About this episode

Chris Hedges discusses the dangers of a culture that blurs the line between reality and fantasy.

Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Empire of Illusion”, maintains that our popular culture cannot distinguish between reality and fantasy, dangerously relying on spectacle, false idols, and snake oil salesmen. To see additional resources and our other programs, please visit humanmedia.org . Humankind specials are heard on NPR and PRX member-stations, in association with GBH Boston.

People in this episode

Host: David Freudberg

Guest: Chris Hedges

Topics covered

• popular culture
• reality vs fantasy
• spectacle
• false idols
• media criticism

Keywords

• Chris Hedges
• Empire of Illusion
• culture of distraction
• media
• spectacle

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NPR, PRX, GBH Boston, humanmedia.org

Books & works: Empire of Illusion

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