Episode 14: Psychological Warfare, with Annalee Newitz

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

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