The Executive Dropout Podcast
The Executive Dropout Podcast
Podcast Description
The Executive Dropout is what happens when you quit the script but keep the curiosity. Part discussion, part monologue, part research rabbit hole, part untested theory blurted out before it’s ready.
We wander through McLuhanism, media environments, technological change, the liberal arts, and automation — not to tie them up neatly, but to see what frays. Some episodes feel like lectures that forgot to end. Others are conversations that won’t sit still. There will be probes. There will be tangents. There will be moments of clarity you immediately doubt.
Fun and frustrating in equal measure, this is a podcast for anyone who suspects that the medium isn’t just the message — it’s the air, the water, and the itch you can’t quite scratch.
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The show navigates themes such as McLuhanism, media environments, technological change, and automation, with episodes exploring the intersection of McLuhan's Catholicism with media theory and the geography influencing Innis’ thoughts, often presented through engaging yet chaotic dialogue.
The Executive Dropout is what happens when you quit the script but keep the curiosity. Part discussion, part monologue, part research rabbit hole, part untested theory blurted out before it’s ready.
We wander through McLuhanism, media environments, technological change, the liberal arts, and automation — not to tie them up neatly, but to see what frays. Some episodes feel like lectures that forgot to end. Others are conversations that won’t sit still. There will be probes. There will be tangents. There will be moments of clarity you immediately doubt.
Fun and frustrating in equal measure, this is a podcast for anyone who suspects that the medium isn’t just the message — it’s the air, the water, and the itch you can’t quite scratch.
In this conversation with scholar and author Tom Cooper, we trace the overlapping currents of McLuhan and Innis — how McLuhan’s Catholicism quietly shaped his media theory, and how geography steered Innis’ thinking. Tom shares stories from his time as McLuhan’s teaching assistant, giving us a rare, inside look at the man behind the aphorisms.
We also dig into his new book, a fresh lens on the Toronto School’s history and influence, and how those ideas keep mutating in today’s media environment. It’s a blend of personal memory, intellectual history, and a little bit of myth-busting.
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