EPISODE · Aug 18, 2025 · 39 MIN
Alissa Wilkinson: We Tell Ourselves Stories
from Required Reading from Liberties · host Liberties Journal
Alissa Wilkinson and Morten Høi Jensen discuss Wilkinson's most recent book We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine. The book is about Didion, but it's also about America in her lifetime. This episode includes talk about the Dustbowl, Hays Code, Bonnie and Clyde and the human addiction to delusion.
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