This Is Propaganda podcast

This Is Propaganda

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In this Webby Award-winning narrative podcast, co-hosts Josh & Malcolm from [BRINK MEDIA] (https://brink.com) reveal the hidden influence of the propaganda all around us and how it continues to profoundly shape our culture today.

In this Webby Award-winning narrative podcast, co-hosts Josh & Malcolm from [BRINK MEDIA] (https://brink.com) reveal the hidden influence of the propaganda all around us and how it continues to profoundly shape our culture today.

 

#18

S2E1: Horny for War: The History of How Sex Became A Weapon

White feathers, red light districts, and the rise of the military edging complex. How gove... more

31 Oct 2025

23 MINS

23:43

31 Oct 2025


#17

This Is Propaganda Season 2

This Is Propaganda is back, and more patriotic than ever. From WWI posters to TikTok E-Gir... more

07 Oct 2025

01 MINS

01:06

07 Oct 2025


#16

Bot Armies, Dead Internet, and Misinformation Farms with Amil Khan

With endless bot armies infiltrating social media feeds and harnessing the algorithm to co... more

30 May 2025

39 MINS

39:43

30 May 2025


#15

Media Literacy with Renee Hobbs

The average American's worldview is under constant assault from propaganda. Between the 5,... more

12 May 2025

32 MINS

32:14

12 May 2025


#14

Hollywood and The Pentagon with Tom Secker

It probably won’t come as much of a surprise that the Pentagon was involved in the making ... more

16 Apr 2025

33 MINS

33:31

16 Apr 2025


#13

The Death of a Millennial Brand with Eugene Healey

What aesthetics and ideas defined the branded propaganda targeting millennials in the 2010... more

18 Mar 2025

30 MINS

30:57

18 Mar 2025


#12

Howard Gossage: 20th Century Master of Propaganda with Justin Oberman

San Francisco ad man Howard Gossage (1917–1969) is a bit more under the radar than his Mad... more

19 Feb 2025

27 MINS

27:54

19 Feb 2025


#11

Abortion Messaging in Post-Dobbs America with Amelia Bonow

Liberal “pro choice” messaging has historically conceded the moral high ground (“safe, leg... more

20 Jan 2025

23 MINS

23:28

20 Jan 2025


#10

Luigi Mangione, Trump and the Art of Cultural Disruption with David Shields

David Shields (best-selling author / filmmaker) joins us to dissect the brutal reality of ... more

20 Dec 2024

33 MINS

33:13

20 Dec 2024


#9

Nuance has a PR Problem

Unpacking how the Culture War feeds on emotional shortcuts, why complexity and nuance is s... more

20 Nov 2024

25 MINS

25:25

20 Nov 2024


#8

The Art / Propaganda Spectrum

Is art propaganda? Is propaganda art? A free flowing conversation about a spectrum that ex... more

05 Nov 2024

22 MINS

22:14

05 Nov 2024


#7

Narratives of the US Election

In this first episode of DoubleThink, Malcolm and Josh revisit the “vibe shift” of the US ... more

19 Oct 2024

32 MINS

32:36

19 Oct 2024


#6

S1E5: Everything Is Propaganda, Even You

Social media creates an environment where propaganda becomes our default mode of expressio... more

03 Jan 2024

19 MINS

19:18

03 Jan 2024


#5

S1E4: You Have My Permission to Believe What I Say

Our discomfort with propaganda puts us on a quest for authenticity, but do we even know wh... more

18 Dec 2023

20 MINS

20:35

18 Dec 2023


#4

S1E3: The Sound of One Hand Clapping

Propaganda helps usher in a new form of tribalism and the modern culture war. — BRINK medi... more

08 Nov 2023

22 MINS

22:07

08 Nov 2023


#3

S1E2: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, It Will Be Sold

Previous propaganda techniques struggled to work with the boomer generation in a period of... more

23 Oct 2023

15 MINS

15:59

23 Oct 2023


#2

S1E1: After the War, I Could Really Use a Cigarette

Following the Great War, Edward Bernays and his contemporaries used the power of propagand... more

23 Oct 2023

25 MINS

25:45

23 Oct 2023


#1

Season 1 Trailer

Creative Directors and cultural theorists Josh & Malcolm uncover the marketing profession’... more

18 Oct 2023

01 MINS

01:57

18 Oct 2023