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Host | Matthew S Williams For more podcast Stories from Space with Matthew S Williams, visit: https://itspmagazine.com/stories-from-space-podcast ______________________Episode Notes Asteroid Mining: The Promise, the Problems, and the Philosophy Asteroid mining is one of those ideas that cycles in and out of public fascination — generating enormous excitement, then fading when people realize it won't happen within the next news cycle. But the concept never truly disappears, and for good reason. Near-Earth asteroids, numbering in the millions, contain staggering quantities of precious metals, rare earth elements, and water ice. Ironically, those same materials — iron, gold, platinum, nickel, and dozens of others — were originally delivered to Earth by asteroids during the Late Heavy Bombardment period some four billion years ago. We're essentially talking about going back to the source. The three main asteroid types — carbonaceous (C-type), silicate (S-type), and metallic (M-type) — each offer distinct resources. Beyond metals, the abundance of water ice in the solar system could relieve pressure on Earth's increasingly stressed freshwater supply and fuel deep-space missions. Philosophically, the implications are profound. Thomas More and Nietzsche both wrestled with why scarcity drives human value systems. Flood the market with space-borne metals and the entire economic architecture built on scarcity begins to crumble. Orwell saw it too — abundance erodes hierarchy. The first trillionaires born from asteroid mining might find their wealth meaningless almost immediately after making it. But the darker scenarios deserve equal attention. Redistributing consumption off-world doesn't eliminate it. Space debris, environmental degradation beyond Earth, and the very real risk of exploitative labor structures in off-world operations — echoes of colonialism and indentured servitude — are not science fiction. They're logical extensions of human patterns. The enthusiasm may ebb and flow, but asteroid mining remains an inevitable chapter in humanity's story. The real question is what kind of story we choose to write around it. ______________________ Resources   ______________________ For more podcast Stories from Space with Matthew S Williams, visit: https://itspmagazine.com/stories-from-space-podcast Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Gord Magill joins us for a great chat about the past, present and future of the trucking industry, writing about it on Substack and his upcoming book, "End of the Road - Inside the War on Truckers".   We chat about getting permanent residency in the USA, Infantile Canada's self destruction, small l folk libertarianism, gov training programs, the DOT, consultants and NGO's, the truck driver mills, collisions vs accidents, chameleon carriers, deregulation, the over correction in the industry in the late 80's and 90's and where we are at today with mass immigration and CDL mills.   In the second half we talk about Real ID, Drivers Licenses in Canada and the USA, highway crash data, political correctness, driving cultures, Orwell, fuckery with the numbers, Canada's politicians paralyzed to do anything, Truck Stop Culture, removing oversight, GPS, distracted driving, upcoming AI, team training and solutions and predictions....   https://creedandculture.com/books/end-of-the-road-inside-the-war-on-truckers/ Dad/Husband/Trucker/Writer, author of upcoming book on the murder of the American Trucker - "End of The Road" publishing March 2026 gordilocks@protonmail.com https://x.com/GordMagill Notes from Humans who are still On The Road, missives launched from the intersection of trucking, automation, academia, with an eye towards restoring lost agency. https://open.substack.com/pub/autonomoustruckers/p/bonehead-truckers-with-ike-stephens?r=24pqe&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web   To gain access to the second half of show and our Plus feed for audio and podcast please clink the link http://www.grimericaoutlawed.ca/support.   For second half of video (when applicable and audio) go to our Substack and Subscribe. https://grimericaoutlawed.substack.com/ or to our Locals  https://grimericaoutlawed.locals.com/ or Rokfin www.Rokfin.com/Grimerica Patreon https://www.patreon.com/grimericaoutlawed   Support the show directly: https://open.spotify.com/show/2punSyd9Cw76ZtvHxMKenI?si=ImKxfMHgQZ-oshl499O4dQ&nd=1&dlsi=4c25fa9c78674de3 Watch or Listen on Spotify https://grimericacbd.com/ CBD / THC Tinctures and Gummies https://grimerica.ca/support-2/ Our Adultbrain Audiobook Podcast and Website: www.adultbrain.ca Our Audiobook Youtube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@adultbrainaudiobookpublishing/videos Check out our next trip/conference/meetup - Contact at the Cabin www.contactatthecabin.com Other affiliated shows: www.grimerica.ca The OG Grimerica Show Join the chat / hangout with a bunch of fellow Grimericans  Https://t.me.grimerica grimerica.ca/chats   Discord Chats Darren's book www.acanadianshame.ca Eh-List Podcast and site: https://eh-list.ca/ Eh-List YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheEh-List www.Rokfin.com/Grimerica Our channel on free speech Rokfin Leave a review on iTunes and/or Stitcher: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/grimerica-outlawed http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grimerica-outlawed Sign up for our newsletter http://www.grimerica.ca/news SPAM Graham = and send him your synchronicities, feedback, strange experiences and psychedelic trip reports!! graham@grimerica.com InstaGRAM https://www.instagram.com/the_grimerica_show_podcast/  Purchase swag, with partial proceeds donated to the show www.grimerica.ca/swag Send us a postcard or letter http://www.grimerica.ca/contact/ ART - Napolean Duheme's site http://www.lostbreadcomic.com/  MUSIC Tru Northperception, Felix's Site sirfelix.bandcamp.com 

Todo preparado para los Goya, sí, la gran fiesta del cine español, o al menos el broche final a un año estupendo para nuestro cine. En este episodio escuchamos a muchos de los nominados hacer balance y analizar las tendencias de esta edición. Además, entre los estrenos en cines, un documental fantástico, 'Orwell 2+2=5', en el que Raoul Peck analiza cómo los textos y el lenguaje del escritor británico son premonitorios para el mundo de hoy ante el avance del fascismo. En media horas os ponemos al día de todo el cine y las series

Apologies! Due to the blizzard, school closure, jury duty all in one week, the wrong file was published. Here is the correct one. Enjoy and see you at the salon on Monday. The ruling elite–from billionaires like Les Wexner to politicians who shared the "Lolita Express"–all knew. They claim to have been manipulated by serial pedophiles Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. They were complicit in a transnational crime syndicate that used human trafficking as a currency of power. What we can do now: Demand State Action: Call your Attorney General. Alex Acosta's slap-on-the-wrist federal deal is a sham–it was a cover-up. Demand that state-level cases be brought in New Mexico, Florida, New York, and Ohio–everywhere crimes were committed against over a thousand victims.  Subpoena the Money: We need a total forensic audit of Epstein's wire transfers worth over a billion dollars. End the "Great Disillusionment": Our institutions failed because they were captured. We must be the light that shines into their darkness. History will remember those who stood up. It is our turn to be relentless, like those who came before us, until every co-conspirator is behind bars. This is an excerpt of this week's bonus show. To listen to the full episode, subscribe at Patreon.com/Gaslit. Thank you to everyone who supports our investigative journalism.  Want to hear Gaslit Nation ad-free? Join our community of listeners for bonus shows, exclusive Q&A sessions, our group chats, invites to live events like our Monday political salons at 4pm ET over Zoom, and more! Sign up at Patreon.com/Gaslit! Show Notes: Book Launch: Mrs. Orwell by Andrea Chalupa in conversation with Nomiki Konst https://powerhousearena.com/events/book-launch-mrs-orwell-by-andrea-chalupa-in-conversation-with-nomiki-konst/ The State of the Union is Sadistic Elites on a Crime Spree https://www.gaslitnationpod.com/episodes-transcripts-20/2026/2/24/the-state-of-the-union-is-sadistic-elites-on-a-crime-spree @repilhan.bsky.social shouts at Trump during SOTU: "You have killed Americans." https://bsky.app/profile/jordanuhl.com/post/3mfnpqndvlk23 Susanna Ledesma Woody is a proud central Texan, a devoted mother of three, a respected public servant, and a passionate advocate for equity and opportunity. https://www.votesusanna.net/meet-susanna Dominique Azzollini is a lifelong Pike County resident, real estate professional, and community advocate running for State Representative to make Pike and Wayne Counties affordable, healthy, and full of opportunity again. https://www.azzolliniforpa.org/

Reps. David Scott (D-GA) and Tom Suozzi (D-NY) appeared to “doze off” during Donald Trump's SOTU address. On our radar this week… “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”  – George Orwell, “1984” We opened last week's podcast with those words from Orwell's prescient dystopian novel. On Tuesday, Donald Trump lived those words in a gibbering, rambling, bitter, divisive, partisan, and lie-filled one-hour 47-minute diatribe. The speech was boycotted by dozens of Democrats … and a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court and, based on the TV ratings, the majority of Americans. Newly elected Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger, in the official Democratic response, summed up Trump in one biting paragraph: “…who benefits from his rhetoric, his policies, his actions, the short list of laws he’s pushed through this Republican Congress? Somebody must be benefiting. He’s enriching himself, his family, his friends. The scale of the corruption is unprecedented. There’s the coverup of the Epstein files, the crypto scams cozying up to foreign princes for airplanes and billionaires for ballrooms, putting his name and face on buildings all over our. Nations capital. This is not what our founders envisioned. Not by a long shot. So I’ll ask again. Is the president working for you? We all know the answer is no.” Ryan Garza – Detroit Free Press A day later, Governor Whitmer offered her 8th and final State of the State assessment: realistic, grounded in reality, and a reflection of someone whose approval rating is 15 points higher than Trump's. Multiple polls show a stunning 60+ percent of Americans say Trump sucks while Whitmer's approval has consistently been in the low-to-mid 50's. Whitmer's speech focused on “kitchen table” issues: affordability, medical debt, housing and literacy. She somehow forgot to label Republicans as “Low IQ”, “Crazy”, “Lunatics” or responsible for all of Michigan's problems … she didn't even once blame anything on Rick Snyder … but she did take the opportunity to brag about Michigan athletes dominating the U.S. medal count at the Olympics. And she even high-fived House Speaker MAGA Matt Hall for working collaboratively on sick-time legislation! The contrasts between those two speeches frame this week's discussion. Later in the podcast, we are joined by two anti-authoritarian experts to discuss an issue facing many American families and neighbors: how we can talk with each other in this era of often-angry partisan divisions – and why it is critical that we do. We've all been there. Going to the Sunday family dinner that always devolves into a debate about Trump. A few of my extended family members are MAGA to the point where we avoid politics completely. Scrolling through Facebook and encountering that childhood friend whose feed has become a minefield of MAGA memes. For a decade, the conventional wisdom for surviving the American political divide has been “don't go there.” We've treated political topics like radioactive waste—best left buried for the sake of the relationship. The folks at the Democracy Investment Fund think that silence is costing us more than we realize. Their new free app, LSTN2U, is a bet on a radical idea: that we can actually talk to each other again, provided we stop trying to “win.” LSTN2U isn't a social media network or a news aggregator. It's essentially a flight simulator for difficult conversations. The free, nonpartisan app provides a judgment-free digital resource where users can practice realistic dialogue. We're joined by the two people behind this optimistic approach to politics: my friends Erin Dobson and Trygve Olson. LSTN2U is a free app: no upsells or hidden fees. Your data is not sold or used commercially. LSTN2U emphasizes: Active Listening: Truly hearing the “why” behind someone's “what.” Emotional Awareness: Identifying when your own “fight or flight” response is hijacking the logic centers of your brain. Boundary Setting: Learning how to stay in a conversation without losing your peace of mind—and knowing when it's OK to step back. Other issues on our radar this week that, in more normal times, would occupy an entire podcast include The appearance that Donald “Give Me the Nobel Peace Prize” Trump is on the verge of starting a war with Iran … a war that could rival the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in futility, and further alienate the United States from the world. This comes six months after Trump claimed to have obliterated Iran's nuclear weapons capabilities. Apparently obliteration has a short shelf life. The Epstein cover-up became even more evident with the revelation that dozens of documents pointing directly at Trump … including allegations of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl … have been hidden by the utterly corrupt Pam Bondi. But Republicans on Capitol Hill are more interested in the Clintons, with Bill and Hillary dragged in front of the House Oversight Committee this week for depositions that will keep the Epstein story in the headlines … but provide little else. After the Supreme Court told him his tariffs were illegal, Trump doubled down by imposing a 10 percent then 15 percent tariff on all imports. If, as Trump says, those tariffs would replace the federal income tax, it would be a huge financial windfall for the highest income taxpayers … his billionaire buddies, shifting the tax load to low- and middle-income families. Republicans are pushing to pass a bill to combat non-existent voter fraud. The so-called “SAVE” act would, in reality, burdening millions of Americans as they exercise their right to vote by requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. The proof: either a birth certificate or passport. Millions of American citizens, including low-income, minorities, seniors, and -get this- women who have a different last name than they were born with, would have to jump through hoops and incur costs to comply. FBI Director Kash Patel spent $1-million or more of taxpayer money for a thinly disguised junket to the Olympics, culminating with chugging beer with the victorious U.S. men's hockey team. Of course, he claimed official business as an excuse for his trip. New polling shows the race for Governor appears to show the race is a statistical tie, with Democrat Jocelyn Benson narrowly leading Republican John James and independent Mike Duggan. But the polling raises questions, especially because the poll was commissioned by supporters of Mike Duggan. The poll assumes James will be the survivor of a four-way GOP primary race, with 78-year-old Perry Johnson promising now to spend $10-million over the next few weeks in a statewide advertising blitz. Legislation has been introduced to limit the use of artificial intelligence to monitor workplace activity. State Representative Penelope Tsernoglou joined with Michigan AFL CIO President Ron Bieber to warn of abuses already happening as some employers use A.I. to monitor everything from computer activity to bathroom breaks. State House Speaker Matt Hall is floating a property tax relief plan funded by enacting a new tax on services – an idea once promoted unsuccessfully by Jennifer Granholm. The Department of Homeland Security says ICE officers will not interfere with voting precincts in November … but a lot of people are skeptical given the history of voting fraud conspiracy promoters making the promise. We’re now on YouTube every week! Click here to subscribe. 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durée : 00:38:35 - Questions du soir : le débat - par : Quentin Lafay, Stéphanie Villeneuve - George Orwell est l'un des rares auteurs à avoir laissé un adjectif dans la langue, pour dénoncer des atteintes à la liberté, comme dans le roman 1984. Rares aussi sont les auteurs à être autant cités, mais aussi détournés, mal compris, utilisés à des fins contraires au sens de leurs œuvres. - invités : Isabelle Jarry romancière et essayiste, enseignante à Sciences po Paris en littérature et écriture.; Kevin Boucaud-Victoire rédacteur en chef de la rubrique Débats et Idées au magazine Marianne ; Thierry Discepolo éditeur de George Orwell chez Agone  

Ya está en cines la séptima entrega de 'Scream', la famosa saga de terror, pero no podemos decir mucho de ella porque la prensa no la hemos podido ver antes de la grabación de este episodio. Eso nos abre un hueco para centrarnos y recomendar otras propuestas, como 'Sorry, baby', el debut de la directora y actriz Eva Victor en un tragicomedia que explora el trauma y la sanación tras una agresión sexual. Además, llega el documental 'Orwell 2+2=5', Ana Belén vuelve al cine con 'Islas' y en Filmin ya se puede ver la última película de Ira Sachs sobre el fotógrafo Peter Hujar. En televisión, charlamos con los protagonistas de 'Los Bridgerton' y analizamos 'Un hombre mejor', la serie noruega sobre un incel que acaba disfrazado de mujer.

durée : 00:28:44 - La Série fiction - "Vous obéissez au Grand Frère, je vous en félicite, mais cela ne suffit pas. Il faut l'aimer, à présent. Winston, je vous annonce une bonne nouvelle : vous êtes prêt à franchir la toute dernière étape. Elle consiste à trahir Julia et aimer le Grand Frère" - réalisation : Volodia Serre

Desde historias personales e íntimas a relatos universales, la cartelera y De película esta semana llega cargada de cintas muy interesantes. Islas, de Marina Seresesky es la vuelta a la gran pantalla de Ana Belén tras años alejada de ella. Una película de personajes, silencios, humor negro y melancolía, de todo ello hablamos con su protagonista Ana Belén. Otro estreno a destacar es Hasta la montaña, el drama canadiense-francés de Sophie Deraspe, su película más personal, un relato sobre los retos y las conexiones humanas con la naturaleza.Desde el cine iberoamericano nos llega Manas, un drama brasileño dirigido por Marianna Brennand que ha tenido un recorrido muy interesante por festivales y es una de las cinco películas que aspira a llevarse el Goya. Manas retrata, a partir de historias reales, la violencia sexual estructural que sufren las mujeres y niñas en la isla de Marajó, un territorio marcado por el aislamiento. Otros títulos en los que nos detenemos es Orwell dos más dos igual a cinco del cineasta haitiano Raoul Peck y "Los miserables: El origen" de Éric Besnard, una mirada más fresca al clásico de Víctor Hugo.Todo esto además de las secciones Habituales, el repaso al palmarés de la 51 edición de los premios Cesar y un avance de lo que deparará la 40 edición de los premios Goya que se celebra el sábado 28 de Febrero en De Película escuchamos a los dos premios que ya conocemos, el Goya de Honor Gonzalo Suarez y el Goya internacional Susan Sarandon.Escuchar audio

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durée : 00:28:48 - La Série fiction - "Nous n'éliminons pas l'hérétique parce qu'il nous résiste ; tant qu'il nous résiste, nous ne l'éliminons pas. Nous le convertissons : nous prenons dans nos filets son être intime, nous le remodelons. Avant de le tuer, si nous décidons de le tuer, nous faisons de lui l'un des nôtres." - réalisation : Volodia Serre

durée : 00:03:46 - Le Regard culturel - par : Lucile Commeaux - Sort aujourd'hui au cinéma le documentaire "Orwell : 2+2=5" de Raoul Peck, un film qui entend prouver l'acuité du roman "1984" pour penser notre monde. Un film qui empile les images et les textes trop compulsivement pour produire une pensée politique vraiment convaincante.

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durée : 00:28:43 - La Série fiction - "Où veux-tu qu'on soit ? Tu reconnais les poutres, les dorures, le mobilier de style George Premier. On est au palais, dans la salle de bal… En vérité, je vais te dire, c'est beaucoup plus simple, on appelle ça un cachot. Enfin, peu importe le nom." - réalisation : Volodia Serre

durée : 00:03:46 - Le Regard culturel - par : Lucile Commeaux - Sort aujourd'hui au cinéma le documentaire "Orwell : 2+2=5" de Raoul Peck, un film qui entend prouver l'acuité du roman "1984" pour penser notre monde. Un film qui empile les images et les textes trop compulsivement pour produire une pensée politique vraiment convaincante.

Nuestro crítico de cine Carlos Boyero visita 'La Ventana' para hablarnos de los nuevos estrenos que llegan a la cartelera esta semana.

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Cinq ans après le putsch au Mali, suivi ensuite de ceux du Burkina Faso et du Niger, Jeune Afrique s'interroge : « Les juntes ont-elles tenu leurs promesses ? » Dans les trois pays, les militaires arrivent au pouvoir au nom de l'impératif sécuritaire : « le discours est rodé, note le site panafricain : seuls les militaires peuvent gagner la guerre que les civils ont perdue. Finis, les atermoiements diplomatiques, les contraintes des accords de défense avec Paris, les états d'âme sur les droits humains ou la nécessité d'ouvrir un dialogue. Place à une guerre “totale“, menée par des soldats qui connaissent le terrain, épaulés par de nouveaux partenaires, Russie en tête, débarrassés des scrupules voire des arrière-pensées occidentales. Résultat ? Pas de quoi pavoiser… », s'exclame Jeune Afrique. Aussi bien au Mali qu'au Burkina et au Niger, « la situation sécuritaire s'est détériorée. (…) Partout, la même logique à l'œuvre : une militarisation à outrance de la réponse, une répression sans discrimination des populations accusées de complicité avec les jihadistes, un recours massif à des supplétifs étrangers, Africa Corps au Mali et au Burkina, des milices locales partout. Et le même résultat : une insécurité aggravée, une violence débridée, des populations prises entre le marteau jihadiste et l'enclume militaire. » Un changement de tuteur Jeune Afrique dresse un bilan tout aussi catastrophique sur le plan économique : les juntes avaient promis « souveraineté, rupture avec la dépendance néocoloniale, reprise en main des ressources nationales. Exit le franc CFA, symbole de la servitude monétaire. Exit aussi les “prédateurs“ occidentaux qui pillent les richesses africaines. Place à une économie enfin au service des peuples, débarrassée des tutelles étrangères. » Résultat : « La Russie, la Chine ou la Turquie se sont engouffrées dans le vide laissé par l'Occident, négociant des contrats qui ne sont pas nécessairement plus avantageux pour les populations. La souveraineté économique proclamée se révèle n'être qu'un changement de tuteur. » Comptables devant personne Enfin, « c'est peut-être sur le plan politique que le bilan est le plus édifiant, soupire encore Jeune Afrique. Car, au-delà des promesses sécuritaires et économiques, ces putschistes avaient tous juré, la main sur le cœur, de rendre le pouvoir aux civils après une brève “transition“. » Il n'en a rien été… Et on est arrivé à « une prise en otage du débat politique, une interdiction de penser autrement, une impossibilité de sanctionner démocratiquement des dirigeants qui, précisément, ne doivent rien aux urnes. Car c'est là le nœud du problème, constate le site panafricain : ces juntes ne sont comptables devant personne. Elles ne craignent ni l'alternance ni la sanction populaire. Leur seule légitimité repose sur la force des armes et sur la propagande. » Et Jeune Afrique de conclure : « Ces lignes nous attireront certainement la vindicte des thuriféraires de ces apprentis sorciers en treillis. “Dire la vérité en des temps de mensonge universel est un acte révolutionnaire“, écrivait Orwell dans 1984. (…) L'Histoire jugera sévèrement ces régimes qui auront trahi les espoirs qu'ils avaient suscités. » Walid, le trafiquant d'êtres humains : « sa cruauté était inconcevable » À lire également dans Le Monde Afrique cette enquête glaçante sur ce trafiquant d'êtres humains qui vient d'être condamné à 20 ans de prison aux Pays-Bas pour trafic de migrants. Il se faisait appeler Walid, mais personne ne connait sa véritable identité : « Depuis Bani Walid, dans le nord-ouest de la Libye, cet Érythréen organisait la détention de migrants dans des conditions épouvantables, relate le journal, jusqu'à recevoir d'importantes sommes d'argent de leurs proches. (…) 196 témoins, majoritairement érythréens, ont été entendus pendant l'enquête. » L'un d'entre eux raconte : « Nous n'avions droit qu'à un repas par jour. Des gardes armés nous menaçaient. Nous pouvions sortir une fois par jour, en demandant à aller aux toilettes, détaille-t-il. Sa cruauté était inconcevable. Dans le camp, il y avait des migrants somaliens qui ne pouvaient pas payer. Walid les forçait à travailler pour lui. » Le Monde Afrique poursuit : « Selon d'autres témoignages, les migrants étaient “constamment fouettés avec un tuyau d'arrosage“, menacés par le maître des lieux, armé. Une femme raconte avoir été battue et violée par des hommes sous les ordres de Walid. Le seul moyen de partir était de payer la traversée vers l'Europe : 2 200 dollars. » Une traversée qui bien souvent tournait au naufrage et à la noyade… Walid a certes été condamné. Mais c'est un trafiquant d'êtres humains parmi d'autres. Et, soupire le journal, il a été remplacé…

durée : 00:28:42 - La Série fiction - "Nous vous voyons. Winston Smith, matricule 60 79. Julia Burton, matricule 55 13, levez-vous. Placez-vous au milieu de la pièce, en face du télécran. Mains croisées derrière la tête. Vous n'avez pas le droit de vous toucher. Vous êtes en état d'arrestation." - réalisation : Volodia Serre

durée : 00:28:47 - La Série fiction - "Il vous faudra aussi prendre connaissance du livre de Goldstein. Sa lecture fera de vous deux des membres à part entière de la Fraternité. Chacun de nous en apprend des chapitres par cœur. S'il venait à être détruit, nous pourrions le reconstituer mot à mot." - réalisation : Volodia Serre

--{ "Will the Real Rulers of America Please Stand Up?"}-- A few thoughts about religion and the individual - Bayer and Roundup lawsuits - Donald Trump's recent executive order, glyphosates, RFK Jr. and MAHA - What should we consider when reading coverage of the Epstein files? - Why now has the Overton Window shifted to encourage discussion of Jews and Israel in ways that were previously not allowed? - Trilateral Commission, RIIA, CFR - Orwell's Inner and Outer parties - Monsanto was presented as a solution; GMO - Trusting media to tell you what is right, wrong, true or false - Socialis is the totally scientific control of everyone on the planet from birth to death - We gave our manufacturing to China - Climate Change - George W. Bush was surrounded by Neocons - Agenda 21, 2030 - The destruction of common culture, religion, family - Are you ready for 6G? - 5G for surveillance; AI and the Internet of Things - The Guardian goes Orwell on Climate - Bezmenov: your money spent on useless, ridiculous projects - Green, and sustainable.

durée : 00:29:02 - La Série fiction - "La haine stimule, les médecins le disent. Sans quoi, le cortex se relâche, et quelque chose dans les muscles aussi s'atrophie. Pas bon. Il est nécessaire de se rappeler chaque jour contre quoi et contre qui… " - réalisation : Volodia Serre

durée : 00:29:02 - La Série fiction - "La haine stimule, les médecins le disent. Sans quoi, le cortex se relâche, et quelque chose dans les muscles aussi s'atrophie. Pas bon. Il est nécessaire de se rappeler chaque jour contre quoi et contre qui… " - réalisation : Volodia Serre

durée : 00:54:11 - Le Grand Face-à-face - Débat avec l'un de nos grands documentaristes qui sort au cinéma un film documentaire "Orwell : 2+2=5". Une plongée fascinante dans l'œuvre visionnaire du grand écrivain anglais George Orwell qui nous a livré la boîte à outils pour comprendre toute dérive totalitaire. Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.

durée : 00:54:11 - Le Grand Face-à-face - Débat avec l'un de nos grands documentaristes qui sort au cinéma un film documentaire "Orwell : 2+2=5". Une plongée fascinante dans l'œuvre visionnaire du grand écrivain anglais George Orwell qui nous a livré la boîte à outils pour comprendre toute dérive totalitaire. Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.

Get access to The Backroom (95+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDimeIn this week's episode of 1Dime Radio, I'm joined by Professor Michael C. Behrent to discuss Towards a Conservative Left: Selected Writings of Jean-Claude Michéa, a newly translated collection of essays by one of France's most fascinating dissident socialists, sometimes described as “the French Christopher Lasch.”Michéa is a rare kind of left thinker: fiercely anti-capitalist and pro-democracy, but deeply skeptical of the Left's cultural project, especially when it becomes a substitute for class politics, or when it turns working class “common sense” into something to be morally corrected. We talk about his Orwellian framework (including “Tory anarchism” and “common decency”), his critique of liberalism as both an economic and social ideology, and why these arguments suddenly feel uncomfortably relevant.In The Backroom (Patreon), we go further into what “conservative leftism” could actually mean today: socially conservative and economically leftist, what that synthesis would look like in practice, and what parts of the modern Left Michéa thinks have become complicit with liberalism.Timestamps:00:00:00  The Backroom Preview Culture vs Race, and The Cosmopolitan Delusion00:04:19  Jean Claude Michéa: The French Christopher Lasch 00:10:38  Towards a Conservative Left: Michéa's Conservative Socialism00:14:05  Orwell: The Tory Anarchist00:17:50  Michéa's background, communist parents, the Resistance, and patriotism00:28:01 Why Orwell is the key to Michéa's synthesis00:35:57  Orwell's “common decency.”00:50:15  Common sense vs left suspicion, and the populist question00:59:22  The “bourgeois left” & The drift away from the working-class 01:02:45  What “conservative” really means here01:31:02  A New Political Synthesis (The Backroom Transition)GUEST:Michael C. Behrent• Towards a Conservative Left (Bookshop): https://bookshop.org/p/books/towards-a-conservative-left-selected-writings-of-jean-claude-michea-jean-claude-michea/22912345• Towards a Conservative Left (Barnes & Noble): https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/towards-a-conservative-left-jean-claude-michi-a/1147813503• Vauban Books (Publisher): https://www.vaubanbooks.com/• Behrent faculty page (Appalachian State): https://history.appstate.edu/faculty-staff/profiles• Behrent's site: https://sisterrepublic.wordpress.com/about/FOLLOW 1Dime:• Substack (Articles and Essays): https://1dimereview.substack.com/• X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial• Instagram: instagram.com/1dimeman• Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1DimeeLeave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this.

durée : 00:28:43 - La Série fiction - "La Fraternité… Elle est comme Emmanuel Goldstein, dans un lieu imprécis. Son centre est partout et sa circonférence nulle part. On ne l'assigne en aucun lieu et on ne saurait désigner pour de bon aucun de ses membres." - réalisation : Volodia Serre

Where many filmmakers might have made a conventional biopic about George Orwell, Raoul Peck chose instead to use the British author's own words to craft an urgent documentary – one that serves as a warning about the dangers of totalitarianism today. The Haitian director joins us to discuss his new film, “2+2 = 5”, which explores how fragile democracies can be in the face of “alternative facts,” mass surveillance and media monopolies. Peck explains how Orwell's warnings are playing out across the world – and why the resilience of civil society may be our only hope.

durée : 00:28:35 - La Série fiction - "La conversation avec O'Brien n'a pas duré plus de deux minutes. Je voudrais pouvoir la relever de mémoire afin d'étudier chacune de ses paroles. Quelle était sa véritable intention ? Me mettre en garde ?" - réalisation : Volodia Serre

durée : 00:28:46 - La Série fiction - "Nom : Burton. Prénom : Julia. Née le 21 juillet 1959. Taille : 168 centimètres. Poids : 55 kilos. Cheveux : bruns. Lieu de travail : ministère de la Vérité. Poste de travail : département des Romans. Membre de la Ligue de défense de la pureté de la jeunesse." - réalisation : Volodia Serre

durée : 00:28:40 - La Série fiction - "Qu'est-ce qui justifie l'existence d'un mot qui n'est rien de plus que le contraire d'un autre ? Prenez le mot bon, par exemple. Si vous avez bon, quel besoin d'avoir un mot comme mauvais ? Pasbon fait aussi bien l'affaire." - réalisation : Volodia Serre

durée : 00:28:47 - La Série fiction - "Il vous faudra aussi prendre connaissance du livre de Goldstein. Sa lecture fera de vous deux des membres à part entière de la Fraternité. Chacun de nous en apprend des chapitres par cœur. S'il venait à être détruit, nous pourrions le reconstituer mot à mot." - réalisation : Volodia Serre

durée : 00:28:44 - La Série fiction - "Vous obéissez au Grand Frère, je vous en félicite, mais cela ne suffit pas. Il faut l'aimer, à présent. Winston, je vous annonce une bonne nouvelle : vous êtes prêt à franchir la toute dernière étape. Elle consiste à trahir Julia et aimer le Grand Frère" - réalisation : Volodia Serre

durée : 00:28:48 - La Série fiction - "Nous n'éliminons pas l'hérétique parce qu'il nous résiste ; tant qu'il nous résiste, nous ne l'éliminons pas. Nous le convertissons : nous prenons dans nos filets son être intime, nous le remodelons. Avant de le tuer, si nous décidons de le tuer, nous faisons de lui l'un des nôtres." - réalisation : Volodia Serre

durée : 00:28:43 - La Série fiction - "Où veux-tu qu'on soit ? Tu reconnais les poutres, les dorures, le mobilier de style George Premier. On est au palais, dans la salle de bal… En vérité, je vais te dire, c'est beaucoup plus simple, on appelle ça un cachot. Enfin, peu importe le nom." - réalisation : Volodia Serre

durée : 00:28:42 - La Série fiction - "Nous vous voyons. Winston Smith, matricule 60 79. Julia Burton, matricule 55 13, levez-vous. Placez-vous au milieu de la pièce, en face du télécran. Mains croisées derrière la tête. Vous n'avez pas le droit de vous toucher. Vous êtes en état d'arrestation." - réalisation : Volodia Serre

durée : 00:28:43 - La Série fiction - "La Fraternité… Elle est comme Emmanuel Goldstein, dans un lieu imprécis. Son centre est partout et sa circonférence nulle part. On ne l'assigne en aucun lieu et on ne saurait désigner pour de bon aucun de ses membres." - réalisation : Volodia Serre

durée : 00:28:35 - La Série fiction - "La conversation avec O'Brien n'a pas duré plus de deux minutes. Je voudrais pouvoir la relever de mémoire afin d'étudier chacune de ses paroles. Quelle était sa véritable intention ? Me mettre en garde ?" - réalisation : Volodia Serre

durée : 00:28:46 - La Série fiction - "Nom : Burton. Prénom : Julia. Née le 21 juillet 1959. Taille : 168 centimètres. Poids : 55 kilos. Cheveux : bruns. Lieu de travail : ministère de la Vérité. Poste de travail : département des Romans. Membre de la Ligue de défense de la pureté de la jeunesse." - réalisation : Volodia Serre

durée : 00:28:40 - La Série fiction - "Qu'est-ce qui justifie l'existence d'un mot qui n'est rien de plus que le contraire d'un autre ? Prenez le mot bon, par exemple. Si vous avez bon, quel besoin d'avoir un mot comme mauvais ? Pasbon fait aussi bien l'affaire." - réalisation : Volodia Serre

durée : 00:28:47 - La Série fiction - "La haine stimule, les médecins le disent. Sans quoi, le cortex se relâche, et quelque chose dans les muscles aussi s'atrophie. Pas bon. Il est nécessaire de se rappeler chaque jour contre quoi et contre qui… " - réalisation : Volodia Serre

durée : 00:10:05 - Le Point culture - par : Sophie-Catherine Gallet - En 1949 paraissait un ouvrage visionnaire, le roman "1984" de George Orwell. Pourtant, si cette œuvre est devenue rapidement l'une des plus célèbres au monde, les conditions dans lesquelles Orwell l'écrivit sont restées mal connues. Jean-Pierre Perrin revient dans un livre sur cette genèse. - réalisation : Laurence Malonda - invités : Jean-Pierre Perrin Journaliste et écrivain

durée : 00:28:47 - La Série fiction - "La haine stimule, les médecins le disent. Sans quoi, le cortex se relâche, et quelque chose dans les muscles aussi s'atrophie. Pas bon. Il est nécessaire de se rappeler chaque jour contre quoi et contre qui… " - réalisation : Volodia Serre

Happy Valentine's Day to the Gaslit Nation family. While the world distracts itself with candy-coated romance, we know the most consequential stories are often the most complicated. If you're in the mood for a love story, specifically, a toxic one that changed the course of history, I invite you to meet Eileen O'Shaughnessy in my graphic novel, Mrs. Orwell. Eileen was the brilliant, overlooked force who helped fuel the creation of her husband's most enduring works. Her life with Eric Blair (aka George Orwell) was a whirlwind of intellect, sacrifice, and revolutionary dysfunction. Pre-order Mrs. Orwell here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250877857/mrsorwell/ See you at the Gaslit Nation Salon on Monday at 4pm ET -- only on Patreon.com/Gaslit. Thank you to everyone who supports our work here during these dangerous times. 

How do you deal with the emotional toll of living in a time of dissolution? Social scientists use the term "polycrisis" to describe the kind of cascading, overlapping failures that can lead to systemic collapse, and it's hard not to see the symptoms of a dying world order in events unfolding around us.  But maybe what we're witnessing is actually grounds for hope. In a forthcoming book "The Beginning Comes After the End," writer and activist Rebecca Solnit makes the case that something is dying, all right — because something better is being born. A rising worldview that embraces antiracism, feminism, environmental thinking, Indigenous and non-Western ideas, and a vision of a more interconnected, compassionate world.  Solnit is an engaged writer and intellectual in the tradition of Barbara Ehrenreich, Susan Sontag and George Orwell. Her new book picks up where her earlier bestseller “Hope in the Dark”  left off — with an argument against despair and historical amnesia. In this conversation, we explore the extraordinary scale of progressive social, political, scientific and cultural change over the past century, the roots of Solnit's stance of “pragmatic, embodied hope,” her thoughts on “moral wonder, “ and her years in San Francisco's underground punk rock scene.  She also tells us what she'd put in our own wonder cabinet: an AIDS Memorial Quilt square sewn by Rosa Parks.  — To The Best Of Our Knowledge — Tending a wartime garden: what Orwell's fascination with roses tells us about the human need for beauty  Rebecca Solnit's newsletter  Pre-order “The Beginning Comes After the End," due out March 3, 2026.  —00:00:00 Introduction 00:04:00 A Land Back Ceremony 00:08:05 Progress in Disguise 00:18:35 Hope and Interconnection 00:29:45 Defiant Hope—Wonder Cabinet is hosted by Anne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson.Find out more about the show at wondercabinetproductions.com, where you can subscribe to the podcast and our newsletter.  Wonder Cabinet is hosted by Anne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson. Find out more about the show at https://wondercabinetproductions.com, where you can subscribe to the podcast and our newsletter.

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a rousing speech at the World Economic Forum on January 20, 2026 about the rupture of the rules-based order of the globalized economy, and he emphasized the need to build new coalitions to sustain the pressure coming from the United States' emerging authoritarianism. Carney said, “Great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons, tariffs as leverage, financial infrastructure as coercion, supply chains as vulnerabilities to be exploited. You cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit through integration, when integration becomes the source of your subordination.” Just as globalized, economic integrations are being weaponized by the United States, then Big Tech's integrations woven throughout our lives will continue to become the source of our own subordination, especially as surveillance capitalism heads towards it's logical conclusion of an all-pervasive, AI Big Brother, perhaps eventually explicitly tied into authoritarian governments. The AI Big Brother has already started within the context of private companies, but with the outdated Third-Party doctrine of the Fourth Amendment, then any data given to a third party has "no legitimate 'expectation of privacy'." From UNITED STATES v. MILLER (1976): "The Fourth Amendment does not prohibit the obtaining of information revealed to a third party and conveyed by him to Government authorities." So the US government can request almost any data shared with a third party without a warrant, and given Big Tech's cozy relationship to a democratically-backsliding US government, then who knows what kinds of backroom deals are being made to automate data sharing. We're already in an era where almost all data given to a third party is not considered to be private, and you can start to see some early indications for how this can go wrong in Taylor Lorenz's interview with 404 Media's Joe Cox about ICE's surveillance technologies. It seems likely that we are entering into the very early phases of Orwell's worst nightmare of a 1984 surveillance state powered by Big Tech's AI. In this op-ed podcast episode, I connect some dots between Carney's Davos speech about the hegemonic forces in the geopolitical sphere and the parallels with Big Tech's push towards "contextually aware-AI," which is just an always-on AI that is surveillance capitalism on steroids. Carney's speech provides a lot of insights for how Canada is navigating this new reality where the rules-based order on the International stage seems to be dissolving. One of his deepest insights is to simply name the truth, and to describe precisely what is happening. He refers to a powerful story from Vaclav Havel's The Power of the Powerless where shopkeepers eventually "took their [propaganda] signs down" during communist rule after they were no longer willing to live within a lie. Carney says: "The system's power comes not from its truth, but from everyone's willingness to perform as if it were true, and its fragility comes from the same source. When even one person stops performing, when the greengrocer removes his sign, the illusion begins to crack. Friends, it is time for companies and countries to take their signs down." Taking down metaphoric signs breaks the spell of the collective performative ritual that sustains the power of an authoritarian regime. Taking a sign down is also the embodiment of the first lesson of Timothy Synder's On Tyranny, which is "Do Not Obey in Advance." This lesson is certainly easier said than done, and I've been surprised how pervasive and powerful the chilling effects to remain silent can be. I find myself self-censoring, going dark on social media, and just generally not speaking the full truth as I see it. So this episode is a step in that direction of trying to name things as I see them, but also drawing the parallels between these broader political contexts and how they're collapsing into the technological contexts.

In this episode, Conor and Ben chat about recreational algorithms, the Chinese number system, PEDMAS, George Orwell and more!Link to Episode 273 on WebsiteDiscuss this episode, leave a comment, or ask a question (on GitHub)SocialsADSP: The Podcast: TwitterConor Hoekstra: LinkTree / BioBen Deane: Twitter | BlueSkyShow NotesDate Recorded: 2026-02-04Date Released: 2026-02-13ADSP Episode 247: The Philosophy of Good Software DesignHoogle Translate scanHoogle Translate filterHoogle Translate adjacent_differenceHoogle Translate deltasQ differPEDMASKeynote: A Future of Value Semantics and Generic Programming Part 1 - Dave Abrahams - CppNow 2022Intro Song InfoMiss You by Sarah Jansen https://soundcloud.com/sarahjansenmusicCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/l-miss-youMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/iYYxnasvfx8

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Peter Stansky discusses Orwell's wartime work for the BBC and The Lion and the Unicorn advocating Englishsocialism, arguing that Animal Farm was not anti-socialist but a critique of revolutionary leaders corrupted by absolute power who inevitably betray their ideals.1951

Peter Stansky attributes the pessimism in 1984 to Orwell's belief that leaders prioritize power over revolutionary goals, though he remained optimistic about the English people, noting the novel's enduring relevance regarding modern technology and political disinformation.1951