Can you change the mind of a conspiracy theorist?
NO SUCH THING
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4.6 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Some conspiracy theories are fun, but many end up being dark and concerning. When someone is in too deep, what would it take to pull them out of the rabbit hole? Journalist Zach Mack ventured to find out in his show, Alternate Realities over at NPR, and on today's episode, he debriefs us.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Annie. |
| 0:00.8 | I'm Noah. |
| 0:01.4 | This is Devin. |
| 0:02.2 | And this is No Such Thing, the show where we answer our dumb questions and yours by actually |
| 0:07.9 | doing the research. |
| 0:09.2 | On today's episode, we're trying to figure out what exactly it would take to change the mind |
| 0:13.8 | of a conspiracy theorist. |
| 0:20.1 | There's no such thing. |
| 0:22.1 | No such thing. |
| 0:25.1 | No such thing. |
| 0:28.0 | No such thing. |
| 0:29.8 | No such a thing. |
| 0:30.9 | No such a thing. |
| 0:32.8 | Okay. |
| 0:37.3 | So I'll start this episode off with a story that happened to me recently. |
| 0:43.0 | I was home in the great state of Ohio a few months ago, and, you know, when you're, when you go back home, you're meeting up with some people that you haven't hung out for a long time. |
| 0:54.4 | Oftentimes people that you grew up with. |
| 0:57.3 | And so we, you know, a group of friends and I went to a bar, a couple drinks in. |
| 1:02.4 | We're talking about politics. |
| 1:04.8 | Sure. |
| 1:06.3 | Lovely conversation to have after you have a couple drinks at a bar. |
| 1:09.5 | Especially in Ohio. |
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