Air Date: 11-26-2024

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In a world of infinite information but a finite amount of time to check your facts, we're living the logical conclusion of an online environment that favors false information over truth and the most popular online media reflects that reality perfectly.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: Aaron Rodgers moment perfectly sums up how fake information spreads - All In with Chris Hayes - 11-14-24

KP 2: Why is everyone suddenly an expert? (Even when they’re not) - The Bunker - Air Date 5-20-24

KP 3: How Right-Wing Media Took Over America Part 1 - Why America? with Leeja Miller - Air Date 11-18-24

KP 4: The Manosphere Celebrates a Win. Plus, M. Gessen on How to Survive an Autocracy - On The Media - Air Date 11-8-24

KP 5: We DON'T need a LEFTIST Joe Rogan - The Kavernacle - Air Date 11-14-24

KP 6: Stop Having an "Open Mind" - Breaking In The Habit - Air Date 5-31-24

KP 7: Birds Aren’t Real? How a Conspiracy Takes Flight | Peter McIndoe - TED - Air Date 9-13-23

(49:25) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On the nature of skepticism and open-mindedness

DEEPER DIVES

(55:48) SECTION A - THE JOE ROGAN EXPERIENCE AND THE MEDIA

A1: How Right-Wing Media Took Over America Part 2 - Why America? with Leeja Miller - Air Date 11-18-24

A2: Jen Senko on The Brainwashing of My Dad - CounterSpin - Air Date 9-20-24

A3: "Burn The Boats" is a Funeral for Joe Rogan's Comedy Career - The Elephant Graveyard - Air Date 8-11-24

(1:27:00) SECTION B - TRUST AND BELIEF

B1: Barron Lerner on challenges to physician expertise and restoring trust in the medical profession. - NEJM Interviews - Air Date 8-14-24

B2: Democracy Dies in Disbelief - Steve Shives - Air Date 11-10-24

B3: Jonathan Rauch: A Defense of Truth Part 1 - The Commonwealth Club of California - Air Date 7-31-21

(1:53:40) SECTION C - CENTRISM

C1: How "Moderates" Serve The Right - Second Thought - Air Date 12-17-21

C2: Aaron Rodgers Slobbers Over Tucker Carlson in Brain-Melting Exchange - TYT Sports - Air Date 5-16-24

C3: Why "Neither Left Nor Right" Just Means Right Wing | Bonapartism - Second Thought - Air Date 3-18-22

(2:23:47) SECTION D - ROOTS

D1: Jonathan Rauch: A Defense of Truth Part 2 - The Commonwealth Club of California - Air Date 7-31-21

D2: Obedience and Mass Education - Against the Grain - Air Date 11-18-24

D3: Matt Gaetz And The Clown Car Crash Into The Justice Department - Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick _ Law, justice, and the courts - Air Date 11-16-24

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