The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy

Another M-less episode, as Josh entertains us with the tale of the Zircon Affair, a British controversy involving some very British names. Not to mention Space Shuttles, NASA, the NSA, the GCHQ, the BBC, the PAC and the threat of a D-notice or two. Also: watch Lifeforce (1985) - it's spectacular.

M's not available this week, so Josh takes a look at an oldy but a goody - honest to goodness cattle mutilations. Once a staple of UFO lore, they haven't had much press lately until they unexpectedly did. What's really behind this phenomenon? Why cows? Is this just an pretext to say "anus and genitals" more often than we usually do in this podcast? These and other questions will go unanswered.

We're taking another look at the conspiracy theories around the assassination of JFK, just like it was 2014 all over again. Or possibly just like it was 1963 all over again. Time travel is involved, definitely. Also, squid penises for some reason. — You can contact us at: podcastconspiracy@gmail.com Why not support The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy by donating to our Patreon: https://www.pat...

Josh and M review Glenn Y. Bezalel's "Conspiracy Theories and Religion: Reframing Conspiracy Theories as Bliks” which appeared in Episteme in 2019. — You can contact us at: podcastconspiracy@gmail.com Why not support The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy by donating to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/podcastersguidetotheconspiracy or Podbean crowdfunding? http://www.podbean.com/patron/crowd...

M and Josh discuss the Thule Society, the Vril Societies, and... Kerry Thornley! — You can contact us at: podcastconspiracy@gmail.com Why not support  The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy  by donating to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/podcastersguidetotheconspiracy or Podbean crowdfunding? http://www.podbean.com/patron/crowdfund/profile/id/muv5b-79

Josh and M revisit both episode 29 and 191, as they revisit the space race and the most important question of all time: does the Moon actually exist? — You can contact us at: podcastconspiracy@gmail.com Why not support  The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy  by donating to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/podcastersguidetotheconspiracy or Podbean crowdfunding? http://www.podbean.co...

Aha! The wheel has come full circle and the shoe is now on the other foot - Josh is recording a filler episode, as this week's recording schedule was disrupted by events outside our control. Without M to break the monotony of his own voice, Josh resorts to podcast recommendations and currents events in an attempt to keep things interesting. Such is life.

Josh and M review Lee Basham's "Joining the Conspiracy" (Argumenta, 2018). — You can contact us at: podcastconspiracy@gmail.com Why not support  The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy  by donating to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/podcastersguidetotheconspiracy or Podbean crowdfunding? http://www.podbean.com/patron/crowdfund/profile/id/muv5b-79

Josh and M look at the TikTok claim that Rome isn't real, and this thing turns out to go all the way back to either the Jesuits or the Benedictines (depending on who you trust)... — You can contact us at: podcastconspiracy@gmail.com Why not support  The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy  by donating to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/podcastersguidetotheconspiracy or Podbean crowd...

Josh and M revisit episode 13, and finally give a potted history to the real Bavarian Illuminati... — You can contact us at: podcastconspiracy@gmail.com Why not support  The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy  by donating to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/podcastersguidetotheconspiracy or Podbean crowdfunding? http://www.podbean.com/patron/crowdfund/profile/id/muv5b-79

M talks about whether they should talk about Alex Jones' sex life...

M tries something whilst Josh is away, to no avail...

Josh is away so David Icke and Alex Jones must play! — You can contact us at: podcastconspiracy@gmail.com Why not support  The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy  by donating to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/podcastersguidetotheconspiracy or Podbean crowdfunding? http://www.podbean.com/patron/crowdfund/profile/id/muv5b-79

Josh regales M with the story of history's first historian, auto-biographer, and rhetorician, the Priestess Enheduanna... — You can contact us at: podcastconspiracy@gmail.com Why not support  The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy  by donating to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/podcastersguidetotheconspiracy or Podbean crowdfunding? http://www.podbean.com/patron/crowdfund/profile/i...

It's the end of the year, so it's a year in review episode, just like every other podcast does! We're not proud. — On Twitter, Josh is @monkeyfluids and M is @conspiracism On Mastodon, M is @conspiracism@scholar.social and Josh is @monkeyfluids@mstdn.social   You can also contact us at: podcastconspiracy@gmail.com Why not support  The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy  by donating...

Well? What *is* epistemically wrong with conspiracy theories then, hmm? Tell us, if you're so smart. No? Well then we'll have to see what Dr. Keith Harris has to say on the matter in an episode of Conspiracy Theory Masterpiece (or is it?) Theatre. — On Twitter, Josh is @monkeyfluids and M is @conspiracism On Mastodon, M is @conspiracism@scholar.social and Josh is @monkeyfluids@mstdn.social  ...

M interviews Dr. David G. Robertson, Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at the Open University, and a fellow conspiracy theory theorist! — 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.patreon.com/podcastersguidetotheconspir...

It's Back to the Conspiracy time, as Josh and M travel back to 2014 to revisit #gamergate, then go on to look at everything that flowed from it. It's almost inspiring to see how far a little hashtag has come, only it isn't. — 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...

M interviews Matt Shields, an assistant professor at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. Matt is the author of "Rethinking conspiracy theories" (Synthese, 2022) and "Conceptual Engineering, Conceptual Domination, and the Case of Conspiracy Theories" Social Epistemology, forthcoming). — Josh is @monkeyfluids and M is @conspiracism on Twitter You can also contact us at: podcastconspiracy@...

Josh looks at M and Brian's jointly-authored "The Applied Epistemology of Conspiracy Theories", accompanied by Aaron Rabinowitz of the "Embrace the Void" podcast.  — On Twitter, Josh is @monkeyfluids and M is @conspiracism On Mastodon, M is @conspiracism@scholar.social and Josh is @monkeyfluids@mstdn.social   You can also contact us at: podcastconspiracy@gmail.com Why not support  T...

Ah, listicles - the lowest form of low-effort content. Except, of course, for the content that consists of reading out listicles and reacting to them. And that's just what M and Josh are up to this week, when they're not discussing X-rated autocorrect fails or X-rated VPN fails! You're welcome. — Josh is @monkeyfluids and M is @conspiracism on Twitter You can also contact us at: podcastconspiracy@...

What's more Halloween-y than death? A celebrity death-focussed episode of the Podcaster's Guide to 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 Conspiracy  by donating to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/podcastersguidetotheconspiracy or Podbean crowdfund...

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 our own reporting of the event from years ago - an error we could have edited out to make ourselves look better, but we're above such deceptions. O...

M interviews Julia Duetz, author of "Conspiracy Theories are Not Beliefs" (Erkenntnis), and the forthcoming coming paper "What does it mean for a conspiracy theory to be a 'theory?'" (Social Epistemology). — 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...

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 Brian's position? No, you're right, probably not. — Josh is @monkeyfluids and M is @conspiracism on Twitter You can also contact us at: podcastconsp...