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Podcast: The DemystifySci Podcast
Episode: Institutional Capture at Every Level - Leighton Akio Woodhouse, Public
Description: Leighton Akio Woodhouse is a journalist, Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker, and co-founder of Public, a Substack focused on cities, energy, and the environment. His recent work has been focused on untangling the urban decay that is sweeping through American cities, with a focus on the downwing incentive structures that have created a self-perpetuating homeless industrial complex whose existence depends on the perpetuation of the homelessness crisis. We talk about the decay of San Francisco, how the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and the chokehold of emotion-first activism. We also discuss the Twitter Files, widespread involvement of former...