Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything

Feed Drop* You Feeling This (video podcast!)

Hey Dear listener, for years ToE’s Andrew Callaway has talked my ear off about the potential of the Video podcast and he has now put a real one into the world for a podcast called You Feeling This.  I invited him and YFT’s creator James Kim to discuss the merits of video podcasting and to encourage you all in listener land to VOTE FOR ANDREW [https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting?utm_campaign=signal4_finalists_finalistnotification_092325&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio#/2025/shows/video/most-innovative-video-podcast] VOTE [https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting?utm_campaign=signal4_finalists_finalistnotification_092325&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio#/2025/shows/video/most-innovative-video-podcast] for You Feeling This 2 as MOST INNOVATIVE VIDEO PODCAST: https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting?utm_campaign=signal4_finalists_finalistnotification_092325&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio#/2025/shows/video/most-innovative-video-podcast [https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting?utm_campaign=signal4_finalists_finalistnotification_092325&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio#/2025/shows/video/most-innovative-video-podcast] WATCH [https://youtu.be/vWBYU0vuy4Y?si=rcuw4OOVWz2c2Bif] You Feeling This 2 on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vWBYU0vuy4Y?si=rcuw4OOVWz2c2Bif [https://youtu.be/vWBYU0vuy4Y?si=rcuw4OOVWz2c2Bif] And you may have to verify your email address the day after you vote, so don’t forget to check your spam folder! ALSO VOTE for YFT2 as Best Fiction Podcast [https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting?utm_campaign=signal4_finalists_finalistnotification_092325&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio#/2025/shows/genre/scripted-fiction], Best Sound Design [https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting?utm_campaign=signal4_finalists_finalistnotification_092325&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio#/2025/shows/craft/best-sound-design] and Best Fiction Episode [https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting?utm_campaign=signal4_finalists_finalistnotification_092325&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio#/2025/individual-episodes/genre/scripted-fiction].

Feed Drop - Alternate Realities

Dropping the first episode in a new series from NRP's Embedded podcast:  Reporter Zach Mack thinks his dad has gone all in on conspiracy theories, while his father thinks that Zach is the one being brainwashed. In 2024, after the latest round of circular arguments, they decided to try something new, an attempt to pull each other out of the spell each of them thinks the other is under. Can one family live in two realities? To hear the who series, head to NPR's Embedded podcast. [https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510311/embedded]

Influencers (second time as Tragedy)

During the first Trump presidency I produced a radio drama with Jonathan Mitchell at The Truth Podcast about camp MAGA. In 2017 the idea of Trump locking up Americans in camps was a bit silly… that could never happen here? But in 2024, as private prison stocks soar to new heights, things like a little different.  Perhaps Marx got it wrong. Perhaps the repetitions of History are both farcical and tragic.

Reality Check!

Earlier this year I read a book called The End of Reality [https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781541703155]  by the writer Jonathan Taplin. The book is a meditation on the outsize power and influence of four billionaires: Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, Marc Andreesen, and Elon Musk. After the election I rang Jonathan up for a special post election conversation about his book and our new Oligarchy.  Also, Radiotopia is running its annual fundraiser right now, we only do this once a year. If you can donate please do! Support this show and indy podcasts.

Cultural Marxism Industry (2024 Hard Core version)

A few years ago I put together a story about the Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory with the writer and historian Martin Jay, today in 2024 the Cultural Marxism Industry is stronger than ever. An update for 2024.