Wharton School organizational psychologist Adam Grant joins us to talk about how sometimes growth comes through unlearning ideas we’ve always thought to be true.
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The Problem With Creating Our Own Truth
University of Connecticut philosophy professor Michael Patrick Lynch joins us to talk about how people come to believe what they think they know, and why shared foundations of knowledge are crucial to the health of a democracy.
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Alex Jones And The Explosion Of Conspiracy Theory
Filmmaker Michael Kirk talks to us about how hoaxes and conspiracies are perpetuated and the battle between truth and lies.
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Computational Propaganda is Coming for Your Brain
Samuel Woolley, program director for computational propaganda research at the Center for Media Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin, joins us to talk about the future of destructive tech and ways to combat it.
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Often Wrong But Never In Doubt: Political Polarization in America
Michael Patrick Lynch, Director of the Humanities Institute at University of Connecticut, joins us to talk about intellectual snobbery and how it corrupts real understanding.
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A New Breed of Conspiracy Theory
Nancy L. Rosenblum, Senator Joseph Clark Research Professor of Ethics in Politics and Government at Harvard, joins us to talk about a new breed of conspiracy theorist – one who believes an idea to be true and uses repetition and bold assertions to turn fiction into fact.
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Separating Fact From Fiction
This hour, we’ll talk about how we can identify the truth with Daniel. J. Levitin, author of “A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age.”
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