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Elisa Gabbert on Why Our Memory Fails Us
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Length:
42 minutes
Released:
Nov 3, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Poet and essayist Elisa Gabbert, author of the new book “The Unreality of Memory: And Other Essays,” talks with us about why the 24-hour news cycle fuels a demand for disasters, how false memories are created, and the emotional difficulty of responding to big, invisible threats like the climate crisis.
Released:
Nov 3, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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