à l'État de droit. Ces associations protestent contre la manière dont cette loi a été votée, car elles n'ont jamais été consultées pour débattre, et la loi a été votée en une nuit, en une seule lecture, sans débat préalable. L'Agence péruvienne de coopération internationale devient un outil de censure à part entière, le projet d'un gouvernement péruvien de plus en plus autoritaire. L'actualité des Outre-mer avec nos confrères de la 1ère9,4 pour 100 000 habitants : c'est le taux d'homicides en Guadeloupe, loin devant celui constaté en France métropolitaine.

Los números son los ladrillos del universo. Todo el universo es matemático y está construido con números. La elite psicopatocratica nos lleva algunos miles de años de ventaja en estos temas y por eso todo lo que rodea al poder está plagado de simbología numérica. Yo contaba esto en mi primer libro, Blasco Ibáñez desvelado, en referencia a la construcción de la realidad. “La historia no es algo lineal, ni casual. Una frase ampliamente reconocida que refuta la versión dominante, es la que pronunció el escritor George Orwell, autor del libro 1984: “La historia la escriben los vencedores.”, o la del galardonado con el Nobel Winston Churchill que escribió su propia versión de la segunda guerra mundial añadiendo: “La historia será generosa conmigo, puesto que tengo la intención de escribirla.” La historia escrita es una construcción, de la misma manera que se construyen ciudades y edificios, todas ellas con las mismas bases ritualisticas. Tal vez por ello, es fundamental el papel de la masonería, que en honor al origen etimológico de la palabra masón, maestro constructor, tiene toda la relación con el aspecto constructivo; “la historia se construye como todo se construye.” Los constructores de “todo”, tienen una forma ritual de obrar, con patrones definidos del pasado, que se van superponiendo por capas en los tiempos modernos, y que son los mismos, una y otra vez. Y se construye de manera ritual, trabajan con patrones del pasado que se superponen. Y sobre estos se superponen patrones nuevos. Nuevos que se van construyendo. Se trabaja con proporciones, con cifras y con símbolos. Con todos esos flujos de energía que provienen de las sociedades a su vez construidas, con toda esa lógica livinidoso-agresiva de las sociedades que en un momento dado se activan o desactivan. Se catalizan o se polarizan. Ya saben, el famoso solve et coagula. Nosotros no conocemos bien como funcionan esos mecanismos ni el porque de repetirlos una y otra vez vivificando la mitología y la adoración a triadas de dioses de la antigüedad pero sabemos que el número tres “en la cábala judía significa la transmutación de la Energía Creadora y el éxito material y espiritual”. Tan solo podemos acercarnos a reconocer los mecanismos de este engranaje, como funcionan y el porque se repiten; saber como se utilizan es una incógnita. Se aprecian con claridad algunos patrones recurrentes, por ejemplo la vivificación de la mitología, la adoración de las triadas de dioses de la antigüedad, el uso de los ciclos de muerte (13) y resurrección (14) o la utilización de líneas ley.” Hoy, 21 de abril, es el día del aniversario de la fundación de Roma, y a mediodía se produce un mágico momento en el Panteón de Agripa: la luz penetra por el óculo, un agujero justo en la parte superior de la cúpula y desciende hasta la puerta de entrada, donde el emperador esperaba a ser iluminado para remarcar así su condición divina. Como dice Hector del hilo rojo: “Hoy, 21 de abril de 2025, no es un día cualquiera. Es el aniversario de la fundación de Roma, la cuna del poder imperial y espiritual que ha marcado a Occidente durante más de dos mil años. Un día como hoy, en el 753 a.C., Roma fue fundada con un propósito claro: dominar. Ese espíritu conquistador evolucionó con los siglos, transformándose en poder político, militar y luego espiritual a través de la Iglesia. Hoy, en esta misma fecha cargada de simbolismo, muere el Papa Francisco. ¿Casualidad? Para quien conoce los lenguajes ocultos, no existen las casualidades. La muerte del Papa hoy no solo representa el fin de un pontificado, sino el cierre de un ciclo. El “vicario de Cristo”, heredero espiritual de Roma, cae justo en el aniversario del inicio del poder romano. Esto puede ser interpretado como un ritual de renovación: un acto simbólico donde se apaga el viejo orden para dar paso a una nueva etapa. ¿Qué tipo de Papa vendrá ahora? ¿Qué agenda traerá consigo? La sincronía entre la muerte del Papa y la fundación de Roma sugiere que nos encontramos ante el inicio de un nuevo capítulo: quizá más globalista, más controlado, más dirigido a moldear las conciencias bajo un nuevo paradigma. Hoy se cierra una era. Y cuando los símbolos hablan, el futuro ya está siendo escrito en lugares que pocos alcanzan a ver.” Pero es que aún hay mas, mucho más. El papa debería haber fallecido en el año del 8, en el 2024, y posiblemente haya sido así, aunque nunca lo sabremos. Y digo el año del 8 porque este papa es el papa del 8 como podemos ver viendo sus números. Desde su nacimiento un 17 de diciembre de 1936 hasta la de su supuesta muerte, un 21 de abril del 2025 han transcurrido 88 años y 125 días, o sea un 88 y un 8 al sumar el 1, el 2 y el 5. Pero si lo traducimos a meses y días también nos da un 8 ya que son 88 años, 4 meses y 4 días…todo cuadra en las manos de los arquitectos. La hora de la supuesta muerte también nos arroja sendos 8, tanto la oficial como la solar real en Roma. En Roma, a las 7:35 AM CEST del 21 de abril de 2025, la hora solar real es aproximadamente 6:26 AM. Tenemos un 3 más 5 ocho ó un 2 más 6 ocho… Curiosamente el fundador y presidente del Foro Económico Mundial, Klaus Schwab de 88 años, renuncia con efecto inmediato. Como nos dice puntal de dios, “el Papa Francisco ha fallecido el día donde los "engranajes" se accionan para unir calendarios litúrgicos solares de ayer y de hoy. 21 de Abril, dia del "Natale di Roma" 1700 años después del Concilio de Trento. A los 88 años, como nos decía la Dra Yane en febrero. 1700 años del Concilio de Nicea (325 DC), donde se "fijó" el cristianismo y el equinoccio de primavera el 21 Marzo. Suceso que se retomó con el cambio de calendario (1582) tras volver a "fijar" el cristianismo (católico) en el concilio de Trento. 20-21 Abril.” Leemos en la web símbolos, mitos y arquetipos en el articulo “El símbolo de la estrella según su número de puntas y los "cambios estelares" del Papa Francisco I”: “El último Papa es jesuita y en su escudo papal ostenta la estrella de 32 puntas. Pero en dicho escudo papal hay otra estrella que si merece comentario antes de finalizar este artículo que hemos dedicado al símbolo de las estrellas. Una estrella misteriosa en el escudo del Papa Francisco I Los escudos de los papas se confeccionan a partir del escudo que cada uno de ellos tenía cuando era cardenal. En el caso de Francisco I, el escudo de cuando era cardenal de Buenos Aires ha sufrido unos misteriosos cambios que escapan a todo análisis simbólico coherente. Los elementos simbólicos que tenía el escudo de Bergolio cuando era cardenal de Buenos Aires, eran principalmente tres: El emblema de la Compañia de Jesus a la que Bergolio pertenece,situado en la parte superior del escudo Una estrella blanca de 5 puntas situada en la parte inferior izquierda Un racimo de uva blanco colocado en la parte inferior derecha Cuando Bergolio fue nominado Papa, este era el escudo que todos los especialistas del mundo en heráldica realizaron para anunciar la noticia de la elección en periodicos y cadenas televisivas: Como podemos comprobar en ambos casos los tres elementos del interior del escudo se mantienen y los colores de los mismos, tampoco varían. Pero al cabo de unas semanas de la proclamación, el Vaticano hizo publico el sello definitivo del nuevo Papa con unos sutiles cambios que en ningún medio oficial han justificado. Este es el escudo oficial de la polémica que el Vaticano presentó a todo el mundo como el escudo oficial y definitivo del Papa Francisco I: Hay que estar muy atento para percatarse de los dos cambios en la parte inferior: La estrella blanca de cinco puntas se convierte "por arte de magia" en una estrella de ocho puntas dorada. El racimo de uvas blanco se "metamorfea" en una flor de nardo con hojas Cuando el Vaticano presentó de forma oficial el escudo del nuevo Papa, se informó del significado simbólico de los dos elemnentos situados en la parte inferior. Según dicha explicaciónn el Papa Francisco es un gran devoto de los padres de Jesús, por lo que la estrella de 8 puntas representa a la Virgen María y la flor de nardo a San José. Pero ni una palabra del cambio de los dos símbolos, como si las 8 puntas y el nardo provinieran de Buenos Aires. Y esta es la explicación oficial por parte del Vaticano del significado de la estrella y el nardo: "Al incluir en su escudo estas dos imágenes el Papa desea expresar su especial devoción hacia la Virgen Santísima y san José.” Hay que reconocer que a primera vista los cambios no se perciben. Nos atreveríamos a decir que parecen unos cambios cuidadosamente camuflados por expertos en simbología. Es como si se hubiera querido que los cambios pasasen inadvertidos a la mayoría de mortales. Buena prueba de ello es la gran confusión existente en internet con este tema de los cambios en el escudo de Bergolio. En algunas páginas, ni siquiera se han enterado de los cambios y al día de hoy, aún muestran el antiguo escudo. En otras paginas se afirma que el escudo del cardenal Bergolio ya portaba una flor de nardo, solo que ahora luce más bonita. La confusión que reina es total. Cuando Bergolio era cardenal en Buenos Aires se decía que la estrella de 5 puntas de su escudo representaba a la Virgen María y a todos los Santos. Con respecto al racimo de uvas se comentaba que significaba la sangre de Cristo en honor a la Eucaristia y que su familia proviene de una region vinícola. Pero el Vaticano penso que, con estos símbolos, el nuevo Papa sería acusado de comunista, revolucionario, alcohólico y borracho. Estos cambios estelares y florales muestran un gran interés en hacer desaparecer cierto pasado de un argentino que cambio el vino por un Vaticano donde los comunistas no tienen cabida.” Un papa masón, jesuita, comunista, progre, vacunofilo y defensor de la Agenda 2030, lo tenia todo. Un dato final que aporta Guillermo Santos: 31 días de enero + 28 días de febrero + 31 días de marzo + 21 días de abril = 111 días 111 = Muerte del papa Y yo digo que multiplicado por el 8 obtendremos el 888, que es el culmen del materialismo. En gematria cabalística le dan el 88 a la Matrix o a Cristo y el 888 a Jesucristo… ………………………………………………………………………………………. Al fallecer Juan Pablo II, eran 117 los cardenales menores de 80 años en condiciones de votar para elegir un nuevo papa, entre los cuales se encontraba el entonces cardenal Bergoglio, considerado papable, y de quien se dice que logró obtener 40 votos de los 77 que eran necesarios para ser elegido, es decir, el segundo lugar detrás del cardenal Joseph Ratzinger. Joseph Ratzinger según el Vaticano, es el Papa de la historia número 265. Sumemos: 2+6+5=13. Hora de la fumata blanca en el sucesor de Juan Pablo II, a las 17.50h. Sumemos: 1+7+5+0=13. Se anuncia el nuevo papa “Habemus Papam” a las 18.40h. Sumemos: 1+8+4+0=13. Tras la histórica renuncia papal de Benedicto XVI un 13 de marzo del 2013 el colegio cardenalicio sorprendió al mundo con la elección del Cardenal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, el primer Papa latinoamericano, jesuita y probablemente masón. Electo el día 13 del mes 3 del año 2013, sumados todos esos dígitos el resultado es 13. Victor Sanvicens, creador de una secta religiosa, comenta en la conferencia “El misterio del 13 y el Vaticano”: “El Vaticano es una caja de sorpresas, aquí tenéis unos datos que no os van a dejar indiferentes, su relación con la numerología satánica cabalística, después algunos dirán que muchos vemos conspiraciones por todas partes. Juan Pablo II murió el día 2/4/2005. Sumemos: 2+4+2005=13 Juan Pablo II falleció a las 21.37h. Sumemos: 2+1+3+7=13 Significado del número “13” en la Masonería, utiliza la cábala para dar significado a los números. 13 = Muerte y Nacimiento, cambio total, transformaciones 12+1= Mesías (según la interpretación cabalística) y en ocultismo es igual a “13” = Lucifer/Satanás.” Tres papas y vemos como el 13 ha regido sus destinos. Lo cual nos hace sospechar que ambas facciones, la Iglesia Católica y la masonería tienen por encima al verdadero poder-religión en la sombra. ………………………………………………………………………………………. Tampoco debe pasar desapercibido que este papa no quiere ser enterrado como un papa al uso. El papa Francisco será enterrado en la basílica de Santa Maria la Maggiore. No será el único. Hay otros siete papas allí enterrados. Él será el octavo, cumpliendo así sus deseos. El Papa Francisco será sepultado en la basílica de Santa María la Mayor, en lugar del Vaticano, y las modificaciones en la normativa agilizarán tanto las exequias como la convocatoria de los cardenales. Leemos en latercera punto com el titular: “El Papa Francisco tendrá un funeral más sencillo: sin tres ataúdes, ni catafalco ni alusiones a ‘Romano Pontífice’” “El Papa Francisco simplificó el pasado mes de noviembre el ritual de los funerales pontificios eliminando, entre otras, la tradición de los tres ataúdes, el catafalco, el báculo papal o los tratamientos más allá de obispo y Papa. Tal y como subrayó el pasado mes de noviembre el maestro de las Celebraciones Litúrgicas de los Pontífices, el arzobispo Diego Ravelli, se hizo necesaria una segunda edición “porque el Papa Francisco pidió simplificar y adaptar algunos ritos para que la celebración de las exequias del Obispo de Roma expresara mejor la fe de la Iglesia en Cristo resucitado”. Se mantienen las llamadas tres estaciones que preceden al ritual de exequias, es decir, los pasos que deben darse tras la muerte de un Pontífice, aunque en la primera estación se indica que la constatación de la muerte se realizará en su capilla privada, en lugar de en la habitación donde falleció e inmediatamente el cuerpo se depositará en el único ataúd de madera con el interior de zinc, antes de ser trasladado directamente a la basílica. Por último, en la tercera estación, que incluía el traslado del féretro al sepulcro y el entierro, se elimina la tradición de enterrar a los Papas en tres ataúdes: uno de ciprés, un segundo de plomo y un tercero de roble. Además, siguiendo el modelo de los funerales de obispos, durante las ceremonias religiosas se usarán títulos más sencillos, eliminando la alusión ‘Romano Pontífice’.” ………………………………………………………………………………………. Conductor del programa UTP Ramón Valero @tecn_preocupado Un técnico Preocupado un FP2 IVOOX UTP http://cutt.ly/dzhhGrf BLOG http://cutt.ly/dzhh2LX Ayúdame desde mi Crowfunding aquí https://cutt.ly/W0DsPVq Invitados Dra Yane #JusticiaParaUTP @ayec98_2 Médico y Buscadora de la verdad. Con Dios siempre! No permito q me dividan c/izq -derecha, raza, religión ni nada de la Creación. https://youtu.be/TXEEZUYd4c0 …. Carlos Dagnino @CarlosDagnino 22% (tuvo razón) , 44% , 62% y 55% Mi EGO: Ingeniero Informático, Ciberseguridad, Coach Ontológico, Trader, Marketing e investigador del SER. …. General Juan Pablo Reyes @democraciaelib1 Ex Sandinista, vivi e combati DUAS ditaduras, de direita e de esquerda. Luto por Justiça, Democracia, Liberdade e Direitos humanos en América! …. La SorJuana con K. @VivianaRubioA2 Igual a quién le importa... …. Paul @PaulAndrsReyes As a data-driven mind, I map and lead verifiable paths...MANUAL.𝗜𝗔𝟯𝗣+∴ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YJjvoI7FDfjN17WKvZsCCG6UYzIZE2Ym/view?usp=drivesdk… …. Rober Ruiz @roberparamo ………………………………………………………………………………………. Enlaces citados en el podcast: AYUDA A TRAVÉS DE LA COMPRA DE MIS LIBROS https://tecnicopreocupado.com/2024/11/16/ayuda-a-traves-de-la-compra-de-mis-libros/ El Papa y Roma… https://x.com/ElHiloRojoTV/status/1914235914999521647 Extraño enterramiento https://x.com/isl1965/status/1914270355759182167 Francisco es del club de los 88 https://x.com/ayec98_2/status/1893447867164926453 What happens in the Pantheon on April 21st https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwlbab0Sgh0 ¿Una silla vacía? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-oukfVGdU8 EL SACRIFICIO DE LA HUMANIDAD 2.0 (PARTE I) https://tecnicopreocupado.com/2020/10/31/el-sacrificio-de-la-humanidad-2-0-parte-i/ El Papa Francisco tendrá un funeral más sencillo: sin tres ataúdes, ni catafalco ni alusiones a ‘Romano Pontífice’ https://www.latercera.com/mundo/noticia/el-papa-francisco-tendra-un-funeral-mas-sencillo-sin-tres-ataudes-ni-catafalco-ni-alusiones-a-romano-pontifice/ LO MAS INTERESANTE SIEMPRE POR LA PUERTA DE ATRÁS https://tecnicopreocupado.com/2017/04/10/lo-mas-interesante-siempre-por-la-puerta-de-atras/ El símbolo de la estrella según su número de puntas y los "cambios estelares" del Papa Francisco I https://abajocomoarriba.blogspot.com/2016/04/el-simbolo-de-la-estrella-segun-su.html La simbología del número 8.- Ocho https://abajocomoarriba.blogspot.com/2015/07/la-simbologia-del-numero-8.html Profecias ultimo papa https://x.com/EsdeProfugos/status/1914290574301028517 ………………………………………………………………………………………. Música utilizada en este podcast: Tema inicial Heros ………………………………………………………………………………………. Epílogo Mk-ultra -Magia negra video desaparecido de Youtube

SEASON 3 EPISODE 119: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (1:45) SPECIAL COMMENT: Senator Lisa Murkowski may be the most important person in the country right now. Her public confession that she too is afraid of the Trump nightmare and her HINTS at talking to Senate colleagues ABOUT her fear – could provide just enough Republican rebellion to rein Trump in. It feels as if she just got it, as if she just understood that yes Trump is Nazi-esque and yes Trump often emulates the Soviets but the closest parallel to him is O'Brien and "The Party" in Orwell's "1984" and the simple terrifying conviction that "the object of power is power." That's why I think when Kristi Garden Noem and Secretary of Defense (and Vodka) Hegseth (if he's still on the job after ANOTHER Signal chat came to light) file their report on the border to Trump this week and tell him no, they don't need to invoke The Insurrection Act, he may do it anyway because... the object of power is power. Murkowski and thirteen other Republican Senators and at most four Republican Representatives can stop this. They can save the country. They can impeach Trump or if they still can’t get over the hump, the 18 of you can use the THREAT to impeach him, to virtually fetter him, to at least control the width and breadth of his damage, to make him know the Senate WILL vote against him. She can also talk to anybody on the Supreme Court except Alito or Thomas. The other seven, in the middle of the damn night - at 1 AM Saturday - stepped in to freeze any further disappearing Americans under the phony premise of The Alien Enemies Act. And there is reason to hope that these Murkowski-led conversations might happen before the iron curtain of dictatorship descends: Later in her confession of fear, she hinted at doing exactly what I just suggested. Meanwhile, how many times can you self-destruct on this? Gavin Newsom dismisses the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case as a "distraction" and calls Democrats sheep for defending the constitution. On the other hand, Senator Ed Markey is crafting a sense of the senate resolution stating Trump cannot again be elected, and cannot again serve, as president or vice president. Damn Straight. B-Block (40:00) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: The Musk Crappertruck Owner who claims to also be a "girl dad"; Pennsylvania congressman Dan Meuser kinda blames Governor Josh Shapiro's criticizing Trump for provoking the attempt to incinerate him and his family in the governor's mansion on Passover. And Trump DEI hire Pam Bondi lies that compulsive martyr and 85th Place Olympic Trials finisher Riley Gaines "went to the Olympics." Not unless she bought a ticket, Pam Blondie. C-Block (55:00) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: The renewed Trump bid to ban the Associated Press got me talking to a friend: How MANY times have I been banned, as a reporter? Do you mean this century, or in total? It's... a lot. From the LA Clippers to the ESPN Campus, I've been banned... a lot. And je ne regret rien!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Atlantic's Peter Wehner offers insights into the transformation of the GOP from the party that passed PEPFAR to the MAGA warriors of today. The Mona Charen Show is a weekly, one-on-one discussion that goes in depth on political and cultural topics. New shows drop Mondays. Find this show wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube. Go to Hungryroot.com/CHAREN and use code CHAREN to get 40% off your first box and a free item of your choice for life. REFERENCES: Peter's recent work at The Atlantic Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez The Closing of the American Mindby Allan Bloom The Power of the Powerless and Summer Meditations by Václav Havel The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1984 by George Orwell

Pink Floyd's 'Animals', a lyrically dark, musically dense concept album loosely based on George Orwell's 'Animal Farm', is as eerily precient today as it was when first released in 1977. Rob and this week's guest, Portland, Oregon songwriter and
multi-instrumentalist James Cook (Trashcan Joe, Captain's Audio Project), take a deep dive into this sweepingly nihilistic classic. Songs discussed in this episode: Pigs On The Wing (Pink Floyd Cover) - Chrome; Waiting For The Moon, Really Hard To Find - Captain's Audio Project; Breathe (In The Air) - Pink Floyd; Rise Above - Black Flag; Pigs On The Wing (Part One), Astronomy Domine, Dogs, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Dogs, Pigs (Three Different Ones), Sheep, Pigs On The Wing (Part Two) - Pink Floyd; A Little Bit Here - Trashcan Joe; Satan Wrote This Song - Captain's Audio Project

Hello from the High Seas! We have a new show for you this week fresh off the boat.We've been on the Mark Steyn Cruise, presenting on stage as well as talking to other free speech champions including the great Mark Steyn himself.On this week's podcast we bring you a shocking interview from the cruise. It is with Daily Telegraph journalist Allison Pearson and we talked to her about a story that will shock American viewers. It will be all too familiar to our UK/European audiences. It's the story of Lucy Connolly, the UK mom and childcare worker, who was put in prison for a tweet that was public for just four hours. And she's not alone, dozens of people are being arrested every week in the UK for saying the wrong thing on social media. JD Vance was right!Get the full shocking interview here and learn why you can never go wrong reading George Orwell.Enjoy our show over Passover and ahead of Easter. Be sure to subscribe and leave a comment wherever you get our content.

On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss C.S. Lewis' unique approach to the totalitarian novel before introducing Hillsdale College president Dr. Larry P. Arnn. Totalitarian novels depict regimes that exert complete and pervasive control over the lives of their subjects. George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Arthur Koestler, and C.S. Lewis imagine the terrible possibilities of unchecked modern tyranny. Join Larry P. Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, and Hillsdale College students in this exploration of 1984, Brave New World, Darkness at Noon, and That Hideous Strength. The course includes four lectures and four conversations, each about 30 minutes long. It is structured with one lecture about each book followed by a conversation between Dr. Arnn and the students about themes from that book. C.S. Lewis’s That Hideous Strength depicts the infancy of a totalitarian regime. Tyranny is averted through divine intervention manifested through the friendship, education, and faith of a small company led by Fisher-King.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss C.S. Lewis' unique approach to the totalitarian novel before introducing Hillsdale College president Dr. Larry P. Arnn. Totalitarian novels depict regimes that exert complete and pervasive control over the lives of their subjects. George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Arthur Koestler, and C.S. Lewis imagine the terrible possibilities of unchecked modern tyranny. Join Larry P. Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, and Hillsdale College students in this exploration of 1984, Brave New World, Darkness at Noon, and That Hideous Strength. The course includes four lectures and four conversations, each about 30 minutes long. It is structured with one lecture about each book followed by a conversation between Dr. Arnn and the students about themes from that book. C.S. Lewis’s That Hideous Strength depicts the infancy of a totalitarian regime. Tyranny is averted through divine intervention manifested through the friendship, education, and faith of a small company led by Fisher-King.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

İki Savaş Bir Yazar'ın ilk bölümünde Prof. Dr. Korgün Koral ve Prof. Dr. Burak Bilgehan Özpek George Orwell'in hayatını, eserlerini ve eserlerini ortaya koyduğu dönemi tartışıyor. 1984'ten Aspidistra'ya, Burma Günleri'nden Hayvan Çiftliği'ne Orwell'in edebi yolculuğunun izleri sürülüyor.Bizi Patreon'dan Destekleyin

Journalist Kerrie Davies with the story of how novelist Miles Franklin went undercover as a maid for a year, in Sydney and Melbourne's wealthy houses, well before gonzo journalists became household names.The real-life story of novelist Stella Maria Miles Franklin had an unexpected chapter after publishing My Brilliant Career.In 1903, Miles became a 'girl stunt reporter' by going undercover as a servant.For a year, she lived as a maid in Sydney and Melbourne's wealthy houses and wrote about the humiliations and drudgery in the daily lives of servant girls, or 'slaveys'.During her experiment she hand-rolled heavy, wet clothes through a washing mangle; served her employers pre-breakfast tea and toast in bed, which she thought was an obscene indulgence; she cleaned guest rooms and parlours; helped at high-society balls and kept fires burning in winter.The manuscript Miles wrote about this year pre-dated George Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London by three decades, yet it never found a publisher.Journalist Kerrie Davies has investigated this little-known chapter of Miles' life, finally bringing this story to life in her own book.This episode of Conversations explores feminism, suffragettes, biography, books, servants, writing, Australian fiction, boy sober, class warfare, adventures, adventurous women, risk-taking, origin stories, gonzo journalism, Nellie Bly, Rose Scott, early 20th century Sydney, Chicago, women's rights, trad wives, motherhood, partnership, self-partnering.Miles Franklin Undercover is published by Allen and Unwin.

On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the nature of loyalty before introducing Hillsdale College president Dr. Larry P. Arnn. Totalitarian novels depict regimes that exert complete and pervasive control over the lives of their subjects. George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Arthur Koestler, and C.S. Lewis imagine the terrible possibilities of unchecked modern tyranny. Join Larry P. Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, and Hillsdale College students in this exploration of 1984, Brave New World, Darkness at Noon, and That Hideous Strength. The course includes four lectures and four conversations, each about 30 minutes long. It is structured with one lecture about each book followed by a conversation between Dr. Arnn and the students about themes from that book. Despite his regrets, Rubashov has corrupted himself to the point that he eventually doubts his righteousness, willingly confesses to his sham crimes, and accepts punishment from the Party.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the nature of loyalty before introducing Hillsdale College president Dr. Larry P. Arnn. Totalitarian novels depict regimes that exert complete and pervasive control over the lives of their subjects. George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Arthur Koestler, and C.S. Lewis imagine the terrible possibilities of unchecked modern tyranny. Join Larry P. Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, and Hillsdale College students in this exploration of 1984, Brave New World, Darkness at Noon, and That Hideous Strength. The course includes four lectures and four conversations, each about 30 minutes long. It is structured with one lecture about each book followed by a conversation between Dr. Arnn and the students about themes from that book. Despite his regrets, Rubashov has corrupted himself to the point that he eventually doubts his righteousness, willingly confesses to his sham crimes, and accepts punishment from the Party.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On The Literary Life Podcast today we bring you a special “Literary Life of…” episode featuring author and journalist Peter Hitchens. After sharing their commonplace quotes, Angelina and Thomas dive into the interview with Mr. Hitchens, first asking about his memories of books and reading in his childhood. In this wide-ranging conversation, our hosts and Mr. Hitchens discuss such topics as the George Orwell's lesser known works, the Spanish Civil War and the Balkan Wars, oft overlooked 20th Century authors, ghost stories, losing our literary tradition, and so much more! The seventh annual Literary Life Online Conference is coming up April 23-26, 2025! Please visit HouseofHumaneLetters.com to sign up for that as well as all the other upcoming webinars of this year. Be sure to visit https://theliterary.life/271 to view the full show notes for this episode, including links to all the books mentioned in this conversation. 

On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss discuss what distinguishes Arthur Koestler's Darkness at Noon from the rest of the novels covered in the course before introducing Hillsdale College president Dr. Larry P. Arnn. Totalitarian novels depict regimes that exert complete and pervasive control over the lives of their subjects. George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Arthur Koestler, and C.S. Lewis imagine the terrible possibilities of unchecked modern tyranny. Join Larry P. Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, and Hillsdale College students in this exploration of 1984, Brave New World, Darkness at Noon, and That Hideous Strength. The course includes four lectures and four conversations, each about 30 minutes long. It is structured with one lecture about each book followed by a conversation between Dr. Arnn and the students about themes from that book. Arthur Koestler’s Darkness at Noon fictionalizes the experience of an old Bolshevik revolutionary after Stalin’s rise to power. Through his arrest and interrogations, Rubashov regrets the deaths on his hands and his role in creating a new generation of cruel Bolsheviks who are dedicated to the leadership of the party rather than the ideals of the revolution.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss discuss what distinguishes Arthur Koestler's Darkness at Noon from the rest of the novels covered in the course before introducing Hillsdale College president Dr. Larry P. Arnn. Totalitarian novels depict regimes that exert complete and pervasive control over the lives of their subjects. George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Arthur Koestler, and C.S. Lewis imagine the terrible possibilities of unchecked modern tyranny. Join Larry P. Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, and Hillsdale College students in this exploration of 1984, Brave New World, Darkness at Noon, and That Hideous Strength. The course includes four lectures and four conversations, each about 30 minutes long. It is structured with one lecture about each book followed by a conversation between Dr. Arnn and the students about themes from that book. Arthur Koestler’s Darkness at Noon fictionalizes the experience of an old Bolshevik revolutionary after Stalin’s rise to power. Through his arrest and interrogations, Rubashov regrets the deaths on his hands and his role in creating a new generation of cruel Bolsheviks who are dedicated to the leadership of the party rather than the ideals of the revolution.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.