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Disconnected in 2050 - Ep.5 - "Entering the new era: the era of Infinity."

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Our daily news podcast Long Story Short is currently on a break for the Summer period until the 25th of August. As a Summer treat for our audience, we are dropping every day an episode of one of our most successful podcast series: Disconnected in 2050. So, to make the most of this episode make sure you have listened to earlier episodes of Disconnected in 2050 on this feed.


About Disconnected in 2050


It’s 2050 and young Ezra is hyperconnected to Infinity, a metaverse that has transformed Brussels and facilitates most actions in everyone’s lives. Almost everyone. One day, Ezra discovers archives from the 2020s that put her on the trail of a retired journalist, a "disconnected." This starts Ezra’s journey to uncover the mysteries of an oppressive and corrupt system.


Episode 5


In Episode 5, Ezra starts to see the thin web of lies that has been in front of her the whole time. As Adrien begins telling his story, everything that Ezra has ever seen and believed starts slowly falling apart.


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