300 - Your Favoritre Band is a Psyop (ft. John Semley)

About this episode

John Semley discusses his viral article about music and the concept of bands as psychological operations.

John Semley talks with Charles about his viral Geese article for Wired and why your favorite band is not actually a psyop. Subscribe to Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/fortunekit Ending song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YN7bJcchAY Join the Discord: discord.com/invite/HabqgJf

People in this episode

Host: Charles

Guest: John Semley

Topics covered

• music
• bands
• media
• psychology
• viral articles

Keywords

• Geese article
• Wired
• favorite band
• psyop
• music industry

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wired

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