Michael and Us: Albanian Bacon w/ Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison

In Barry Levinson and David Mamet's WAG THE DOG (1997), a political spin-doctor teams with a movie producer to fake a war and save an incumbent president. You've heard of manufacturing consent, but to what extent can Hollywood and Washington manufacture reality? We're joined by Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison of the American Prestige podcast to discuss.Michael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.

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