(Now is) The Winter of Our Discontent
Dec 05, 2020•49 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
"Post Truth; Uncouth” - Discontented in the Winter of 2020;
[Rainstorm Brainstorm, Episode 10]
Time: 3am
Condition: Clear, Moonlit, 40 degrees
Location: (Austin, TX)
Guests: none
[Topic:] Exploring U.S. 2020 presidential election credibility as a demonstration of how fact and framing interact in the era of social media.
Narrative Abstraction: Engagement-driven algorithmic media-marketing has led us to a spot where truth is harder than ever to objectify.
// Eschewing the comforting patter of droplets on grass, Morgan ventures out into the woods near his house to engage in a Yuletide ritual with the Moon and its somber reflections.
Once situated he discusses bothersome habit our culture has developed of DIS-engaging in RESEARCH and OVER-engaging in ASSUMPTION, and outlines a first step towards preserving discourse in the current political and economic climate.
As a case study, he offers the topic of election credibility in the U.S.
Somewhere a crow flies east as a thunderhead forms.
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/references from cast
-Bad Faith Podcast w/ Brianna Joy Gray & Virgil Texas:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-faith/id1531192509
-Common Sense w/ Dan Carlin:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/common-sense-with-dan-carlin/id155974141
