Fear, fear and more fear
Planet Normal
Louisa Wells
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2021
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
The doom cycle is all too much for this week's Planet Normal stowaway, Laura Dodsworth. The author and photographer has written a new book on the UK government's "weaponisation of fear" over the pandemic, and she joins Telegraph columnists Allison Pearson and Liam Halligan's rocket of reason to share her damning take on the "unethical" use of behavioural psychology over lockdown.
Elsewhere on the podcast, our co-pilots celebrate a victory for common sense after Allison spearheaded a successful takedown of so-called "e-medicine", Liam proposes a solution to Britain's doctor shortage and one lucky listener wins a coveted Planet Normal mug.
Allison and Liam will be replying to comments beneath this article on Thursday 20th May from 11am-12pm: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/05/20/life-inside-fear-factory-government-keeps-us-high-alert/ |
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| 0:00.0 | The Telugu... |
| 0:02.0 | The Telugu... |
| 0:03.0 | ...podcasts. |
| 0:09.0 | Five! |
| 0:10.0 | Let them think they're enjoying themselves. |
| 0:12.0 | Let them think they're going to get a bit of freedom, |
| 0:14.0 | then tug on that choke chain |
| 0:16.0 | and make them realise that we're still in charge. |
| 0:20.0 | Or... |
| 0:21.0 | Are we ever going to get out of this lockdown? |
| 0:23.0 | Are we ever going to be in a post-COVID-A? |
| 0:27.0 | Locking up the biscuit tins is very different to locking up people. |
| 0:31.0 | Where your head grows so big, |
| 0:33.0 | you won't be able to get into the rocket. |
| 0:35.0 | That's my worry. |
| 0:36.0 | What? |
| 0:40.0 | We have the top. |
| 0:41.0 | Welcome once again to Planet Normal, |
| 0:43.0 | the Telugu- off podcast with Alison Pearson. |
| 0:46.0 | Hello. |
| 0:47.0 | And me, Liam Halligan. |
| 0:48.0 | Well, she did it to Planet Normal citizens. |
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