Philip Roth tells host Kurt Andersen why he elected Charles Lindbergh president in his new novel, The Plot Against America. We explore the battle paintings of Sandow Birk, which depict the invasion of San Francisco by the army of Los Angeles. And Kurt talks with Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Errol Morris about how artists re-imagine history in order to shed light on reality.
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