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Panacea9 is a weekly podcast, hosted by Gloria Yazdani, that dares to delve into the complexities of our modern world; a world grappling with injustice, chaos, greed, prejudice & hunger for power. As technology bridges distances and brings us closer, our programme aims to create a symbolic “panacea”, fostering healing and connection across digital divides. Boundaries still exist, not just geographical, but also within our minds. We need to dismantle these self-imposed barriers and create an arena accepting of unity in diversity, where economic, cultural, and social interests weave into ...

"El engaño populista pertenece a una rica tradición de textos presididos por el amor a la libertad y el propósito de ayudar a las víctimas del populismo autoritario a defenderse de las mentiras diseñadas para mantenerlas en la pobreza y en la ignorancia. Ojalá tenga los muchos oyentes que se merece".

Mario Vargas Llosa, premio Nobel de literatura, 2010.

Reputation touches almost everything, guiding our behavior and choices in countless ways. But it is also shrouded in mystery. Why is it so powerful when the criteria by which people and things are defined as good or bad often appear to be arbitrary? Why do we care so much about how others see us that we may even do irrational and harmful things to try to influence their opinion? In this engaging book, Gloria Origgi draws on philosophy, social psychology, sociology, economics, and more to offer an illuminating account of an important yet oddly neglected subject.