Liars, Novels, Hoax

Studio 360 | Jan 11, 2011

Kurt Andersen and his guest, the humorist Neal Pollack, discuss the art of deception. Director Neil LaBute and actor Paul Rudd talk about how a liar plays havoc with relationships in the new film The Shape of Things. We look back to 18th-century England, where the crazier the novel, the more people believed it was true. And a minister wins a lying contest in West Virginia.

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