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Podcast: At Sea with Justin McRoberts
Episode: @ Sea Podcast #37: Kirsten Powers
Description: The power of those who identify, translate and communicate current events is truly massive; sometimes frighteningly so. In 1978, Science fiction writer  Philip K. Dick warned against the power of what he called âthe media,â writingâŚÂ âI distrust their power. They have a lot of it. And it is an astonishing power: that of creating whole universes, universes of the mind.âÂ
I think thatâs a fair warning. At the same time I also think that entitles like FOX, CNN, The NYT, USA Today are inextricable from American culture; theyâre not going anywhere. Sure, the names will...