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Jan 26
1h 19m

The Art of (Psychological) War with Anna...

CHELSEY WEBER-SMITH
About this episode
Annalee Newitz is the author of Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind, which traces the way disinformation, propaganda, and violent threats have evolved from military weapons deployed against foreign adversaries into tools of domestic culture war. For this episode, Annalee gives us a primer on the ways psychological warfare has lon ... Show More
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