The pod’s officially back, and Cristen’s officially fallen down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole. For research! From the "grand dame of modern conspiracy theory" to moms "saving girls' sports," women spreading conspiracies goes deep, it’s a two-parter. Cristen spends this episode with women’s historian Erin M. Kempker who details how predominantly white suburban women were mainstreaming right-wing, antifeminist conspiracy theories way before QAnon and Canva.  
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