Thought Police: Recent Episodes
Johnny B
Committing thoughtcrimes in 10 minutes or less. Host Johnny B combines inspiring quotes from fiction and nonfiction to express progressive thought. Commentary on politics, literature, entertainment, and so much more. Anything that helps contextualize our 21st-century issues.
Host Johnny B takes on the role of Thought Police Officer 2374. Officer 2374 offers Public Service Announcements on what kinds of thought the re-education services would like you to avoid. Today's examples explore how the U.S. got added to the list of "backsliding" democracies by the thinktank Internationa IDEA. What does that mean? Why is this happening?
Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/22/us-list-backsliding-democracies-civil-liberties-international
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/america-s-democracy-failing-world-knows-it-n1284597
https://www.idea.int/
In this episode, host Johnny B takes on the role of Thought Police Officer 2374. Officer 2374 offers a PSA on what kinds of thought the re-education services would like you to avoid. Today's examples concern the history and duty of the U.S. police force by references TIME's “How the U.S. got its Police Force” by Olivia B. Waxman. Who are the police protecting and serving? History provides us with our answer.
Source: https://time.com/4779112/police-history-origins/
Today's episode was inspired by Brian C. Muraresku's book "The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name", published Sept. 29, 2020. I talk about the importance and potential of psychedelics. What is it like to experience "God"? How is our spirituality changing in the 21st century? Let's get thinking about what could be...
Today's 2-min thoughtcrime opens up with a quick Foucault quote then ponders on wealth and our corrupted democracy.
Today's thoughtcrime returns to comparing 1984 and Brave New World through the eyes of Neil Postman. What has technology done to our culture? Who had a more accurate view of the future, George Orwell or Aldous Huxley? What are wicked problems? Let's talk about it.
Today's 2-min thoughtcrime contemplates morality and the social contract. Endcapped by quotes from Plato.
Today's 2-min thoughtcrime takes a look at the works and questions put forth by authors William Gibson and Aldous Huxley. Are we living in a cyberpunk dystopia? What do you think the future definition of slavery will be?
In just 2-minutes we commit a throughcrime by reflecting upon a quote from the amazing sci-fi author, Frank Herbert. What is a city? What is the purpose of such a place? What are the struggles that come with it? These questions will follow humanity forever so what can we learn from it all?
We take a look at one of the many thoughtcrimes of author Kurt Vonnegut. Belief is a part of human nature and is essential to a functional society. Religion, however, is not.
Commit some thoughtcrimes in under 2-minutes. A thought-provoking commentary on the power of language and how it shapes our world.