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Stephen F. Knott, "Conspirator in Chief: The Long Tradition of Conspiracy Theories i…

5/14/2026 • 49 min

Political Scientist Steve Knott has a new book that focuses on conspiracy theories within the American presidency and often promulgated by the president himself. This is not, per se, a book about conspiracy theories in general, but about the narratives that presidents have used—that constitutes a kind of conspiracy thinking—to engage voters and push for particu… Play episode

T. V. Paul, "The Unfinished Quest: India's Search for Major Power Status f…
Chiara Libiseller, "Reconceptualizing War: The Rise and Fall of Fashionabl…
Mark Peterson, "The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution: A Th…
Julia Bowes, "Every Man's Home a Castle: Parental Rights and the Makings o…
Steffen Mau et al., "The Trigger Points: Inequality and Political Polariza…
J. Michael Cole, "The Taiwan Tinderbox: The Island-Nation at the Centre of…
What Does the American Presidency Mean? A Conversation with Richard Holtzm…
Siniša Malešević, "Nationalism as a Way of Life: The Rise and Transformati…
Arely M. Zimmerman, "Contentious Citizenship: Salvadoran Activism and Belo…
Caroline Kuzemko, "Climate Politics: Can't Live with It, Can't Mitigate wi…
Miranda Yaver, "Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality in t…
Who Is Democracy Actually For? People, Power, and the Fight Against Democr…
Assessing Global Democratic Health Amidst a Growing Shadow of Autocracy
Caste and Race: Ambedkar and King with the Ambedkar King Study Circle
The British General Election of 2024: A Conversation with Robert Ford and …
Oil and Militancy in Nigeria: A Conversation with Noo Saro-Wiwa
How Bolsonaro was Convicted: The Role of the Judiciary During and After Au…
Nikki Luke, "Electric Life: Utility Regulation and the Fight for Energy De…
Shameem Black, "Flexible India: Yoga's Cultural and Political Tensions" (C…
The Crisis of American Political Economy: On the New Conservative Policy A…
The Information State: How is the State Surveilling and Manipulating us Th…
Stephen F. Jones, "The First Social Democracy: The Democratic Republic of …
Ladder or Lottery? Gary Hoover on the Consequences of Broken Economic Prom…
Rebecca Buxton and Samuel Ritholtz, "The Way Out: Justice in the Queer Sea…
Jane Vaynman, "Enemies in Agreement: Political Volatility and the Design o…
169* Hannah Arendt on Oases (JP)
Alisa Kessel, "Rape Fantasies: Rape Culture and the Persistence of Sexual …
Daniel A. Bell, "Why Ancient Chinese Political Thought Matters: Four Dialo…
Larry M. Bartels and Katherine J. Cramer, "The Politics of Social Change: …
Victor Li, "Supreme Pressure: The Rejection of John J. Parker and the Birt…
Lisa Siraganian, "The Problem of Personhood: Giving Rights to Trees, Corpo…
Radio ReOrient 14.2: State of the Ummah: Authoritarianism and Resistance: …
The Green Transition and the Politics of Lithium Extraction
Thorsten Gromes, "Sustaining Peace After Civil War: Insights from 48 Recen…
Andrew Thomas Park, "Sarah Wambaugh and the Plebiscite: The Turbulent Hist…
Alex Diamond, "Governing the Excluded: Rural Livelihoods Beyond Coca in Co…
Ho-fung Hung, "The China Question: Eight Centuries of Fantasy and Fear" (C…
Hilary Matfess, "After Liberation: Women and the Politics of Expectations …
Marta Lorimer, "Europe As Ideological Resource: European Integration and F…
Stephen Onyango Ouma, "Africa Unbound: Decolonial Pathways to Sovereignty …
The Gen Z Revolution in Bangladesh and Its Fallout
Mark Pennington, "Foucault and Liberal Political Economy: Power, Knowledge…
Mark Hlavacik, "Willing Warriors: A New History of the Education Culture W…
Thomas Hegghammer and Diego Gambetta eds., "Fight, Flight, Mimic: Identity…
Sarah James, "The Politics of Failed Policies" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Maya L. Kornberg, "Stuck: How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in…
Tom Wells, "The Kissinger Tapes: Inside His Secretly Recorded Phone Conver…
How Authoritarians Exploit Gender
On Trump as a “World Historical Individual” with author John B. Judis

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