Summer of Ludd

Summer of Ludd

From This Wreckage by Sean KB and AP Andy

April 15, 2026 · 1h 8m · Episode 330

About this episode

The episode discusses current events including the Suez crisis, Luddism, and AI-generated propaganda.

NEWS EP! Andy is a bestseller. Sean becomes a Luddite Gnome. Orbon is Or-gone. Situation monitoring Hormuz, and looking back at the Suez crisis. In the bonus we discuss AI-generated Iranian propaganda. To hear that, support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckage Metropolitans B&N event with Noah Kulwin: https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062206054-0 ‘Summer of Ludd’ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/style/lamp-club-luddites.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share Orban Loss: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/us/politics/orban-trump-maga.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share Audio of Iranian warning that scared away US Navy warship https://x.com/eternalphysics/status/2043309125572936047?s=46 Suez and Iran by Niall Ferguson https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/america-suez-crisis-trump-presidency-world-order-iran-cqrfs86z0 Central banks sell US Treasuries in wake of Iran war: https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/6fac51c8-b650-48d4-82eb-e6e66f75dd2fForeign Iran plans permanent changes to world economy https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/04/10/766586/why-no-matter-can-undermine-iran-eternal-dominance-over-strait-hormuz

People in this episode

Hosts: Andy, Sean

Topics covered

  • Luddism
  • Iran
  • Suez crisis
  • AI propaganda
  • politics
  • current events

Keywords

  • Luddite
  • Orban
  • Iran
  • Suez crisis
  • AI propaganda
  • current events
  • politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Barnes & Noble, New York Times, Press TV, Financial Times

Books & works: Summer of Ludd, Suez and Iran by Niall Ferguson

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