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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068 - The Strawman Fallacy
067 - The Fallacy Fallacy
065 - Survivorship Bias (rebroadcast)
064 - Monkey Marketplace - Laurie Santos (rebroadcast)
063 - The Search Effect - Matthew Fisher
062 - Naive Realism - Lee Ross
061 - Mindfulness - Michael Taft
060 - Reframing - Robert R. Morris
059 - The Illusion Of Control - Michael And Sarah Bennett
058 - Technology - Clive Thompson (Rebroadcast)
057 - PTSD - Robert D. Laird
056 - Magicians And Scams - Brian Brushwood
055 - WEIRD People - Steven J. Heine
054 - The Self - Bruce Hood (rebroadcast)
053 - Adaptive Learning - Ulrik Christensen
052 - Learned Helplessness
051 - Work - Laszlo Bock
050 - Happy Money - Elizabeth Dunn (rebroadcast)
049 - Rejection - Jia Jiang
048 - Contact
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