Ep 42 | Blake J. Harris | The Glenn Beck Podcast

The Glenn Beck Program

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News Commentary, News, Politics

4.6 • 22.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2019

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

Glenn sits down with Blake J. Harris, best-selling author of "Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo and the Battle that Defined a Generation," which is currently being adapted for television by Legendary Entertainment, and producers Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and Scott Rudin. He has written for ESPN, IGN, Fast Company, and the AV Club as well as makes a regular appearance on Paul Scheer's "How Did This Get Made?" podcast. His latest book, "The History Of The Future: Oculus, Facebook and the Revolution That Swept Virtual Reality" which details his inner workings at Facebook. However, due to the political nature of the book, Harris was blackballed from interviews subsequently burying this bestselling author at 33,000 and after joining Glenn on his radio program, he skyrocketed up all the way up to No. 3. In this interview, Blake J. Harris reveals a truly shocking story about Mark Zuckerberg and what really happened to Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus VR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On paper, today's guest and I are an odd couple for a podcast.
0:05.4	We come from different places politically, but our common ground is the search for truth.
0:10.5	When truth becomes subservient to our tribe, we're all doomed.
0:14.7	My guest on this podcast is a rare breed, a non-fiction writer who tries to report the
0:20.0	truth rather than trying to score political points.
0:23.4	His work focuses on technology and entertainment, future kind of technology topics.
0:29.1	He's the best-selling author of console wars, Sega Nintendo, and the battle that defined
0:34.5	a generation.
0:35.7	That book is being developed for TV by producer Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg.
0:40.7	His latest book is called The History of the Future, Oculus, Facebook, and the Revolution
0:46.4	that swept virtual reality.
0:48.8	It is a fantastic book that tells the dramatic story of a guy named Palmer Lucky.
0:54.0	He's the founder of the virtual reality company, Oculus, that eventually ran a foul of
0:59.4	Mark Zuckerberg in Facebook for having the wrong political worldview.
1:04.0	This is fascinating no matter who Palmer Lucky was for in a presidential campaign.
1:10.0	But it is also a timely story that reveals the dark side of big tech politics that no one
1:15.9	in mainstream media has bothered to dig into.
1:19.0	Kill my guest today.
1:20.6	He's not a guest that you will see really on any mainstream media.
1:24.8	He was an A-list guest for his last book.
1:28.6	They can't even find the alphabet for him now.
1:32.3	So what is the history of our future?
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