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May 13, 2024 74 mins
Highly acclaimed author and commentator Lionel Shriver discusses her new novel, 'Mania'. Topics include: -Why she choose IQ as the topic of her new book  -Why the left are ‘obsessed with sameness’ -Where ideological ‘manias’ come from and what the next hysteria will be  -The flawed thinking behind ‘social justice’  -The literary influences on her writing  -Why some people conform with social fads and others do not  -The inherent contradictions of woke -Losing friends due to the culture war -Her views on euthanasia -Who she will vote for in the US election And loads more! 

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