Satire in the Dark

Donna Nocturne picks up Frankenstein for a conversation about what happens after something is created—but before anyone accepts responsibility for it. Across centuries, humanity has feared the moment its inventions begin to speak back. Yet the deeper question has never been whether creation becomes dangerous. The deeper question is whether creators remain present after the moment of creation. In a...

Tonight Donna picks up Elias Steinberg. For decades he has watched humanity build machines that think faster than their creators — while decisions about the future remain in the hands of those who barely understand what they are building. Together they discuss intelligence without authority, warnings no one wants to hear, and why societies often ignore the people most capable of seeing what comes...

Donna picks up an unusual passenger tonight. Eight hundred years ago, crowds carried torches. Today they carry smartphones. Dracula reflects on internet mobs, anonymous spectators, and the strange courage distance gives modern crowds. Together they explore why spectacle replaced wisdom — and what civilizations begin to reveal about themselves near the end of an era. Some centuries call this declin...