The Conspiracy Theories Podcast, Episode Two, Fortyngi

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Doctor joseph zinski is a professor of political science at the university of miami. He studies conspiratorial thinking and its impact on society. Zinski has been a guest on this show several times, and that's because we've done a lot of shows about conspiracy theories. The psychology that leads a person to pay attention to these things are one of the major ways you are not so smart.

When 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.