# AW: Screen People - How We Entertained Ourselves into a State of Emergency

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Podcast: [C-SPAN Bookshelf](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723)
Published: 2026-06-28T00:00:00+00:00
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