Since the dawn of history, people who want to change the world have been seeking ways

to spread their ideas.

Technological achievements, for the written word to the printing press, to the television,

have been harnessed by individuals to reach the masses.

But each of these media ultimately came to be controlled by the very same forces who

already held power in society.

In the early 2000s, a quiet revolution was brewing in the United States.

A few radical thinkers were dreaming up a new method of communication, one that would

be free from the old systems of power.

They named their invention, podcasting.

But then a funny thing happened, podcasters, who had once seen themselves as the vanguard

of a new type of society, began making deals with the old power brokers, like stamps.com

and Bluetooth.

Soon, a new podcasting elite was enshrined, one who no longer sought to inspire the masses,

but instead to placate them.

Meanwhile, in San Francisco, California, three newcomers came to believe that podcasting

could still change the world.

Boring from the ideology of thinkers like the Strasser brothers and call her daddy, they

began hinting at a new path forward, one which they called, True and Non.

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