THIS IS REVOLUTION＞podcast Ep. 226: The Joy Industry and the Science of Happiness w/ Ashley Frawley

Is Happiness a science? Is there a trick to being happy? Why should we be happy? Jason talks to Ashley Frawley about her book Semiotics of Happiness: Rhetorical Beginnings of a Public Problem. Ashley Frawley Ashley Frawley is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at Swansea University and the author of Semiotics of Happiness: Rhetorical Beginnings of a Public Problem. She is also a member of Diet Soap Media. Follow her on Twitter @Ashleyafrawley   Reading Semiotics of Happiness: Rhetorical beginnings of a public problem https://www.amazon.com/Semiotics-Happiness-Rhetorical-beginnings-Bloomsbury/dp/1472523717   About TIR Thank you, guys, again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and every one of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron-only programming, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH!   Become a patron now: https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents   Please also like, subscribe, and follow us on these platforms as well, especially YouTube!   THANKS Y'ALL   YouTube: www.youtube.com/thisisrevolutionpodcast   Twitch: www.twitch.tv/thisisrevolutionpodcast & www.twitch.tv/leftflankvets   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thisisrevolutionpodcast/   Twitter: @TIRShowOakland Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland   Pascal Robert in Black Agenda Report: https://www.blackagendareport.com/author/PascalRobert   Read Jason's Grifters' Piece here: https://jasonmyles.medium.com/left-influencers-this-is-not-a-grift-5630ee792c25   Get THIS IS REVOLUTION Merch here: www.thisisrevolutionpodcast.com   Get the music from the show here: https://bitterlakeoakland.bandcamp.com/   Follow Djene Bajalan @djenebajalan Follow Kuba Wrzesniewski @DrKuba2