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Sam (@samanthasutcliffe) and Sadie (@e5piral) from @uncensorednewyork join to talk about their Fear or Death Seminar and alternative education to big bogus institutions.In the episode we chat about propaganda, surveillance, robots taking jobs on crisis hotlines, manipulation through decision tree programming, algorithmic black boxes, panopticon, how to escape the system, dopamine-coded posting, passing on forbidden info, and much more. You can learn more at uncensorednewyork.com/classesAnd @profane_realm on IGIf you like ˚ + ˚₊‧⁺˖ Redacted Island ˖⁺‧₊˚ + ˚ Listen on the Patreon Patreon.com/redactedisland 

Barrett Avner from the Contain podcast joins to talk about Alaska, islands in Japan, Byung-Chul Han, samurais, music, war, finding peace, and other sh1t. Contain PatreonContain on IGContain on XContain pod + music on Soundcloud If you like Redacted Island consider signing up for the Patreon: Patreon.com/redactedisland ˚ + ˚₊‧⁺˖ till the next episode ˖⁺‧₊˚ + ˚

I first met @chloenorgaard in 2009 while we were models in Tokyo (lol). That was pretty much where my modeling career started and ended. But Chloe went on to become a shooting star. She’s not only been the face of some of the biggest brands in the world, but has also been on a mission to add more life and color to it ever since.In this episode we remember what it was like playing mannequins in Japan (in the era before the iPhone), as well as talk about Chloe’s quest to plant flowers in urban landscapes from New York City to Addis Ababa. Follow Chloe’s work at @wildflowerboom @chloenerdgaard and help preserve & bring more plant life and vibrance to gray places with @miamitropicalgarden & @rainbowoasiiis .Just want to add—after our chat, Chloe clued me in to an autonomous zone movement in France called ZAD, or Zone to Defend (zone à défendre). These zones adroitly blockade construction to preserve nature. I’m planning to do an episode solely focused on ZADs (and hopefully visit one this summer with Chloe), but for now you can learn more about them in the book We Are ‘Nature’ Defending Itself by Isabelle Fremeaux and Jay Jordan.If you like Redacted Island please sign up for the Patreon patreon.com/redactedisland

Former chief architect of Scientology's global propaganda machine, Mitch Brisker joins to talk about his new book Scientology The Big Lie: How I Made an Evil Cult Look Good.You can support Redacted Island by signing up for the Patreon: Patreon.com/redactedislandLearn more about Mitch Brisker's work:Scientologythebiglie.comYoutube.com/@Scientology-The-Big-LieFacebook: facebook.com/mitchbriskerIG: instagram.com/mitchbrisker

I first met Jeremy Kroeker in 2011 when we drove across Libya to report on Gaddafi's death. In this episode we remember that wild trip and talk about Jeremy's motorcycle adventures around the world, from Tehran to Ushuaia.Jeremy Kroeker is a journalist, editor, and author who has been riding motorcycles in far flung places for decades. In 2003 he left his conservative Mennonite community in Canada to hit the open road. He’s been writing about it ever since. You can read more about his excursions in his books Motorcycle Therapy and Through Dust and Darkness. He also has a great Youtube channel.Links:YoutubeMotorcycletherapy.comInstagramXIf you like the show, you can support the project at patreon.com/redactedisland

Drug and party expert @michellelhooq joins to talk about the nightlife underground in Singapore and Taipei, along with her Substack Rave New World. We go deep on DMT, Mcat (aka meow meow), cemetery skyscrapers, abandoned mall raves, weed aesthetics, Pikachus smoking blunts, khat, the Horn of Africa, Cali sober, acid dreams, spiders, festivals, Bossa Nova in Brooklyn, Enter the Void, the geopolitics of the party, the party as protest, mushy boom boom shrooms, sparking it up, burning it down, and finding the Secret Limit.Links:Substack: Rave New WorldBook: WEED: Everything You Want to Know But Are Always Too Stoned To AskIG: @michellelhooq X: @michellelhooq Support Redacted Island at Patreon.com/redactedisland 

Artist and curator Benjamin Anderson (@_bensang) joins to talk about his project @finalhotdesert and growing up in Utah.We discuss the power of land, off-site galleries, the Mormon Church, internal/external landscapes, the high desert, archeology, the function of nature, Robert Smithson's Earthworks, Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnels, Hosni Mubarak, the revolution in Egypt, blood antiques, destroyed Babylonian sculptures, imbued mp4s, digital energy compression, disappearing geology, dimension smashing, preparing to be born, CCRU, Nick Land, effective accelerationism replacing effective altruism, astrology, neutrinos, why Capricorns build amusement parks, hot winds in North Africa, and Studio Ghibli. If you like the show sign up for the Patreon to get bonus content patreon.com/redactedisland Links:benjaminanderson.co.ukfinalhotdesert.co.uk/ @finalhotdesert @_bensang 

Writer and game designer Merritt K joins to talk about her new book LAN Party: Inside the Multiplayer Revolution.We discuss escaping into digital worlds, retro-techno nostalgia, multi-user dungeons, energy drinks, control vs convenience, closed-circuits, getting away with gaming at school, THE COMPUTER LAB, Cyberpunk becoming reality, idolizing Y2K, egregores, forum heroes, creating the torment nexus, Depression Quest, Gamergate, Twine, nautilus organs, StumbleUpon, casting the million-sided die, Vampiric Disco, blood raves, druids, chaos magick, Alan Watts, and snow.