S16E80 - Conspiracy Heresy: How the US Exports Paranoia (April 29, 2026)

While the car kill switch is being debated in the United States, how is such a plan unfolding in other countries? What about 15-minute cities? Or UFOs or political conspiracies? Or How does the public perceive these things in other countries? There's always been a relationship between a conspiracy theory and the general trust that exists in a society, though that does not mean conspiracies do not exist in trustworthy places. Is it possible that even some of the most perceptually authoritarian ideas are rejected not because of low trust but because of a desire to believe in...