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Never Gonna Give You Up
This past week three things happened. The Devil Wears Prada 2 opened globally to $234M — a film about an industry that sacrifices craft for speed, made by sacrificing craft for speed. The first half…
How Censorship Works in 2026 (It Looks Like Accounting)
We're heading into the final weeks of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - CBS' number one show for nine straight seasons. The official reason: "purely a financial decision." Two weeks earlier,…
The Therapy Aesthetic: Decoding Bieber's 2026 Coachella Set
Justin Bieber’s 2026 Coachella headline set wasn't just a concert; it was a real-time renegotiation of the performer-audience contract.This week on FUNK !T, we analyze the most polarizing performance…
Is Political Communication Dead? Inside the New Era of State Normalization
In this episode of the FUNK !T podcast, we are tackling the profound shift in political communication defining 2026.Forget traditional propaganda designed to change your mind. Today’s governments,…
The Pentagon Learned from TikTok
The US military released footage of the Iran strikes this week. It was edited. It had music. It cut like an action trailer. 40 million impressions in 24 hours — before most people thought to ask what…
Why We Can't Legislate the Algorithm (A Media Theory Analysis)
You cannot build a 19th-century border wall around a 21st-century cloud.Body:This week, the German government (CDU) pushed a motion to strictly ban social media for youth under 14, requiring digital…
The Bangkok Simulation: Why Global Cities Are Becoming "Non-Places"
Recording from the streets of Bangkok, Sascha Funk analyzes the city not as a tourist destination, but as a living motherboard. Using the framework of "Splintering Urbanism" and Marc Augé’s concept…
The Gamification of Reality: Betting on the Apocalypse
Prediction markets like Polymarket have turned the news cycle into a casino. But this isn't just about gambling; it's about the Gamification of Reality. We have moved from being "Citizens" (who try…
Surveillance Sport: The Death of the "Human" Element
In the final week of Milano Cortina, we are witnessing the collision of "Sport" and "Surveillance Capitalism." When a curling match is decided by a capacitive touch sensor rather than a human eye, we…
Spectacle Season: Super Bowl, Olympics & AI Watching Itself
Every February, the world pretends it’s watching sports.But what we’re really watching is spectacle.From Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show, to the Winter Olympics’ performance of neutrality, to…
The Epstein Files and the Art of Distraction
This weekend, the U.S. Department of Justice released millions of pages of Epstein-related documents under a legal transparency mandate.No leak. No whistleblower. No cinematic reveal.And yet, the…
Davos 2026: Where Power Talks and Nothing Decides
Every January, global power gathers in a Swiss village to talk about fixing the world. Panels, speeches, statements. And yet, the crises remain. In this episode of FUNK !T, we break down what the…
Psychopolitics & the Art of the Feint
This week feels overwhelming on purpose.Venezuela. Iran. Greenland. ICE. Everything at once, no time to think.That’s not chaos. That’s a media feint.In this episode of FUNK !T, I break down how power…
The Death of Reality - How the US Weaponized "Cringe" and what that tells us about political communication
It is January 6, 2026. Three days ago, the US captured a head of state.This should be the most serious news story of the decade. But if you look at your phone, you aren't seeing history. You're…
2026: The Year We Stopped Trusting the Glitch
If you use AI to write an email, and I use AI to summarize it... did communication actually happen?Or did two piles of code just perform a handshake while we both stared at a screen, hallucinating…
The Blockade: Why Venezuela is a Crime Scene
While the internet was busy arguing about domestic politics, the US Navy just went back to the 17th Century. On December 16, 2025, the White House designated the Venezuelan government a "Foreign…
Panem is Here: Inside Trump’s "Hunger Games" (Freedom 250)
The internet laughed when Donald Trump announced the "Patriot Games" for the Freedom 250 Semiquincentennial. "It's the Hunger Games!" everyone tweeted.They were right, but for the wrong reasons.In…
Mourning as Content: The Semiotics of Slay
Did she say "Grift" or "Grit"?In this episode, we break down the viral moment that has the entire Right Wing internet spiraling. But we aren't just looking at a slip of the tongue—we are looking at a…
The Santa Simulation: Why The Holidays Feel Fake.
Does Christmas feel less like a holiday and more like a deadline?In this holiday anti-special, we peel back the wrapping paper on the "most wonderful time of the year" to reveal the capitalist engine…
Why You’re Hate-Watching Jake Paul (The Psychology)
Boxing used to be about the fight. Now, it’s about the feed.In this video, we break down the Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua narrative not as a sporting event, but as the ultimate example of Guy…
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