Crackpot Theories
Everyone has their own theories about what's really going on behind the scenes of their favourite media, but Crackpot Theories is dedicated to the most insane, the most unlikely and the most baffling of theories. Be sure to wear a tinfoil hat when listening, you never know what government agents think we're getting too close to the truth...
Crackpot Theories
Episode Thirty-Two: Black Mirror! What if technology but even worse?
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Sinead Lynch/Sorika Reilly
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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Is it possible to make the dark and gritty 'technology bad' series Black Mirror even more disturbing and depressing than it already is? Of course!
In this episode we connect a few dots and we find a handy scapegoat to blame for all of humanity's misfortunes in the series; Capitalism! From rogue robot bees to super-prisons full of exercise bikes to what happens to your soul in San Junipero when the Google Drive housing it crashes and burns, we cover just about everything.
Warning: You should probably be at least 30% dead inside for this episode.