The Good Apocalypse Podcast
Host Alex Evans talks with fascinating people about how to navigate the turbulent times we’re living through. Some may want to stoke fear, rage and division, but at the Good Apocalypse Podcast we’re focusing on how we can steady ourselves, find purpose and meaning, and build connection with others as ways towards a brighter future.
Formerly the Larger Us Podcast.
The Good Apocalypse Podcast
Are the riots Elon Musk's fault? - with Imran Ahmed
Welcome to a new series of the Larger Us Podcast! This time we’re talking to Imran Ahmed, who is founder and CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate. We spoke to him in the immediate aftermath of the wave of far right riots that swept the UK in July after misinformation about the identity of the perpetrator of a mass stabbing targeting children spread rapidly and widely across social media.
Imran is an authority on the social and psychological impacts of digital platforms and the bad actors who exploit them, and he’s been a hugely influential voice in advising politicians around the world on policy and legislation to combat online hate and misinformation – so much so that Elon Musk sued the Center for Countering Digital Hate (and lost). For more about CCDH check out their website here, and you can find a recent Wired interview with Imran here.