From the American Revolution to today, conspiracy theories have been part of the American story in ways that may surprise us. In this episode of Judy Woodruff’s “In Pursuit of Happiness,” she sits down with Jesse Walker, author of “The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory,” to explore how conspiracy theories take shape — and what they tell us about who we are.
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