Episode 30 - Captive Audience (Ann Warren Griffith)
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Show Notes
Theme: Paying your debt to Capitalism
Episode Connections
Authors, stories. Ann Warren Griffith, “Zeritsky’s Law.” Henry Cuttner, “Nothing But Ginger Bread Left.” Arthur C. Clarke, “The Ultimate Melody.” Fritz Leiber, “The Girl With the Hungry Eyes.” Frederic Pohl, The Space Merchants. Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash. George Orwell, 1984.
Films. Blade Runner.
Music. Rush, “Subdivisions.”
TV episodes, series. Commercials. The Super Bowl.
Ideas. What if advertising were everywhere? Well … even MORE everywhere. What if it were a crime to ignore or block advertising? Do we live in a Capitalist surveillance society? We are conditioned to consume.
What did we miss? The Truman Show for its ad placement. They Live for its subliminal messages about consumption.
Whoa - Hmmm - WTF. Bill wishes this was a WTF story, but alas. Dan says Hmmm.
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Music Credit: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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