Episodes 12
Avg. Duration 42m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (1)
Since Apr 2025
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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About This Podcast

Beyond the Filter is a podcast about censorship. It includes censorship through laws, self-censorship, and corporate censorship. It includes censorship of art and fiction, censorship of political dissent, and censorship of self-expression, especially when it comes to sex and gender. It also looks at the reasons why we censor, the effects of censorship, and alternatives to censorship.

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Beyond the Filter: Sexual Content Online: Who Gets Protected and Who Gets Policed?

Mar 03, 2026

In the season finale of Beyond the Filter, Jeremy and Brandy are joined by Shambhawi Paudel (ILGA Asia) and Mar Díaz (digital rights and LGBTQ advocate) for a wide-ranging conversation on censorship,…

Beyond the Filter: Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence

Feb 01, 2026

In this episode of Beyond the Filter, Brandy and Jeremy examine how gender-based harm is being amplified by digital platforms and AI tools, using the recent Grok scandal on X as a case study. The…

Beyond the Filter: Australia’s Under 16 Social Media Ban

Jan 01, 2026 Transcript

This episode discusses Australia’s groundbreaking social media minimum age law, which mandates that platforms block users under 16. The conversation explores the implications of this law on free…

Beyond the Filter: Drawing the Line Watchlist

Dec 10, 2025 Transcript

In this special edition of Beyond the Filter, hosts Brandy Brightman and Jeremy Malcolm present the global launch of the Drawing the Line Watchlist—a groundbreaking report examining how ten countries…

Beyond the Filter: Fantasy Sexual Materials and Offending

Nov 01, 2025 42m Transcript

Hosts Brandy and Jeremy talk with Dr. Craig Harper of Nottingham Trent University about his research on whether fantasy sexual materials—like AI-generated images, cartoons, or sex dolls—are linked to…

Beyond the Filter: The Assassination of Charlie Kirk and the Censorship of Jimmy Kimmel

Oct 01, 2025 33m Transcript

Brandy and Jeremy unpack the political turmoil after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. They highlight the double standards in how violence is mourned across party lines and how…

Beyond the Filter: Age Verification, Payments, Porn, and Censorship

Sep 01, 2025 51m Transcript

Brandy and Jeremy speak with journalist Michael McGrady Jr about two growing threats to online sexual expression: financial censorship and age verification laws. They discuss recent crackdowns,…

Beyond the Filter: Fan Refuge

Aug 01, 2025 32m Transcript

In this episode of Beyond the Filter, hosts Jeremy and Brandy delve into the creation of Fan Refuge, a new social media platform designed for fans by fans. Jeremy shares insights into how Fan Refuge…

Beyond the Filter: Fanfic arrests in China

Jul 01, 2025 43m Transcript

In this episode, hosts Jeremy and Brandy speak with F15-H (Fish), an artist from Hong Kong now living in mainland China, about a shocking wave of arrests targeting fanfiction writers on the Chinese…

Beyond the Filter: Aurélie Petit on Censorship of Animated Porn and its Limits

May 29, 2025 Transcript

This month on Beyond the Filter, Brandy and Jeremy are joined by Aurélie Petit, PhD candidate in Film Studies at Concordia University and author of the recent Porn Studies article The Limits of Zero…

Beyond the Filter: Project 2025

May 01, 2025 55m

Under Trump and Project 2025, censorship isn’t creeping in — it’s charging full force. From gutting public media and defunding the arts to banning words like “diversity” and “trauma,” the far-right…

Beyond the Filter: Pilot Episode

Apr 01, 2025 39m

In the inaugural episode of Beyond the Filter, hosts Jeremy Malcolm and Brandy Brightman discuss the complexities of censorship in the digital age. They explore how censorship is often driven by…

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