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Radio Free Acton: Mollie Ziegler Hemingway on fake news; Upstream on Fleet Foxes and R.E.M.
Radio Free Acton: Mollie Ziegler Hemingway on fake news; Upstream on Fleet Foxes and R.E.M.
Mar 16, 2026 5:01 PM

In this newest edition of Radio Free Acton, Mollie Ziegler Hemingway, senior editor at The Federalist, talks with Sarah Stanley, managing editor at the Acton Institute. Mollie explains how distrust for news in the media has grown and how integrity in journalism can be reclaimed. Mollie’s conversation with Sarah is a sampling of an ing Acton lecture series event taking place on September 28th. Bruce Edward Walker then speaks with writer and musician, Robert Dean Lurie about the newest Fleet Foxes album titled Crack-Up and the 25th anniversary of R.E.M.

Check out these additional resources on this week’s podcast topics:

Fleet Foxes official site

R.E.M. official site

Acton Lecture Series: Crisis of Credibility: The Promise and Peril of Media’s Lost Authority

Do you have questions for the Radio Free Actonteam that you would like answered in future podcast segments? Leave a message at 888-705-4180 or email [email protected]

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