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Gadfly Academy

Podcast by Herman Middleton

English

Personal stories & conversations

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The Gadfly Academy podcast is focused on understanding what it means to be a human in a world that treats humans like machines. That humans are not machines is a guiding principle, as is the conviction that we were born into a huge social experiment, which began hundreds of years ago, and at the heart of which is a mechanistic anthropology that views humans as machines...

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25 episodes

episode The World's Most Dangerous Religion? | Paul Kingsnorth's Against The Machine: Ch. 19 & 20 | Book Study # 10 artwork

The World's Most Dangerous Religion? | Paul Kingsnorth's Against The Machine: Ch. 19 & 20 | Book Study # 10

📙 Download The How Did We Get Here? Reading List (+ Social media links!): https://sleekbio.com/gadflyacademy || *This is the lost episode that got overlooked over Christmas and New Year's!|| Paul Kingsnorth’s new book, Against the Machine, is one of the most profound critiques of modern technological civilization. || This is why we took a deep dive into his book...|| If you’ve ever wondered what went wrong with our relationship to technology, or how to reclaim your humanity in a mechanized age, this conversation is for you. || 🎥 View podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@GadflyAcademy || 🔔 SUBSCRIBE, please! || 🖇️ LET'S CONNECT! || Substack: https://gadflyacademy.substack.com/ || TikTok: http://www.tiktok.com/@gadflyacademy || X/Twitter: http://x.com/gadflyacademy || Instagram: http://instagram.com/gadflyacademy || Threads: http://threads.net/@gadflyacademy || Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gadflyacademy || Medium: https://medium.com/@gadflyacademy || Website: http://www.gadflyacademy.com || #culturalcriticism #anthropology #cosmology #matrix

22 Jan 2026 - 10 min
episode Progress Is A Religion | Paul Kingsnorth's Against The Machine: Ch. 24-27 | Book Study # 12 artwork

Progress Is A Religion | Paul Kingsnorth's Against The Machine: Ch. 24-27 | Book Study # 12

📙 Download The How Did We Get Here? Reading List (+ Social media links!): https://sleekbio.com/gadflyacademy || Paul Kingsnorth’s new book, Against the Machine, is one of the most profound critiques of modern technological civilization. || This is why we have been taking a deep dive into his book...|| If you’ve ever wondered what went wrong with our relationship to technology, or how to reclaim your humanity in a mechanized age, this conversation is for you. || 🎥 View podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@GadflyAcademy || 🔔 SUBSCRIBE, please! || 🖇️ LET'S CONNECT! || Substack: https://gadflyacademy.substack.com/ || TikTok: http://www.tiktok.com/@gadflyacademy || X/Twitter: http://x.com/gadflyacademy || Instagram: http://instagram.com/gadflyacademy || Threads: http://threads.net/@gadflyacademy || Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gadflyacademy || Medium: https://medium.com/@gadflyacademy || Website: http://www.gadflyacademy.com || #culturalcriticism #anthropology #cosmology #matrix

15 Jan 2026 - 11 min
episode The Myth of Neutral Technology | Paul Kingsnorth's Against The Machine: Ch. 21, 22 & 23 | Book Study # 11 artwork

The Myth of Neutral Technology | Paul Kingsnorth's Against The Machine: Ch. 21, 22 & 23 | Book Study # 11

📙 Download The How Did We Get Here? Reading List (+ Social media links!): https://sleekbio.com/gadflyacademy || Paul Kingsnorth’s new book, Against the Machine, is one of the most profound critiques of modern technological civilization. || This is why we have been taking a deep dive into his book...|| If you’ve ever wondered what went wrong with our relationship to technology, or how to reclaim your humanity in a mechanized age, this conversation is for you. || 🎥 View podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@GadflyAcademy || 🔔 SUBSCRIBE, please! || 🖇️ LET'S CONNECT! || Substack: https://gadflyacademy.substack.com/ || TikTok: http://www.tiktok.com/@gadflyacademy || X/Twitter: http://x.com/gadflyacademy || Instagram: http://instagram.com/gadflyacademy || Threads: http://threads.net/@gadflyacademy || Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gadflyacademy || Medium: https://medium.com/@gadflyacademy || Website: http://www.gadflyacademy.com || #culturalcriticism #anthropology #cosmology #matrix

8 Jan 2026 - 17 min
episode Why Nothing Feels Stable Anymore | Paul Kingsnorth's Against The Machine: Ch. 16, 17 & 18 | Book Study # 9 artwork

Why Nothing Feels Stable Anymore | Paul Kingsnorth's Against The Machine: Ch. 16, 17 & 18 | Book Study # 9

Merch Store is now open for a limited time! -> https://gadflyacademy.printful.me || 📙 Download The How Did We Get Here? Reading List (+ Social media links!): https://sleekbio.com/gadflyacademy || Paul Kingsnorth’s new book, Against the Machine, is one of the most profound critiques of modern technological civilization. || This is why, over the coming weeks and months, we are taking a deep dive into his book...please join us most Monday and Thursday evenings at 7:30pmEST for a livestream (on YouTube) conversation. (But NOT the week of Christmas!)|| If you’ve ever wondered what went wrong with our relationship to technology, or how to reclaim your humanity in a mechanized age, this conversation is for you. || 🎥 View podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@GadflyAcademy || 🔔 SUBSCRIBE, please! || 🖇️ LET'S CONNECT! || Substack: https://gadflyacademy.substack.com/ || TikTok: http://www.tiktok.com/@gadflyacademy || X/Twitter: http://x.com/gadflyacademy || Instagram: http://instagram.com/gadflyacademy || Threads: http://threads.net/@gadflyacademy || Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gadflyacademy || Medium: https://medium.com/@gadflyacademy || Website: http://www.gadflyacademy.com || #culturalcriticism #anthropology #cosmology #matrix

18 Dec 2025 - 17 min
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