About this episode

The episode discusses the support of authoritarian regimes and the decline of humanity, featuring Berlin synthpunk band ASSASSUN.

Cheering on authoritarian regimes? The inevitable decline of humanity is here. Berlin synthpunk ASSASSUN's part of the soundtrack

Topics covered

• authoritarian regimes
• decline of humanity
• synthpunk
• Berlin
• music

Keywords

• authoritarianism
• humanity
• synthpunk
• Berlin
• music

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ASSASSUN

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