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Do your possessions control you?

Why do we have a strong desire to own things? Psychologist Professor Bruce Hood, author of a new book Possessed, and artist Hannah Scott, whose installation All this Stuff is Killing Me addresses our desire to acquire, discuss why we want more than we need and the extent to which we are controlled by our possessions. Presented by Claudia Hammond.

First broadcast on All in the Mind, 13 November 2019.

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11 minutes

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