Writing Truth and Lies




To The Best Of Our Knowledge show

Summary: We all tell stories about our lives: funny stories, happy stories, sad stories. But are they true stories? In an age of “alternative facts” and “fake news,” we’re all thinking harder about why truth matters – not just in politics, but in our personal lives. A biographer, a poet, a memoirist and a filmmaker describe the moral struggle and personal cost involved in telling not just the truth, but the whole truth. Original Air Date: November 10, 2018 *Guests: * <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/caroline-fraser" target="_blank">Caroline Fraser</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/terese-marie-mailhot" target="_blank">Terese Marie Mailhot</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/karl-ove-knausgard" target="_blank">Karl Ove Knausgård</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/errol-morris" target="_blank">Errol Morris</a> *Interviews In This Hour: * <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/little-lie-big-woods" target="_blank">Little Lie in the Big Woods</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/when-its-real-stakes-are-higher" target="_blank">When It's Real, The Stakes Are Higher</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/novel-has-hurt-everyone-around-me-frank-conversation-karl-ove-knausgaard" target="_blank">'This Novel Has Hurt Everyone Around Me': A Frank Conversation with Karl Ove Knausgaard</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/errol-morris-thomas-kuhn-threw-ashtray-me" target="_blank">Errol Morris: Thomas Kuhn Threw an Ashtray at Me</a>