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Smart Cookies podcast @smartcookies.bsky.social · 3d

Cory Doctorow, author of Enshitification, explains how GOOGLE deliberately degraded their own search engine

youtu.be/7FbAJeFYl-c

#Google #searchengine #corydoctorow #enshitification

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Smart Cookies podcast @smartcookies.bsky.social · 9d

Did Google intentionally make it's search engine SHITTY?
According to Cory Doctorow, the answer is a resounding YES 💩

You can find our FULL CONVO on Enshitification here:

youtu.be/-BoORwEPlQ0

#google #bigtech #searchengine

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Smart Cookies podcast @smartcookies.bsky.social · 18d

The GAZA ceasefire is here. What happens NEXT?

Middle East analyst Mouin Rabbani outlines a possible outcome 👇🏻

youtu.be/BI5GdavJ85U

#ceasefire #GazaCeasefire

Smart Cookies podcast @smartcookies.bsky.social · 24d

Hamas is ready to negotiate. Israel keeps dropping bombs. What's happening to Trump's GAZA peace plan?

Analyst and commentator Mouin Rabbani breaks it down 👇🏻

youtu.be/VWramu_7L6k

#news #gaza #trump #israel

Smart Cookies podcast @smartcookies.bsky.social · 24d

The genocide in GAZA is the biggest crime of our era - but is it finally coming to an end?

I discuss the horrific war, Netanyahu's aims and Trump's latest peace plan with Middle East analyst Mouin Rabbani👇🏻

Youtube:
youtu.be/BI5GdavJ85U

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/4TRm...

#gaza #israel
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Smart Cookies podcast @smartcookies.bsky.social · Sep 26

Another episode for my fellow HISTORY nerds ⚔️!!!

I host Prof. Yeng-Wen Zheng from @manchester.ac.uk to talk about the NOTORIOUS Opium Wars 🌸👇🏻

Youtube:
youtu.be/8sooOkmxRVI

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/3U7t...

#China #history #imperialism

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Smart Cookies podcast @smartcookies.bsky.social · Sep 22

How did a SLAVE ARMY stop the invincible MONGOL advance?

Author of the Mongol Storm, @nicmorton.bsky.social, details one of the most important campaigns in all of MEDIEVAL history 👇🏻

youtu.be/AgyPIHUMtg0

#medieval #history

Smart Cookies podcast @smartcookies.bsky.social · Sep 17

"At least he's talking about BLACKROCK..."

Prof. Will Davies on JOE ROGAN and the rise of anti-experts 👇🏻

youtu.be/1lVCtycEHpQ

#JoeRogan #podcast #TheJoeRoganExperience #science

Smart Cookies podcast @smartcookies.bsky.social · Sep 16

Neoliberal capitalism is DEAD. But what kind of a system has replaced it?

I ask sociologist, political economist and author of Nervous States, Prof. @will-davies.bsky.social 👇🏻

youtu.be/KvNbY9jNsQo

#capitalism #politics

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Smart Cookies podcast @smartcookies.bsky.social · Sep 15

"The Right would like to portray this as CIVIL WAR!"

Sociologist Prof. Will Davies breaks down the reckless framing of the CHARLIE KIRK killing👇🏻

youtu.be/N4vrQrIc1fU

#charliekirk #charliekirkassassination #MAGA

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Smart Cookies podcast @smartcookies.bsky.social · Sep 14

Is the killing of CHARLIE KIRK another symptom of a disintegrating political system in the US?

Sociologist, political economist and author of Nervous States Prof. @will-davies.bsky.social weighs in👇🏻

YT:
youtu.be/KvNbY9jNsQo

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/1ea6...

#politics #charliekirk #MAGA

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Smart Cookies podcast @smartcookies.bsky.social · Sep 13

What was the real story behind the legendary order of ASSASSINS 🥷?

Medieval historian @nicmorton.bsky.social answers 👇🏻

youtu.be/OMGnnePwbzE

#history #medieval

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Smart Cookies podcast @smartcookies.bsky.social · Sep 12

Which Middle Eastern power managed to FINALLY stop the invincible MONGOL armies??

Find out in the SECOND part of this amazing conversation with historian @nicmorton.bsky.social, author of the Mongol Storm ⚔️ 👇🏻

Youtube:
youtu.be/mYYQSZpYDu0

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/5GfT...

#history

Smart Cookies podcast @smartcookies.bsky.social · Sep 11

It's the middle of the 13th century and the MONGOLS have bulldozed their way through Middle Eastern states like they have a cheat code ⚔️

The conquest of EVERYTHING seemed inevitable... but was it?

Pt. 2 of with convo @nicmorton.bsky.social drops TOMORROW 👇🏻

youtu.be/mYYQSZpYDu0

Smart Cookies podcast @smartcookies.bsky.social · Sep 6

He EXECUTED a group of Mongol traders... The Mongols INVADED and poured molten silver into his eyes.

Historian @nicmorton.bsky.social tells the INCREDIBLE story of the fall of the Khwarazmian Empire 👇🏻

youtu.be/sQyMQcZp7ek

#mongolempire #genghiskhan #medievalhistory

Smart Cookies podcast @smartcookies.bsky.social · Sep 4

There are few events in all MEDIEVAL history as ASTONISHING as the legend of the mythical Christian king, Prester John...

Historian @nicmorton.bsky.social, author of "The Mongol Storm" recounts this incredible story 👇🏻

youtu.be/j0Bl-3SKuF8

#mongolempire #history #medieval

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Smart Cookies podcast @smartcookies.bsky.social · Sep 3

The first part of the conversation about the MONGOL STORM, an unputdownable history of Mongol conquests, with @nicmorton.bsky.social is finally HERE👇🏻

YT:
youtu.be/KghrmkP4QTU

Apple podcasts:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/5KHi...

#history #mongols

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Smart Cookies podcast @smartcookies.bsky.social · Sep 2

🇨🇳 How affordable is life a first-tier Chinese city?
🇨🇳 How easy is it to get a job there?
🇨🇳 Is everyday life in China a techno utopia, or a hyper-competitive nightmare?

@kaiserkuo.bsky.social breaks it down 👇🏻

youtu.be/IPxTZfjDXBY

#china

Smart Cookies podcast @smartcookies.bsky.social · Aug 30

In Western media CHINA occupies the role of our main adversary - it's usually portrayed negatively, the reportage riddled with stereotypes...

But is China REALLY just an endless gulag, or is it a bit more complicated than that?

I talk to @kaiserkuo.bsky.social to find out 👇🏻

#china #politics #west

Smart Cookies podcast @smartcookies.bsky.social · Aug 27

A conversation about this thrilling (if slightly terrifying), part of HISTORY coming soon to a pod near you!

Yes, I meant this one.

Nic Morton @nicmorton.bsky.social · Jul 22

My book "The Mongol Storm" offers a history of the Mongol invasions into the Middle East told from many different perspectives - Byzantine, Mamluk, Seljuk, Armenian, Ayyubid, Crusader etc.

If you're looking for a summer read...

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Smart Cookies podcast @smartcookies.bsky.social · Aug 26

"Unlike the US, China doesn't want to push its IDEOLOGY on others..."

@kaiserkuo.bsky.social on what we get MOST WRONG about China 🇨🇳 in 2025:

youtu.be/21z6Brh1SNU

#china #foreignpolicy #uspolitics #donaldtrump

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Smart Cookies podcast @smartcookies.bsky.social · Aug 24

Global favourability of CHINA is rising, while that of the US is falling (dramatically)... but WHY is that?

@kaiserkuo.bsky.social breaks it down 👇🏻

youtu.be/KH5ZjP3OVeM

#usa #china

Smart Cookies podcast @smartcookies.bsky.social · Aug 23

Turns out we're pretty CLUELESS about China in the West...

@kaiserkuo.bsky.social (from the Sinica podcast) joins me for the latest episode of SMART COOKIES to explain why that's probably not a good idea 👇🏻

YT:
youtu.be/uWAkwJlrPuE

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/4jas...

#china

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Smart Cookies podcast @smartcookies.bsky.social · Aug 22

Throughout history (and even today), we look for a couple of very specific qualities in our LEADERS - we want them to be decisive, confident and charismatic.

But are those people really BEST qualified to lead us?

Actually, no 👇🏻

youtu.be/X5CuwDFN_sw

#leadership #history

Smart Cookies podcast @smartcookies.bsky.social · Aug 21

I've always wanted to be a professional BASKETBALL player. Sadly, I'm not tall (or skilful) enough. So I stared thinking... how about COACH?

Leadership expert dr. Martin Gutmann advises how I can get there👇🏻

youtu.be/DDthbrGGBIw

#basketball #nba #michaeljordan