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This episodic series traces Donald Trump’s journey from Wrestlemania to the White House and the truth-bending madness that has metastasized in cable news, politics, and online echo chambers.

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Wrestling Darkness 4: Age of the Fantasist

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December 14, 2024
Wrestling Darkness 4: Age of the Fantasist

My guest in episode 4 of Wrestling Darkness is Professor Lawrence Lessig who explains in his essay, The Age of the Fantasist, how and why algorithmic media came to reward narratives that lie to us.

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Wrestling Darkness deconstructs pro wrestling as the political project that gave rise to cable news and reality TV — the initial vehicles for Trumpism — and how hate spreads on the web. Eric Byler's films include Charlotte Sometimes & American Knees.

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Eric Byler is filmmaker and journalist whose narrative films include Charlotte Sometimes & American Knees, both award winners at SxSW. His documentaries include 9500 Liberty & The Headless Klansman of Selma.