{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"TBD - To Be Determined","title":"Episode 30 - Captive Audience (Ann Warren Griffith)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/1dbc7c18\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2426,"description":"Theme: Paying your debt to Capitalism\nEpisode Connections\nAuthors, stories. Ann Warren Griffith, “Zeritsky’s Law.” Henry Cuttner, “Nothing But Ginger Bread Left.” Arthur C. Clarke, “The Ultimate Melody.” Fritz Leiber, “The Girl With the Hungry Eyes.” Frederic Pohl, The Space Merchants. Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash. George Orwell, 1984.\nFilms. Blade Runner.\nMusic. Rush, “Subdivisions.”\nTV episodes, series. Commercials. The Super Bowl.\nIdeas. What if advertising were everywhere? Well … even MORE everywhere. What if it were a crime to ignore or block advertising? Do we live in a Capitalist surveillance society? We are conditioned to consume.\nWhat did we miss? The Truman Show for its ad placement. They Live for its subliminal messages about consumption.\nWhoa - Hmmm - WTF. Bill wishes this was a WTF story, but alas. Dan says Hmmm.   \nPrevious episode: Alexander Malec, “10:01 AM”\nNext episode: Chris Neville, “The Forest of Zyl”\nMusic Credit: \"Ouroboros\" Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nLink: Creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/moTEn8Q6KiozdqWo9_SH6T23BOVdaOv5gy5HKs5cLps/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzIxNjMxLzE2MjI1/NjE2NjUtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}