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Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

Werner Herzog on ‘The Future of Truth’

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.83.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Live from Los Angeles, Larry sits down with legendary filmmaker and author Werner Herzog to discuss his new book, ‘The Future of Truth.’ Together, they explore philosophy, history, and politics and ask the ultimate question: What does truth really mean? Host: Larry WilmoreGuest: Werner HerzogProducers: Devon Renaldo and Brandy LaPlante Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

What's up? It's Todd McShay, host of the McShay Show at The Ringer and Spotify.

0:04.6

We're building this thing up and I couldn't be more excited to be back, talking college football

0:09.6

and everything NFL draft with the most informed audience out there. That's you. My co-host,

0:15.8

Steve Mention, I will be with you three times a week throughout the football season with all the

0:20.5

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0:22.0

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0:27.8

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0:34.0

scouting content you can't get anywhere else.

0:39.2

It's going to be a great season.

0:43.1

And I hope you'll be with us at the McShay show every step of the way.

0:53.1

I just love your book, The Future of Truth, which as a comedian, I'm like,

0:54.9

ha, ha, ha, he thinks truth has a future.

0:58.3

You know, that's my first reaction.

1:00.0

But it is fascinating.

1:04.7

This is, I'm kind of a philosopher at heart, you know, and I love talking about these issues,

1:06.9

truth and all those things.

1:09.9

And I wanted to start with, how do you even define truth? And where do you start with

1:11.1

that? And what leads you wanting to write about this particular subject?

1:15.9

Well, it came as a result of all my work I've done in cinema and also including in writing.

1:25.0

I always had the feeling, there's something mysterious rock bottom

1:31.3

that pervades all my work and it somehow has to do with truth.

1:37.3

And of course, nobody knows what truth is.

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