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If you needed asylum, who would believe you?

No matter how closely you stick to the truth, it only really matters if the person you’re talking to believes you. Dina Nayeri is on faculty at the University of St Andrews, and she joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how trust is codified in boardrooms, hospitals, the asylum process and elsewhere – and the relationship between trust and privilege. Her book is “Who Gets Believed? When the Truth Isn’t Enough.”