Episode 32: The Military Entertainment Complex

I'M NOT LATE, YOU'RE LATE!!! 

I very intentionally didn't upload this episode on the normal day and made the extremely deliberate choice to upload it Thursday evening. I swear it on Devin's iridescent chitin.

Here at Sheeple HQ we're well-oiled (on massage Mondays at least) and organized much like the world's best militaries. As it turns our being disciplined isn't the only thing a huge military needs to thrive, it also needs Tom Cruise.

This episode we're discussing the Military Entertainment Complex, the little known but widely seen network of entertainment products sponsored by the US military. If it sounds weird, and perhaps a little dystopian, that's because it is!

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Music:

Intro: Alien visitors

Ads: The Bounty Hunter

Outro: Trip with a UFO

From: https://soundtrackuniverse.com

Hear from an expert in online literacy: https://omny.fm/shows/factually-with-adam-conover/why-critical-thinking-can-t-beat-misinformation-an

Sources:

• Playing War: How the Military Uses Video Games - The Atlantic
• Shall we play a game?: The rise of the military-entertainment complex | Salon.com
• US Army pauses video game streams after accusations of violating free speech - The Verge
• America's Army is finally closing for good | PC Gamer
• Report: Defense Dept. paid NFL millions of taxpayer dollars to salute troops | PBS News Weekend
• Report: At least 50 teams were paid by Department of Defense for patriotic displays - The Washington Post
• How Hollywood became the unofficial propaganda arm of the U.S. military | CBC Radio
• Military-entertainment complex - Wikipedia
• How the U.S. military made 'Top Gun' and 'Top Gun: Maverick' possible - The Washington Post
• Updated ‘Complete’ List of DOD Films | Spy Culture