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Podcast: A Ghost in the Machine by Daniel D
Episode: You Are What You Remember
Description: The movie Memento features the strange story of Leonard Shelby, a man who cannot form new short-term memories after a traumatic injury. Leonard relies on a bizarre system of record-keeping to remember who he is and what his goals are. He gets by with a little help from his friends, but his “friends” may be lying to him and manipulating him to serve their own agendas. Moreover, Leonard may even be lying to himself. All of these lies have consequences, sometimes fatal. In many ways, we are all like Leonard Shelby, relying on inaccurate and incomplete memories and...