Taranoia

In show 36, Tara kidnaps Dr. Gavan Titley, Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at Maynooth University. His focus is the politics of racism and multiculturalism in Europe, as well as freedom of speech and what constitutes ‘hate speech’ in traditional and social media. Though race is the main target, Tara feels Gavan’s work could apply to trolling and controlling based on any form of discrimination. In an hour she asks him to cover: the rise of the far right and what big tech can do about it, or is it already too late? Who has the power online? Is ‘hearing out’ harmful ideas useful, or have some ideas been adequately tested in history? The IDW lads. Charlie Hebdo, Notre Dame, and who makes a news story. Is democracy fucked? Is revolution inevitable or just something in Tara’s head? And is there Mill in the fridge? There isn’t half enough time. She’ll just have to have him back. Gavan’s past publications include The Crises of Multiculturalism: Racism in a Neoliberal Age, written with Alana Lentin (Zed Books 2011),