# Political Theater: ‘Shall I project a world?’ — ‘The Crying of Lot 49’ episode

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Podcast: [CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cq-roll-call-policy-and-politics-48177)
Published: 2026-04-23T14:55:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3099

## Resource

Real estate magnates, secret societies, alternative means of communicating, psycheledic drugs used as therapy? It's not our world; it’s the world of Thomas Pynchon’s ”The Crying of Lot 49.”Jason Dick, Sean Carswell and Alan Tuszynski discuss Silent Tristero’s Empire and whether we’re living in it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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