Fate of Fact

This episode explores Vladimir Putin’s formative years as a Soviet baby boomer in post-war Leningrad, arguing that his identity is shaped less by his…

Host John Meacham argues that American democracy is threatened by the Republican Party’s rejection of factual reality, particularly the lie that the 2020 election was stolen.

Host John Meacham traces the rise of the religious right from Jerry Falwell’s reaction to Roe v.