Autocracy, Theocracy and… paperwork

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English - May 03, 2018 20:00 - 46 minutes - 41.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 575 ratings
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Last month in Berlin, Warren visited the archives of Stasi, the Communist secret police of East Germany. He learned that paperwork was almost as important to oppressive control as maintaining a climate of fear. Then he heard Rukmini Callamachi’s podcast, “Caliphate,” about gathering records from ISIS. The result is a riveting conversation between Callamachi and Dagmar Hovestadt, spokesperson for the Stasi Museum.