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In Reality

Hosted by New Thinking · news · EN-GB

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About this Podcast:

“In Reality” debunks fake news and elevates the innovative researchers, entrepreneurs, journalists and policymakers who are fighting back against toxic misinformation. Co-hosts Joan Donovan, research director of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media and Public Policy, and Eric Schurenberg, an award-winning journalist and former CEO of Fast Company, engage guests in enlightening conversations about solutions to this scourge and the path back to a shared reality.

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33%

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Selective

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Questions about In Reality

What is In Reality about?

“In Reality” debunks fake news and elevates the innovative researchers, entrepreneurs, journalists and policymakers who are fighting back against toxic misinformation.

Who hosts In Reality?

In Reality is hosted by New Thinking. The show has published 100 episodes to date.

What has In Reality covered recently?

Recent episodes include "What the Founders Got Right (and Wrong) About the First Amendment with Pulitzer Prize Winner Jack Rakove" (26 August 2026, 27 minutes), "What Really Works To Bridge Political Divides with 'Our Common Bonds' Author Matthew Levendusky" (7 July 2026, 34 minutes), and "Politics Without Polarization in Iowa with Governor Candidate Rob Sand (Democrat)" (18 June 2026, 24 minutes).

How often does In Reality publish?

In Reality publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 40 minutes across 100 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on In Reality?

Booking probability for In Reality is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. In Reality requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. In Reality's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch In Reality?

The strongest fits for In Reality are News, Magazine & Book Publishing and Libraries, Archives & Web Portals. In Reality has a news audience.

About the host

New Thinking hosts In Reality, a news podcast with 100 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • In Reality

    What the Founders Got Right (and Wrong) About the First Amendment with Pulitzer Prize Winner Jack Rakove

    Aug 26, 202627 min

    Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation, and the media with Eric Schoenberg, longtime journalist and media executive, now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. It's hard to imagine...

  • In Reality

    What Really Works To Bridge Political Divides with 'Our Common Bonds' Author Matthew Levendusky

    Jul 7, 202634 min

    Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation, and the media with Eric Schurenberg, longtime media executive, and now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. If you've listened to this podcast...

  • In Reality

    Politics Without Polarization in Iowa with Governor Candidate Rob Sand (Democrat)

    Jun 18, 202624 min

    Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation, and the media with Eric Schurenberg, longtime journalist and media executive, now founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. When Eric interviewed Rob...

  • In Reality

    The Delicate Art of Managing Reputation in the Age of AI with Featured's Brett Farmiloe

    May 29, 202622 min

    Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation, and the media with Eric Schurenberg, longtime journalist and media executive, now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. When we talk about the...

  • In Reality

    The Way Back to Truth as We Once Knew It with 'The Future of Truth' Author Steven Rosenbaum

    May 12, 202639 min

    Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation, and the media with Eric Schurenberg, longtime journalist and media executive, now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. What happened to truth in...

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    12 Years at War Against Misinformation - Renée DiResta. Author of 'Invisible Rulers'

    May 1, 202659 min

    Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation, and the media with Eric Schurenberg, longtime journalist and media executive, now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. If you want to understand...

  • In Reality

    The Kinds of Stories that Bridge Political Divides. Melody Mohebi (Democracy 2076) & Brian Waniewski (Harmony Labs)

    Apr 16, 202633 min

    Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation, and the media with Eric Schoenberg, a longtime journalist and media executive, now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. Most people think of...

  • In Reality

    You Are Not Thinking As Clearly As You Think - with 'Good Thinking' Author David Robert Grimes

    Mar 28, 202649 min

    Welcome to In Reality—the podcast about truth, disinformation, and the media with Eric Schurenberg, long-time journalist and media executive, now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. Here is the question of...

  • In Reality

    In Democracy, You Can’t Avoid Conflicts. You Have To Just Do Them Better - Jonathan Stray

    Feb 26, 202638 min

    It’s pretty much a cliché to say that Americans live in two separate political realities. We shout at each other from our separate bunkers, unable to agree even on basic facts. One coping strategy—and maybe the default...

  • In Reality

    Big Tech VS Euro Regulators - Guess Who's Winning. With John O'Brennan from Maynooth University in Ireland

    Jan 22, 202655 min

    Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation, and the media with Eric Schurenberg, founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. On In Reality, we spend most of our time on the media environment in the...

  • In Reality

    A Sheriff for the Digital Wild West with Top Digital Crime Fighter Carole House

    Jan 10, 202652 min

    Welcome to In Reality—the podcast about truth, disinformation, and the media with Eric Schurenberg, long-time journalist and media executive, now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. Most of the guests on In...

  • In Reality

    How AI Changes Voters' Minds with Oxford University's Kobi Hackenburg

    Dec 10, 202537 min

    Welcome to In Reality the podcast about truth disinformation and the media with Eric Schurenberg, long time journalist and media executive, now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. Up to this point, Eric's...

  • In Reality

    We In The Press Could Do A Lot Of Things Better: Steve Peoples Chief Political Writer of The Associated Press

    Nov 21, 202544 min

    Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation, and the media with Eric Schurenberg, long-time business journalist and executive, now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. What has it meant to...

  • In Reality

    Without Federal Funding, What is Public Media Really? KCRW President Jennifer Ferro

    Oct 30, 202543 min

    Welcome to In Reality , the podcast about truth, disinformation, and the media with Eric Schurenberg, longtime journalist and media executive, now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. Two weeks ago, as we...

  • In Reality

    Courtney Radsch: Information is an Ecosystem. Without Journalism, It Collapses

    Oct 16, 202541 min

    Welcome to In Reality , the podcast about truth, disinformation, and the media with Eric Schurenberg—longtime journalist and media executive, now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. On this show we often...

  • In Reality

    Understanding The Stories That Divide Us with Harmony Labs' Brian Waniewski

    Oct 3, 202539 min

    Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation, and the media with Eric Schurenberg, longtime journalist and media executive, now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. The cliche about...

  • In Reality

    How To Think Clearly About The News In Your Feed with 'Effective Thinking' Expert Michael Starbird

    Sep 19, 202552 min

    Welcome to In Reality , the podcast about truth, disinformation, and the media with host, Eric Schurenberg, longtime journalist and media executive, now founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. One of the hard things...

  • In Reality

    Politics Without Polarization in Iowa with Governor Candidate Rob Sand (Democrat)

    Aug 28, 202524 min

    Welcome to In Reality , the podcast about truth, disinformation, and the media with Eric Schurenberg, longtime journalist and media executive, now founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. Even in America, there is at...

  • In Reality

    Signs of Revival In Local News. No, Really! - Indiegraf's Erin Millar

    Aug 7, 202543 min

    Welcome to In Reality , the podcast about truth, disinformation, and the media hosted by Eric Schurenberg, longtime journalist and media executive, now founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. Any listener to In...

  • In Reality

    "What Journalism Needs Now Is Not What Journalists Think" with Richard Gingras (Google & Village Media) and Tom Rosenstiel (UMD)

    Jul 24, 202550 min

    Welcome to In Reality , the podcast about truth, disinformation, and the media with Eric Schurenberg, long-time journalist and media executive, now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. We’ve been trying to...

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