Podcasts Technology Back to Work Episode 253: Ty Lambo

Episode 253: Ty Lambo

Published: Jan. 5, 2016, 8 p.m.

TOPIC: Elephants all the way down.

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This week, Dan and Merlin do a deep dive on communication, perception, persuasion, empathy, and understanding, as illustrated by everything from The Force Awakens to Don LaPre to PR emails to Donald Trump to a variety of elephants\u2014plus a famous photo of a man and the fake dead triceratops he supposedly killed.

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Links for this episode:

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\u2014Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

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