Exploring Conspiracy Event Implications

That’s Happened (What’s Being Called the "Tariff Scandal")1. Use of Emergency Powers (IEEPA)In early to mid-2025, Trump invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to unilaterally impose broad "reciprocal" tariffs—including a universal 10% tariff in April and expanded measures in August—on a wide range of imports, citing trade imbalances and the fentanyl crisis as national emergencies.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

3 Sep 3min

“Welcome to Sanity Is a Spectrum, where we challenge the myths, remix the narratives, and speak truth to the systems that define—and confine—our minds. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

3 Sep 3min

Hypocrisy as Fuel: The Paradox Engine of Outrage Culture, the machinery of viral escalation, hypocrisy isn’t a glitch—it’s a feature. It doesn’t slow outrage down; it accelerates it. Let’s break down how hypocrisy becomes high-octane fuel in the outrage economy:Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

2 Sep 2min

Cynicism doesn’t arrive uninvited—it grows in the gap between aspiration and contradiction. Movements built on visions of justice, solidarity, or radical transformation often shine brightest at their inception. But when those same spaces fracture into internal feuds, gatekeeping, and ideological purity tests, the glow dims. To outsiders, the promise of collective liberation begins to look performative. The message may still speak of unity, but the practice reveals division. And in that dissonance, cynicism finds fertile ground.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

2 Sep 3min

The Outrage Ladder: How Viral Claims Hijack Reason and Rewrite Policy. Let’s break down the anatomy of how a single viral claim can climb the “Outrage Ladder”—from blurry screenshot to legislative impact—before facts even get a chance to breathe. This isn’t just about misinformation. It’s about how emotion becomes infrastructure.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

2 Sep 3min

Purity as a Double-Edged Ideal The pursuit of purity often begins as a noble ambition: clarity of values, integrity of action, and resistance to corruption. But purity is fragile—it quickly becomes rigid.Moral Absolutism: Communities start enforcing strict boundaries of who is “in” and who is “out.”Exile of the Imperfect: Allies who diverge even slightly are treated as traitors. “You’re either fully aligned, or you’re the enemy.”Weaponization: Purity tests shift from principles to power tools, reinforcing hierarchies within movements.What starts as a way to protect solidarity ends up undermining it.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

2 Sep 3min

Receipts vs Rhetoric”—not just as a poetic segment, but as a framework for unpacking how outrage, proof, and performance shape belonging in digital and activist spaces.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

2 Sep 6min

The normalization of disinformation refers to the process by which false, misleading, or manipulative information shifts from being perceived as shocking, unacceptable, or fringe into something that is treated as ordinary, expected, and even mainstream. Over time, repeated exposure and amplification dull people’s critical reactions, making disinformation part of everyday discourse.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

2 Sep 2min