We all tell stories about our lives: funny stories, happy stories, sad stories. But are they true stories? In an
age of “alternative facts” and “fake news,” we’re all thinking harder about why truth matters – not just in politics, but in our personal lives. A biographer, a poet, a memoirist and a filmmaker describe the moral struggle and personal cost involved in telling not just the truth, but the whole truth.
Original Air Date: November 10, 2018
*Guests: *
Caroline Fraser — Terese Marie Mailhot — Karl Ove Knausgård — Errol Morris
*Interviews In This Hour: *
Little Lie in the Big Woods — When It's Real, The Stakes Are Higher — 'This Novel Has Hurt Everyone Around Me': A Frank Conversation with Karl Ove Knausgaard — Errol Morris: Thomas Kuhn Threw an Ashtray at Me