182: Recovering from Conspiracy Theories (w/Stephanie Kemmerer)

What is it like to get red-pilled, find a fragile community of peers, and then come out on the other side? 

What are the personal, social, and political wounds that make conspiracy theories feel like medicine—or a drug? What is the difference between debunking theories and healing wounds?

Today the trio discusses excerpts of an interview Matthew recorded with Stephanie Kemmerer, a former conspiracy theorist and now public educator. Stephanie is part of a newly formed non-profit called The American Information Integrity Alliance and co-facilitator of the support group DOUBT: Discussing Our Unusual Beliefs Together. 

Kemmerer’s journey tells us a lot about how people fall into the rabbit hole, how they can claw their way back out. But she also suggests that the rabbit hole is really a hole in the culture, and that there’s plenty we can do to fill it in.

Show Notes

American Information Integrity Alliance

D.O.U.B.T. (Discussing Our Unusual Beliefs Together)