On today's episode, Dr. Benjamin Dow, an academic researcher in the field of conspiratorial ideologies and professor at Southern Methodist University (SMU), joins me to discuss conspiracy theories within politics and whether major left-wing conspiracy theories exist in the 2022 political arena.  More importantly, we examine whether conspiracy theories can lead to political extremism and encapsulated psychosis.

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Ph.D. Benjamin Dow journal articles/reports 

• How Did COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Get So Out of Control? (northwestern.edu)
• Support for leaders who use conspiratorial rhetoric: The role of personal control and political identity - ScienceDirect
• The COVID‐19 pandemic and the search for structure: Social media and conspiracy theories - PMC (nih.gov)
• Sense of control and conspiracy perceptions: Generative directions on a well-worn path - ScienceDirect
• Mitigating and managing COVID-19 conspiratorial beliefs (bmj.com)

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• Conspiracy Theories: Evolved Functions and Psychological Mechanisms (sagepub.com)

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