Reality Propaganda

On this delightful award winning show we take a philosophical and uncomfortable look at our appetite for make-believe- from childhood takes to conspiracy theories, online misinformation and the comforting fictions we tell ourselves. A lie repeated often enough can start to sound like the truth. and a truth nobody wants to hear can be dismissed as a lie. We need to learn how to tell the difference....

Why we watch, why we laugh and why we care. Why do humans need to be entertained? and when does entertainment become destraction, propaganda or public humiliation. Traitors. The problem isn't that we want to be entertained. It's what we're willing to watch as entertainment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Autumn is here so everything is perfectly normal.... £2 for diesel A woman survives a lethal injection Man City found guilty of financial breaches. So nothing to see here So when did extraordinary become ordinary? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1976 The doors got kicked in and all the unwashed, undesirables rushed in. Outrage on the telly. the Clash emerging, The Damned making a noise, a generation that did not wait for permission. And Spurs?? 1976/77 ended with Spurs relegated. 50 years on, we celebrate the lasting effect of the music, the style and the influence of punk. (And hopefully not Spurs getting relegated!) Hosted on Acast. See...

This week on Reality Propaganda , Summer 2026 has been glorious. But my best summer? We're looking back at the summer that changed everything - while wondering how the hell we've ended up with no potatoes, weapons in space, Spurs being as bad as Man United and RSI Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Artificial Intelligence is at it again. Spurs aren't. What it means to be British. Ghost Frequency Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

History. Music. travel. Football. Punk. Climate. Ageing. and why we are all still at school. 1976 And All That Believe nothing. Question everything. Be kind when you can. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In memory of an extraordinary life, music and kindness. The devastating effects of climate change and what kind of world are we leaving behind for our children. What is driving the rise in serious youth crime and what can actually be done about it. There's always time to worry about Spurs. Getting older, remembering who we once were, and asking what it means to remain human in an ever more complic...

Who can we trust? In this episode of Reality Propaganda, we take take a self-deprecating, occasionally serious and frequently ridiculous look at politics, war, AI, fake identities, dodgy eggs, tennis bad boys and our increasingly unreliable grip on reality. Believe nothing. Question everything. Laugh often. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

🚨 REALITY PROPAGANDA IS BACK 🚨 After a summer away, I’ve returned to discover that absolutely nothing has improved. So let’s catch up. 🌍 Trump & Iran ⚽ The World Cup & Infantino 🔥 England’s heatwave 🌑 The eclipse that wasn’t quite all that ☄️ The Perseid meteor shower 🎬 Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey 🍿 The world’s biggest cinema popcorn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

None The Wiser Deadhead Petrichor Never Read Starfields and Empty Streets Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stage Fright Stockholm Syndrome The Action Beat Sorry, That's Not What I Meant To Say Just One More Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cat's Got Your Tongue Nothing Is Happening Wasting My Time Grinding My Gears (Fiat Punto) Having A Laugh Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Strange Dreams Space Wankers Who Do You Watch? Rocket Science Immoral Code Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Subject reports being ‘left behind.’ Pattern suggests retention of self with loss of co-referential memory object. Monitor for progressive isolation phenomena.”   Isolation phenomena.   A safe phrase.   Safer than:   Someone is missing inside him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I remember the silence. You remember the sound. I remember the falling. You remember the ground. I remember the promise. You remember the cost. I remember the moment. You remember what’s lost. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

WE ARE IN THE DARK  All three will remember this differently. This is where the story fractures. There is a kiss. Or there isn’t. (Or there is more) Or there is, but not how it’s remembered. Intimacy without clarity is still intimacy. We are in the dark. Together. Whether that is comfort or threat remains unresolved It is winter. Not poetic winter — but that brittle, metallic kind. The air sm...

Things people pretend not to want: • intensity • permission • loss of control ?PASSION Household checklist Edges aligned. Surfaces wiped twice. Objects returned to their places. A note at the bottom: Disorder looks like carelessness until you live with it. He mistook her exactness for control. She mistook his looseness for indifference. Both were partly right. A bed made too tightly. Sheets pulled...

An anechoic chamber is designed to absorb reflections and all sound. I wanted to hear myself clearly. I didn’t expect this much of me to disappear. Dreams without images. A person trapped in an anechoic version of reality.  Waking without relief. If no one hears you, do you still mean what you say? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I miss how easy it was before we tried. Draft saved three times. Never sent. Glue fails under stress. So do metaphors Love is supposed to connect things. This just highlights the cracks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

These are the tales from the Caspian Sea And If I follow the story far enough I might finally reach you But if I find you Are you what I need you to be? So nothing ever ends the same Every tale has a different ending Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Identity isn’t discovered. It’s negotiated. List titled “Definitions” • Love: alignment • Freedom: absence of obligation • Honesty: saying it out loud Someone has written underneath: Or avoided. Ontology didn’t answer anything. It just made the questions louder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

She recognised him immediately. Not as someone she wanted — as someone who would complicate things. Handwritten note on hotel stationer;- Don’t confuse intensity with intimacy. Beneath it, added later: You always do. Technical note Conception does not require intent. Only conditions. A question mark added in pencil: Did you create this —or did you just allow it ? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...

He wasn’t looking for meaning. He wasn’t looking for connection. He wasn’t looking for trouble. He was looking for fun. And to him, fun meant possibility without consequence. Photograph (glossy, edges worn) Three figures, motion-blurred. Arms raised. Faces indistinct. On the back: This is when it still felt like freedom. Below, in darker ink: Or when you started confusing attention with affection....

The signal was never meant for anyone in particular. That was the first mistake.   Three people, separated by distance and doubt, feel the same unease at the same moment — the sense that something has shifted. Not forward. Sideways. Somewhere, a signal fails to arrive. Somewhere else, it is received too late.   Chapter 1: Transmission fragments, voice memos, fragmented conversations. Hos...