Breaking Taboos and Shaping Public Behavior through Propaganda

Following the Great War, Edward Bernays and his contemporaries used the power of propaganda to forever change marketing, and all of Western culture.

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BRINK media group is re-imagining how brands, causes and artists compete in the oversaturated attention marketplace through original productions and branded entertainment.

Website: thisispropaganda.show

Instagram: instagram.com/thisispropagandashow

Email: propaganda@brink.com

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Cohosts: Josh Belhumeur and Malcolm Critcher

Story Editor: Matt Decker

Producers: Jaclyn Hubersberger and Reed Chandler

Additional Audio Engineering: Paul Injeti

Original music: Josh Belhumeur

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