Sophia Rosenfeld is Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of Democracy and Truth: A Short History.The "<a href="https://humilityandconviction.uconn.edu/why-we-argue/">Why We Argue</a>" podcast is produced by the <a href="https://humanities.uconn.edu/">Humanities Institute</a> at the University of Connecticut as part of the <a href="https://futureoftruth.uconn.edu/">Future of Truth</a> project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Conspiracy Theories and Democracy with Quassim Cassam

Hosted by political philosopher and Vanderbilt University professor Robert Talisse, Why We Argue is an interview podcast that brings in academics, philosophers, historians, journalists, politicians, and other notable public figures to think about the nature of truth in a time of viral misinformation. Created by Future of Truth, a project of the University of Connecticut's Humanities Institute and funded by the University of Connecticut, the Henry Luce Foundation, and Vanderbilt University.