From the best-selling author of Four Lost Cities comes a sharp and timely book about the dark art of manipulation through weaponized storytelling. In Stories Are Weapons, best-selling author Annalee N...

In the last episode, we outlined several specific propaganda strategies. We conclude this discussion by explaining some ways we can attempt to combat propaganda. Although propaganda can be a tool for good, it is often used nefariously, and we are well served to protect ourselves against those who would manipulate us. Did we miss anything? Let us know! Recommendations - Abraham: Between the Buried and Me “The Blue Nowhere”- (https://www.betweentheburiedandme.com/) - Shane: Disney Food and Wine Festival (https://vegandisneyworld.com/2024/08/30/vegan-options-at-the-epcot-international-food-wine-festival/) Holidays (9/24/2025) - Punctuation Day - National Mofongo Day - Banned Websites Awareness Day - Festival of Latest Novelties - Gallbladder Good Health Day - Kiss Day - Lash Stylists Day - National Bluebird of Happiness Day - National Cherries Jubilee Day - National Horchata Day - National Women’s Health and Fitness Day - Schwenkfelder Thanksgiving - Banned Books Week - Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week - Deaf Dog Awareness Week - Fall Astronomy Week Links and References:  - https://disinformation-nation.org/how-propaganda-works/ - http://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691173429/how-propaganda-works?srsltid=AfmBOorUX3x7ZgsGZ1dyU_bt0OeTC-bnm_0maw2D3FZclD5sp65cJ4je - https://sjdm.org/presentations/2020-Poster-Heyman-Schrum-Cassandra-Psychology-of-Propaganda.pdf - https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1938/05/the-psychology-of-propaganda/654999/ - https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.2044-8341.1941.tb00312.x - http://psychologs.com/the-psychology-behind-propaganda/?srsltid=AfmBOor4m2MZ7Rs4pqmagvFEui02ZN14zWIcPI7XZQ-pB4D4665LhIK6 - https://www.verywellmind.com/how-does-propaganda-work-5224974 - https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/insight-therapy/201702/the-con-propaganda - https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881516