On today's show, North Central College Political Science Professor William Muck fills in for Joan; his guests are:

– Bill Adair, founder of PolitiFact, Knight Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy at Duke University, and author of the new book, Beyond the Big Lie: The Epidemic of Political Lying, Why Republicans Do It More, and How It Could Burn Down Our Democracy

– Philip Barker, professor of political science at Keene State College in Keene, New Hampshire

– North Central College Political Science Professor Suzanne Chod

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