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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087 - Paranoia
086 - Change My View
085 - Misremembering - Julia Shaw (rebroadcast)
084 - Getting Gamers - Jamie Madigan
083 - Idiot Brain - Dean Burnett
082 - Crowds (rebroadcast)
081 - The Climate Paradox
080 - Deep Canvassing
079 - Separate Spheres
078 - The Existential Fallacy
077 - The Conjunction Fallacy
076 - The Genetic Fallacy
075 - Special Pleading / Moving the Goalposts
074 - Begging The Question
073 - Bayes' Theorem
072 - The Dunning-Kruger Effect (Rebroadcast)
071 - The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy
070 - The No True Scotsman Fallacy
069 - The Black And White Fallacy
068 - The Strawman Fallacy
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