S02E20: Conspiracies Everywhere - Hugo Drochen and Annemarie S Walter

What kind of environmental and individual factors lead to the proliferation of conspiracy theories?

Jay is joined by co-authors and researchers Hugo Drochen and Annemarie S Walter to discuss their paper "Conspiracy Thinking in Europe and America: A Comparative Study".

Jay opens by telling his personal story of flirtation with conspiracy and pays homage to a good friend who recently took his own life, Ellery Samson.