# Predictive Programming

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Podcast: [Ouch! Was that a Ghost?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ouch-was-that-a-ghost-6584292)
Published: 2026-01-22T10:00:18+00:00
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## Resource

This week the topic is predictive programming. The theory that media, and print is being used to enact society wide change. That news, movies, tv shows, including a seemingly unassuming cartoon that has been around since 1989 that may be being used to influence how we think. Let me know if you think it is all coincidence or this is being done by design, and if you know of any examples we missed. Thank you so much for listening! sources Predictive Programming: How do Movies, Books, and TV Shows predict the future? HOLLYWOOD AND THE GLOBAL CONSPIRACY: IS PREDICTIVE PROGRAMMING MAKING A COMEBACK? – IGS – Institute for Global Studies Fact Check: The Simpsons episodes are not evidence of ‘predictive programing’ | Reuters The Simpsons Predictions: 34 Times the Fox Show Forecasted the Future

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