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The Assignment with Audie Cornish

Why We Believe Crazy S**t —And What We Can Do About It

The Assignment with Audie Cornish

Podcast Admin

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.6844 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

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 and follow The Account from CNN here.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.1

Hey everybody. I've got something special for you today. So one of my buddies here at CNN,

0:35.7

Donie O'Sullivan. He's a senior correspondent, but his focus is conspiracy theories and misinformation.

0:42.8

So we're talking election denialism, Q&ON, anti-vax beliefs.

0:47.9

But lately, he's become less interested in what people believe and a lot more interested in why they believe it.

0:55.5

He has a new podcast series out, and it actually tries to get at the answer to that question.

1:00.2

It's called Persuadable.

1:01.9

I wanted to bring you the first episode here.

1:04.3

And here's the thing.

1:05.1

A lot of you have a friend or a family member who's maybe gone down the conspiracy rabbit hole a bit,

1:10.5

and you're going to want to

1:11.5

listen because this series gets into why they have and also how we can help those people, right?

1:18.7

And ourselves help with those relationships. Persuadable is also the first series from CNN's

1:24.9

new podcast feed. It's called The Account. And it's going to be home for more

1:29.2

shows like this one. Your deeper dives, stories that go beyond the headlines of the day, it's time

1:35.2

that our reporters are going to get to really dig into something and that you can follow along.

1:40.3

So subscribe to the account on whatever podcast app you're listening to right now.

1:45.1

And you're going to find all three episodes of Persuadable there right now.

1:49.2

Go forth and binge.

1:50.9

And here's Donie.

1:54.1

2021 was a strange year.

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