Lovely BN1 magazine article about Dom’s book and forthcoming tour
Dom Joly new book asks are conspiracy theories just for clicks?
Comedian turned travel writer takes a road-trip of world’s wackiest theories
They are, fairly obviously, not questions that trouble the vast majority of us: Does Finland exist? Is the Earth really flat? Where is the US government hiding aliens? But, as Dom Joly attests, a significant number of people spend an inordinate amount of time pondering such mysteries, often online.
Has comedian Dom Joly just written a book about conspiracy theories? Is the Earth flat! Katie Jarvis speaks to him about his latest travel compendium – The Conspiracy Tourist: Travels Through a Strange World – which he’s also about to take on tour
PHOTOS: Spencer McPherson/Still Moving Media and Dom Joly
Conspiracy theories are more rampant than ever, increasingly shaping politics and the media – and threatening democracy. From QAnon to Roswell to the Flat Earth theory, comedian Dom Joly (The Conspiracy Tourist: Travels Through a Strange World) and professor of social psychology Karen Douglas explore where these ideas come from – and the people who create and believe them. Are they crazed loonies, or are we sheeple?
