Ep.229 - National Conservatism & Fake Features
In a week where:
- NFL player, actor & activist Jim Brown dies aged 87.
- Study by One Earth concludes that Fossil Fuel firms owe $209B a year in climate reparations.
- Italy's Mt Etna erupts.
- Carmelo Anthony announces his retirement.
- The Tories have now been in power longer than "New Labour".
In the 1st of two Politics segments: (8:11) The National Conservatism Conference has been and gone, providing a bevvy of right-wing nutjob speeches. But whilst it may have been funny and/or inconsequential in previous years, it feels much more sinister now.
In the 2nd Politics segment: (20:34) I would LOVE to take Nigel Farage's admission that "The Exit" failed and smoke a pack in honour of it. But whilst even the likes of Farage can finally admit it... We're still in it.
In Music: (34:32) I've talked about AI in music recently with the recent event of Timbaland showing his ass. But AI in music is and has been a thing. So what do we do about the concept of "Fake Features".
Lastly, in Society: (48:43) TikToker who goes by the name of Mizzy has been clout chasing on an absurd scale, in the name of "pranks". He's not the first, won't be the last. But with him speaking out about it all, the whole story sends me down a thought-abyss.
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Intro Music - "Too Much" By Vanilla
Interlude - "Charismatic" By NappyHigh
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