In Science Podcast: Hanne Nijtmans about conspiracy theories

This episode of the podcast is in Dutch.

'In Science' is the podcast of the University of Groningen where you will hear interviews with researchers, news and reports from the Groningen academic world. The podcast is for anyone interested in science.

Our guest this episode is Hanne Nijtmans. She is a PhD candidate and is researching conspiracy theories. Hosts Wim Brons and Hanna van Loo interview her about, among other things, the appeal of conspiracy thoeries, how a conspiracy theory originates, and what the common elements of conspiracy theories are. They also delve deeper into her dissertation: "Conspiracy Anxiety: Gender, Labor, and the Paranoid Style in American Podcasts." In it, Hanne Nijtmans examines what changes when a conspiracy theorists is not a (heterosexual, cisgennder, white) man, but a woman and/or a queer person.

• Guest: Hanne Nijtmans
• Hosts: Wim Brons and Hanna van Loo