Dan and Isobel talk with Renée DiResta about how (mis)information spreads online and the implications on the public understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic. They discuss how certain narratives “go viral” and why propaganda, pseudoscience and conspiracies sometimes thrive on the internet.

Hosts: Dan Arteaga and Isobel Rosenthal.

Guest: Renée DiResta.

Production: Lauren Tronick.

Engineering: Tommy Bazarian.

Theme Music by R.O. Shapiro and Micah Motenko.