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Nothing to Envy
By Barbara Demick
This episode unpacks how a totalitarian state meticulously constructs a false reality, and the profound human cost when that fabricated world inevitably begins to crack.
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What it is about
North Korea, Propaganda, Totalitarianism, Human Resilience
Who it is for
If you've ever wondered how entire populations can be insulated from truth, or how personal belief systems are constructed and maintained, this will illuminate the subtle mechanisms at play, and this will help you see what to do next.
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As a former Beijing bureau chief and foreign correspondent, Barbara Demick spent years interviewing North Korean defectors, meticulously piecing together their lived experiences to reveal the human story behind the headlines.
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