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Laboring Upstream On the River of Shit

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Why do so many of the companies that provide us with stuff need to be ginormous? For that matter, why must too many of them outright abuse their workers? I look at this just a bit in this Episode 285: Laboring Upstream On the River of Shit. Find the Show Notes Page at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2026/07/episode-285-laboring-upstream-on-river.html

Bath Bombing the Internet

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Has anyone ever wondered what might happen if untruths both large and small continue to be used by people to sell shit, perhaps in diabolical ways, and "increase engagement"? Actually, several have, years ago. And now we're close to living that dystopia, on which I comment in this Episode 284: Bath Bombing the Internet. Find the Show Notes Page at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2026/06/episode-284-bath-bombing-internet.html

Bonus Episode Teddy Roosevelt's 1910 Address to the Sorbonne

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In this Bonus Episode I read excerpts from former President Theodore Roosevelt's 1910 Commencement Address to the graduates and staff of the Sorbonne in France (referred to by some as the "Man In The Arena" speech). Find the Show Notes at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2026/06/bonus-episode-teddy-roosevelts-1910.html

Privilege Requires Usufruct!

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I completely realize that my insistence on correcting other people's mistakes is a complete mistake on my part. Still. I do it. For me, forget about capital, and concentrate on usufruct. It's something I do here in this Episode 283: Privilege Requires Usufruct! Find the Show Notes at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2026/05/episode-283-privilege-requires-usufruct.html

Many Voices Make Lies Work

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Modern advertising and military propaganda efforts share quite a few common elements. How many they share should surprise and even shock us all. I explore this topic in this Episode 282: Many Voices Make Lies Work. Find the Show Notes at: Find the Show Notes for Episode 34: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2015/06/episode-34-reiteratively-repeated.html

My Brother's Experiment

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Using computers that can more or (mostly) less function as if they were "intelligent" is all the rage today, especially in business. Why hire a person when a machine can do the job? Others are goofing around with these machines as well, including my own brother. I explore some of his recent goofs in this Episode 281: My Brother's Experiment. Find the Show Notes at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2026/04/episode-281-my-brothers-experiment.html

Sky Father The Uncrumbly

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Definitions can be difficult sometimes, especially when the word you are floundering to define doesn't really have a concrete definition, but rather a multitude of different applications and associations. It's best then to define something with double negatives, as I try to demonstrate in this Episode 280: Sky Father The Uncrumbly. Find the Show Notes at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2026/04/episode-280-sky-father-uncrumbly.html

Why Capitalists Don't Exist

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Categorizing certain things is important. Over-categorizing them, though, can be more damaging to one's understanding than not categorizing things at all. Lately, I've realized that categorizations have impeded understanding our world to the point that perhaps we should just jettison certain categorizations altogether. Hence, Episode 279: Why Capitalists Don't Exist. Find the Show Notes at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2026/03/episode-279-why-capitalists-dont-exist.html

The Magical Manipulation of Desire

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I've mentioned before that advertising often takes advantage of those it targets psychologically, triggering latent vulnerabilities in all of us. Maybe it's more than just psychology, though, that makes ads tick. I explore one possibility in this Episode 278: The Magical Manipulation of Desire. Find the Show Notes Page at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2026/02/episode-278-magical-manipulation-of.html

Ratcheting the Ridiculous

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Sometimes, the difference between entertainment between two countries is profound due to cultural differences. Today, I'd like to suggest that there are differences well beyond culture that affect two peoples, even those separated by a common language, in this Episode 277: Ratcheting the Ridiculous. Find the Show Notes Page at: https://attackadspodcast.blogspot.com/2026/02/episode-277-ratcheting-ridiculous.html

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