What Ticketmaster Doesn't Want You To Know: Concerts Were Cheap For Decades
A deep dive into the history of concerts over the last 70 years and how corporate greed turned one of the most populist forms of entertainment into a luxury good.
30min or less
How Big Tech Steals Our Lives
Introduction - 0:00 Mapping Data Colonialism - 1:30 Data Colonialism's Civilising Mission - 10:26 Decolonising Data - 15:23
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Art Won't Save Us from Capitalism
Lily Alexandre (42:00). liy: do i want permission to live, or do i just want to live? mentions: Paulo Freire, Toni Cade Bambara, escapism. also on nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/lilyalexandre-can-art-save-the-world
about 40-45min#youtube#essay#art#politics#explainer#trans#palestine#organising#media#feminist#socialist#canada#nebulatv#timeline-2020s-2024
Understanding Caste in India (Jati & Varna) - How We Destroy Ourselves
Rohan Davis (2:02:43) a 2hr explainer with 103 references
all night diner
Matt Rife, The Patriarchy Won't Save You
Shanspeare (45:00). liy: no need to know who matt rife is before jumping in. this is the essay if you want a compassionate and deep unpacking of the American masculinity crisis (which also influences men elsewhere). Shanspeare gives a historical look at the dangerous pipeline men have been shackled to since they were children designed to frustrate them into misogyny, self-loathing rage and violence. Great dress. And stay for the fire comment Nikki Giovanni made re: the limitations of James Baldwin’s imagination.
about 40-45min#youtube#men#essay#celebrity#control#culture#disabled#explainer#gender#timeline-2020s-2024
How is Sufism related to Islam?
Let's Talk Religion (22:12) Today we talk about an often asked question - what is the relationship between Sufism and Islam? Are they the same thing or is there some difference?
The CIA's 8 steps to wreck organizations
Anark (29:19) In this video, I go over the 8 steps for wrecking organizations laid out by the CIA in its Simple Sabotage Field Manual.
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- Intro
- CIA Field Manual
- Preface
- Do everything through channels
- Make speeches
- Refer to committee
- Bring up irrelevant issues
- Haggle over precise wordings
- Refer back to decisions
- Advocate caution
- Be worried
How Israel Lies About Literally Everything
(11:08) liy: this video was so on time it came out in APRIL 2023. Good explainer about hasbara
ESSENTIAL SYLLABUS
How We Got Here... (Israel Palestine War Explained)
liy: Feels like calling a friend over for an hour to break it down for you, who pulls up links and watches them with you, yells at bad takes so you don't have to... all without the possibility of losing that friendship. not really an essay so the time flies by (1:03:47)
- He breaks it down like he's running media literacy 101 daycare for a generation younger than him (because he is),
- he answers questions in chat along the way,
- his examples are clear but not gory,
- and his editors are very good at cutting together a tight explainer video out of a much longer livestream.
an hour or so