Note: Due to an unforeseen circumstance, author Sarah Kendzior will no longer be available to attend this session.

Conspiracy theories are more prevalent than ever in the United States. In They Knew, bestselling author Sarah Kendzior explores in depth the nation’s burgeoning “culture of conspiracy” and argues that uncritical faith in broken institutions is as dangerous as false narratives peddled by propagandists. In reporter Elizabeth Williamson’s Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and a Battle for Truth, the author describes via exhaustive reporting the conspiracies that proliferated after the 2012 tragedy.

Moderator: Dan Solomon, senior editor at Texas MonthlySarah Kendzior, Elizabeth Williamson, They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent, Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth