Tue. 04/26 - When the CIA Funded an Animal Farm Cartoon

<p><strong><em>How the CIA funded that 1954 animated adaptation of Animal Farm as part of their anti-communist propaganda campaign. Plus, the woman who found out she’d been missing a chunk of her brain for most of her life without realizing. And why more and more rivers are being granted legal personhood.</em></strong></p><p>Sponsors:</p><ul><li>Munk Pack, Use code KRH at <a href="http://munkpack.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Munkpack.com</a> for 20% off your first purchase</li><li>I Am Bio, Subscribe at <a href="https://www.bio.org/podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bio.org/podcast</a></li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2003/mar/07/artsfeatures.georgeorwell" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The cartoon that came in from the cold</a> (The Guardian, 2003)</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/18/books/how-the-cia-played-dirty-tricks-with-culture.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How the CIA Played Dirty Tricks With Culture</a> (NY Times, 2000)</li><li><a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/26465253.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">All Propaganda is Dangerous, but Some are More Dangerous than Others: George Orwell and the Use of Literature as Propaganda</a> (JSTOR)</li><li><a href="http://framescinemajournal.com/article/keeping-it-all-in-the-nuclear-family-big-brother-auntie-bbc-uncle-sam-and-george-orwells-nineteen-eighty-four/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Keeping It All in the (Nuclear) Family: Big Brother, Auntie BBC, Uncle Sam and George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four</a> (Frames Cinema Journal)</li><li><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/she-was-missing-a-chunk-of-her-brain-it-didnt-matter/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">She Was Missing a Chunk of Her Brain. It Didn't Matter</a> (Wired)</li><li><a href="https://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/9/12/6136647/cerebellum-missing-brain-woman-explained-hemispherectomy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">This wom