Massey at 60: The Legacy of Doris Lessing and the 'Prisons We Choose to Live Inside'

Ideas - A podcast by CBC

Doris Lessing addressed Canadian audiences with her CBC Massey Lectures in 1985, warning warn us against groupthink and what she called the intellectual “prisons we choose to live inside." Now, a response from the present day: Professor Miglena Todorova reflects on Lessing’s message and puts it into the context of today’s politics.