About this episode

The episode discusses the influence of big tech on higher education and recent immigration news, highlighting issues of surveillance and community resistance.

First up, cohost Mickey Huff sits down with media analyst Nolan Higdon to dig into big techs hold on higher ed – namely their aims to surveil, extract and breach. Nolan digs into a recent hacking scandal, how big tech aligns with the likes of Epstein and a dark history of eugenics, big tech propaganda and authentic resistance. Next up, Dr. Austin Kocher comes back on the program to dig into some recent news that didn’t make the news vis a vis immigration, from overcrowding court hearings to expedite deportation to handpicking so-called deportation judges, the cruelty is the point. But there are some glimmers in this world full of triggers, and as always a lot of it has to do with communities fighting back. Nolan Higdon is a political analyst, author, host of The Disinfo Detox Podcast, lecturer at Merrill College and the Education Department at University of California, Santa Cruz, and Project Censored National Judge. Higdon’s areas of concentration include critical AI literacy, podcasting, digital culture, news media history & propaganda, and critical media literacy. Dr. Austin Kocher is a political and legal geographer studying the theories, laws, and institutional practices…

People in this episode

Host: Mickey Huff

Guests: Nolan Higdon, Dr. Austin Kocher

Topics covered

• Big Tech
• Immigration
• Surveillance
• Eugenics
• Deportation
• Community Resistance

Keywords

• Big Tech
• immigration news
• surveillance
• deportation
• eugenics
• community resistance
• hacking scandal
• political analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of California, Santa Cruz, Project Censored, The Disinfo Detox Podcast

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