#174 The Horror of Brand Power (with Joel Bakan)

Under The Skin with Russell Brand

Russell Brand

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🗓️ 27 February 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Joel Bakan is an American-Canadian writer, filmmaker, and professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia. Joel has recently published a book, The New Corporation: How “Good” Corporations are Bad for Democracy, and released a documentary film based upon it. You can find out more about both at joelbakan.com. In Joel’s early documentary film “The Corporation” he famously said that corporations are psychopaths. In this podcast we extrapolate from that discuss how power has shifted from government to corporations as they try to take over every aspect of our lives. What does this mean for democracy? How much power are we willing to give over to these companies? And are they really trying to do “good” or is just a facade to yield more control and ultimately...profit? This is what Joel explores further in his new film and book, he talks about his trip to Davos and the people and CEOs he encountered there who endeavour to change the world, but is it for the better?

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to Under the Skin with me Russell Brand
0:03.8	This week it's is it lovely Joel back in the USSR. Yeah
0:08.5	Joel back in is gonna be our guest on the podcast and if that's the reason that you've tuned in
0:13.2	Then be assured that Joel back in is a fantastic guest
0:16.4	He was sort of I'd say and Adam Adam Curtis level
0:20.6	Finka he's an American Canadian right-of-field maker and professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia
0:28.2	You know that book. What was that film though? Why was that one the intro? You know corporation psychopath or whatever?
0:34.2	What's that film called the corporation? Is that what it's called?
0:37.6	What's that in the intro? What kind of person are you?
0:40.9	The corporation that film really sort of says that the corporations are psychopaths
0:44.9	He made that a brilliant film and now he's got a new book out called the new corporation
0:50.0	How good corporations are bad for democracies release a documentary film based on it you can find out more about
0:55.3	About both at Joel back in commies name spelled Joel. You know that bit B.A.K.A.N
1:02.0	Joel back in fantastic conversation wonderful man brilliant educator
1:06.4	I felt brighter and mentally stronger when the conversation was finished so do check that out
1:14.5	Jenny Jenny Jenny
1:17.0	What why absolutely today
1:19.0	Because you said that cruel thing to get he was angry at me you wouldn't let him in the office
1:25.1	It's what I heard and then you said you've got to seek for lies and a lying mouth of something like that
1:29.7	I really was giving him a compliment. How is that a compliment?
1:32.9	Because I said his eyes are truthful right truth for lies because he was wearing a mask so I couldn't see his
1:39.2	Space I think
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