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Build Up to WW3: Shifts, Shadows & Global Gambits

JUN 6, 2025 • 71 MIN • SEASON 1, EPISODE 16

From Springfield’s “predictions” and TikTok’s liminal nightmares to trillion-dollar war budgets and quantum arms races—Art Grindstone unpacks how culture’s weirdest signals mirror a world on the brink. Are The Simpsons spelling out tomorrow’s...

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From Springfield’s “predictions” and TikTok’s liminal nightmares to trillion-dollar war budgets and quantum arms races—Art Grindstone unpacks how culture’s weirdest signals mirror a world on the brink. Are The Simpsons spelling out tomorrow’s headlines? Is global defense spending a protective shield or the fuse on Cold War 2.0? Strap in for 59 minutes of sharp satire, sober analysis, and the big question: are we binge-watching collapse or funding it?

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Series: The Grind with Art Grindstone
Archive position: 16 of 29
Season: 1
Released: Jun 6, 2025
Runtime: 1:10:51

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Build Up to WW3: Shifts, Shadows & Global Gambits

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