We're Back and This Time it's Impersonal

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We're Back and This Time it's Impersonal

FromThe Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy

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Jan 18, 2024

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Josh and M return to the internet airwaves for a little catch-up on news during the podcast's hiatus, as well as some updates on the podcast's near future...

Released:

Jan 18, 2024

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Titles in the series (100)

A humorous and informative analysis of conspiracy theories new and old by Josh Addison and Associate Professor. M R. X. Dentith.

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The Cholera Riots (What the Conspiracy!): Josh elucidates M on the Cholera Riots. — Josh is @monkeyfluids and M is @conspiracism on Twitter You can also contact us at: podcastconspiracy@gmail.com Why not support The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy by donating to our Patreon: https://www.patr... by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
49 min listen
Circling the Void with Aaron Rabinowitz: M chats with Aaron Rabinowitz, of the "Embrace the Void" podcast, about the Better Way Anti-vax conference in the UK, the problem of "them" when it comes to problematic belief in conspiracy theories, and much more beside... Listen to Aaron's podcasts her... by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
104 min listen
(More) Conspiracy Theories in Fiction: Josh and M return once more to the well that is conspiracy theories in fiction. There are a lot of spoilers to that show you probably watched an episode of. You know the one. It ran, what? A season? You probably only saw it on late night TV. Indeed, it r... by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
66 min listen
Dangerous Machinery (Conspiracy Theory Masterpiece Theatre): Josh (for the most part) reviews Ginna Husting and Martin Orr's "Dangerous Machinery: “Conspiracy Theorist” as a Transpersonal Strategy of Exclusion" (Symbolic Interaction, Vol. 30, Issue 2, 2007). — Josh is @monkeyfluids and M is @conspiracism on Twitte... by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
50 min listen
A Visit to the Unusual Suspects: Josh and M wander over to InforWars, Natural News, Veteran's Today, ad David Icke's website to see what is happening. — Josh is @monkeyfluids and M is @conspiracism on Twitter You can also contact us at: podcastconspiracy@gmail.com Why not support The Po... by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
57 min listen
Patron Bonus Episode - Another(?) Interview with M R. X. Dentith: Josh interviews his old university chum, M R. X. Dentith, to get the goss on the 2017 paper they co-authored with Martin Orr. by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
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The Calculus Wars (What the Conspiracy!): M schools Josh in the mud-slinging history of calculus! — Josh is @monkeyfluids and M is @conspiracism on Twitter You can also contact us at: podcastconspiracy@gmail.com Why not support The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy by donating to our Patreon: ... by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
57 min listen
Not the Nine O’Clock News (It’s a podcast; you could be listening to it anytime!): Josh and M do some old: a fullblown news episode! From Somerton Man to Scotland, with a little stop over in... Well, we forget! — Josh is @monkeyfluids and M is @conspiracism on Twitter You can also contact us at: podcastconspiracy@gmail.com Why not supp... by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
54 min listen
Filler Episode!: M is sick and Josh is not, so Josh gives us a sneak preview of what is to come! — Josh is @monkeyfluids and M is @conspiracism on Twitter You can also contact us at: podcastconspiracy@gmail.com Why not support The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy by d... by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
13 min listen
Secrecy and Conspiracy (Conspiracy Theory Masterpiece Theatre): Josh and Brian review the 2017 Episteme article "Secrecy and Conspiracy" by M R. X. Dentith and Martin Orr. by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
69 min listen
Kurtis Hagen’s Conspiracy Theories and the Paranoid Style (Conspiracy Theory Masterpiece Theatre): Josh and M (with terrible audio on M's part) review Kurtis Hagen's "Conspiracy Theories and the Paranoid Style" (Social Epistemology, 2017). — Josh is @monkeyfluids and M is @conspiracism on Twitter You can also contact us at: podcastconspiracy@gmail.com... by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
68 min listen
It’s Another Filler Episode!: M's hectic life in academia got in the way of recording this week, so Josh put together a quick episode to tide you over until next week. There's a Top 10 article, a Top 100 article and more besides! — Josh is @monkeyfluids and M is @conspiracism on Twit... by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
35 min listen
Some Conspiracy Theories of Aotearoa: In kind of a gentle rebuke to David Farrier, Josh and M discuss some of Aotearoa's novel conspiracy theories. — Josh is @monkeyfluids and M is @conspiracism on Twitter You can also contact us at: podcastconspiracy@gmail.com Why not support The Podcaster'... by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
66 min listen
Critical Race Theory with Aaron Rabinowitz: M talks with Aaron Rabinowitz (of "Embrace the Void" and "Philosophers in Space") about Critical Race Theory, a topic Josh seems to not be prepared for... — Josh is @monkeyfluids and M is @conspiracism on Twitter You can also contact us at: podcastconspi... by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
71 min listen
The VECTOR Explosion (What the Conspiracy!): M tells Josh about an incident at a BSL-4 lab back in late 2019. No, not that BSL-4 lab! — Josh is @monkeyfluids and M is @conspiracism on Twitter You can also contact us at: podcastconspiracy@gmail.com Why not support The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspi... by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
48 min listen
An Interview with Kurtis Hagen: M talks with Kurtis Hagen about his new book, "Conspiracy Theories and the Failure of Intellectual Critique" which is about to be published by the University of Michigan Press. — Josh is @monkeyfluids and M is @conspiracism on Twitter You can also contac... by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
84 min listen
M muses on Twitter and Elon Musk via InfoWars: Josh is sick with the novel coronavirus, so M fills in forty minutes talking about free speech, Elon Musk, and trying to remember whatever was the issue with Hunter Biden's laptop... by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
41 min listen
Another Interview with Joe Uscinski: M interviews Professor Joe Uscinski (Miami) about whether or not polling supports the claim belief in conspiracy theories is on the rise. — Josh is @monkeyfluids and M is @conspiracism on Twitter You can also contact us at: podcastconspiracy@gmail.com Wh... by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
50 min listen
The Treaty of 1213: Josh and M discuss how the Pope controls the world via the Treaty of 1213 and secret "Treaty of Verona." — Josh is @monkeyfluids and M is @conspiracism on Twitter You can also contact us at: podcastconspiracy@gmail.com Why not support The Podcaster's Gui... by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
57 min listen
Not the Conspiracy!: M and Josh bid farewell to the "What the Conspiracy!" segment and say "hello again!" to The Podcaster’s Guide to the Conspiracy Grab Bag Cavalcade of Conspiracy Nuggets! That's three exclamation marks in one sentence, so you know this episode will be a r... by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
57 min listen
Josh and M get a new prescription (Back to the Conspiracy): Josh and M revisit 2015's episode on Medical Conspiracies, and finally talk about Tuskegee and the Unfortunate Experiment. — Josh is @monkeyfluids and M is @conspiracism on Twitter You can also contact us at: podcastconspiracy@gmail.com Why not support T... by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
50 min listen
The CIA interferes with Aotearoa: Josh and M discuss a recent article by Murray Horton, over at Covert Action Magazine, about the CIA's purported role in the Māori Loans Affair of the late 1980s. — Josh is @monkeyfluids and M is @conspiracism on Twitter You can also contact us at: podcas... by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
44 min listen
The Death of David Kelly: By audience request, Josh and M look into the death of Dr. David Kelly, the UN weapons inspector who made the UK government look bad, then committed suicide in 2003. Or not, depending on who you listen to. Along the way, we discover a puzzling error in o... by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
58 min listen
Buffalo Bull: Josh and M discuss the recent (at time of recording) racially-motivated mass shooting in the USA: the Buffalo Shooting of May 2022. — Josh is @monkeyfluids and M is @conspiracism on Twitter You can also contact us at: podcastconspiracy@gmail.com Why not ... by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
68 min listen
The Problem of Conspiracism: In this Conspiracy Theory Masterpiece Theatre episode, Brian and Josh take a look at M Dentith's paper "The Problem of Conspiracism". What exactly is the problem of conspiracism, and does it have anything to do with the hordes of zombies descending on Br... by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
43 min listen
Four Tales of CIA Shenanigans (What the Conspiracy!): Sex dolls in Moscow! Vampires in the Philippines! Two other things! Josh lets M in on a few of the weirder things the CIA got up to in the latter half of the 20th Century. — Josh is @monkeyfluids and M is @conspiracism on Twitter You can also contact us ... by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
49 min listen
Coady on Sunstein and Vermeule: Josh and M review David Coady's review of the work of Cass Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule... — Josh is @monkeyfluids and M is @conspiracism on Twitter You can also contact us at: podcastconspiracy@gmail.com Why not support The Podcaster's Guide to the Cons... by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
50 min listen
Three Potential Russian Spies (What the Conspiracy!): Josh tells M about three potential Russian spies in this episode of "What the Conspiracy!" — Josh is @monkeyfluids and M is @conspiracism on Twitter You can also contact us at: podcastconspiracy@gmail.com Why not support The Podcaster's Guide to the Cons... by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
41 min listen
The Podcasters Who Cried Naomi Wolf (Back to the Conspiracy): Join Josh and M as they update you all on the trials and tribulations of Dr. Naomi Wolf! by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
47 min listen
The Uber Files: The Uber Files told us a bunch of things about Uber that we probably assumed already, but it's nice to know for sure. M and Josh take a look into some of the company's dodgy dealings. — Josh is @monkeyfluids and M is @conspiracism on Twitter You can also... by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
61 min listen

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Who Dares Call it Conspiracy? (Conspiracy Theory Masterpiece Theatre): Time for some psychological experimentation, as we look at Michael J. Wood's Some Dare Call It Conspiracy: Labeling Something a Conspiracy Theory Does Not Reduce Belief in It. In addition, Josh eats his dinner over the course of the entire recording ... by The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy
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We're Back and This Time it's Impersonal

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