The Fact of the Matter

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, Natural Sciences, Science

4.6 • 44.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2012

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Getting a firm hold on the truth is never as simple as nailing down the facts of a situation. This hour, we go after a series of seemingly simple facts -- facts that offer surprising insight, facts that inspire deeply different stories, and facts that, in the end, might not matter at all.

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0:00.0	Wait, you're listening.
0:03.1	Okay.
0:04.4	All right.
0:05.6	Okay.
0:07.0	All right.
0:08.5	You're listening to Radio Lab.
0:11.4	Radio Lab.
0:11.9	From W. N. Y.
0:13.9	C.
0:14.8	See?
0:15.1	Yeah.
0:16.6	And NPR.
0:19.0	Okay. Let's see. Hello?
0:21.0	Hello? Hi. Is this Errol Morris? I think it's me. Okay, let's see. Hello? Hello.
0:21.9	Hi, is this Errol Morris?
0:23.3	I think it's me.
0:25.0	Hello, this is Chad from Radio Lab.
0:27.8	Hi, thank you for your very, very nice but somewhat disturbing email.
0:34.5	What disturbed you in the email?
0:37.1	The term, truth fascist.
0:43.1	You called Errol Morris a truth fascist?
0:46.4	What were you thinking?
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