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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047 - Public Shaming - Jon Ronson
046 - Inbetweenisode 11 - Steven Novella
045 - Doctors - Danielle Ofri
044 - Inbetweenisode - James Burke And Matt Novak (Rebroadcast)
043 - Misremembering - Julia Shaw and Dan Simons
042 - Bodily Resonance - Lara Maister
041 - Inbetweenisode - The Game/Ceiling Crasher
040 - Monkey Marketplace - Laurie Santos
039 - Blind Insight - Ryan Scott
038 - Inbetweenisode - The Halo Effect
037 - Motivation - Daniel Pink
036 - The Dunning-Kruger Effect
035 - Inbetweenisode - The Sunk Cost Fallacy
034 - The Post Hoc Fallacy
033 - Belief - Will Storr
032 - Ego Depletion
031 - Extinction Burst
030 - Practice - David Epstein
029 - Labels - Adam Alter
028 - Crowds - Michael Bond
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