Doomscroll with Joshua Citarella

• Deep Research: The Gateway Tapes Pt 1

  Joshua Citarella begins his deep dive into the history and teachings of the Monroe Institute ("the worlds premiere organization for studying human consciousness"), starting with an expert interview with artist and acoustics expert Carmelo Pampillonio. This mini series is a collaboration with Otherworld. This is the first part of a three part series. Stay tuned for parts 2 and 3 coming soon. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joshuacitarella.substack.com/subscribe

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• Doomscroll 13: Dasha Nekrasova

  My guest is Dasha Nekrasova, an actor, director and host of the Red Scare podcast. We discuss Trump’s historic win, Luigi Mangione and Dasha's political journey from a Bernie Sander’s supporter in 2016 to a Trump voter in 2024. What happens to political consensus when all narratives have now become alternative? This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joshuacitarella.substack.com/subscribe

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• Against Platforms w/ Mike Pepi

  Mike Pepi is the author of “Against Platforms”, a bold critique of the hidden costs of digital life – and a manifesto for a better future. He is also one of my best friends and someone I have been in conversation with for over a decade.In this episode, we discuss our shared history in working to develop a new institutionalist critique of emerging technologies and platforms. The vast expansion of platforms during the 2010’s, which now encompass nearly all aspects of social life, represented a blindspot for the political left. To understand how this happened, we need to retrace the history of the 60’s counter-culture and the embrace of libertarian philosophies amongst the New Left.Since 2011, Mike Pepi, Brad Troemel, myself and other artists and writers have been engaged in an on-going dialogue that explores the ideological roots and design of platform technologies. Mike writes:“We have been taught that digital technologies are neutral tools, transparent, easily understood, and here to serve us. The reality, is that they are laden with assumptions and collateral consequences – ideology, in other words. And it is this hidden ideology that must be dismantled if we are to harness technology for the fullest expression of our humanity.”Get the book:https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/761644/against-platforms-by-mike-pepi/If you’re all caught up on last week’s episode of Doomscroll, there is a subscribers only episode that can tide you over until next week. Below you can watch part 2 of my conversation with Dasha Nekrasova:We’re already moving full speed ahead, shooting and editing new episodes. You can expect to hear a lot from us in the coming weeks and months. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joshuacitarella.substack.com/subscribe

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• Doomscroll 12: Daniel Keller

  My guest is Daniel Keller, an artist whose work and research has inspired me for over a decade. We discuss tech monopolies and their cozy relationship to state power, the artificial intelligence race, the chips war, network states and geopolitical competition between the US and China. These are the defining conflicts of the 21st century. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joshuacitarella.substack.com/subscribe

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• Doomscroll 11: Jack Wagner

  My guest is Jack Wagner, a writer & director, host of the Otherworld podcast and one of my all time favorite posters. We discuss his experience of creative life on the internet and explore the many esoteric belief systems that have grown out of social media. We see a trend of increasing irrationality in a complex world. At the end we pay homage to one of the greatest memes ever made. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joshuacitarella.substack.com/subscribe

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