About this episode

This episode explores the evolution of truth in media and its intersection with artificial intelligence, featuring notable figures and events from the 20th century.

Somewhere along the way, we lost the truth. The questions we ask about the truth haven't been the same since Orson Welles' War of the World's Broadcast in 1938, but that doesn't mean we haven't stopped trying. In this episode we cross paths with William Moulton Marston, Alice Guy-Blache, Frye Vs The United States, John Houseman, Alan Turing, The Shadow, Wonder Woman, Artificial Intelligence, FDR, IBM and Orson Welles.

People in this episode

Host: Dan R. Morris

Topics covered

• truth
• artificial intelligence
• media history
• Orson Welles
• 20th century
• FDR
• IBM

Keywords

• truth
• artificial intelligence
• Orson Welles
• media
• 20th century
• FDR
• IBM
• Wonder Woman
• Alan Turing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Frye Vs The United States, IBM

Books & works: War of the World's Broadcast

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