WWhen we talk about conspiracy theories we tend to focus on what people believe instead of why, and, more importantly, why they believe those things and not other things. In this episode, we sit down with two psychologists working to change that, and in addition, change the term itself from conspiracy theory to conspiracy narrative, which more accurately describes what makes any one conspiracy appealing enough to form a community around it and in rare cases result in collective action.
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108 - Pandora's Lab
107 - Debate
106 - The Climate Paradox (rebroadcast)
105 - Optimism Bias
104 - Labels (rebroadcast)
103 - Desirability Bias
102 - WEIRD Science (rebroadcast)
101 - Naive Realism (rebroadcast)
100 - The Replication Crisis
099 - The Half Life of Facts
098 - Active Information Avoidance
097 - Scams (rebroadcast)
096 - Progress
095 - The Backfire Effect - Part Three
094 - The Backfire Effect - Part Two
093 - The Backfire Effect - Part One
091 - Learned Helplessness (rebroadcast)
090 - Reality - Donald Hoffman
089 - Connections - James Burke
088 - Moral Arguments
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