{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Fourth Way","title":"(254)S11E5/5: Propaganda in the Real World: Interview Robert Meeropol","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/bd7d18d2\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5349,"description":"This is an interview with Robert Meeropol, the son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg who were executed for espionage. \r\n\r\n* I am releasing this episode on the 70th anniversary of their execution, at 8:00 PM EST, the time at which the Julius and Ethel were executed. \r\n\r\nPre-Episode Introduction\r\n0:00:00 - Introduction and Robert's story\r\n0:08:40 - Manichean nature of propaganda\r\n0:12:40 - Government destroys culture, not just resistance\r\n0:14:35 - Timing of this episode\r\n0:18:05 - Propaganda in the case of Robert's parents\r\n0:23:35 - Role of fear and othering in propaganda\r\n0:31:45 - Why was it important for propaganda that the kids of the Rosenbergs were targeted as threats?\r\n0:42:45 - Propaganda in the media as a sedative that gets people to work within the system rather than buck it\r\n0:56:10 - How can we know truth in a world saturated by propaganda?\r\n1:04:50 - Why can't the government bring itself to admit they're wrong?\r\n1:16:05 - Why do we need activists today if we solved discrimination with Civil Rights?\r\n1:26:10 - Resource recommendations and plugs","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/JGkV-vDM_2fB5-17TQ9iEONJxTXbDMwB1A42S8-5Pm0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM0ODIvMTU2NjEy/NDE3OS1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}