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The Manchurian Voter Podcast
Companion to The Manchurian Voter: Breaking the Trance by Ma'Moo T. Redman
Ten episodes. Start with Episode 1, or play the whole podcast in one player below.
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- Episode 1: Introducing The Manchurian Voter
Introduces the book, the trance, and the ten steps, with a closer look at the double standard. Listen - Episode 2: The Vocabulary Swap
Takes on the vocabulary swap: the same fact, two costumes. Listen - Episode 3: The Sunk-Cost Trap
Looks at sunk-cost loyalty: why years of support can make it hard to change your mind, and three tests to check yourself. Listen - Episode 4: Watch the Goalposts Move
Covers Step 9: the flip-flop excuse, prophecy immunity, and a prediction journal to keep yourself honest. Listen - Episode 5: Reopen the Case File and Spot the Synthetic
Covers checking damaging evidence before you believe it, and spotting AI-made video and audio. Listen - Episode 6: AI Doesn't Create Fake News, People with AI Create Fake News
Covers naming the handler, spotting the synthetic, questioning the chatbot, and the hands test: whose hands made it, paid for it, and checked it. Listen - Episode 7: Find Your Trigger Words
Covers Step 3: the heat that rises when disagreement feels like an attack, the Pause Practice, and the state you are in when you argue. Listen - Episode 8: Audit Your Outrage
Covers Step 4: the smoke alarm test, a two-week outrage log, and how the feed sets the alarm. Listen - Episode 9: Interview the Opposition
Covers Step 7: the memory hole that makes an expert disappear once their conclusion is inconvenient, and meeting the real opposition in place of the cartoon. Listen - Episode 10: The Filter Rebuild
Covers Step 10: building your own filter, and four questions to ask about a clip before you share it. Listen - Special Midterm Episode: Midterm Ready
A special episode before the midterm election: the checks to make before you vote, how to check a clip, and how to use your filter. Listen - Special Post-Election Episode: Keeping the Non-Bias Alive
A special episode after the vote: why a result can feel like proof, how to keep the other side in view, and how to keep your filter running. Listen