Why Are Conspiracy Theories Believable- Podcast #557

Zen Parenting Radio

Todd and Cathy Adams

Education, Philosophy, Parenting, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Society & Culture

4.8 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2020

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Cathy and Todd discuss John Oliver's Last Week Tonight episode about conspiracy theories, and share the psychology behind why people believe tend to believe them. We also discuss how to have productive conversations with people who share and promote harmful pandemic theories.

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0:00.0	Do do do do do we go.
0:07.8	My name's Todd.
0:08.3	This is Kathy.
0:09.2	Welcome back to another episode of Zen Parenting Radio.
0:12.0	This is podcast number 557.
0:14.8	Turns out three prime numbers, which is exciting.
0:19.0	Right, sweetie?
0:20.0	To you, yes. To you.
0:22.3	Let's, can I make one comment about this show? Before I even start my intro, of course.
0:27.8	Because I hope this show is not buffering, because didn't we have a buffering issue? That was one of my
0:31.2	announcements. Okay, go ahead, please. We've been having some Apple buffering issues. So please be patient
0:36.3	with us, Brad, our webmaster's trying to get to the bottom of it.
0:40.6	We've got a lot of really good feedback on podcast number 55.
0:45.7	Basically, it was us being in the car and having a good engagement with our daughter and how it could have gone sideways if Kathy wasn't in the car with me and my daughter. And everybody's like, God, thank you for
0:57.5	doing that podcast. It's going to help me a lot. So anyways. But then we also found out from a
1:03.1	lot of people that it was buffering and hard to listen to. So that's frustrating to have an
1:06.6	impactful podcast that then people are struggling to listen to. So just know that we're on it and
1:12.6	we're working on it. And be patient with us as best you can. So why listen to us on parenting
1:19.9	radio? Because you'll feel outstanding. And always remember our motto, which is the best
1:23.2	predictor of a child's well-being is a parent's self-understanding on today's show.
1:29.4	Conspiracy theories?
1:30.5	Well, I think we're going to, we're not going to discuss conspiracy theories just for the
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