Roundtables: Surviving the New Age of Conspiracies – MIT Technology Review

Watch a subscriber-only conversation unpacking our new series, “The New Conspiracy Age,” and how this moment is changing science and technology.
Everything is a conspiracy theory now. MIT Technology Review’s series, “The New Conspiracy Age,” explores how this moment is changing science and technology. Watch a discussion with our editors and Mike Rothschild, journalist and conspiracy theory expert, about how we can make sense of them all.

Speakers: Amanda Silverman, Editor, Features & Investigations; Niall Firth, Executive Editor, Newsroom; and Mike Rothschild, Journalist & Conspiracy Theory Expert.

Recorded on November 20, 2025

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