Oobah Butler: The Digital Mirage
4/16/20262 hr 4 min
Trevor and Eugene sit down with journalist and filmmaker Oobah Butler, whose work lives at the intersection of prank and social experiment. From creating a fake top-rated restaurant to exposing how easily online systems can be manipulated, Butler has made a career out of blurring the line between perception and reality.
Together, they explore the rise of “scam culture,” how algorithms quietly shape what we believe, and just how much of the modern world is built on illusion. It is a funny, unsettling look at how easy it is to fake almost anything—and how hard it can be to tell what is real.
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First 90 secondsTrevor Noah· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Where did you grow up?
Oobah Butler· Guest0:05
I, I grew up in a little village called Feckenham in, uh, in England. [laughs] [laughs] I know.
Trevor Noah· Host0:09
Sorry.
Oobah Butler· Guest0:10
Sounds ridiculous, I know.
Eugene Khoza· Host0:10
Yeah, I'm sorry. Feckenham is like- Yeah.
Trevor Noah· Host0:12
Why do you look at me?
Eugene Khoza· Host0:13
No, come on. You can't tell me you didn't enjoy that. Feckenham.
Trevor Noah· Host0:15
See- You seem like you're from Feckenham.
Eugene Khoza· Host0:17
[laughs] In fact, from now on I'm gonna say that about you.
Oobah Butler· Guest0:19
Oh, wow.
Eugene Khoza· Host0:20
Ha. My friend Eugene from Feckenham. [laughs] [laughs] [laughs] You've been Feckening my whole life. [laughs] You're a Feckenham if, if I saw one.
Oobah Butler· Guest0:28
[laughs] I just, as you say this, I can't wait to clip that for my mom and dad. [laughs] Trevor Noah saying Feckenham is just... [laughs] It's just, I'm all ready, I'm cooked here. [laughs] I'm done. I'm, I'm happy.
Trevor Noah· Host0:38
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