Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything
Benjamen Walker & Radiotopia
Personally connecting the dots. All of them. Benjamen Walker’s Theory of Everything is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX. Learn more at radiotopia.fm.
Episodes
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Aug 16, 2016 • 9min
pass (r)
Your host dreams the future of Self Driving Cars.
Aug 4, 2016 • 21min
The art of the deal
The secret history of ISIS from ToE’s special corespondent Chris. PLUS Donald Trump is ready for sacrifice.
Jul 21, 2016 • 13min
Something will happen, eventually
Your host opens his file of near misses and close calls. Joe Mazur examines the math and myth behind the stories we call coincidences. Plus a grasp at the law of truly large numbers.
Jul 6, 2016 • 17min
Because there’s nothing else to do
Your host wanders London just before and after Britain’s historic vote to leave the European Union.
Jun 21, 2016 • 27min
sudculture (part II of II)
Part two of your host’s craft beer drinking adventure. As the battle over shelf space intensifies we meet a couple of brewers who are doing things differently?
Jun 6, 2016 • 25min
sudculture (part I of II)
Your host sets out to better understand America’s craft beer scene. The latest food trend? Or oppositional culture? And can it survive the attention from Megabrew?
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May 29, 2016 • 26min
Analog Time
Your host explores the transition from UFO to Drone on stage as part of Radiotopia Live! and pinpoints the date he crossed his own personal digital divide (Feb 21st 1997). Also filmmaker Alix Lambert tells us about a group of people who are still on Analog time.
A version of the prison tape piece ran on 99% invisible. Thanks always to Roman Mars and Katie Mingle. Special thanks to Elyse Blennerhassett who not only introduced us to both Efren and Adolfo but she is also continuing to work with them on a longer term audio diary project that follows their daily life / experiences, and inner worlds. From their fight for innocence to their interactions, dreams, textures, smells, and memories.
Apr 28, 2016 • 23min
Platform of the Real
A look at the most revolutionary media format that has ever existed and a trip back to 1968 when video became real. Plus Virtual reality!
Apr 13, 2016 • 26min
The Future
Your host has a chance encounter with the supposed inspiration for a cult TV show that predicted the future of tech and media. Plus the end of Moore’s law?
Mar 28, 2016 • 32min
A light touch and a slight nudge
Is Donald Trump actually a CIA asset with implants in his small hands or are our brains just wired for paranoia – or both! Rob Brotherton, author of Suspicious Minds, explains how our cognitive biases push us to see Conspiracies everywhere. Plus a look back to when the CIA weaponized Abstract Expressionism (one of the greatest real Conspiracies of all time).
image by Celeste Lai
