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Leonard Lopate at Large

Mon, Aug 9, 2021 1:00 PM

MIKE ROTHSCHILD ON HOW QANON BECAME A MOVEMENT

“Climate change is a hoax—and so is coronavirus.”

“Vaccines are bad for you.”

These days, many of our fellow citizens reject scientific expertise and prefer ideology to facts. They are not merely uninformed—they are misinformed.

They cite cherry-picked evidence, rely on fake experts, and believe conspiracy theories. How can we convince such people otherwise? How can we get them to change their minds and accept the facts when they don't believe in facts?

In his new book The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything, author Lee McIntyre shows that anyone can fight back against science deniers and argues that it's important to do so.

Join us for a look at the defining issue of our time in this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI.

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