The End of the World with Michael and Stu
The Apocalypse is Everywhere. The End of the World with Michael and Stu is a (hopefully) insightful and (hopefully) humorous exploration of the rise of apocalyptic news, apocalyptic thinking and apocalyptic culture. Each week, we’ll be looking at a work of art, a piece of media, or an historical event related to the (hopefully not) impending End of the World.
The End of the World with Michael and Stu
104: I'm Living in the ICE Age
This week we are doing a roundup of the world's news; we touch on the ICE incursion in Minneapolis and the various ways that has been interpreted, before moving on to discuss Iran and the protest movement there. We then consider Donald Trump's play for Greenland, which now seems to have been undertaken in response to his being denied the Nobel Peace Prize, if his letter to the Norwegian Prime Minister is to be believed. British bankers have been preparing for alien disclosure as this just might disrupt global markets, should it occur. We also go over recent incursions upon the freedom of the press under the second Trump administration before checking in with what has been happening in Venezuela. Lots of dark stuff stuff occurring in the world, but we end on a note of optimism.
We open the episode by acknowledging the passings of Scott Adams and Erich von Däniken.
Time Magazine on Protesters feeling betrayed by Donald Trump
Democracy Now! on the erosion of freedom of the press under Trump 2.0
Trump's letter to the Norwegian Prime Minister
British bankers prepare for alien disclosure
New slogan emerges in Venezuela
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