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Dec 2017
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#038 Revolution In The Age Of Anger (wit...

Russell Brand
About this episode
Historian and novelist Pankaj Mishra joins me to talk about what he calls the ‘age of anger’ - a global pandemic of rage - and how the pursuit of progress and individualism has created a demoralised world.

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