This is our episode on chapter 2 of Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. We continue the tour of the hatchery and conditioning center, and we see the orientation of education in Brave New World: to keep the gyroscopic stability of a consumption-oriented s...

This is our episode on chapter 1 of Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. We look at the structure of Brave New World and the radical biological engineering necessary to secure the foundations of this dystopian society.

With episode 101, the worst episode in the world, we announce the beginning of a chapter-by-chapter series on Brave New World by Aldous Huxley! We go over the life of Aldous Huxley, impact of the book (variously panned as one of the most important mode...

This is episode 3 of 3 on dystopian themes in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. We explore the way that Section 31 is not quite dystopian, providing a fire break for Federation ideals. How do you choose the lesser of two evils when working in black ops?

This is episode 2 of 3 on dystopian themes in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Section 31, the “no such agency” of the Federation, does dirty work in the shadows of the bright Star Trek utopia. What do black ops mean to the preservation of a state?

This is episode 1 of 3 on dystopian themes in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. We are looking at season 4 episodes 11-12, “Homefront” and “Paradise Lost“. Shapeshifting enemies have penetrated to Earth, the Federation military is planning a coup to make thi...

This is part 2 of 3 on Chapter 8 of The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. In this episode, we look a little closer at a case involving the Russian Orthodox Church in the establishment of revolutionary legality.

This is part 1 of 3 on Chapter 8 of The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Solzhenitsyn takes a step back to examine the legal foundations for the gulag system, how it started with revolutionary tribunals after the October Revolution.

This is episode two of two on Gattaca, the 1997 American film by Andrew Niccol. We take a look at what happens when truth is revealed, when you’ve been living in disguise in a dystopian society. We look at how pushing against limits goes into what it m...

This is episode one of two on Gattaca, the 1997 American film by Andrew Niccol. We look at the issues of genetic engineering, discrimination based on genetics, and the nature of human potential. Is humanity supposed to play the cards dealt to it,