Host Niall Ferguson focuses on the great network revolution of our time and one that happened 500 years ago – the Protestant Reformation. With the help of experts in network theory and historical precedent, Ferguson untangles important issues including why social media networks polarize us, why some ideas go viral and why truth itself is at a disadvantage.

Originally released by PBS, 2020. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on April 09, 2020.