When Nuance Vanishes: Searching for Truth in War

When Nuance Vanishes: Searching for Truth in War

Duke professor David Schanzer joined Hearsay Culture on August 21, 2025, to unpack his searing essay from his Perilous Times Substack, “Israel’s Gaza War Has Made Me a Shame to Be a Jewish Zionist.” Drawing on his national security expertise, Schanzer argues Israel’s...
Washington’s Broken—Your Hometown Isn’t Helpless

Washington’s Broken—Your Hometown Isn’t Helpless

In this powerful episode, longtime Hearsay Culture guest Lorelei Kelly returns to share her groundbreaking new project, Defend the Constitution, which empowers citizens to hold their own congressional-style field hearings. Drawing on decades of experience in and...
The Fandom Machine: When Obsession Turns Ugly

The Fandom Machine: When Obsession Turns Ugly

Dave Levine’s latest Hearsay Culture episode dives deep into the dark side of fan culture with Professor Mel Stanfill, author of 2024’s Fandom Is Ugly: Networked Harassment and Participatory Culture. Stanfill reveals how online fan communities, often dismissed...
You’re the Product—Unless We Change the Internet

You’re the Product—Unless We Change the Internet

What if the internet actually worked for us—not just watched us? On this episode of Hearsay Culture, author and former Google exec Richard Whitt joins to explore how we got from a utopian, people-powered web to a system driven by surveillance, manipulation, and...
Friction, Consent, and the Illusion of Choice

Friction, Consent, and the Illusion of Choice

When infrastructure fails — planes crash, systems freeze, rights vanish — suddenly everyone cares. Villanova’s Brett Frischmann rejoins Hearsay Culture to explain how tech design, digital contracts, and AI are wired for speed, not sense — and why...

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