Why People Believe Conspiracy Theories with David Aaronovitch
Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager
Salem Podcast Network
4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Timeless Wisdom, Dennis Prager is joined by David Ironovich, author of Voodoo Histories, a book exploring the role of conspiracy theories in shaping modern history. They delve into why people believe in conspiracies, from the JFK assassination to 9/11, and discuss the psychological and political motivations behind these beliefs. David shares his insights on how conspiracy theories can be comforting and how they often replace the anxiety of uncertainty with a sense of control. This thought-provoking conversation will leave you questioning the nature of truth and the human desire for explanations.
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| 0:00.0 | On today's episode of Timeless Wisdom. |
| 0:03.5 | The role of the conspiracy theory in shaping modern history. |
| 0:07.4 | The author is an award-winning journalist, David Aronovich, and he writes a regular column for |
| 0:13.8 | the Times of London. |
| 0:14.9 | Where are you right now, by the way, David? |
| 0:17.1 | I'm sitting in London, which is, as you might expect, rainy. |
| 0:21.4 | Yes. I studied for a year in England, and I truly understood why people went for holiday, as you folks call it, not vacation, went for holiday to anywhere that had sun. |
| 0:34.3 | It could have been the Congo. |
| 0:35.8 | That's coming up on timeless wisdom with Dennis Prager. |
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| 1:05.3 | That's 864-644-1900. |
| 1:08.4 | Welcome to Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager. |
| 1:11.6 | Here thousands of hours of Dennis's lectures, courses, and classic radio programs, and to purchase Dennis Prager's Rational Bibles, go to Dennis Prager.com. |
| 1:22.6 | You are listening to the best of the Dennis Prager Show. |
| 1:36.2 | Welcome everybody to the Dennis Prager Show. |
| 1:43.6 | I have said to you, my listeners, over the course of years, now 28 in broadcasting, that I am inordinately non-tempted by conspiracies. |
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