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Season Two of Dark Matter, Bright Minds begins with Alex Shams.
A conversation on Gaza comparisons, fabricated nuclear threat narratives, sanctions, regime-change myths, Hormuz, and the future of democratic life in Iran.
One of our most urgent episodes yet.
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#kindlecast Why does the promise of “freedom through war” still feel persuasive?
Alex Shams on desperation, diaspora splits, repression inside Iran and the historical failure of regime-change wars from Iraq to Afghanistan.
A deeply uncomfortable but essential clip.
#iranwar @alexshams.bsky.social #geopolitics The phrase “imminent threat” has justified wars before.
Alex Shams asks why the same logic is being used again when Iran was in active negotiations with the US at the time of the attacks.
From Iraq to Afghanistan to Iran, the script feels disturbingly familiar.
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#kindlecast ‘BRICS isn’t unified. What holds it together is frustration with the Global North.
Historian and political commentator Vijay Prashad argues that the Global South is seeking alternatives because the Western-led world system has failed.
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#BRICS #vijayprashad #marxism ‘Corporations plan all the time. The issue isn’t planning. The issue is who’s planning.’
Vijay Prashad on:
• Public vs private planning
• India’s Planning Commission
• The myth of multipolarity
Full episode: Dark Matter, Bright Minds.
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#vijayprashad #marxism #geopolitics ‘Markets are not a synonym for capitalism.’
Historian and political commentator Vijay Prashad argues that critics of socialism conflate markets with private monopoly power. The real question isn’t market vs planning.
It’s who controls the market.
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#vijayprashad #marxism ‘Western countries spend 75% of global military budgets.’
Historian and political commentator Vijay Prashad on power, paralysis, and why emerging blocs struggle to reshape the world order.
#vijayprashad #geopolitics #gaza What if mental recovery had subscription tiers?
Neuroethicist Professor Nita Farahany on neurotechnology, inequality, and a future that looks uncomfortably close to Black Mirror.
#techethics #neurotechnology #mentahealth Physics can be precise without being settled.
In our new Dark Matter, Bright Minds episode, Jim Al-Khalili takes us through time, entanglement, consciousness, the multiverse, AI—and why uncertainty is the engine of science.
Full episode out now. Link in bio.
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