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The Nerd Reich podcast investigates Silicon Valley’s slide into authoritarianism

Ellsworth Toohey
Dec 19, 2025
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The Nerd Reich Podcast

Journalist Gil Duran’s podcast “The Nerd Reich“ does what tech journalism largely failed to do for two decades: treat Silicon Valley’s libertarian ideology as a powerful and well-funded political movement rather than a quirky personality trait of genius founders.

The show’s guests include, Paulina Borsook, whose 2000 book “Cyberself…

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