Today we’re continuing our series on philosopher Harry Frankfurt’s seminal work, On B******t. Our guest is Michael Patrick Lynch, Provost Professor of the Humanities and Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut. Michael is the author of the recently published book, On Truth in Politics: Why Democracy Demands It (Princeton University Press, 2025). The topic of our discussion today will be on b******t in politics, and how we might think about ways to combat it.

Caleb Zakarin is editor of the New Books Network.

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Release Date: 12/07/2025, 13:30:00