Historian Simon Schama wants to make truth sexy again

Historian Sir Simon Schama is one of the most influential public intellectuals of our time. So when he replied to our invitation to come on the show ahead of the US presidential election by saying he wanted to talk about “the unprecedented collapse of truth”, we immediately said yes. It’s been a disorienting presidential campaign. For many Americans, it’s hard to understand how statements which are so clearly untrue – such as the government controls the weather, and sent hurricanes to Republican-leaning states – are working on voters. On today’s show, Simon tells us why the current state of misinformation is unprecedented in American history, and what he thinks can be done to reverse it. ------- We love hearing from you. Lilah is on Instagram @ lilahrap , and email at lilahrap@ft.com. And we’re grateful for reviews on Apple and Spotify! ------- Links (all FT links get you past the paywall): – Simon’s latest piece in the FT on the fight over American patriotism, written in September: Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You can listen to Historian Simon Schama wants to make truth sexy again online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

Historian Simon Schama wants to make truth sexy again is an episode from FT Everything Else by Forhecz Topher.

This episode is 27:04 long.

This episode was published on Oct 28, 2024.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from FT Everything Else when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.