Prepping for the Apocalypse from Story of the Week

Hacks On Tap

News Commentary, News, Government, Politics

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🗓️ 12 November 2022

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Summary

Here’s a preview of a new podcast, Story of the Week. Each week, journalist Joel Stein chooses an article that fascinates him, convinces the writer to tell him about it, and then interrupts a good conversation by talking about himself. Sometimes the story will be the one everyone is talking about, like the New Yorker article on smoking hallucinogenic toads. Other times, it’s a story you might have missed, like the one in the Verge about the rock groupie turned hacker who had huge corporations at her mercy. Stories that stick with you long after you forget whatever headline you just doom-scrolled through. In this preview, Joel is joined by Douglas Rushkoff to talk about his experience speaking to a group of tech billionaires in the middle of the desert. He thought he’d be chatting about the latest in tech advancements, but all these guys wanted to talk about was building doomsday bunkers. Hear the full episode, and more from Story of the Week at https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/sotw?sid=hacks.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Robert from Hacks on Tap.
0:05.8	Today we're doing things a bit differently and bringing you a preview from a new podcast
0:10.2	we're enjoying.
0:11.6	Story of the Week with Journalist Joel Stein.
0:14.1	We always wish we had the time and attention span to leisurely parse through the latest
0:18.0	in long-form journalism.
0:20.0	But the reality is, most of us don't.
0:22.6	Joel, however, does and is sharing his findings with all of us.
0:27.5	Each week, Joel chooses an article that fascinates him, convinces the writer of said article
0:32.7	to tell him all about it, and then interrupts a perfectly good conversation by mostly
0:38.0	talking about himself.
0:39.5	The story's Joel covers might be one everyone is talking about, like that New Yorker article
0:44.0	about smoking hallucinogenic toads.
0:46.8	Or it could be a story you missed, like the Virgis piece about a rock groupie turned
0:51.1	hacker who had huge corporations at her mercy.
0:55.6	Whether it's about politics or entertainment news, it'll always be a story you tell your
1:00.0	friends about, a story that sticks with you long after you forgot whatever headline you
1:04.8	just doon scrolled through.
1:06.6	And like Hacks on Tap, it'll always be insensitive and entertaining.
1:11.4	In this preview, Joel is joined by Douglas Rushkopf to talk about his experience speaking
1:16.1	to a group of tech billionaires in the middle of the desert.
1:20.1	He thought he'd be chatting about the latest in tech advancements, but all these guys
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