Conspiracy Clearinghouse

By Derek DeWitt

A rather skeptical look at conspiracies and mysteries. Each episode will examine conspiracy theories, most of which are not true, a few of which might be a little bit true and even a couple that turne... more

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September 02, 2020Conspiracy Thinking in Eastern Europe - Because Reasons 3
Episode 14 | Conspiracy Thinking in Eastern Europe - Because Reasons 3
Guest: Mark Baker, Journalist & Travel Writer
The cultural and social impact of conspiracy thinking will differ depending on where it's happening. You have to take into account a country's particular history to gain some understanding as to why people in that place react the way they do to serious theories. The authoritarian past many Eastern Bloc countries suffered through can shed a light on how citizens of those countries react to events, or perceived events.
Journalist and travel writer Mark Baker, who's been writing about this part of Europe for a long time, shares some insights on how citizens of some of these countries react to ideas, and the damage they can cause a civil society. He also shares his personal dislike of the whole conspiracy mindset and how he deals with it all.
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SECTIONS
02:12 - Coronavirus Conspiracies in Bulgaria & Romania - National Mythmaking & the Media
05:56 - Authoritarian Culture Creates a Conspiracy Breeding Ground
07:09 - The 1989 Romanian Revolution - Popular Uprising or Palace Coup?
12:04 - Conspiracy Theories Breed Apathy & Fatalism
17:07 - Facebook, Russian Troll Farms & a Possible Russian Foundational Myth Born of Conspiracy
21:45 - No One Wants to Feel Naive
Music by Fanette Ronjat
NEXT BECAUSE REASONS: Studies & Signals: Insights into the Conspiracy Mindset
PREVIOUS BECAUSE REASONS: True Fictions
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Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt
DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of 2020 Communicator Award of Excellence for Podcasts Series-Corporate Communications and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.
PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER.
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25min
August 19, 2020Mass Hysteria & Shared Delusions - The World Is Weird 2
Episode 13 | Mass Hysteria & Shared Delusions - The World Is Weird 2
Host: Derek DeWitt
Mass hysteria, collective delusions or just people freaking out - whatever you call it, you can't deny that history is filled with reports of people losing it en masse. We'll look at nuns that bite and meow, fainting and twitching schoolchildren, uncontrollable dancing, large scale paranoia, mysterious attacks on windshields and a worldwide epidemic of creepy clown sightings.
SECTIONS
02:14 - Hysteria: Not Just a "Female Problem"
03:41 - Nunsense: Mass Hysteria in Convents - Biting Nuns, Meowing Nuns
05:59 - The Devils of Loudon
09:08 - School Daze: Seizures in Switzerland & Canada, the Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic, Louisiana; Blackburn, England; Twitching in Vinton, Virginia; Portugal's Strawberries with Sugar Outbreak
14:10 - More School Stuff, Conversion Disorder, Somatic Countertransference, Hysterical Contagion
16:01 - Hysterical Contagion: The 1962 June Bug Epidemic
17:11 - Folie à Deux/Trois/Famille/Plusieurs, Folie Imposée/Simultanée, Physical Repercussions of Hysteria
19:27 - Cut a Rug: The Dancing Plague of 1518 & Other Dancing Outbreaks
23:50 - Possible Causes of Uncontrolled Dancing
24:22 - Crowd Control: The Milan Poisoning Scare
28:12 - The Irish Fright
31:04 - Collective Delusions: The Seattle Windshield Pitting Epidemic
33:54 - Mass Hysteria: The Hollinwell Incident
35:49 - Collective Delusion Meets Social Media: The 2016 Clown Sightings
Music by Fanette Ronjat
Hear about the Vampire Panic in Bohemia and Moravia in an episode of our sister podcast, Prague Times: Ghosts in Prague
LAPSUS LINGUAE:
I mispronounce French words all over the place in this episode. Sorry, French speakers.
NEXT WORLS IS WEIRD: October Surprise: Fact or Fiction?
PREVIOUS WORLD IS WEIRD: The Tuskegee Study
Follow us on social for extra goodies:
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube (including some extra videos on the topic)
Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt
DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of 2020 Communicator Award of Excellence for Podcasts Series-Corporate Communications and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.
PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER.
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44min
August 06, 2020 Misinformation & Pattern Recognition - Because Reasons 1
The first in a series of short episodes that looks at some of the reasons why people believe conspiracy theories.
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24min
August 05, 2020 True Fictions - Because Reasons 2
A chat about conspiracy thinking, true believers and debunkers, identity through narratives, tribal signalling, Homo Ludens and, of course, the JFK assassination.
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41min
July 22, 2020 Conspirasaurus Rex - Dino-Mite Theories About the Dinosaurs
What happened to the dinosaurs? Did a meteor wipe them out? Was it volcanoes? Maybe their eggs just sucked. Or they farted themselves to death. Or they never existed at all. Or maybe they never died. Or maaaybe they helped build the pyramids.
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38min
July 08, 2020 Fright Delays - Denver Airport Is the Nexus of Evil
It’s big, it’s unusual and gets folks to thinking. Denver International Airport is more than just the hub for airlines - it’s a magnet for just about every conspiracy theory you can think of.
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26min
June 24, 2020 Now You See It, Now You Don’t - Finland Doesn’t Exist
Finland doesn’t exist. Neither does Australia. Or Beilefeld, Germany. Or birds. It’s hard to tell what’s what in the age of postmodern irony.
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36min
June 17, 2020 Time Cube - Four Is the Loneliest Number
The Earth is a cube, time is a cube, you are a cube - everything’s a cube. One of the wildest theories to ever hit the internet. Burn the marshmallow!
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40min
May 27, 2020 The Lucifer Project(s) - Big Scary in Sky
When you nickname your project ”Lucifer”, you really should expect a lot of theories to crop up about it.
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38min
May 13, 2020 The Tuskegee Study - The World is Weird 1
A 40-year medical study conducted without the subjects’ informed consent or even knowledge? Yes, that actually happened.
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31min

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