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Conspiracy Theories Exploring The Unseen

Michael Fortune

The act of conspiring an evil, unlawful, treacherous, or surreptitious plan formulated in secret by two or more persons; plot. A combination of persons for a secret, unlawful, or evil purpose. An agreement by two or more persons to commit a crime, fraud, or other wrongful act, any concurrence in action; combination in bringing about a given result.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

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2:18

Power Conspiracy

Conspiracy Theories Exploring The Unseen ·

2025/08/29

The weaponization of minor acts under authoritarian policing is a hallmark of regimes seeking control through fear, surveillance, and symbolic punishment. It’s not just about law enforcement—it’s about turning everyday behavior into a battleground for power.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

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2:05

Affective Computing

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2025/08/29

Affective computing is the quiet engine behind a new kind of emotional capitalism—where machines simulate empathy not to connect, but to convert.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

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2:52

Edmotional Engineering

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2025/08/29

Algorithms are no longer passive tools. They’ve evolved into emotional agitators—learning your triggers, exploiting your patterns, and feeding you content that keeps your limbic system on high alert.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

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2:28

Outrage For Sale

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2025/08/29

Outrage for Sale”: How Conspiracies Became Click CurrencyEmotional Economics in ActionSocial media platforms have weaponized outrage. Their algorithms prioritize content that triggers strong emotions—fear, anger, tribal loyalty—because those emotions drive engagement. And engagement drives ad revenue.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

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4:23

Symbolism Over Substance

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2025/08/29

Symbolism Over Substance: Executive Myth-MakingConcept OverviewPresidential power in modern politics often extends far beyond policy or governance. Leaders increasingly cultivate myths of authority — shaping themselves into symbols rather than administrators. This is executive myth-making: the transformation of political figures into icons, brands, or saviors, often masking institutional erosion or policy failures with spectacle.Become a supporter of this podcast:

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2:29

The Spectacle State

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2025/08/29

The Spectacle State refers to a mode of governance where state power is enacted through performance rather than substance. Think press conferences over policy briefings, militarized photo ops instead of community engagement, and viral moments replacing legislative nuance.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

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2:43

Clickbait Democracy

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2025/08/29

Clickbait democracy refers to the way engagement-driven algorithms shape political discourse. Platforms reward content that provokes, polarizes, and performs—regardless of its truth, nuance, or civic value. The result? A system where emotional reaction replaces informed participation.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

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2:38

Manufactured Consent

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2025/08/28

Manufactured consent in digital spaces isn’t just a theory; it’s the operating system of the modern web. It’s how platforms, governments, and corporations engineer agreement without awareness, turning participation into performance.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

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4:08

Conspiracy Of Dark Patterns

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2025/08/28

Dark Patterns Exposed" isn’t just a critique of bad design — it’s a rallying call. When users understand the manipulations at play, they can demand accountability. When designers reject deceptive tactics, they reclaim their craft as a tool for empowerment. Design should illuminate choices, not obscure them; it should build trust, not exploit it. Only then can we turn digital spaces from traps into commons where freedom, clarity, and dignity are preserved.Become a supporter of this podcast:

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1:59

Conspiracy Of Digital Consent

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2025/08/28

Conspiracy of Digital Consent Exposed” explores how consent in the digital age is often an illusion. Tech companies and platforms present users with endless “Agree” buttons, long, unreadable Terms of Service, and manipulative design patterns that give the appearance of choice while stripping away autonomy. The conspiracy isn’t just hidden fine print — it’s the systematic design of platforms that profit from coerced, uninformed, or fabricated consent.Become a supporter of this podcast:

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4:01

Subway Showdown_ The D.C. Confrontation

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2025/08/28

The Subway Sandwich Conspiracy. The Incident: A Sub, a Shout, and a Chase.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

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4:10

Ice Gestapo Like Tactics

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2025/08/28

The comparison between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and the Gestapo—the secret police of Nazi Germany—is a provocative one, often used in political rhetoric to express concern over authoritarian tendenciesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

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2:00

Blueprint Of Control

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2025/08/27

Project 2025 is a sweeping initiative spearheaded by The Heritage Foundation, designed as a policy roadmap for a potential second Trump administration. Critics and watchdogs have described it as a “blueprint for control” due to its ambitious and centralized restructuring of federal power.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

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4:35

Criminalization of Protest

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2025/08/27

Criminalization of protest refers to when governments reframe demonstrations as threats to security rather than as a means to exercise democratic rights. Police, laws, and surveillance are deployed to suppress dissent, often creating a chilling effect on free expression.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

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2:29

DC Police State

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2025/08/27

DC Police State” evokes concerns that the nation’s capital, Washington D.C., is becoming overly surveilled and over-policed — where security forces, surveillance systems, and government control overshadow civil liberties and democratic freedoms. ItBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

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2:21

Authoritarian Conspiracy In Action

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2025/08/26

Authoritarian Conspiracy in Action: Trump’s Retaliation PoliticsNarrative Control as PowerTrump’s firing of Dr. Kristine Joy Suh, head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after a disappointing jobs report wasn’t just a personnel move—it was a direct assault on statistical integrity. He’s reshaping federal agencies to serve political messaging, not public understanding. If data doesn’t fit the narrative, it’s dismissed—or the messenger is purged.Become a supporter of this podcast:

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2:33

The Ghost Of Consent

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2025/08/26

What Are the Ghosts of Consent?They’re the invisible contributors to AI systems:* Artists whose work was scraped without permission.* Writers whose blogs became training fodder.* Coders whose GitHub repos were mined for syntax.* Everyday users whose public posts became behavioral signals.These ghosts never signed up to be part of the machine. Their labor, creativity, and identity were absorbed into models that now generate profit, influence, and power—without acknowledgment or reciprocity.Become a

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4:15

Data Justice

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2025/08/26

The circuitry of power, consent, and reclamation. “Data Justice: Reclaiming the Digital Commons” is more than a critique of surveillance capitalism—it’s a radical reimagining of digital sovereignty, collective ownership, and ethical AI.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

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2:00

Predictive Policing

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2025/08/26

What Is Predictive Policing?It’s the use of algorithms, AI, and big data to forecast where crimes might occur—or who might commit them. It operates through:* Place-Based Policing: Flagging “hot spots” for increased patrols.* Person-Based Policing: Identifying individuals as potential threats based on prior data.* Social Network Analysis: Mapping relationships to predict criminal networks.Become a supporter of this podcast:

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7:43

Surveillance and Capitalism

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2025/08/26

Surveillance capitalism turns our everyday experiences into data, predicts our behavior, and sells those predictions—an economic logic that Zuboff calls “the unilateral claiming of private human experience as free raw material.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

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