Good Talk for an Age of Conspiracy.

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Good Talk for an Age of Conspiracy.

FromThe Bridge with Peter Mansbridge

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Aug 26, 2022

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Bruce and Chantal join in with some Good Talk about whether the summer has changed anything on the national political landscape. There were great expectations back in June about what needed to happen, but did anything? Also a feisty conversation about the growth of conspiracy theories and their impact on the political dialogue.

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Aug 26, 2022

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