3 episodes
Joel Bakan's Unfortunately Necessary Podcast Joel Bakan
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- Society & Culture
From the award-winning author and filmmaker behind The Corporation and The New Corporation, Joel Bakan and guests look at the big shifts in our society that are coming based on our relationship with big tech. At this critical moment in history, with disinformation and excess at its gilded era peak, how do we rein it in to make tech and society work better for all of us?
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003: Protest & Politics – Part 2
Following on Part 1, we catch up with climate activist and NDP candidate Anjali Appadurai after the election and just before COP26.
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002: Protest & Politics – Part 1
We interview two unlikely activists that got into politics: Joe Keithley (AKA Joey S******d of D.O.A.) on Burnaby City Council, and climate justice activist Anjali Appadurai who ran as the NDP candidate in Vancouver Granville for the Canadian 2021 federal election.
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001: Twitter Gone Rogue
Hear the lowdown on how the filmmaker of The New Corporation, Joel Bakan, is taking on Twitter for censoring the trailer for the film. He’s joined by co-counsel Sujit Choudhry and co-Plaintiffs from Cool.World, Kat Dodds and Jen Evans.