This podcast discusses how companies like SCL have been able to use behavioral economics to influence elections and enact social change without relying on big data. The podcast emphasizes the power of knowing how to distribute a message effectively.
This podcast discusses the history of European colonization, particularly regarding a tribe that had a chance at fighting back and winning due to them being European themselves.
The U.S. remade Haiti in its image, with a so-called democracy that served its business interests. The country's customs revenue was surrendered and tied to marine protection in return, leaving Haiti in chaos.
The podcast host and guest discuss the controversy surrounding the depiction of violence against women in art, and argue that the purpose of art is to create a false representation, rather than glorify or condone violent acts.
In 1789, Saint-Domingue was home to half a million slaves, 32,000 Europeans, and about 24,000 free mulattoes or people of mixed African and European heritage, forming a buffer chunk of society between white people and enslaved black people.
The French Revolution had an impact on Haiti's escalating tensions between different racial groups, including grands blancs, petite blancs, free people of color, and black slaves, with mixed-race people agitating for equal rights within the Parisian citizens assembly.