LWV-Downeast hosts a monthly radio program on democracy in cooperation with WERU FM. This month, we’ll rebroadcast our show from last March, talking about the political and social conditions that give rise to conspiracy movements. Why are people drawn to these ideas? What are the conditions in civil society that are feeding into these trends? How have these moments come up in our history? How have we gotten past it before? Can democracy function when these beliefs are widespread?
Special Guests:
- Jamie McKown, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, James Russell Wiggins Chair in Government and Polity at College of the Atlantic. Jamie teaches a course on Conspiracy Theory and Political Discourse
- Joanne Miller, Associate Professor, Political Science & International Relations, Director of Graduate Studies, University of Delaware. Joanne's research centers on political psychology, political propaganda, misinformation and conspiracy theories.
Find more information here. This show was pre-recorded; no listener calls will be taken. Comments and questions may be emailed to news@weru.org with Democracy Forum on the subject line.
WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, streaming at weru.org