{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Legion Podcasts - All Shows","title":"The Psychosemantic Podcast EP 135: Fascism February Flashback VDC It Can't Happen Here/Brazil","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/c5770366\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":7582,"description":"(According to the internet) This episode delves into the dystopian worlds of Terry Gilliam's \"Brazil\" and Sinclair Lewis's novel ‘It Can't Happen Here’ The hosts and guest Jeffery X Martin analyze how the film's brutalist architecture and bureaucratic absurdities, combined with the book's prescient depiction of a fascist takeover in America, serve as urgent warnings. They explore the disturbing parallels between these works and current political realities, prompting a discussion on complacency, resistance, and the frightening speed of democratic decline.\nSubscribe and Listen to the PsychoSemantic Podcast:\nhttps://psychosemantic.legionpodcasts.com/subscribe\nOriginally VD Clinic Pod EPISODE 10 – It’s Fascist February 2018 ! Vanessa & Daeron are joined by author/ podcaster Jeffery X Martin to discuss Terry Gilliam’s “Brazil” & the Sinclair Lewis novel “It Can’t Happen Here.” We talk fascism, bureaucracy, & lots of anxiety.\nEpisode Chapters:\n00:00:00 - Flashback to Fascism February\n00:04:09 - Welcome to Fascist February\n00:06:12 - Debunking Voter Fraud Myths\n00:09:14 - Election Chaos and Name Origin\n00:13:08 - Introducing Terry Gilliam's Brazil\n00:15:14 - Brazil's Dystopian Vision and Cast\n00:17:22 - Gilliam's Aesthetic and Bureaucracy\n00:21:26 - Visuals of Oppression and Style\n00:26:01 - Propaganda, Absurdity, and Unsettling Visuals\n00:29:22 - Soul-Crushing Office Realities\n00:31:25 - Government Infallibility and Dark Humor\n00:33:29 - Subverting the System and Little Man\n00:37:22 - Writing, Giants, and Michael Palin\n00:39:19 - Palin's Villainy and Dystopian Despair\n00:42:47 - Imagination, Dreams, and Studio Battles\n00:45:52 - Gilliam's Visual Genius and Budget\n00:47:34 - Classism, Resistance, and Gilliam's Frame\n00:52:24 - Maternal Influence and Sam's Rebellion\n00:54:31 - Internal Subversion and Forms\n00:56:50 - Brazil: Comedy to Terrifying Reality\n01:00:06 - Bleak Reality and Political Resurgence\n01:04:51 - Fascism, Orwell, and Dystopian Parallels\n01:06:43 - A...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/wtMQCjuEfHltaRdsGnz7e7oaV5w2g5bzAGvfQMyHldo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kNmZl/NTdjNDFlYzE2Mzhi/NGI5MTA4MGMxNGE4/OGVmYS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}