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Jul · 10 · 2026
Havel’s Power of the Powerless…
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WHY WE’RE HERE
Epistemology, heuristics, and seeing through the propaganda.
We’re fed a constant stream of propaganda. Every day the same machine turns a complicated reality into a clean little narrative built to be repeated.
It’s impossible to be an expert on everything. So how do you know what’s most likely to be true? We use a filter combination of epistemology and heuristics and apply them to the three main sources of propaganda:
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THE MEDIA
Headlines engineered for clicks, not truth. We read past the first paragraph — and past the correction nobody printed.
02
THE CORPORATIONS
Press releases dressed as journalism. Studies bought and paid for. We follow the disclosure to the funding.
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THE GOVERNMENTS
Anonymous “sources,” managed leaks, and the language of permanent crisis. We translate the briefing.
★ NO SPONSORS ★
▌ DOSSIER · THE TALLY
148
Episodes filed
230+
Hours on the record
1,400+
Claims fact-checked (probably)
312
Press releases ignored
18
Narratives debunked
0
Sponsors. Ever.
▌ WHAT WE PULL APART
Spin
PR
Polling
Lobbying
Markets
Big Tech
Wartime
Studies
Leaks
Astroturf
Headlines
Footnotes
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THE ARCHIVE
Every story we’ve put through the filter
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EP 147
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The Precariat Trap: Why America Can’t Rise Up – BS Filter #147
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Nine Grievances, One Con Man – BS Filter #146
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Iran, Lies, and the Pentagon Slush Fund – BS Filter #145
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Sharks with Laser Beams – BS Filter 144
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The Rupture – BS Filter 143
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THE USUAL SUSPECTS
Two skeptics, a stack of footnotes, and zero patience for spin.
▌ HOST FILE
Cameron Reilly
HOST · FOUNDERFounder of The Podcast Network, recovering tech executive, professional skeptic. Has been calling bullshit on the official narrative since before it was a podcast genre.
“If a headline makes you feel certain, that's the tell.”
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Ray Harris
CO-HOSTHistory obsessive and long-time co-conspirator across the TPN shows. Brings the footnotes, the receipts, and very little patience for a tidy press release.
“Follow the money and the press release writes itself.”
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THE NETWORK
