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Our Brands, Our Selves
Hidden Brain Podcast
All of us are surrounded by brands. Designer brands. Bargain-shopper brands. See more...
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All of us are surrounded by brands. Designer brands. Bargain-shopper brands. But have you ever stopped to ask yourself how brands influence you? This week, we bring you our 2019 conversation with Americus Reed, who studies how companies create a worldview around the products they sell, and then get us to make those products a part of who we are.
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