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To Bot or Not? That's the big question for Data Scientist Gilad Lotan. His research suggests we may be damaging our online reputations if we choose not to play the fake follower game. Jason Q Ng, author of the book Blocked On Weibo, tells us why the Chinese government hates fake bots and why they targeted Black PR companies last summer. And your host imagines a future were humans are forced to shower their new Bot overlords with unwavering attention.

F is for Fake

Writer Olivia Laing didn’t plan on moving to New York alone, but after a few lonely months in the city she discovered the truth about loneliness. She says it is a gift. Laing wrote an essay on loneliness for Aeon magazine. She is also the author of The Trip to Echo Spring, which is one of the best books of the year — no contest.

Eric Klinenberg says more and more people are choosing to live alone and that cities like New York must invest in housing stock that single people not only can afford but actually want to live in, the type of housing they have in Scandinavian countries. He is a sociologist at New York University and the author of Going Solo, a book about the extraordinary rise and surprising appeal of living alone.

In Denmark when someone dies alone, and no-one claims the body, the authorities put an ad in the newspaper calling for Possible Relatives. This is also the title of a photo-book by Danish photographer Tina Enghoff. She took pictures of some of these apartments after the bodies were removed, often the bodies go undiscovered for weeks. My friend Pejk Malinovski, who is also a Dane (and a radio producer) met up with Tina on a recent trip home to Copenhagen.

When you're lonely, life is very long

New version with 25% more audio diary!  In 1984 your host was twelve years old and like George Orwell’s protagonist Winston Smith, he kept a diary for the citizens of the future. For this special installment of Benjamen Walker’s Theory of Everything we travel back in time and give this diary a soundtrack. TV commercials, radio spots, movie clips -  all sound from 1984 (the year not the book).  Along with personal memories of making the transition to middle school, the show focuses on four of the most important people of year:  Ronald Reagan, Michael Jackson, Steve Jobs and Clara Peller. Find out what totalitarianism really sounds like.
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1984 (the year not the book)EXPANDED VERSION

A few years ago your host took a pilgrimage to Copenhagen to walk the streets the great Dane Søren Kierkegaard once walked. He wanted to understand  the meaning of Kierkegaard's religious stage so he decided to ask the experts at the Kierkegaard research center. Also Photographer Dina Litovksy tells us about the history and some of the secrets of the modern bachelorette party. And Michael Holmes tells us about life's final stage - death.

Stages On Life's Way

We're proud to announce that two of Med School's most exciting artists have gone head to head on our latest DJ Battle mix: Mutated Forms and Blu Mar Ten. Both artists have tracks on Med School's latest compilation – 'Blood Pressure' – out now on Med School Music.

Med School is the sinister little sister of Hospital Records, championing exciting new artists making weird and wonderful electronic sounds. Home to forward thinking artists like Bop, Unquote and Lung, their releases ooze class and push boundaries. Blu Mar Ten and Mutated Forms are no different – as these mixes will prove. But who will deliver the knock out punch? You decide!

Blood Pressure is out now on Med School Music and is available on 2x12" vinyl / digital download / CD. Essential. 
Get your copy here: http://shop.hospitalrecords.com/product/MEDIC27/

Blu Mar Ten: Fighting Talk!

"No dubplate neurosis, no attention-deficit-mixing, just joining the dots between some good tunes from 1996 to 2012. Strictly for those who want a little more from their music than just another big drop. You know who you are."

1 - Blu Mar Ten vs London Elektricity - Above One Second (mash-up, 2011)
2 - Physics - Dreamworld (dBridge remix) (Blindside, 2008)
3- Nasty Habits - Liquid Fingers (31 Recs, 1999)
4 - Dabs &amp; Safire - Time Carrier (Dispatch, forthcoming)
5 - Unknown
6 - Dillinja - Silver Blade (Metalheadz, 1996)
7 - Urbandawn &amp; Rotate - Blue Forest Grotto (unreleased, 2012)
8 - B Cloud - Going Deeper (Med School, 2012)
9 - Mutated Forms - Feels Like (Med School, 2012)
10 - Trisector - Minutes and Hours (unreleased, 2012)
11 - JDL - Blade Runner Blues (white label, 1996)
12 - Commix - Broken Man (Metalheadz, 2007)

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MUTATED FORMS: Fighting talk!

"Not only have we got the tunes and the skills we've also got the groove - anybody who's seen us play will know that Alex's moves make him the best. Fast-paced beats and a heavier selection will make sure we stay where we belong - on top!"

01. Mutated Forms - Look What U Have Done
02. Royalston - Carnivore
03. Jaybee &amp; Sinistarr - Should I Heavy1 Glitch Dub Remix
04. Spinline - Contrast
05. The Upbeats - The Proof
06. Critycal Dub And Level 2 - Somewhere
07. Adam F - Circles Andy C Mix
08. Mutated Forms - Powder Demon
09. The Upbeats - Incline
10. Raiden &amp; Meth - Millimallikas
11. Mutated Forms - Best Served Cold
12. Vicious Circle &amp; Fierce - Section VIP
13. DJ Vapour - The Lone Ranger
14. Sub Zero - Clash
15. June Miller - Walls Of Jericho
16. Frederic Robinson - Roadtrip
17. d:Bridge - Cornered
18. Spinline- Life
19. Mutated Forms feat. Rachel - Feels Like
20. Blackstreet feat. Dr. Dre - No Diggity
21. Goldie - Inner City Life Goes To Miami Mix

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Mixmag DJ Battle: Blu Mar Ten Vs Mutated Forms

Yale’s Whitney Humanities Center presents “The Founders of Modern Physics,” a panel discussion among eminent scientists exploring the revolution in quantum mechanics and its intellectual milieu. This panel was part of “Intellectual Circles and Twentieth-Century Science,” a conference organized in conjunction with a series of events surrounding the 2008 Tanner Lectures on Human Values delivered by Noble Prize–winning physicist Steven Chu. Dec 21, 2010

The Founders of Modern Physics

Tversky taught at Hebrew University and at Stanford University, where she is emerita professor of psychology. Much of her work involves human perception of space and explores topics such as memory, categorization and language; the metaphorically spatial, especially time and event perception and cognition; and applications, notably diagrams, interfaces, design and visual communication. Her recent articles include "Visualspatial Reasoning," "Some Ways that Graphics Communicate," "What Do Sketches Say About Thinking?" and "Multiple Mental Spaces." Sep 07, 2010

Spatial Thinking

New York Times Chief Washington Correspondent David Sanger, a senior fellow at the Belfer Center, speaks about the growing challenge of cyber warfare, who is engaged in it, what the perpetrators of these attacks stand to gain and how it can be defended against—if at all.

David Sanger on Cyber Warfare | PolicyCast

The Theory of Everything debuts with a three part expedition to the center of the cloud.  In part one Twitter employee number 7 Britt Selvitelle tells us what happened when Justin Bieber joined Twitter in 2009 and how everything had changed by the time the Bieb joined Instagram in 2011.  Harper Reed, CTO for Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, explains why cloud infrastructure is awesome,  Matt Wood, Amazon’s principal data scientist, explains how the cloud is changing our relationship with technology, and Parse’s Charity Majors shows us what it is like to work in the Cloud. But when your host attempts to get inside the cloud itself he runs into difficulties…


The Clouds (1 of 3)

DISLTD008
Cern & Verb "Degeneration"
DBRUK & Mtwn "Shrapnel"

Out now on digital (vinyl shipping Friday 26th April 2013)

Digital - http://bit.ly/disltd008
Vinyl - http://bit.ly/disltd008-redeye

Dispatch Ltd’s first outing of 2013 sees an outstanding trans global release which amalgamates a true melting pot of multinational minds by bringing together a full collaborative effort by DBRUK, Belgium’s Mtwn & New Zealand’s Cern alongside Verb.

DISLTD008 is a pure showcase of cutting edge Drum and Bass Music that brings together the formidable combined efforts of some of the scenes finest rising stars, once again all delivered with that unmistakable level of quality that now synonymous with Dispatch Ltd.

The A side “Degeneration” clearly nods back to some the finest points in Drum and Bass heritage with a diamond cut blend of splashy rides, hoovering low tones and crashing amens which all blend together in perfect measure to bring that “hell caving’ vibe that’s absolutely tailor made for those later, lights down dancefloor moments, an outing of Drum and Bass Music at its rawest and hardest edge, Just as we feel it absolutely should be sometimes!

The Flip, “Shrapnel” issues an unmistakable hollowed out Square wave workout which violently twists and turns through the sub frequencies, targeted at full aim towards the kind of SPL levels that penetrate straight through at chest level. “Shrapnel” is certainly the kind of stand out tune that you’ll remember the day after the night before as DBRUK and Mtwn again deliver with the highest level of production standard to deliver a very very healthy measure of creatively crafted originality.

Support from the likes of: Ant TC1, Survival, Digital, DJ Hype, Randall, Octane, Phace, Calyx & Teebee, Total Science, Need For Mirrors, Mikal, Spinline, Gerra & Stone, DLR, Doc Scott, Chris SU, Nymfo, Basher, EBK, Vicious Circle, Dabs, Script & Hydro.

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DBR UK & Mtwn - Shrapnel - Dispatch LTD 008 (CLIP) - OUT NOW

The VICE Podcast is a weekly unedited discussion where we go inside the minds of some of the most interesting, creative, and bizarre people we come across in the VICE universe. This week we talk to restaurateur and food personality Eddie Huang about his new book, Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir, the first season of his show Fresh Off the Boat, and what we can expect for season two.

Check out Fresh Off the Boat on http://VICE.com here: http://www.vice.com/fresh-off-the-boat

Eddie Huang on Fresh Off the Boat and More: VICE Podcast 003

This is a limited release for Record Store Day 2013, pressed on silver vinyl with art by Stilts88. 
Ramson Badbonez returns for Record Store Day with a little peek at his next project. Teaming up with Billy Brimstone on some old Italian Giallo craziness we see him emerge as the Silva Surfa on the track 'Warlords and Immortals'. 
Jehst takes charge of production on the flip with a banging futuristic slice of space funk in his remix of 'Power Cosmic' (from Kashmere's Galaktus LP). Kash came through to respit a different verse and this time is joined by Ramson Badbonez and Phoenix Da IceFire.


Power Cosmic (Jehst Remix) ft Ramson Badbonez, Phoenix Da IceFire, Kashmere

We told you that Congo Natty aka Rebel MC was more than a legend and now it's time to prove it. For your listening pleasure the one and only Uncle Dugs (Rinse FM) has compiled a mix that takes the listener all the way through Mikail Tafari's career, from the early Rebel MC & Double Trouble days right up to the last few years. 

Seventy eight minutes charting the birth and development of Jungle, the mix works as a perfect taster for the forthcoming Congo Natty opus, "Jungle Revolution." With the buzz around first single "UK Allstars" still very much in the air and a record to follow which delivers on Tafari's reputation as a pioneer, a fearless social commentator and a righteous Rastaman, this potted history of his career should be the perfect taster. Get it now before we take it down again - the wickedest sound!

UK Allstars
Download "UK Allstars" on iTunes - http://glnk.it/234
Watch "UK Allstars" on YouTube - http://bit.ly/1a6oxWl

Jungle Revolution
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Congo Natty Mix by Uncle Dugs

The workplace of tomorrow — no corporate hierarchy or five day workweek required. Kara Miller speaks with Jason Fried of 37signals, Maynard Webb, former COO of eBay, and Bob Pozen, Harvard Business School lecturer.

The Future of Work

An exclusive tune courtesy of http://www.mixmag.net 

Foamo plays Chew The Fat Bank Holiday Bonanza  on Sunday 6th May @ Peckham Palais

Also playing Deadboy, Sophie Live, Dauwd, Maribou State b2b Pedestrian, Mike Ruff Cut Lloyd and more

Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/558215834198470/


Foamo - Sherlock (Kry Wolf remix)

Your host continues his journey to the center of the cloud by way of the earth. Rare Earth.  Dr. Alex King leads the Critical Materials Institute in Ames Iowa, and he explains how dependent the cloud is on Rare Earth Elements like Neodymium. If we could get inside a Data Center we would find neodymium in all the custom made hard drives, and companies like Amazon are using giant wind turbines packed with neodymium magnets to power their data farms. In fact most of the devices we use to access the cloud: our ipads, our phones, our personal computers - they all use Neodymium too. Dr. Karl “Mr. Rare Earth” Gschneider introduces us to the other 16 Rare Earth elements and we learn that they are key to most of our advanced technologies, electric cars, medical devices, drones!  When your host discovers that China controls 95% of the Rare Earth market he decides to go, he hopes to see the illegal mines in the Ganzhou region with his own eyes. We also hear from Frank Tang, a Beijing based analyst at the investment bank NSBO, and we visit a Rare Earth Magnet factory. 

The Clouds (2 of 3)

Our series concludes with some revelations. Metahaven's Daniel van der Velden and Vinca Kruk use the story of Wikileaks to show us the infrastructure of the cloud and its super-jurisdictional powers. The BBC's Paul Mason takes us on a wild tour of China in his novel Rare Earth. And a pile of iPhones brings your host a moment of clarity.

The Clouds (3 of 3)

What helps us win? Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, bestselling authors of "Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing," investigate the art of competition.

The Science of Competition

What makes rivalries different than other competitions? Edgar B. Herwick III, chief of WGBH’s Curiosity Desk, shares his insight.

Rivalry: A Double-Edged Sword

Are robots coming — for your job? Kara Miller led a discussion about ingenuity and automation at Innovation Hub's first live panel. 

Robots Are Coming, Part 2

Robots Are Coming, Part 1

Radio/Podcast host:
"Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything" a proud member of PRX's Radiotopia collective. http://radiotopia.fm 
"Too Much Information" WFMU (2009 - 2013)
"The Big Ideas Podcast" The Guardian UK (2011 - 2012) 