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What Next: Is Someone Brain-Zapping American Operatives?

What Next: Is Someone Brain-Zapping American Operatives?

FromSlate News


What Next: Is Someone Brain-Zapping American Operatives?

FromSlate News

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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Oct 13, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The Havana Syndrome sounds like something straight out of a spy novel: microwaves are being directed towards U.S. embassies, causing hearing loss, headaches, and in some cases, permanent brain damage. The Biden administration is taking these “anomalous health incidents” very seriously. Should we?

Guest: Micahel Wilner, a Senior National Security and White House Correspondent for McClatchy. 

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Released:
Oct 13, 2021
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Podcast episode

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A quasi-daily podcast from Slate chronicling Donald Trump's rise to the presidency and his current administration. Journalists Virginia Heffernan and León Krauze talk to reporters, historians, psychiatrists, and other experts to help explain who this man is and why this is happening, right now, in the United States of America.