Published Jan 17, 2017
Episode 58: Pedestals and Guillotines
Explore the paradoxical dance of admiration and resentment in celebrity and political cultures, as Shankar Vedantam unravels the complex dynamics of power and the innate human tendency to both idolize and rebel against authority.
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