Carlos
Very few people know the name of the artist Jose Alvarez. But many people, including many millions in China, know Carlos. Studio 360's Ave Carrillo thought you should hear about Carlos too.
View ArticleThe Shape of Things
If you watch Neil LaBute's movies, you start to think that he suspects everyone of horrible, underhanded tricks. His first film, In the Company of Men, was about two men who pretended to be in love...
View ArticleLiars Contest
Champion liar Bil Lepp is a man who has the distinction of being named 5 times as West Virginia's Biggest Liar. He says. Produced by Trey Kay.
View ArticleSpecial Guest: Neal Pollack
Kurt Andersen and humorist Neal Pollack look at how artists twist the truth.Neal Pollack is the greatest living American writer — according to the jacket copy he wrote for The Neal Pollack Anthology of...
View ArticleLiars, Novels, Hoax
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...
View ArticleSupreme Court to Rule on Lying
Xavier Alvarez has lied about playing for the Detroit Red Wings, being secretly married to a Mexican actress, getting wounded multiple times during combat as a Marine, and receiving the Medal of Honor....
View ArticleSam Harris: Lying is the "Sin That Paves the Way to Every Other Sin"
This segment originally aired on November 27, 2013. An edited version (which does not include any references to Santa whatsoever) was aired on December 26 as part of a best-of show. The audio of the...
View ArticleSupreme Court Takes on Affirmative Action, Political Lying, More
It's a busy week at the Supreme Court. Yesterday they issued a decision upholding Michigan's right to ban affirmative action in college admission practices. The court also heard a case about the...
View ArticleTimesify Makes It Look Like You're Reading a New York Times Article, Even...
Every human adult person has at least one website they read religiously, but that they shamefully alt + tab away from whenever a coworker walks by. This is the website that does not possibly look like...
View ArticleTell It True, But Tell It Slant: Stories and Lies
We've been talking about lying on the show all week - and as Emily Dickinson wrote: "Tell all the truth but tell it slant." So now, WNYC reporter Jim O'Grady explains how to lie convincingly when...
View ArticleDo Good Liars Make Great Leaders?
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview. Leadership development is a $130 billion a year industry. The traditional thought is that good leaders—whether they are CEOs, politicians, or...
View ArticleLies, Lies, Lies
Donald Trump’s statements about Muslims cheering after 9/11 are just the latest in a long record of false claims. But if Trump is the most recent, maybe most flamboyant, falsifier to enter US politics,...
View ArticleOur Lies, Our Selves
There are the lies that spill from the mouths of politicians, and there are the lies we tell ourselves, and each other, every day. Maria Hartwig, a psychologist who studies lying at John Jay College of...
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Getting at the truth behind lying in politics
The U.S. Capitol dome is pictured in the pre-dawn darkness in Washington in this file general view photo taken October 18, 2013. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Files/ReutersWASHINGTON — This is the season of...
View ArticleOur Lies, Our Selves
There are the lies that spill from the mouths of politicians, and there are the lies we tell ourselves, and each other, every day. Maria Hartwig, a psychologist who studies lying at John Jay College of...
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Telling a lie makes way for the brain to keep lying
Anecdotal reports of dishonesty escalating over time are common, so a team of researchers from University College London and Duke University decided to investigate. Photo by Bits and Splits/via AdobeAs...
View ArticleDonald Trump and the Culture of Lying
This week, Donald Trump devoted a White House press conference to accusing his perceived enemies of spreading falsehoods. Sissela Bok, the author of a seminal book on political lying, joins Dorothy...
View ArticleI'm Telling on You
Nobody likes a tattletale. Running to tell the teacher every time your friend looks at a phone in class isn’t cool. Or maybe it’s the right thing to do. To tell, or not to tell: THAT is the question we...
View ArticleHow Can We Convey To You...?
The flood of facts and spin from elected officials' daily coronavirus briefings presents just one challenge to journalists working the all-encompassing coronavirus beat. Overstretched reporters must...
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