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Strange Days, Here We Come: Pop Culture, Dystopia & CollapseAuthor: PopMythology.com
(Formerly titled THIS IS THE END: POP CULTURE & COLLAPSE.) For many people, the years 2020 and 2021 have felt like the intersections of fictional dystopias and real-life dystopias, between systems collapse and personal collapse. Join the Pop Mythologist as he uses pop culture to explore the many connections between real-life dystopias, the collapse of societal systems, and the individual lives affected by those systems, all viewed through the lens of movies, books, comics, games, and TV shows. If youre a nerd, geek, activist, or just someone concerned about the state of the worldor all of the abovethis podcast is for you. Language: en Genres: Society & Culture, TV & Film Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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RoboCop, ICE, and the Capitalist Machinery of Fascism
Episode 22
Thursday, 12 February, 2026
The Pop Mythologist and his guest, author and psychology professor Alex Langley, revisit RoboCop (1987) as a political, mythical, and psychological parable about how capitalism privatizes everything, offers false solutions to the very problems it creates, dehumanizes human beings, and lays the groundwork for fascism. Drawing connections to the current actions and tactics of ICE, and the ongoing AI takeover, they also explore why protecting and reclaiming our humanity is a form of resistance in these times. ⚠️Spoilers for: RoboCop (1987) and RoboCop (2014) ✅ No Spoilers for: All other works mentioned Follow Alex Langley at: Instagram: @therocketllama https://www.instagram.com/therocketllama/ Threads: @therocketllama https://www.threads.com/@therocketllama?xmt=AQF0-7f6xIpQJVf66ms1AALoCuIZNzOs1bRdOfL4zVEnUJI Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rocketllama Official website https://www.rocketllama.com/
