# George Bernard Shaw on The No Agenda Show

George Bernard Shaw comes up in 3 chapters across 3 episodes of The No Agenda Show, from September 2010 to August 2021.

- **Chapters:** 3
- **Episodes:** 3
- **Discussed:** September 2010 – August 2021
- **Related topics:** [Black Mirror](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/black-mirror.md), [Eugenics](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/eugenics.md), [Hg Wells](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/hg-wells.md), [Nazis](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/nazis.md), [Oysters](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/oysters.md), [Propaganda](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/propaganda.md), [Seth Macfarlane](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/seth-macfarlane.md), [Social Credit](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/social-credit.md), [Sterilization](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/sterilization.md), [Syphilis](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/syphilis.md)

## Chapters 1–3 of 3

### George Bernard Shaw, Eugenics and Social Worth

- **Episode:** [1373: Mass Formation](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1373-mass-formation.md)
- **Published:** 2021-08-16
- **Time:** 2:54:19–3:05:38
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1373-mass-formation/chapter/george-bernard-shaw-eugenics-and-social-worth.md

An archival clip of George Bernard Shaw features the playwright advocating for a "properly appointed board" to justify an individual's existence every few years. The hosts compare this historical eugenics mindset to modern social credit systems and "cancel culture" depicted in science fiction media.

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### Forced Sterilization, Nazi Implementation and Scientific Consensus

- **Episode:** [506: Happy Earth Gay](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/506-happy-earth-gay.md)
- **Published:** 2013-04-21
- **Time:** 2:19:05–2:21:32
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/506-happy-earth-gay/chapter/forced-sterilization-nazi-implementation-and-scientific-consensus.md

The discussion continues on the history of eugenics, focusing on forced sterilization in the United States and its eventual implementation by the Nazis. The hosts discuss how scientific consensus was used to silence opposition. They argue that the current climate change rhetoric follows a similar pattern of shouting down skeptics.

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### Caesar and Cleopatra Movie, Historical Anachronisms

- **Episode:** [239: Change Comes From GNU](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/239-change-comes-from-gnu.md)
- **Published:** 2010-09-30
- **Time:** 1:37:14–1:39:58
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/239-change-comes-from-gnu/chapter/caesar-and-cleopatra-movie-historical-anachronisms.md

John C. Dvorak highlights several historical anachronisms in the film "Caesar and Cleopatra," based on the play by George Bernard Shaw. He notes the mention of "British oysters," "Chianti," and "filet mignon" in a setting intended to be 40-50 BC, long before those terms or products would have been known to the Romans.

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