Episode #178 ... Susan Sontag - How Much Is Your View Of Everything Affected By Metaphors?

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  I'm Stephen West.

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  Today's episode is part three on Susan Sontag.

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  So again, here we are, just like last time,

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  looking at the mythology that surrounds something that's so normal to us in our everyday lives that we may not even notice it.

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  Last time it was about pictures and videos,

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  this time Susan Sontag's going to critique the popular use of the metaphor in culture.

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  How the way we use metaphors can sometimes go on to hurt people in ways that we never intended.

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  And somebody out there at the start of the podcast today might be thinking, well, I'm safe on this one.

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  Look, you got me last time with the pictures and videos,

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