Remote Learning with Historian Jon Meacham

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 25, 2021

Jon Meacham, journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian, host of the new podcast "Fate of Fact" and the author of The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels (Random House, 2018), talks about what he's learned in his new podcast, which examines why so many conservative Americans have become receptive to disinformation and fans of conspiracy theories.

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