MAD
AS HELL?
We’re not gonna take it anymore. 🤭
FUN
FACT
You’re at war! (It’s not like you think?)
Being ALIVE in the world today means the strange and wonderful meat in your skull is pretty much constantly under siege. (We did said FUN fact remember.) And the government won’t save you. HAHAHHA! Ha. Ha?
Which is why you now have MAD Warfare, a delightful journey into the wild, hilarious and yes sometimes absolutely horrifying ways that war affects your everyday existence—even if you try to ignore it.
In this podcast, we’ll share what’s going on and how you can build more awareness, resilience and HEY WHY NOT: SILLINESS to combat the cognitive battles slung around where you scroll, chat, date, bank and wonder what’s for dinner.
You’ll hear from professional wrestlers, brain organoid experts, chaos engineers and maybe even your mom if you play your cards right. Because the ones who really know how to mess with your mind are often hiding in plain sight.
“We should give you a billion dollars for this service.”
— Government, probably
“I miss you why are you always talking to the internet now.”
— The cat
About us
What happens when a cognitive neuroscientist working in defense and a narrative strategist having an existential crisis walk into a podcast? You get MAD Warfare. Because sometimes stars align.
More things to come. For now please enjoy a stock image of this supreme being.
episodes
First five in the holster, below—and we’ll link the handy RSS feed right here once they’re launched.
001:
WILD, WEIRD & WICKED
(Thank you for the compliment.) Here you’ll meld minds with us as we dissect why we need to talk about cognitive warfare and what’s in it for you. There may also be puppets. War is full of surprises.
002:
You know everything, al snow
If you want to understand what makes humans tick in war, business, or politics—then you need to understand professional wrestling. And you’ll definitely want to listen to this. Featuring special guest and World Wrestling Entertainment legend Al Snow.
003:
I See DEad PEOPLE
What happens to us after we die? Who knows, but some folks are resurrecting dearly departeds in the form of AI. When high-tech meets highly vulnerable states of mind, WHAT COULD GO WRONG. Special guest Rebecca Nicholson joins us to talk about ghosts in (of?) the machine.
004:
CHAOS RULE(R)S
How do you study complex systems like human brains and behaviors? Most research happens in a lab with super controlled conditions—and sometimes all those findings break down when applied IRL. Which is why some folks are playing mind games out in the wild. Special guest Glenn Borsky talks about these trials and potential terrors …
005:
DUDE, where’s my ORGANOID?
You can call AI “intelligent” or add “neural” to nets but that still doesn’t make these systems run like human brains. But what if there were a way to power them with tiny slabs of living brain cells? Special guest Chris Acha shows us how this IS ALREADY HAPPENING.
MAD Warfare is a science-driven deep dive into the wild, weird, and sometimes wicked world of the “weaponization of everything.” But don’t worry—IT WILL BE FUN. Think of it as your covert ops manual for spotting how cyber hackers, rogue AI agents, and shady “bad actors” (who’d be terrible in a buddy comedy) are messing with our minds. Often in ways that evade detection… until it’s too late. With expert interviews from unexpected places and plenty of offbeat insights, we reveal the hidden battleground of everyday life. Each episode is a call to action: for those in power to step up—and for the rest of us to gear up, because we might be all we’ve got. (Also, may feature puppets.)