Bonus Episode: The Great Hack

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: Film Festival Today review of The Great Hack Film Festival Today interview with The Great Hack’s Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim 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 [email protected]   Credits: Artwork by Hilary Campbell Intro music by Jeremiah Moore Editing by Christopher Llewellyn Reed Transitional music by BELLS (thanks to Christopher Ernst)