lee mcintyre is a research fellow at the center for philosophy and history of science at boston university. he is the author of dark ages, the for a science of human behavior post-truth and the scientific attitude defending science, denial, fraud and pseudoscience all published by the mit press, he is joined in conversation by hank phillippi ryan, the usa today bestselling author of 14 novels of suspense. she has won multiple prestigious awards for her crime fiction, including five. agatha is five anthonys and the coveted mary clark award. she's also on air investigative reporter for boston's whdh tv and has won 37 emmys, 14 edward r murrow awards and dozens of other honors for her groundbreaking. lee mcintyre is presenting his new book on this information how to fight for truth and protect democracy. the effort to destroy facts and make ungovernable didn't come of nowhere. it is the culmination of seven years of strategic denialism in on disinformation. lemack entire shows how the war on facts began and how ordinary citizens can fight back against the scourge of disinformation that is now