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Part One: Edward Bernays: The Founding Father of Lies

Behind the Bastards

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Shirtless, I'll Tell You, Yeah, Yeah

Doris Fleischman was a legitimate pioneer of women's rights. She worked in journalism long before that was common. But because Eddie was so woke and uncomfortable with the idea of having his wife do housework for him, she spent most of her life rushing to and from their home ahead of him. And Bernays, their daughter later said he wanted her to be a feminist outside the house, but inside he wanted herto be a Victorian wife.

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