"Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World” with Naomi Klein

Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast

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🗓️ 24 October 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

We are back from the third stop on our fall 2023 WITHpod tour and we’re thrilled to share a recording of the first half of our event in Philadelphia. Stay tuned for the second half in next week’s episode. From widespread conspiracies, to AI generated content, to mistrust of vaccines magnified by social media, it’s hard to know what’s real and what’s not in this era. Our guest this week points to a sense of “collective vertigo" that we’re experiencing as our realities warp around us in what she calls the “mirror world.” Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist and a New York Times best-selling author of numerous books including her latest one, “Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World.” She joins WITHpod to discuss the trajectory of her own doppelganger (the impetus for the book), the convergence of paranoid conspiracy culture merging with broad reactionary scary visions of the future, how we got to this moment and how we might move forward.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to why is this happening with me your host Chris Hayes.
0:14.0	Well we recently returned from the third stop on our withPOD National Tour. It was phenomenal
0:24.7	being Philly for a double-headed event. We were up against the Philadelphia
0:28.8	Phillies in the NLCS and we still sold the place out. We had an amazing time.
0:34.0	We're so glad to share recording the first half of the program with you.
0:37.0	Be sure to tune in for the second half of the show next week.
0:40.0	Enjoy.
0:42.0	What's up, Philly?
0:46.0	Hey everybody, good evening and welcome to our live recording of why is this happening the Chris Hayes
0:53.5	podcast I'm Donning Holloway producer of why is this happening I got to say
0:58.0	we have been looking so forward to tonight we've been counting down we are
1:02.1	so glad to be here. Thank you so much for joining us
1:05.1	As we go throughout the program tonight, don't forget you can share some of your favorite moments from the conversations tonight by using the hashtag with pod.
1:13.9	You can keep the conversation going online,
1:15.8	share quotables, pictures, videos,
1:17.8	whatever you'd like online using the hashtag with pod.
1:21.4	I gotta say, Philly,
1:22.2	we have really been feeling the love tonight you all are an amazing
1:26.3	Incredible audience and I want you to join me and sharing even more of that love and making some noise for our host, Chris A's!
1:37.0	What's up Philadelphia?
1:42.0	How we doing? Yes. Look at that. What a crowd.
1:47.0	What a crowd.
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