The Dissemination of Fake News, Smokey Joe's Cafe is Back, Native Women Under Assault

Midday on WNYC | Aug 1, 2018

Jonathan Albright discusses his research methods for tracking connections between seemingly disparate stories about internet trolls and fake news, he'll by joined by Issie Lapowsky, who recently profiled Albright. John Edwards, Dionne D. Figgins and Nicole Vanessa Ortiz talk about starring in Smokey Joe’s Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller, Broadway's longest running musical. Jordana Spiro discusses her new film, Night Comes On which explores one girl's experience in the foster care system. Dr. Rick Ruddell and Cedar Wilkie Gillette talk about the relationship between oil booms and crime and how that affects Indigenous women.

This episode is guest hosted by Duarte Geraldino.

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