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Chasing the Bauble With Brooke Gladstone

May 15, 2017 · 29 min · Episode 755 · 28.8 MB
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Lists of inaccurate statements by Donald Trump are good and satisfying and a little funny. But they aren't what we need. We need reporting on the issues behind the lies, says Brooke Gladstone. She's co-host of On The Media and author of a new book, The Trouble with Reality, which looks at the malfunctioning of American democracy.

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