Conspiracy Theories: The Folklorist's Perspective

On this episode of Mythic Existence, we dive into the folklorist’s perspective on conspiracy theories. My research for this episode is mostly informed by a book that recently came out called COVID 19 conspiracy theories: QAnon, 5G, the New World Order and Other Viral Ideas, as well as Richard Hofstadter’s seminal work The Paranoid Style in American Politics. We are going to hope to deconstruct why conspiracy theories exist, why they are appealing, and to whom. Conspiracy theories often feed i...