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b"Ellen Cushing's recent piece in The Atlantic called \\u201cI was a teenage conspiracy theorist\\u201d tells her story as a young Illuminati-truther during the post-9/11 years. Her history with conspiracy theories isn't all that different from my own, so I asked Ellen to join me to talk about our experiences to try to explain what these stories were like back in the 2000s, and how they intersect with the stories we hear now. We\\u2019ll also ask the biggest question of all, how do we combat this alternate reality? As the subtitle on Ellen\\u2019s article reads, \\u201cWant to know why wild conspiracism can be so irresistible? Ask a 14-year-old girl.\\u201d\\n\\nRead Ellen's piece, I Was a Teenage Conspiracy Theorist\\n\\nBecome a Patron for extra episodes, interviews, and videos monthly, including our brand new podcast Walk with Me\\n\\nThis episode has sound by Clear Common Studios\\nProduced by Miranda Zickler\\n\\nPlease leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen, it really helps us out!\\xa0\\nFollow American Hysteria on social media:\\nTwitter: @AmerHysteria\\n Instagram: @AmericanHysteriaPodcast\\n Find our merch at americanhysteria.com\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"