Episode 245: Kenn Thomas, The Octopus, and ‘90s Paranoia feat. Devin O’Shea

An influence operation by people who believe the vaccine is magnetic and the pandemic is overblown. Annie Kelly whisks us to the United Kingdom where anti-vaccine movements are flourishing despite a r...

7 Aug 202152min

A male model turned health influencer evolves into an anti-feminist COVID denier. Troy Casey — who goes by “The Certified Health Nut” online — runs what he calls “the man clan” and is deeply involved ...

4 Aug 202119min

Sedona, Arizona is a vortex for New Age practices and conspiracy theories. Jake and Travis ventured out to a 3-day conference/festival that included speakers on topics like ETs, cryptocurrency, sexual...

29 Juli 20212h 7min

Once considered a Trump slayer by liberals, the lawyer who represented Stormy Daniels has a long, strange history of celebrity-adjacent litigation. We examine how the race car driver became a presiden...

26 Juli 202114min

Hip hop, militias, the Illuminati & alien disclosure — all have been touched by the hand of Bill Cooper, author of the seminal 1991 conspiratorial book 'Behold a Pale Horse'. Annie Kelly explores Coop...

23 Juli 202154min

A mix of parody religion and intellectual philosophy that emerged from the psychedelic 60s, the ideas of Ayn Rand and the growing paranoia of the Nixon era, Discordianism gave birth to 'Operation Mind...

19 Juli 202117min

How the death of Ashli Babbit was manipulated by Neo Nazis and the right to fit their political goals. Our guest is Talia Lavin, journalist and author of Culture Warlords: My Journey Into The Dark Web...

18 Juli 202152min

The origin of "Where We Go One We Go All" — the main slogan of the QAnon conspiracy theory movement — is this 1996 Ridley Scott film. It portrays Jeff Bridges leading a band of beautiful boys on a pir...

13 Juli 202116min