CLASSIC: What is Predictive Programming?

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Society & Culture

4.3 • 10.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

What if everything you encounter in your day-to-day interactions is somehow prescient? Are the games you play and the films you watch meant to normalize genres of experience -- and, if so, to what end? Ben and Matt explore the idea of weaponized mass media from the early days of deification to a startling story by Edgar Allan Poe and beyond.

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0:00.0	I'm the Wizard of Oz, I'm the one making everything happen.
0:02.8	Real Housewife of Salt Lake City Star, Jen Shaw, is running the scam of the century.
0:08.2	I remember one time, Stuart lost like about 8 million.
0:13.0	Jen was very upset and she came down to the office late at night with Coach
0:17.6	yelling at him, asking him where their money is.
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0:26.0	On the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.4	Horror fans agree, the Man-A-Walk Cave's podcast is a must-binge listening experience.
0:36.1	The investigation would dig up town secrets as old and dark as the caves themselves.
0:42.9	It would also change the lives that everyone involved, including me.
0:48.2	The last scene had me gripping my phone so tight it almost cracked.
0:52.5	Binge the entire season of the Man-A-Walk Caves on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,
0:58.2	or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:00.4	Do you already miss the Women's World Cup?
1:02.6	Well guess what, the party doesn't have to stop.
1:04.9	I'm Sam Muist, and I'm Lynn Williams.
1:07.2	We're professional soccer players, former roommates, current best friends,
1:10.8	and Olympic bronze medalists.
1:14.1	We also have a weekly podcast called Snacks.
1:17.2	Snacks is a show where we talk about soccer life and everything in between.
1:20.9	We tell jokes, we play games, and we interview stars like Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe.
1:25.6	You can find Snacks wherever you get your podcasts.
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