About this episode

A lively discussion covering social media, migration, and cultural identity with guests Eric and Kizzi.

Broadcasts live every Thursday at 8:00p.m. uk time on Radio Soapbox: http://radiosoapbox.com I opened this week’s live show with the usual mix of chaos and comedy, including a wrong jingle, a heatwave moan, and a surprisingly gripping update on the mystery of my radio-shed internet woes. After a visit from Virgin Media, a new router, a replaced splitter and a dash to Currys, the gremlins appear to have been banished at last. From there we veered into social platforms, censorship, Telegram, Gab, BitChute, Treechat, and the creeping pressure of age-verification and control online, with Eric adding tales of DIY, electric bikes, SIM-powered internet and his usual perfectly improper mechanical wisdom. Later, Kizzi joined me for a gloriously free-ranging conversation that moved from music, bikes, maps, old family life and nostalgia into much heavier territory: migration, identity, tolerance, government overreach, scripture, race, history and who exactly gets to define culture, nationhood and belonging. We also talked about her Shine & Rise gathering in Bosham, Bernie Wrightson’s Frankenstein artwork, Monster Mash, independent music from John Fairhurst, and the broader question of…

People in this episode

Host: Paul English

Guests: Eric, Kizzi

Topics covered

• social media
• censorship
• migration
• identity
• government overreach
• music
• nostalgia

Keywords

• internet woes
• age-verification
• censorship
• migration
• identity
• government overreach
• music
• nostalgia

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Virgin Media, Currys, Radio Soapbox, Gab, BitChute, Treechat

Products: electric bikes, SIM-powered internet, Monster Mash

Books & works: Frankenstein

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