Send us a text What happens when a staged arrest outperforms months of honest work? We tell the story, then pull back the curtain on why shock travels faster than truth and how the algorithm quietly trains us to serve its appetite for outrage, surprise, and escalation. From the first ring of viral attention to the uneasy questions that followed, we trace how content culture moved from follower counts and funnels to a system where plausibility can outrun proof. Deepfakes and synthetic media r...
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Send us a text What happens when a staged arrest outperforms months of honest work? We tell the story, then pull back the curtain on why shock travels faster than truth and how the algorithm quietly trains us to serve its appetite for outrage, surprise, and escalation. From the first ring of viral attention to the uneasy questions that followed, we trace how content culture moved from follower counts and funnels to a system where plausibility can outrun proof. Deepfakes and synthetic media r...
S4 Ep. 254 How a Poem Becomes a Movement and Shapes History
The Word Café Podcast with Amax
27 minutes
2 months ago
S4 Ep. 254 How a Poem Becomes a Movement and Shapes History
Send us a text A single line can tilt a life—or a nation. We dive into the power of poetry as a force for creation, persuasion, and cultural memory, tracing how short, vivid phrases turn into mottos, manifestos, and movements that outlast their makers. From love words that soften the room to village proverbs that personify healing, we unpack why rhythm, image, and cadence bypass resistance and pull us toward action. We follow the arc from poiesis—the Greek root for “making”—to modern history...
The Word Café Podcast with Amax
Send us a text What happens when a staged arrest outperforms months of honest work? We tell the story, then pull back the curtain on why shock travels faster than truth and how the algorithm quietly trains us to serve its appetite for outrage, surprise, and escalation. From the first ring of viral attention to the uneasy questions that followed, we trace how content culture moved from follower counts and funnels to a system where plausibility can outrun proof. Deepfakes and synthetic media r...
