It’s All About Freedom with George Lakoff, Ph.D.

George Lakoff, Ph.D. is a renowned linguist and cognitive scientist, and one of the country’s leading experts on the framing of political discourse. He is Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley, where he has taught since 1972. He previously taught at Harvard and the University of Michigan.

He’s the author of numerous books on politics including:

• The ALL NEW Don't Think of an Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate (Chelsea Green 2014, Tenth Anniversary Edition)
• The Little Blue Book: The Essential Guide to Thinking and Talking Democratic (Elisabeth Wehling) (Free Press 2012)
• Metaphors We Live By (Mark Johnson) (University of Chicago Press 2003)
• The Political Mind: A Cognitive Scientist's Guide to Your Brain and Its Politics (Penguin Books 2009)
• Philosophy in the Flesh: the Embodied Mind & its Challenge to Western Thought (Basic Books 1999)

To learn more about the work of George Lakoff go to www.georgelakoff.com.

Host: Justine Willis Toms   Interview Date: 12/16/2014   Program Number: C0326

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