<description>&lt;p&gt;Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of &amp;#8220;Empire of Illusion&amp;#8221;, maintains that our popular culture cannot distinguish between reality and fantasy, dangerously relying on spectacle, false idols, and snake oil salesmen.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;To see additional resources and our other programs, please visit &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://humanmedia.org/"&gt;&lt;span class="s2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;humanmedia.org&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt; . Humankind specials are  heard on NPR and PRX member-stations, in association with GBH Boston.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Humankind on Public Radio

David Freudberg

Culture of Distraction

MAY 28, 202629 MIN
Humankind on Public Radio

Culture of Distraction

MAY 28, 202629 MIN

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<p>Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of &#8220;Empire of Illusion&#8221;, maintains that our popular culture cannot distinguish between reality and fantasy, dangerously relying on spectacle, false idols, and snake oil salesmen.</p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><b>To see additional resources and our other programs, please visit </b><a href="http://humanmedia.org/"><span class="s2"><b>humanmedia.org</b></span></a><b> . Humankind specials are  heard on NPR and PRX member-stations, in association with GBH Boston.</b></span></p>