How to Know What’s Really Propaganda
How the history of propaganda helps us understand our current reality
Now that the internet, social media, and AI are integrated into much of our lives, it’s easy to lose our grip on reality. In this season of How to Know What’s Real, co-hosts Megan Garber and Andrea Valdez explore the proliferation of misinformation and the rise of deepfakes and even illusions, hoping to understand what’s real and what’s not.
How the history of propaganda helps us understand our current reality
A new season of the How To series from The Atlantic
Big questions about technology, science, and culture, hosted by The Atlantic’s Derek Thompson.
Each week, a new idea
Conversations between editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg and the figures shaping society
Join The Atlantic’s cultural critics and their guests as they go deep, debating the big ideas behind movies, music, and more.