"When The Hunger Games began in 2008 – it’s since become a defining story for a generation that’s grown up with economic crisis and never ending war – many commentators lumped it in with other young adult genre fiction such as Twilight and Divergent. But The Hunger Games is political. It’s about an elder elite that uses state power, a compliant media and violent spectacle to pacify its population. It’s about how a rebellion is sparked by defiance and spreads through subversive symbols, while the regime responds in the only way it knows." -Michael Harris, Stay Alive Surviving Capitalisms Hunger Games If you've listened to the show for a while maybe you've heard my episodes with this man, or maybe you've heard me mention his book "Welcome to the Rebellion" OVER AND OVER, AND OVER again. Well, the man that started off the livestream is coming back to talk about his release for Zero Books, "Stay Alive: Surviving Capitalisms Hunger Games". Get Dr. Harris Books: https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/.../welcome-to-rebellion https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/.../stay-alive... About Dr. Harris: Michael Harris is an independent writer and researcher with a focus on change, specifically the political, technological, social, cultural, economic, and institutional changes required to meet the challenges of the future. Michael has worked in numerous sectors, from education and technology, to government, public services and urban planning. He has produced more than a hundred leading reports for organisations, both his own research and working with leading academics across many fields. His work has been featured in national media including BBC News, The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph, and Prospect magazine, as well as many academic journals. Michael’s PhD research focused on the new right and the Thatcher governments. His subsequent research interests have included reforming education using technology, how leading businesses and organisations innovate in radical new ways, rethinking how public services can be organised around people’s needs, and challenging the closed way in which government policy is developed. Most recently he has focused on planning for future trends, such as climate change, population growth, economic and technological disruption, and the collapse in trust in political institutions. Michael currently lives in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand. Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH! Become a patron now : www.patreon.com/join/BitterLa... Please also like, subscribe, and follow us on these plat ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_iaXUjbOhk