The week in audio: Hysterical; The Third Information Crisis by Naomi Alderman; Jon Holmes Says the C-Word

Le Roy, New York, birthplace of Jell-O and home to a mass psychogenic event in 2011. Photograph: Randy Duchaine/Alamy

Hysterical | Wondery
The Third Information Crisis by Naomi Alderman (Radio 4) | BBC Sounds
Jon Holmes Says the C-Word (Radio 4) | BBC Sounds

Mass hysteria seems to be out of fashion these days. When I was young it was a hot topic (perhaps because we all studied The Crucible at school). Not so much now; it’s been replaced with going viral, or supporting the England men’s football team. Anyhow, we have a more medically correct name for it today: mass psychogenic illness.