Room 101 Radio (m4a): Recent Episodes
Jason S. Todd
Right! I know, I know a woman agree with a sexist, and probably narcissistic scientist may be a bit absurd but hear me out. Freud touches on some real issues throughout this article. I wholeheartedly agree with the fact that humans do not know how to be happy on their own. as we have evolved we have depended on different objects and outside sources to boost our dopamine and serotonin levels. We have depended on many outside sources to make our lives easier. We have come to equate having an easier life with being happy and it has taken a toll on us generation after generation and invention after invention.
Freud goes to explain why we are not meant to be civilized individuals who should have our lives imposed upon by the government. We were not meant to be forced into submission and follow all these rules according to Freud and I agree. We as people should not be limited by others who do not know us. Forced into the same schools, sitting for hours, told to be quiet. These are things that are not normal to our human nature. It is normal to discover and to want but to limit others is unfathomable in a sense.
I disagree with his writings on women because it safe to say he cannot speak on something that he is not. The idea of men being sexual beings is a part of nature. To love and to reproduce are not of the same thing but sometimes are forced to correlate. Animals reproduce all the time, but it is not always with the same female. Monogamy was a thing that was taught from generation to generation but so was polygamy. We have encountered so many different learnings on this earth that when we do not like something we consider it wrong. Implementing a government is outlying everything a group of individuals think is wrong and repressing other individuals to follow along. That is why we have wars and rebellions because we are not all made to think and act the same way.
In which Christina, Zaria, and Chinyere discuss I, Robot, the film adaptation of Isaac Asimov's short stories.
In which Jada, Minh, and Naya discuss the film adaptation of Lois Lowry's classic novel The Giver.
In which Vincent, T'Aaliyah, Jordan, and De'Hasia discuss the post-apocalyptic film Birdbox.
In which Lewis, Jeanna, and Ashley discuss the animated film adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Coraline.
In which Helana, Jalen, Sabirah, and Tiyana discuss the various dystopias that have been portrayed in the AMC series The Walking Dead.
In which Becky, Victoria, Naejea, and Larrione discuss "Nosedive," Episode 1 from Season 3 of the hit show Black Mirror.
In which Nikole, Audrey, Kaylen, and Nicholaus discuss "Fifteen Million Merits," Episode 2 from Season 1 of the hit show Black Mirror.
In which Penni, Derrien, Imani, and Jordan discuss "The Entire History of You," Episode 3 from Season 1 of the hit show Black Mirror.
In which Jalon, Danya, Jemini, and Rashid discuss Margaret Atwood's classic dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale.
In which Aidan, Kaylyn, Gabrielle, and Hannah discuss the novel Divergent and its movie adaptation.
In which Mega, Ranyia, Angel, and Alexia discuss Battle Royale, the Japanese film that inspired the Hunger Games series.
In which Damose, Ayo, Valerie, and Amaris discuss Bong Joon-ho's post-apocalyptic action film Snowpiercer.
In which Robert, Janelle, Katerra, and Madison discuss the classic 1968 film Planet of the Apes.
In which Jaylan, Chelsea, Diana, and Zakia discuss Shirley Jackson's classic short story "The Lottery".
In this episode, we talk about the film The Hunger Games and discuss the dystopian aspects that contributed to the overall theme of the dystopian film. Some of those dystopian elements were trackers, totalitarian government, and wealth was near the capitol whereas poverty existed farthest away. We also cover topics such as governmental control and share our reactions to the film. In terms of dystopia, we break apart the film in terms of what happened in the film and compared them to current nation and world events such as the Covid-19 pandemic.
In this episode, the Dystopian Detectives analyze both The Incredibles I & II, proving that there are dystopian traits in the franchise and the real world.
In Episode 1 of Got Health, Ashley Colbert, Carmen Haynes, and Denise Ssettimba discuss three dystopian films: We Ate the Children Last, Us, and Elysium in relation to the COVID-19 Pandemic .
In this episode, we will discuss how the film Equilibrium displays traits of a dystopian society while comparing and contrasting George Orwell’s novel 1984. Equilibrium can be analyzed and broken down into three categories: government, interpersonal relationships, and consciousness/autonomy.
Ready player one is a movie about a boy named Wade living in a futuristic society in the year 2045 that is overcome by technology, poverty, and chaos. Everyone in society spends their days in a virtual reality game trying to escape into a new reality unlike their own. In this podcast episode, we discuss some dystopian elements that are present in Ready Player One from escapism/poverty to technology/governmental abuse of power. We also discuss how those dystopian elements relate to the contemporary world.
In this episode, the 2011 film “In Time” is analyzed for its Dystopian elements as they have been presented in our Class. Parallels are drawn between the current world and the imagined life they have presented in the film. The social and economic inequalities of “In time” are compared to the strongly developed wealth gap in the United States and the world. In this episode, one will find interesting takes on life and wealth, along with questions that will stimulate thinking.
In this episode, we will explore the dystopian elements that are embedded within the movie, Stepford Wives. As we break down the dystopian elements, we simultaneously make connections to real life dystopian elements.
In this episode of What Happened to Room 101, we discuss the movie What Happened to Monday and the eerie similarities and differences that occur in dystopian worlds and the way we see them manifest themselves in our modern world.