Podcast of the Day- A Guide to Nonsense
By Paul
British author and journalist Francis Wheen discusses his book, How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World, with some entertaining examples of celebrities like Princess Diana, Cherie Blair and Hillary Clinton who are deluded by crystals and healing stones, cults, gurus and other quackery in what he calls our post-political era. Here is the podcast, and the transcript.
Related;
Writer's choice 1: Francis Wheen at Normblog
Reviews of the book; Crooked Timber, The Economist