The Pod Piper: January 27, 2021
I’ve had this drafted for a month or more now, but between a surprisingly busy holiday season (despite virtually no travel) and getting settled in with my parents and sister visiting as long-term childcare providers for our daughter as my wife heads back to work, it just didn’t happen. I want to get these recs to you, and to clear my listening slate for the new year. Wait, it’s almost February? SMH, 2021. SMH. The Last Archive Jill Lepore, historian, takes a crack at a grandiose question: who killed truth? It's a heady task, and - spoiler alert - it's a question that won’t ultimately be fully answered. Episodes are all well made, though some have more of a lasting impact than others. And while I generally kind of hate the voiceovers that Pushkin shows seem to be embracing with semi-reckless abandon (it’s like the podcast version of those ‘omg is the real life’ reenactments from the History Channel), the schtick actually works pretty well on a couple episodes here - most notabl