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Radio 4,2 mins

SeriesSeries 4

Jamie Tehrani: 'the mass media is junk food for the mind'

Four Thought

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Social anthropologist Jamie Tehrani discusses on Four Thought our obsession with celebrity culture, viewing it as a maladaptation by our brains to seek prestige and guidance.

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