For the last episode of Reckonings, none other than: Donald Trump.

This episode is part of Deep Reckonings — a series of explicitly-marked deepfake videos that imagine Mark Zuckerberg, Brett Kavanaugh, and other public figures having a reckoning. Here, an imaginary Donald Trump concedes the 2020 election. Watch the video and access the transcript: www.deepreckonings.com/trump

Want to see Trump give a real concession speech? Tweet: .@realDonaldTrump here's some actual fake news. Only you can make it real with @stephlepp: www.deepreckonings.com/trump

Continue the journey beyond Reckonings: bit.ly/influnch

If Brett Kavanaugh, Alex Jones, and Mark Zuckerberg had a crisis of conscience, what would they say? Reckonings presents Deep Reckonings — a project that uses deepfakes to take Reckonings in a *fictional* direction, and imagine public figures having a reckoning. Watch the full series and learn more about the project: deepreckonings.com

This is the last Reckonings episode for a while, and maybe...the last episode.

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How do we cover the communications of a president who lies, especially when those lies can be fatal? The traditional rituals of journalism don't really work with a president who doesn't tell the truth, and so, what can we do instead? Reckonings presents Infinite Lunchbox on the topic of how to tackle Trump's lies — aka *post-truth jujitsu*.

NOTE: Infinite Lunchbox is better viewed than heard — watch this episode on YouTube: bit.ly/posttruthjujitsu

Show Notes:
• Jay Rosen on switching to an emergency setting: https://pressthink.org/2020/03/today-we-switch-our-coverage-of-donald-trump-to-an-emergency-setting
• Dan Froomkin on live fact-checking: https://presswatchers.org/2020/03/how-to-turn-trumps-daily-virus-misinformation-show-into-a-vector-for-the-truth
• Matt Yglesias on Trump being a master showman: https://www.vox.com/2020/3/23/21190362/trump-daily-coronavirus-briefing-fox-cnn-msnbc
• Jay Rosen on sending the interns: https://pressthink.org/2018/06/its-time-for-the-press-to-suspend-normal-relations-with-the-trump-presidency
• Neighbors podcast: http://neighborspodcast.podbean.com

Connect:
• Infinite Lunchbox: https://www.youtube.com/c/infinitelunchbox
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephlepp
• Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/stephlepp

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​Musicians + Tracks: Tannhauser's Rock Off

He built Facebook’s business model. Then he went on to become the President of Pinterest. And then he realized: he was addicted to his phone. And later: he was complicit in his own — and all of our — addictive relationships with technology. 

How does an architect of Facebook’s business model grapple with the impact of what he built? What is he doing to help us renegotiate our relationship with technology? This is the odyssey of Moment CEO Tim Kendall.

SF BAY AREANS: Tim and I will be speaking at the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto on September 26th from 6:30-8pm. Get your ticket on Eventbrite!

If you're looking for help with technology addiction, check out reSTART.
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​Musicians + Tracks:

• Chris Peck: Matope 1
• Tannhauser: Ötzi, Fin de Año, Rock Off
• David Sestay: Mountains, Ladybird's Theme​

​Let's take a peek behind the curtain on three things: what happened with Anwen and Sameer from episode #21, what was up with the imaginary Pope in episode #22, and where is Reckonings going?

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​Musician + Track:​ David Sestay's Mountains

Alternative facts. Fake news. How are journalists grappling with this moment?? Dive into one journalist’s reckoning with truth.

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​Musicians + Tracks:

• Chris Peck: Matope 1
• Tannhauser: Rock Off, Ötzi, Fin de Año
• David Sestay: Ladybird's Theme, Mountains
• Rob Voigt: Outro

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"Very earlier on, Roger called me Ailes Junior. He told my dad, 'I've never met anyone more like me than Joe.'" As the protégé of Fox News chairman Roger Ailes, Joe Lindsley was closer to the man who built Fox News than any Fox executive. He helped write Ailes' speeches, sat next to him at executive meetings, and went to church with his family on Sundays. What moved the ambitious twenty-something to abandon the conservative media titan? 

For a deeper dive into his epic odyssey, check out Joe's memoir — Fake News / True Story.

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Musicians + Tracks:

• Chris Peck: Matope 1, Matope 3
• Tannhauser: Rock Off, Ötzi
• David Sestay: Ladybird's Theme
• Rob Voigt: Outro