Faculty: Douglas Lain (Doug) is a writer and media producer. Lain’s books include the post-singularity novel Bash Bash Revolution from Night Shade Books, the magical realist novel Billy Moon from Tor Books, and the Philip K. Dick Award nominated novel After the Saucers Landed.

Title: “Can You Be a Radical Content Producer? YouTube, Podcasting, and the Left”

Description: This four-part seminar taught by a leading media producer and author, Doug Lain will dive deep into seminal theoretical writings from Benjamin to Adorno, to Chomsky and Debord and apply these theories to the creation and distribution of content aimed at emancipation. 

Schedule: November 5, 12, 19, 26 (Saturday) at 11am Pacific time.

Session One: Technology and Ideology

Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction - Walter Benjamin

Session Two: Capitalism and Communication

"The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception" Theodore Adorno

Session Three: Ideology and the State

Excerpt From Manufacturing Consent by Chomsky

Session Four: Techno Pluralism and the Spectacle

Chapter One of the Society of the Spectacle by Guy Debord. How to beat the YouTube algorithm with Derrel Eves. Un marketing No Neutral Brand Experience, Scott Stratten

Format: Online, Live