Peter Navarro / Fighting Hoaxes / Alabama Execution

Peter Navarro / Fighting Hoaxes / Alabama Execution

Trump advisor Peter Navarro is heading to prison for stonewalling the House committee investigating January 6th. How far have we come in holding people accountable for that day?

Alabama is about to execute a Death Row inmate in a new way: suffocating him with nitrogen. Why is lethal injection so much rarer now?

Some news outlets are focusing this week on fighting misinformation and hoaxes. Why do people fall for falsehoods? Science has the answer, and it suggests a better way to fight back.


(0:00)Intro/chat

(4:09)Navarro/January 6th
(44:41)capital punishment
(1:16:45)fighting misinformation

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