Real government secrecy, intelligence failures, and historic scandals created the conditions for today’s conspiracy culture. Pearl Harbor, The Red Scare, JFK, 9/11, QAnon - a small truth can explode into a dangerous paranoid belief in hidden power and control. Genuine conspiracies often make it harder—not easier—to separate fact from fiction. How do democracies survive when citizens no longer agree on what’s real?
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What the CIA Knows About Iran That Washington Keeps Getting Wrong (with Mark Fowler)
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Swinging at Curveball: When You Want It Bad, You Get It Bad (with Bob Drogin)
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How Everyone Else Sees America (with Gabriel Gatehouse) - ENCORE
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