Not All Propaganda is Art 1: Operation Younger Brother

Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything by Benjamen Walker & Radiotopia

Jan 23, 202401:13:07Society & Culture

In the 1950s the CIA weaponized culture to capture hearts and minds in Europe and Africa. We meet three writers (Richard Wright, Kenneth Tynan, and Dwight Macdonald) who got caught up in this battle both as collaborators...

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