This is one of those things that I have seen referenced on Twitter, but I have not done any reading into to actually know what people are talking about.Īmory: I already hate it. What is being protested is something called the 15 minute city.Īmory: Hmm. And like many things, conspiracy theory–related Amory, it doesn't really match up with the actual thing being protested. And he just retweets people talking about the real life Hunger Games, which is apparently a reference to the fact that in that fictional story, everyone's separated, right, into these, like walled off districts that are poverty stricken and controlled by an all powerful, wealthy capital city. Or at least he loves to retweet them.īen: Near as I can tell. And he's turned out to be a bit of a conspiracy theorist, unfortunately, Amory. The songwriter behind “Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down.” Yep.īen: We had a lovely conversation with Mike about Rickrolling.īen: And the origin of Rickrolling. You remember Mike Stock?Īmory: Oh, of course. And unfortunately, one of the people who really inspired me to talk to you about this, who was tweeting a lot about this issue, these real life Hunger Games, is this guy who we have interviewed before.īen: Mike Stock. You know, the trucker protests, QAnon, people protesting against vaccines, it had that kind of vibe, if that makes sense.
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And they were full of people that, you know, in some ways kind of had a familiar vibe to me. These protests were against the bad guys. And I'm not talking about the grocery store on Sunday, Amory.īen: And what was weird is there were all these protests popping up, in the U.K. It was going to be a real life Hunger Games situation. And also on YouTube and also on Twitter, with people saying that the globalists, the elites, the bad guys had a new plan for making us all lick their boots. But about a month ago, I started to see this kind of uptick in posts on Reddit. So until recently, I feel like “the real life Hunger Games” didn't really mean much to me. Or is it because you're being annoying?īen: Oh, it's - don't get me wrong. I think about when we're in a long drive in the car with my wife, and she starts getting snippy with me, you know? Because she's getting hangry.Īmory: Yeah. music, sound effects, tone) are harder to translate to text.īen Brock Johnson: Amory, have you ever seen The Hunger Games?Īmory Sivertson: Yeah, the first one at least.īen: When I say “the real life Hunger Games”, what comes to mind for you?Īmory: Wall Street? The grocery store on Sunday before a storm or something?īen: Oh, that’s good. The transcript has been edited from our original script for clarity.
This content was originally created for audio. Everyone who makes a monthly donation will get access to exclusive bonus content. If you want that too, we would deeply appreciate your contribution to our work in any amount. We love making Endless Thread, and we want to be able to keep making it far into the future. " The 15-Minute City: Where Urban Planning Meets Conspiracy Theories" (The New York Times)." Conspiracy Theorists Are Coming for the 15-Minute City" (Wired).Superblocks: How Barcelona is taking city streets back from cars (Vox).The 15-minute city | Carlos Moreno (TED talk).15 Minute Cities: Oxford Won't Be The Same! (Youtube).On this episode of Endless Thread, co-hosts Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson explore one of the strangest conspiracy theories circulating today: the 15-minute city. What do livable and walkable urban environments have to do with "the real life Hunger Games"? And why are people in Oxford, England and elsewhere coming out in droves to protest seemingly innocuous traffic restrictions?
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