How mindfulness became the new capitalist spirituality. More info on "McMindfulness": http://bit.ly/2MUj96G Alec on Twitter: bit.ly/2Dta2Er Host: Alec Opperman Logo Design: Shane Lessa Theme Song: Fender Bender by Bad Snacks

Is capitalism ruining our sex lives? Kristen Ghodsee unpacks the mountains of data about people's sex lives in and outside of socialist governments. More info on "Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism": http://bit.ly/2xaJUuD Alec on Twitter: bit.ly/2Dta2Er Host: Alec Opperman Logo Design: Shane Lessa Theme Song: Fender Bender by Bad Snacks

Are antidepressants and other drugs being used to control prisoners? In nursing homes? We talk to Anthony Ryan Hatch about his book "Silent Cells," where he documents the use of psychotropic drugs in and outside of the American prison system. More info on "Silent Cells": http://bit.ly/2Ibf5fs Alec on Twitter: bit.ly/2Dta2Er Host: Alec Opperman Logo Design: Shane Lessa Theme Song: Fender Bender by Bad Snacks

Is life a good thing? Joseph Packer discusses the pessimist tradition and its recently intrusions into pop culture. More info on "A Feeling of Wrongness": http://bit.ly/2H8jnnz Alec on Twitter: bit.ly/2Dta2Er Host: Alec Opperman Logo Design: Shane Lessa Theme Song: Fender Bender by Bad Snacks

We talk with Professor Alfie Bown about video games, technology and politics. Follow Alec on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2Dta2Er Alfie on the Guardian: https://bit.ly/2XBecl5 The PlayStation Dreamworld: http://bit.ly/2XDfxYV In the Event of Laughter: http://bit.ly/2vmtHBj Logo Design: Shane Lessa Theme Song: Fender Bender by Bad Snacks Host: Alec Opperman

Lynne Segal discusses the societal obsession with happiness, the merits of collective joy, and aging. "Radical Happiness: Moments of Collective Joy": http://bit.ly/2TY8uMi "Out of Time: The Pleasures and Perils of Aging": http://bit.ly/2OmeEAA Host: Alec Opperman Logo Design: Shane Lessa Theme Song: Fender Bender by Bad Snacks

Professor Will Davies discusses the decline of expertise in society, the rise of valuing emotions over facts, the historical context of fake news and post-truth, the critique of technocratic expertise, the concept of a 'nervous state' in modern democracies, and the virtue signaling and tactical debates in public discourse.