waking up to the world as it is is not the same thing as turning into a conspiracy theorist.

I think that's really different from peeling back and saying, okay, what did Russia really do in the 2016 election?

What's it doing around the world?

How should we respond to this whole tech rush of fake news election unfolding story?

Such good questions.

I'm a new summer Odie, your guide to this accelerating world, and I'm here to help you stay focused on what really matters to you.

And note to self, if talking about democracy getting hacked feels like old news, it's time to take a fresh look.

And that's what this episode is all about, putting together all the pieces to figure out how we got to this point

where Twitter, Google, Facebook are all testifying on Capitol Hill, and you might be wondering if posts in your feed were written by some guy in St. Petersburg on the Russian government's payroll.

And of course, with the midterm elections right around the corner and investigations ongoing, we also need to look at what to prepare for in the year ahead.

And we're going to do that with two obsessive journalists who have been doing their own investigating breaking news on these topics practically every day.

But we're going to start by stringing together some of the key discussions that we've had on the show over the past year.

Because when you put them together and you add a little sprinkle of 2020 hindsight, boom!

Some of the points these people have made have proved pivotal.

Is that responsible?

Radicalized.

Digital footprints.

Data-栽 misinformation.

What's normal?

It was almost exactly a year ago that a new US president was elected.

But by whom?

I mean, obviously there's one answer. It's by the American voters.

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