# Badlands Story Hour Ep. 184: The Siege

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Podcast: [Badlands Media](https://stenobird.com/podcast/badlands-media-5934327)
Published: 2026-09-11T05:13:47+00:00
Episode link: https://badlandsmedia.podbean.com/e/badlands-story-hour-ep-184-the-siege/
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Duration seconds: 5629

## Resource

Chris Paul and Burning Bright take on this 1998 thriller about a terror wave hitting New York and the martial law that follows, and the "predictive programming" alarm bells start ringing almost immediately. Expect a deep dive into how this movie preemptively defended Islam and demonized the military years before 9/11 gave that framing real cultural weight, plus a genuinely sharp breakdown of what one host calls the Patriot Pendulum, the idea that controlled opposition gets fed right back into the next paradigm. There's a wide ranging conversation about cultural programming, the Bush to Obama pipeline, and a funny closing bit about a recent Atlantic headline that accidentally proves their point. Stick around for chat shoutouts, sub gifts, and next week's pick, a Terry Gilliam classic with a scene this community has plenty of theories about.

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