The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal
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The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal
Ep 870 Propaganda! (Science Fiction University)
Tune in Wednesday 1/22-- we're on the Bob Cesca Show and Driftglass will be on the BradCast! And we'll have more politics on Thursday, not that this show isn't political!
A dive into propaganda in science fiction, particularly those instances where aliens take over the world to the advantage of the privileged. What?
Links for this episode:
Ray Nelson, "Eight O'Clock In the Morning" available via the Internet Archive (free registration required) https://archive.org/details/sciencefictioncl0000unse_z5i2
Images of Arthur C. Clarke's "I Remember Babylon" https://imgur.com/gallery/i-remember-babylon-by-arthur-c-clark-2BX7I6R
Recorded live from the Cornfield Resistance. Podcast artwork by Frances Langum via BingAI.
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