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Podcast: Left of the Projector
Episode: The Matrix: Did you take the red pill?
Description: In the inaugural episode, I chat with Andy about the classic film 'The Matrix.' Released in 1999, it changed action movies forever with special effects we'd never seen before. Beyond the effects, the audience is left with the chilling knowledge that the world as we know it is not real, it is a simulation. How might we understand that in today's context of global capitalism and alternatives? Notes/Links:The Wachowskis stated that The Matrix was born out of "rage at capitalism." Music by HoliznaCC0, Orphaned Media - Swingin' RichardLeft o...