Episode 14: Psychological Warfare, with Annalee Newitz
About this episode
This episode features a conversation with Annalee Newitz about psychological warfare and its cultural implications.
This week's guest is author and journalist Annalee Newitz, whose most recent nonfiction book, Stories are Weapons, is about the history of psychological warfare. Adam and Annalee discuss psyops, science fiction, the origin of the term "banana republic," and many other things along the way. Buy Stories are Weapons here :https://bookshop.org/p/books/stories-are-weapons-psychological-warfare-and-the-american-mind-annalee-newitz/5dadea9e83b77a8a?ean=9781324110460 Pre-order A Wall is Also a Road here : https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-wall-is-also-a-road-annalee-newitz/86441005e9e8be3f?ean=9781250228031 Messages: • Support the show at patreon.com/DreamingAgainstTheMachine • Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram • Subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts! • Check out other great podcasts from Multitude like Spirits About the show: Dreaming Against the Machine is a podcast about envisioning a realistic and hopeful future. Each week, the show’s host, journalist and astrophysicist Dr. Adam Becker, will have an earnest (and entertaining!) conversation with a guest about possible futures, seen through the lenses of history, science, and…
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Host: Adam Becker
Guest: Annalee Newitz
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Books & works: Stories are Weapons, A Wall is Also a Road
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