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Laura digs into the details of Patty Hearst鈥檚 kidnapping and asks: was her decision to join her kidnappers鈥 cause a true reinvention of herself, or simply a bid for survival?

Patty Hearst was the heiress to a multi-million-dollar media company. In 1974, when reports emerged saying she鈥檇 been captured by the Symbionese Liberation Army, the world held its breath. But no one could have expected what happened next. This week, Laura digs into the details of the case, analysing what exactly happened to Patty during her time with the SLA and whether her decision to join their 鈥渇ight against the capitalist state鈥 was a true reinvention of herself or simply a bid for survival.

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