We live in an amazing age, even if we fail to know it. Anything you want to know, want to see, want to look deeper at, or listen to is at your fingertips for the simple fact it’s there…but we appear more confused than ever. The clatter, commotion, and pull of the world around us try to take us in whatever direction it wants. It’s difficult to know where to go and whom to trust. Sometimes, it’s just challenging to have some fun with what’s going on out there.
My name is Jason Burke, and though I’m technically the host of this podcast, it’s the guests who truly take top billing. It’s a place for curious minds who enjoy civil, sometimes meandering conversation, appreciate a few laughs, and want to come away with new knowledge or a simple understanding of subjects that aren’t always easy to break down.
Join me as we cut through the noise and chaos using experts, educators, authors, influencers, friends, fellow podcasters, people from all walks of life, and sometimes my magical google powers to get to the bottom of a diverse range of topics big and small, exciting and mundane, or simply just because we can. We may cover the big questions or public policy, the profound meditations of philosophy, the wonders of science, or the intricacies of everyday existence, or we may take a light approach to cover pop culture happenings, strange facts, or fictions. Nothing is off the table. It won’t always be a straight line, but take the journey and escape for a while for thoughtful excursions into the world of ideas across media, politics, technology, pop culture, and all realms of civic life.
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We live in an amazing age, even if we fail to know it. Anything you want to know, want to see, want to look deeper at, or listen to is at your fingertips for the simple fact it’s there…but we appear more confused than ever. The clatter, commotion, and pull of the world around us try to take us in whatever direction it wants. It’s difficult to know where to go and whom to trust. Sometimes, it’s just challenging to have some fun with what’s going on out there.
My name is Jason Burke, and though I’m technically the host of this podcast, it’s the guests who truly take top billing. It’s a place for curious minds who enjoy civil, sometimes meandering conversation, appreciate a few laughs, and want to come away with new knowledge or a simple understanding of subjects that aren’t always easy to break down.
Join me as we cut through the noise and chaos using experts, educators, authors, influencers, friends, fellow podcasters, people from all walks of life, and sometimes my magical google powers to get to the bottom of a diverse range of topics big and small, exciting and mundane, or simply just because we can. We may cover the big questions or public policy, the profound meditations of philosophy, the wonders of science, or the intricacies of everyday existence, or we may take a light approach to cover pop culture happenings, strange facts, or fictions. Nothing is off the table. It won’t always be a straight line, but take the journey and escape for a while for thoughtful excursions into the world of ideas across media, politics, technology, pop culture, and all realms of civic life.
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @jayburkeshow and we look forward to you as we take the journey together.
75. What Radiohead Knew Too - The Future was Already Happening
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1 hour 18 minutes
2 weeks ago
75. What Radiohead Knew Too - The Future was Already Happening
As part of the What They Knew series, Part II of What Radiohead Knew follows an android Mother teaching her child about time — how it shaped humanity… and how they broke under the forces gathering at the end of the century.
As Thom Yorke spirals into the making of Kid A, the world outside fractures: Y2K, the dot-com bubble bursts, the internet becomes a second bloodstream, and culture slips into the uncanny.
But something else is waking. In the static, the child hears the Conductor — a voice tied to humanity’s fall, murmuring of grief, progress, and impossible forces.
As one century collapses and Kid A emerges, one truth surfaces: no one survives the future unchanged.
This is the story of a band trying to outrun fame, a world trying to outrun itself, and a machine child standing at the edge of a revelation it may not be ready to face.
Intro music: “Monkey House” by Evan Toth. Grateful for Evan’s generosity in letting this track set the tone for What They Knew.
**The sections discussing Radiohead were informed by research conducted by Stephen Hyden, particularly his book This Isn’t Happening, and I want to acknowledge and credit his work accordingly. Please Check it out.**
Further Exploration:
“Exit Music: The Radiohead Story” by Mac Randall (2000)
“Radiohead’s OK Computer: An Oral History” by Rolling Stone (2017)
“The Age of Surveillance Capitalism” by Shoshana Zuboff (2019)
“The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity” by Amy Webb (2019)
"The Birth of The Web" CERN
“The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires” by Tim Wu (2010)
“Why the Future Doesn't Need Us” by Bill Joy, Wired Magazine (2000)
"Tim Berners-Lee on 30 years of the World Wide Web: We can get the web we want." The Guardian (2019)
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The With Jay Burke Show
We live in an amazing age, even if we fail to know it. Anything you want to know, want to see, want to look deeper at, or listen to is at your fingertips for the simple fact it’s there…but we appear more confused than ever. The clatter, commotion, and pull of the world around us try to take us in whatever direction it wants. It’s difficult to know where to go and whom to trust. Sometimes, it’s just challenging to have some fun with what’s going on out there.
My name is Jason Burke, and though I’m technically the host of this podcast, it’s the guests who truly take top billing. It’s a place for curious minds who enjoy civil, sometimes meandering conversation, appreciate a few laughs, and want to come away with new knowledge or a simple understanding of subjects that aren’t always easy to break down.
Join me as we cut through the noise and chaos using experts, educators, authors, influencers, friends, fellow podcasters, people from all walks of life, and sometimes my magical google powers to get to the bottom of a diverse range of topics big and small, exciting and mundane, or simply just because we can. We may cover the big questions or public policy, the profound meditations of philosophy, the wonders of science, or the intricacies of everyday existence, or we may take a light approach to cover pop culture happenings, strange facts, or fictions. Nothing is off the table. It won’t always be a straight line, but take the journey and escape for a while for thoughtful excursions into the world of ideas across media, politics, technology, pop culture, and all realms of civic life.
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @jayburkeshow and we look forward to you as we take the journey together.
