In this episode, I’m unpacking the story of surveillance—where it began, how it’s evolved, and what it’s doing to us now. We’ll look at how thinkers help us understand power through watching, and how that plays out today in government monitoring, corporate data collection, and the erosion of privacy.

I’ll talk about how deep the surveillance runs, how it shapes our behavior, and most importantly, what we can do to resist.

We're being watched, and we need to take some of that power back.

From ancient Rome’s bread and circuses to today’s endless outrage cycles, distraction has always been a tool of power. Governments and media flood us with scandals, spectacles, and noise not to inform but to divert. While attention is captured by drama, the real decisions that shape our lives unfold in the background.

This episode unpacks the strategies of distraction including dead cat moments, outrage bait, and the flood of trivial news that keeps us divided and exhausted. Drawing on the ideas of thinkers like Noam Chomsky and real examples from modern politics, we explore how attention is manipulated and why reclaiming it is an essential act of democracy.

In a world built on noise, focus is resistance.

History may not repeat itself—but it does rhyme.

Join us for an exploration of democracy’s fragile descent into fascism, where we discuss patterns repeated from Mussolini’s Italy and Nazi Germany to Pinochet’s Chile.

Let’s journey through the authoritarian playbook, phase by unsettling phase, and see how recognizing these steps might help us prevent history from claiming another victim.

Are we vigilant enough to stop it all before it's too late?