Theory Of Everything

Analog Time

May 29, 2016 Benjamen Walker Theory Of Everything 3 Comments

Analog Time

Your host explores the transition from UFO to Drone on stage as part of Radiotopia Live! and pinpoints the date he crossed his own personal digital divide (Feb 21st 1997). Also filmmaker Alix Lambert tells us about a group of people who are still on Analog time.

A version of the prison tape piece ran on 99% invisible. Thanks always to Roman Mars and Katie Mingle. Special thanks to Elyse Blennerhassett who not only introduced us to both Efren and Adolfo but she is also continuing to work with them on a longer term audio diary project that follows their daily life / experiences, and inner worlds. From their fight for innocence to their interactions, dreams, textures, smells, and memories.

Transformers (r)

May 13, 2016 Benjamen Walker Theory Of Everything 1 Comment

Transformers (r)

Yvette Gonzales tells us a first person story about what its like to be transgender in Prison. Gender theorist B. Preciado tells us about what happens when a person takes testosterone without the intention of transitioning from one gender to another. Plus, Jim Elledge tells us about his  biography of Outsider Artist Henry Darger, and why he drew little girls with penises.

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Platform of the Real

April 28, 2016 Benjamen Walker Theory Of Everything 0 Comments

Platform of the Real

A look at the most revolutionary media format that has ever existed and a trip back to 1968 when video became real. Plus Virtual reality! platform

The Future

April 12, 2016 Benjamen Walker Theory Of Everything 3 Comments

The Future

Your host has a chance encounter with the supposed inspiration for a cult TV show that predicted the future of tech and media. Plus the end of Moore’s law? dan ashcroft

A light touch and a slight nudge

March 28, 2016 Benjamen Walker Theory Of Everything 1 Comment

A light touch and a slight nudge

Is Donald Trump actually a CIA asset with implants in his small hands or are our brains just wired for paranoia – or both! Rob Brotherton, author of Suspicious Minds, explains how our cognitive biases push us to see Conspiracies everywhere. Plus a look back to when the CIA weaponized Abstract Expressionism (one of the greatest real Conspiracies of all time).

CONSPIRACY(1)image by Celeste Lai

Paris

March 7, 2016 Benjamen Walker Theory Of Everything 2 Comments

Paris

Luc Sante takes us on a tour of “The Other Paris” Benoît Peeters shows us Paris of 22nd century and your host learns why there is so much Brooklyn in the 10th arrondissementparis

image by Celeste Lai

After Work

February 9, 2016 Benjamen Walker Theory Of Everything 8 Comments

After Work

ToE instaserf Andrew Callaway gets invited to do a TED ALPHA Talk on the sharing economy.  Mary Gray (a real sharing economy expert) explains why we are anxious about the future of work and Ignacio Uriarte leaves his cubicle to make post-office art. afterwork

image from the amazing Swedish TV show real humans

The Escapers

January 27, 2016 Benjamen Walker Theory Of Everything 4 Comments

The Escapers

Artist Gary Panter packs up and sizes down, Alix Lambert explains the new computer trap. Plus your host on Gordon Comstock (the escaper protagonist of Orwell’s novel Keep the aspidistra flying). Escapers (1)  

70×7 (Holy War part II of II)

December 29, 2015 Benjamen Walker holy war, Theory Of Everything 1 Comment

70x7 (Holy War part II of II)

The second half of our  sly-fi story about redemption, forgiveness and torture.  Margo hopes to leave Christian America with Ali Baba ( a terrorist clone she was given as recompense for the death of her husband). But can they escape before evil Freddie catches wind of their plans? Plus a meditation on the parable of the unforgiving servant. holywar2

Alaska Is Closer (Holy War part I of II)

December 22, 2015 Benjamen Walker holy war, Theory Of Everything 14 Comments

Alaska Is Closer (Holy War part I of II)

As 2015 winds down we offer you a story about redemption, forgiveness and torture. When Margo’s husband is killed in a terrorist attack, she is given Ali Baba, a terrorist clone. This is how it works in Christian America in this piece of speculative fiction (although we like the term Sly-fi). Will Margo use her new Walmart deluxe torture kit? Or does she have a greater plan? Also your host declares war on God! Crusade