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#65 - The Nightmare That Is a Reality: But How Real Does It Seem?

Aug 26, 202045 minSeason 2Ep. 34
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Episode description

Join host Chris Wright for a special presentation and discussion of the essay from January 9, 1944 in the New York Times: "The Nightmare That Is a Reality," by Arthur Koestler. For more information, look up Witold Pilecki who was a Polish cavalry officer, intelligence officer, and resistance agent during WWII that went undercover inside the Auschwitz concentration camp. Also be sure to check out the Milgram Experiment, the Zimbardo Experiment, and the Ash Conformity Experiment.

You can find the pdf to the essay here.

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