The Political Orphanage
The Political Orphanage
Why Do We Love Conspiracy Theories? Guest: Jesse Walker
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Why Do We Love Conspiracy Theories? Guest: Jesse Walker

What’s in the DNA of a conspiracy theory, and when does it go from benign to dangerous? Jesse Walker is author of “The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory,” which identifies the different types of conspiracy theories and charts them from the Salem witch trials through Barack Obama’s birth certificate.

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