[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":79},["ShallowReactive",2],{"episode-alternative-facts-falsehoods-and-delusions":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":8,"tags":13,"thumb":17,"excerpt":23,"content":24,"transcript":25,"transcript_file":25,"audio":26,"resources":30,"segments":31},13,"alternative-facts-falsehoods-and-delusions","Alternative Facts, Falsehoods and Delusions","The Lies We've Told Ourselves and Each Other in American History",{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},1555675792,"04.19.19","Apr 19, 2019","April 19, 2019",[14,15,16],"\"fake news\"","deception","hoaxes",{"src":18,"caption":19,"derivatives":20},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Falternative-facts-falsehoods-and-delusions\u002Fwebsite-1280px-FijiMermaid-1.jpg","Feejee Mermaid, shown in P.T. Barnum's American Museum, 1842, as leased from Moses Kimball of the Boston Museum, papier-mache - Peabody Museum, Harvard University. Source: Wikimedia Commons",{"square_small":21,"square_medium":22},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Falternative-facts-falsehoods-and-delusions\u002Fsquare_small\u002Fwebsite-1280px-FijiMermaid-1.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Falternative-facts-falsehoods-and-delusions\u002Fsquare_medium\u002Fwebsite-1280px-FijiMermaid-1.jpg","On this episode of BackStory, Nathan digs into the BackStory archives to bring you a selection of segments that look at alternative facts in American life.","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Late last month, the Washington Post reported President Trump has made some 9,451 false or misleading claims throughout his term in office. Yet, Trump’s supporters have maintained he’s not lying — he’s presenting so-called alternative facts. No matter how you look at it, it’s clear we’re living in what many pundits are calling a post-truth moment — where misinformation, lies and alternative facts are everywhere. Nathan digs into the BackStory archives to bring you a selection of segments that look at alternative facts in American life. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",null,{"url":27,"duration":28,"formatted_duration":29},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fepisodes\u002Falternative-facts-falsehoods-and-delusions.mp3","1743","00:29:03",[],[32,48,63],{"index":33,"title":34,"description":35,"audio":36,"tags":40,"transcript":25,"episode":43},0,"The Great Moon Hoax","\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblogs.loc.gov\u002Ffolklife\u002F2014\u002F08\u002Fthe-great-moon-hoax\u002F\">Matthew Goodman\u003C\u002Fa> tells Ed why Americans believed fantastical stories of life on the moon published by the New York Sun in 1835. They also explore how the “Great Moon Hoax” – as it became known – changed American journalism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"url":37,"duration":38,"formatted_duration":39},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fsegments\u002Falternative-facts-falsehoods-and-delusions\u002Falternative-facts-falsehoods-and-delusions-01.mp3","693","00:11:33",[14,15,16,41,42],"space exploration","space race",{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":44,"tags":45,"thumb":46},{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},[14,15,16],{"src":18,"caption":19,"derivatives":47},{"square_small":21,"square_medium":22},{"index":49,"title":50,"description":51,"audio":52,"tags":56,"transcript":25,"episode":58},1,"The Ugliest Little Mermaid","\u003Cp>Ed speaks to historian \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fsites.lsa.umich.edu\u002Fjamescook\u002F\">James “Jay” Cook\u003C\u002Fa> about the story of P.T. Barnum’s Fiji Mermaid and how a little deception went a long way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"url":53,"duration":54,"formatted_duration":55},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fsegments\u002Falternative-facts-falsehoods-and-delusions\u002Falternative-facts-falsehoods-and-delusions-02.mp3","442","00:07:22",[57,15,16],"P. T. Barnum",{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":59,"tags":60,"thumb":61},{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},[14,15,16],{"src":18,"caption":19,"derivatives":62},{"square_small":21,"square_medium":22},{"index":64,"title":65,"description":66,"audio":67,"tags":71,"transcript":25,"episode":74},2,"Sweet Little Lies","\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fjhupbooks.press.jhu.edu\u002Ftitle\u002Ftruth-machine\">Geoff Bunn\u003C\u002Fa> helps tell the story of the lie detector and its surprising roots in pulp fiction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"url":68,"duration":69,"formatted_duration":70},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fsegments\u002Falternative-facts-falsehoods-and-delusions\u002Falternative-facts-falsehoods-and-delusions-03.mp3","648","00:10:48",[15,72,73],"fiction","storytelling",{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":75,"tags":76,"thumb":77},{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},[14,15,16],{"src":18,"caption":19,"derivatives":78},{"square_small":21,"square_medium":22},1790963927259]