Hari Kunzru on Why People Find Comfort in Conspiracy Theories

Writer and journalist Hari Kunzru, author of the new novel “Red Pill” and host of the Into the Zone podcast, talks with us about the unsettling concept of “hyperstition,” how isolation exacerbates feelings of unreality, and the fine line between the logical and the illogical.

Om Podcasten

A podcast about the bigger picture. Host Spencer Bailey calls on leading minds, from scientists and technologists to artists and climate activists, to zoom out and look at some of the planet’s most pressing issues from a whole-earth, long-view perspective.