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On Belief: A Podcast About Cults
Karen Geier
65 episodes
9 months ago
We all would like to think that we're immune to being persuaded, but were that true, advertising wouldn't work, the best candidates would always get elected, and our personal relationships would always be equitable. On Belief examines why, with so much information available to us to dissuade us from joining harmful groups. I ask people who have had first hand experience with harmful groups and sects how they were seduced, how they were tricked, and how they got out.
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We all would like to think that we're immune to being persuaded, but were that true, advertising wouldn't work, the best candidates would always get elected, and our personal relationships would always be equitable. On Belief examines why, with so much information available to us to dissuade us from joining harmful groups. I ask people who have had first hand experience with harmful groups and sects how they were seduced, how they were tricked, and how they got out.
Show more...
Religion & Spirituality
Society & Culture,
News
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Episode 308: Conspiracy Theories
On Belief: A Podcast About Cults
17 minutes 36 seconds
5 years ago
Episode 308: Conspiracy Theories

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Will Sommer has been covering conspiracy theories since the inception of Pizzagate. He joins me to discuss what drives people to believe seemingly incomprehensible conspiracy theories.

In this episode, we discuss:

  • What is the genesis of Pizzagate?
  • Why did people believe and amplify Pizzagate?
  • Why didn't Pizzagate end when Comet Pizza was shot up?
  • What is QAnon?
  • How do people get progressively deeper into QAnon?
  • What are the societal impacts of collective belief in conspiracy theories?
  • And more...

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On Belief: A Podcast About Cults
We all would like to think that we're immune to being persuaded, but were that true, advertising wouldn't work, the best candidates would always get elected, and our personal relationships would always be equitable. On Belief examines why, with so much information available to us to dissuade us from joining harmful groups. I ask people who have had first hand experience with harmful groups and sects how they were seduced, how they were tricked, and how they got out.