Episode 1: What Is a Cypherpunk? Your browser does not support the audio element. Download MP3 Duration: ~12 minutes | Format: Awakener (Philosophy) Episode Summary In 1993, a mathematician named Eric Hughes wrote nine words that would define a movement: “Cypherpunks write code. Privacy is necessary for an open society.” Three decades later, those words matter more than ever. But what exactly is a cypherpunk? And why should you care? ...
Episode 3: Your Phone Is a Tracking Device Your browser does not support the audio element. Download MP3 Duration: ~10 minutes | Format: Awakener (Philosophy + Practical) Episode Summary Your phone knows more about you than your closest friends. Where you sleep, where you work, who you meet, what you buy, what you search for at 2 AM. This episode reveals: What your phone knows: Location history, app usage, contacts, biometrics, and more Who sees that data: App developers, advertisers, data brokers, governments The metadata problem: Why “just metadata” is more revealing than content The permissions illusion: How “deny” doesn’t always mean no Real examples: Location data selling, period tracker apps, and surveillance capitalism in action One thing you can do: A single actionable step to start taking back control Key Quotes “Your phone isn’t a phone that happens to have tracking capabilities. It’s a tracking device that happens to make calls.” ...
Episode 4: What Snowden Revealed Your browser does not support the audio element. Download MP3 Duration: ~9 minutes | Format: Awakener (Philosophy + Practical) Episode Summary In June 2013, a 29-year-old NSA contractor walked out of a secure facility in Hawaii with the most explosive intelligence leak in American history. The Snowden revelations changed everything—not because they told us something we didn’t suspect, but because they proved it. With documents. With code names. With PowerPoint slides from the surveillance state itself. ...
Episode 5: You Are the Product Your browser does not support the audio element. Download MP3 Duration: ~8 minutes | Format: Awakener (Philosophy + Practical) Episode Summary You’ve probably heard the phrase: “If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product.” But it’s not just that Facebook shows you ads. It’s that Facebook built the most sophisticated psychological profiling system in human history—and you volunteered all the data. ...