Hey everybody, Saturday, September 13th at the Compass in downtown Provo is students' night out.

We'll have live music from artists like Gem Blossel, free food and drinks, a gift for everybody

who comes, and a chance to explore the space, give us feedback on our content, meet new friends,

and be entered into drawings for prizes, including free tickets to restore, prints from the

compass, and the use

of the space for your own private event. Whether you're a new student, a returning student, or

just a student of life, we would love to have you come join us on September 13th. You can swing

by the compass any time before then for a back-to-school gift from us. And as a reminder, Restore is at

UVU this year, and thanks to our donors, we're offering deeply discounted tickets to students and young adults. You can learn more and register to join us at faithmatters.org slash restore. Hey, everybody, this is Aubrey Chavez from Faith Matters. You've probably heard the old joke. We caught it again recently on the Ezra Klein show.

It goes like this.

A conspiracy theorist dies and goes to heaven.

At the pearly gates, God tells him that he can ask one question, anything at all.

And the conspiracy theorist says,

Okay, I want to know who really killed JFK.

God replies, Lee Harvey Oswald, and he acted alone. The conspiracy theorist pauses. He nods, and he

says, wow, this goes higher than I thought. The joke lands because it captures just how impenetrable

conspiracy thinking can feel. And that's part of what we're exploring today with our guest, Sharon

McMahon. Sharon is a former high school government teacher turned trusted national educator, best-selling

author, and host of the Sharon Says So podcast.

She's known for bringing truth, clarity, and calm to some of the most divisive issues

in American public life.

Sharon helped us today to unpack why conspiracy theories can be so compelling, how they spread,

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