About this episode
This episode explores the conflict between rhetoric and reality, highlighting how words can overshadow the truth.
If seeing is believing is true, all attorneys would be mimes. When faced with the reality of events right in front of their eyes, followers will hang onto words over events. The carefully crafted words that discredit the truth no matter what form it comes through. These false truths bring false hope, and a sense of belonging. Just like the mother reading to here children in the movie Titanic. Telling them all is ok as the ship around them sinks. All parties shoul...
People in this episode
Host: Timothy Mahar
Topics covered
- rhetoric
- truth
- perception
- false hope
- communication
Keywords
- rhetoric
- reality
- truth
- communication
- perception
- false hope
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Titanic
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