Lee McIntyre, research fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the origins of disinformation and the playbook it uses, and to offer tips for how ordinary citizens can fight back.
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We’ll be joined by a journalist who writes about the changing media landscape, a linguist who explains how cults use very specific language to recruit new members, and a researcher who says bad ideas are parasites that infect our brains.
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Seth G. Jones is director of the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and he joins us to talk about American adversaries who are changing the game when it comes to international conflict.
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BuzzFeed News senior reporter Joseph Bernstein joins us to talk about why it’s difficult to root out false information and break information silos.
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Samuel Woolley, program director for computational propaganda research at the Center for Media Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin, joins us to talk about the future of destructive tech and ways to combat it.
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