A deep dive podcast by Gem & Jolie. The subtle art of pointless immersion in a new, strange topic every other Friday and True Crime Tuesdays on alternating weeks.
Chairman Mao Zedong is a case study in good intentions going straight to hell when power and narcissism combine. In yet another episode of "This Old Narcissist", we look at the rise of the Communist Party in the People's Republic of China and how sparrows are clearly the harbingers of all bad luck so we should destroy them.
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Opening and closing music: "A Magical Journey Through Space" by Leonell Cassio, licensed under a Creative Commons License.
4 Mar 2022
Dark Patterns: Stealing Babies & Tracking Locations
Have you ever wondered why Terms of Service tend to be long-winded and confusing or who decided it was a good idea to insult users by suggesting they don't like being informed if they decline updates on a news site? Join us on an infuriating deep dive into the deceptive stupidity running every single website you frequent and why we are under surveillance even when we think we've opted out of tracking.
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Opening and closing music: "A Magical Journey Through Space" by Leonell Cassio, licensed under a Creative Commons License.
10 Dec 2021
Andrew Wakefield, MMR Research & The Magic of Marketing
What do you get when you combine the aggression of rugby, an insatiable lust for money, and a story-hungry media? Well, you get the !RETRACTED! Lancet study that launched a thousand anti-vax campaigns. Join us on a deep dive into the murky waters of fraudulent medical science and solid investigative journalism into the man once hailed by his own Head of Medicine as a "wanker and a fraud", Andrew Wakefield!
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Opening and closing music: "A Magical Journey Through Space" by Leonell Cassio, licensed under a Creative Commons License.
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