One Thing: Why It’s So Easy to Fall for Conspiracy Theories

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🗓️ 4 May 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Conspiracy theories are not new. They’re as old as time itself. But if you feel like they’re everywhere right now, you’re not alone. So, what do you do when somebody you love has fallen down a rabbit hole? CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan has been covering the world of misinformation for more than a decade, but now he's less interested in what people believe than why they believe it. So, he’s trying to find out. Listen to ‘Persuadable’ here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Amazon offers term time working to their employees, like Anton,
0:05.0	who's home to look after his daughters during their holidays.
0:10.0	Hello!
0:11.0	To him, this is the best sound in the world.
0:13.0	Daddy!
0:14.0	Actually, maybe that's the best sound of all.
0:23.2	Now that's term time working.
0:24.6	Offered at Amazon.
0:26.9	Ten weeks off guaranteed per year.
0:29.1	Mix of paid holiday and unpaid time off.
0:29.9	Conditions apply.
0:33.1	Whoa there.
0:35.7	Victoria's had a Friday night to remember.
0:38.7	But now she's outside in the pouring rain. Oh, what? You are joking. I've got no data. How are we going to get home?
0:43.3	But then she remembers she's with EE.
0:45.9	Yes, Uber still works.
0:47.6	So then she...
0:49.3	Uber's on me, guys. Should we get a kebab?
0:51.7	Use essential apps like Uber and WhatsApp even when you run out of data.
0:55.8	Search E.E. Mobile.
0:57.3	Stay connected at 0.5 megabits per second.
0:59.6	Turns apply.
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