Literary Friction - Doppelgangers with Naomi Klein
An episode of the Literary Friction podcast, hosted by Literary Friction, titled "Literary Friction - Doppelgangers with Naomi Klein" was published on October 5, 2023 and runs 59 minutes.
October 5, 2023 ·59m · Literary Friction
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Episode Description
What is it about doppelgangers that's so endlessly compelling? Who better to answer this question than the one and only Naomi Klein, who joined us to talk about her latest book, Doppelganger. This riveting and intellectually rigorous journey begins with a mix-up: people kept confusing Naomi Klein with another Naomi, author Naomi Wolf (known for The Beauty Myth), who got lost in the world of right wing conspiracies during the pandemic. Klein uses the trajectory of the other Naomi to examine the reflection of this 'mirror world' on the right, where vaccine passports are tools for control and climate change...
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