Mike Rothschild on his book The Storm Is Upon Us
b"(8/9/21)\\u201cClimate change is a hoax\\u2014and so is coronavirus.\\u201d \\u201cVaccines are bad for you.\\u201d These days, many of our fellow citizens reject scientific expertise and prefer ideology to facts. They are not merely uninformed\\u2014they are misinformed. They cite cherry-picked evidence, rely on fake experts, and believe conspiracy theories. How can we convince such people otherwise? How can we get them to change their minds and accept the facts when they don't believe in facts? In his new book The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything, author Lee McIntyre shows that anyone can fight back against science deniers and argues that it's important to do so. Join us for a look at the defining issue of our time in this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI."