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Podcast: Arts & Ideas
Episode: Are we being manipulated?
Description: Who's pulling your strings - from advertisers and peer pressure to political campaigns and self-deception - hidden persuaders are everywhere. Journalist Poppy Noor, historian Sarah Marks, psychologist and magician, Gustav Kuhn, the philosopher, Quassim Cassam and Robert Colvile from the Centre for Policy Studies join Matthew Sweet to track them down. We're all confident that we know our own minds -- but do we? And if we don't, why not? Producer: Zahid WarleyQuassim Cassam is professor of philosophy at Warwick University. He is the author of Self Knowledge for Humans and his new book...