This Conspiracy Soup Contains Bugs — And Racism

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Jul 19, 2023•33 min•Ep. 412

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Gene Demby and NPR's Huo Jingnan dive into a conspiracy theory about how "global elites" are forcing people to eat bugs. And no huge surprise — the theory's popularity is largely about its loudest proponents' racist fear-mongering.

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