America's greatest hoax

How did a joke gone awry in 1967 forever changed the nation’s relationship with the truth?

Rachel Cunliffe is joined by Phil Tinline, a regular writer for the New Statesman and author of the new book Ghosts of Iron Mountain: The Hoax that Duped America and its Sinister Legacy.

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