Anything Can Be Anything

People connecting the dots that maybe should not be connected. Prologue: Host Ira Glass talks to producer Zoe Chace about what she learned about the President and conspiracy theories at a Trump rally. (9 minutes) Show Me State of Mind: Writer Jelani Cobb travels to Missouri to talk to people in Ferguson about the troubling deaths of six activists there. (24 minutes) The Red Menace Hits the Crimson Tide: A Democrat in Alabama watches helplessly as Russian internet bots play dirty with the 2016 election. But a year later, those same tactics inspire him to organize an election conspiracy of his own. Producer Ben Calhoun has the story. (23 minutes)