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University of California, Davis, history Professor Kathryn Olmsted taught a class on how the ‘Red Scare’ evolved into a wide-ranging conspiracy theory in the United States in the 1940s and 1…

Author Kathryn Olmsted talked about the American media titans of the pre-World War II years and their influence on public perceptions of President Franklin Roosevelt and his policies. The Fr…

Historians discussed how conspiracy theories can reveal cultural insights and political fears of a time period. They talked about concepts such as the “deep state,” "new world order," “QAnon…

Professors Eric Rauchway, author of The Money Makers: How Roosevelt and Keynes Ended the Depression, Defeated Fascism, and Secured a Prosperous Peace, and Kathryn Olmstead, author of Right O…

A panel discussion was held on the history of Soviet espionage in the United States. After each panelist made a presentation, most using slides, they had a discussion moderated by Joseph McL…

Kathryn Olmsted talked about her book Real Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I to 9/11 (Oxford University Press, USA; January 2, 2009). In her book she looks at …