667: This Show Was Weird, Right?

Published: May 26, 2023, 6 p.m.

b'We go 20 minutes into the future and 36 years into the past to discuss ABC\\u2019s cyberpunk drama \\u201cMax Headroom.\\u201d For a show with an 80s pop-culture icon as its title character, it\\u2019s actually a prescient satire about where our culture was (and still is?) headed. Even more than three decades later, its discussions of data security, the right to privacy in a technological age, artificial intelligence, and even deepfakes are still state of the art. (Non-American viewers who thought this was the show where Max Headroom introduced various music videos\\u2026 uh, no.) Catch the wave and join us, won\\u2019t you?'