Most of our media are owned by a handful of tech billionaires, but there's one place that still operates like the internet was never invented.

On the new season of the divided dial from On the Media, we're exploring shortwave radio, where prayer and propaganda coexist with news and conspiracy theories, and where an existential battle

for the public airwaves is playing out right now.

Listen to On the Media, wherever you get your podcasts.

Hi there. Welcome back to practical stoicism. My name is Tanner Campbell. Hasn't changed. And if you're hearing this message, it's because you're not subscribed to the premium ad-free, preamble-free version of this podcast. The premium version includes direct access to me via a new Discord server as well as an AMA feature and

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just the good stuff. It works through a platform called Supercast. So when you sign up, you get an

email with links to all your favorite podcast players, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podcasts, Overcast, et cetera. And it even gives you an RSS feed link to import to your app if your app isn't listed in the email. You tap the correct icon. Your podcast app opens and Presto Changeo. Your premium feed is now accessible in the app you already use.

So there's no changes for you that you have to make, which I know can be annoying.

Nobody wants to create a new account or download a new app.

It's obnoxious.

And the thing is, I actually didn't think this would work with Spotify, which was a real bummer

when I launched the offering because 90% of you were on Spotify. But it turns out

when I was in Dallas, remember in that hotel room where the air conditioner didn't work and I was

about to die, I actually ran into Jason, who's the CEO and a friend of mine at Supercast, and he said,

no, actually you can. If you tap on the Spotify icon in that welcome email, it opens up a page

that links your Spotify to your supercast, you enter in your email and password, and then bam, you can

get this private feed inside of Spotify as well. You have to do it on the mobile phone to set it up,

but once you have it, it's there wherever you use Spotify. And I don't want to spend too much

time shilling the premium feed here because that is obviously not why you show up, but I would

love to see more of you sign up for it. A few dozen of you have, and I appreciate that greatly.

And to some of you who are considering it but haven't done it yet, I'm sure that it seems maybe

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