The war on disinformation is actually a war on dissent
From The Same Drugs by Meghan Murphy
April 7, 2026 · 1h 5m
About this episode
Meghan Murphy interviews Jacob Siegel about disinformation, censorship, and the crisis of masculinity.
Jacob Siegel is an editor at Tablet , host of the Manifesto! podcast , and the author of The Information State: Politics in the Age of Total Control . I spoke with him about the crisis of masculinity, the war in Iran, and how censorship, mass surveillance, and algorithmic manipulation is shaping public perception and engineering reality. The Same Drugs is on X @thesamedrugs_ . Meghan Murphy is on X @meghanemurphy and on Instagram @meghanemilymurphy . Find The Same Drugs merch at…
People in this episode
Host: Meghan Murphy
Guest: Jacob Siegel
Topics covered
- disinformation
- censorship
- masculinity
- public perception
- algorithmic manipulation
- surveillance
- dissent
Keywords
- disinformation
- censorship
- masculinity
- surveillance
- public perception
- algorithmic manipulation
- Iran
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Tablet, Manifesto! podcast
Books & works: The Information State: Politics in the Age of Total Control
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