Episode 184: His Tomorrow Is Our Today

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Henry Ford wrote in 1926*, “The machine is a symbol of man's mastery of his environment.” He also wrote other things of “public service” and the “wage motive” you should hear. I'll share these concepts in this Episode 184: His Tomorrow Is Our Today.

In this episode, I read from: a web site called the Quote Investigator concerning Walter Reuther's great retort; and Henry Ford's book 1926 book, Today and Tomorrow.

Musically, I played: Podington Bear doing "Holding Hands." Representative David Cilliline opened the show talking about monopolies, backed by KMFDM, and I'm closing today with Mistle Thrush.

*I said 1925 in the show by accident. Oops. I also failed to mention Sydney Greenstreet's voice talking about proven facts, that voice taken from the 1947 movie The Hucksters. I regret the errors. Oh, and I really regret forgetting to post this episode until it was two days late. My forgetful bad.

Episode 183 ¡D'Liv'rin' In Vivo, Boca!

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We all have preferences for products, habits that sometimes last most of our lives. We should, though, be aware of what product makers can do to get us hooked… before we’re even born. With apologies to Ricky Martin, Episode 183 ¡D'Liv'rin' In Vivo, Boca!

In this episode, I read from: a 2011 book by David Linstrom called Brandwashed: Tricks Companies use to Manipulate our Minds and Persuade us to Buy; and from my computer's quickie dictionary.

Musically, I played: Lee Rosevere doing "Intervention". KMFDM backed Henry Giroux in the opening, and I'm closing this time with Julie and Rolf and the Campfire Gang doing "Over the Rainbow".

(Very quickly, the name of that researcher I mention in the show? Minna Huotilainen. See? If you're not a Finnish speaker….)