Bonus Episode: The Great Hack

Episode 607 of the Fog of Truth podcast, hosted by Reed / Weiss, titled "Bonus Episode: The Great Hack" was published on July 24, 2019 and runs 34 minutes.

July 24, 2019 ·34m · Fog of Truth

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Release date – 7/24/19

Bonus Episode – "The Great Hack"

This bonus episode features a review of the new Netflix documentary The Great Hack – which opens today on the site – and an interview with its directors, Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim, from this year's AFI DOCS film festival. The film discusses both the 2016 Brexit and 2016 U.S. presidential elections and how the public's personal data was misused by the now-defunct political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica. It's a visually exciting and dramatically gripping look at how social-media activity leads to the hacking of our brains.

Sadly, this is also the first Fog of Truth episode done without our erstwhile colleague Summre Garber, who has left the podcast to pursue other opportunities. We miss her. Stay tuned for more information about the guest hosts that Chris Reed and Bart Weiss will invite onto the show for Season 7, which we plan to launch some time in September, after first recording one more bonus episode between now and then.

Group Review + Interview Documentary:

THE GREAT HACK / 2019 (Directors: Karim Amer & Jehane Noujaim)

Now playing on Netflix

Other Films Mentioned:

The Interview / 2014 (Directors: Evan Goldberg & Seth Rogen)

The Square / 2013 (Director: Jehane Noujaim)

Startup.com / 2001 (Directors: Chris Hegedus & Jehane Noujaim)

Links to review/interview by Christopher Llewellyn Reed:

Timestamps:

00:40 - Intro and Farewell to Summre

04:10 - Group Review of THE GREAT HACK

13:20 - Chris interviews Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim of THE GREAT HACK

31:25 - Closing

Website/Email:

www.fogoftruth.com

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Credits:

Artwork by Hilary Campbell

Intro music by Jeremiah Moore

Editing by Christopher Llewellyn Reed

Transitional music by BELLS (thanks to Christopher Ernst)

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