S02E20: Conspiracies Everywhere - Hugo Drochen and Annemarie S Walter

Published: Feb. 22, 2021, 6:29 p.m.

What kind of environmental and individual factors lead to the proliferation of conspiracy theories?

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Jay is joined by co-authors and researchers Hugo Drochen and Annemarie S Walter to discuss their paper "Conspiracy Thinking in Europe and America: A Comparative Study".

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Jay opens by telling his personal story of flirtation with conspiracy and pays homage to a good friend who recently took his own life, Ellery Samson.