Jesse Walker is the author of The United States of paranoia, a conspiracy theory. He says it's not something you should think of as existing only within people on the fringe or those who are extreme. There are things that aren't even thought of as conspiracy theories at the time they're going on, but nonetheless are embraced by lots of people and institutions.
Over the last few years, this show has devoted many shows to the psychology behind what we saw in the Capitol in January 2021. So, in this episode, we re-listen to three interviews on conspiratorial thinking to gain some perspective.
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