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The Filter Podcast with Matt Asher

Ep 28: Fantasyland Redux, a Deeper Dive into the Dark Complexities of Magical Thinking

Dec 12, 2020
32:24
In this solo episode, I build on ideas from the previous episode with guest Kurt Andersen, author of Fantasyland: How Americans Went Haywire. I examine the and the relationship between spirituality and politics he presents. I also clarify some earlier thoughts and go farther down the rabbit hole that his book has opened for me. I discuss fantastical thinking in politics and pandemics, the relationship between individualism and accurate beliefs, and discuss the effect our modern clerisy has on suppressing truth. Related Links: The Filter Episode with Kurt Andersen Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire by Kurt Andersen (2018) The Filter Episode with Jesse Walker The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory by Jesse Walker (2013) Image adapted from Follow the White Rabbit by David Álvarez

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