There are wild allegations about how the coronavirus started, shadowy claims about its spread, and apocalyptic pronouncements about an end goal with COVID-19. The Internet Age in particular has allowed many conspiracy theories to spread, and fast. Kind of like an epidemic. Our guest is Kathryn Olmsted, a history professor at UC Davis who studies conspiracy theories. More reading: <a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-05-08/youtube-facebook-coronavirus-plandemic" target="_blank">Facebook and YouTube scramble to remove 'Plandemic' video</a>.[Advertisement] This L.A. Times podcast is presented to you by Blue Shield of California. The fight is tough, but so are you. Thank you, front line.

There are wild allegations about how the coronavirus started, shadowy claims about its spread, and apocalyptic pronouncements about an end goal with COVID-19. The Internet Age in particular has allowed many conspiracy theories to spread, and fast. Kind of like an epidemic. Our guest is Kathryn Olmsted, a history professor at UC Davis who studies conspiracy theories. More reading: Facebook and YouTube scramble to remove 'Plandemic' video. [Advertisement] This L.A. Times podcast is presented to you by Blue Shield of California. The fight is tough, but so are you. Thank you, front line.

There are wild allegations about how the coronavirus started, shadowy claims about its spread, and apocalyptic pronouncements about an end goal with COVID-19. The Internet Age in particular has allowed many conspiracy theories to spread, and fast. Kind of like an epidemic. Our guest is Kathryn Olmsted, a history professor at UC Davis who studies conspiracy theories. More reading: <a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-05-08/youtube-facebook-coronavirus-plandemic" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook and YouTube scramble to remove 'Plandemic' video</a>.[Advertisement] This L.A. Times podcast is presented to you by Blue Shield of California. The fight is tough, but so are you. Thank you, front line.

A Conspiracy Pandemic

"Coronavirus in California: Stories from the Front Lines" is a podcast from the Los Angeles Times hosted by reporter Gustavo Arellano. Every weekday, the podcast gives listeners dispatches from Californians who are in the thick of this pandemic. We hear from medical workers struggling to care for people who’ve fallen ill. We talk to renters and teachers, farmworkers and athletes, from Crescent City to Chula Vista. And we reach out to LA Times staffers to get reports from the field. "Coronavirus in California" will tackle tough questions: What’s actually going on in our hospitals and neighborhoods right now? How is life changing because of COVID-19? What can we do to help? [Advertisement] This L.A. Times podcast is presented to you by Blue Shield of California. The fight is tough, but so are you. Thank you, front line.

Share A Conspiracy Pandemic

Sign up to save your podcasts

A Conspiracy Pandemic

A Conspiracy Pandemic

More shows like Coronavirus in California

The Daily

The Envelope

Arrive Early, Leave Late

Obsession

This is California: The Battle of 187

Chasing Cosby

Foretold

Can't Stop Watching

Paperclip: America's Nazi Scientists

It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders

Dirty John Season 2: The Podcast

The Trials of Frank Carson

Is This Seat Open?

Boiling Point

L.A. Crimes