Conspiracy Consultants

Conspiracy Consultants

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Conspiracy Consultants episodes

  • Labubus are Possessed by Demons with Jamie Macrae
    Is that creepy little plush on your feed secretly sowing chaos? Michelle and guest-host Jamie dive into the Labubu craze. Are they designer collectibles? Demonic vessels? A marketing scheme gone too far? Possibly all of the above. Together they trace how a doll went from niche art toy to status symbol to alleged agent of supernatural chaos, with people ceremoniously burning them over a bonfire. Along the way there are existential spirals about AI, cursed objects and satanic panics - and a dive into what it means to make a deal with a demon.

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    51 min
  • Marilyn Monroe was Murdered with Dr. Leila Nashef
    The mythology of Marilyn Monroe persists - not through her voice, but through the stories we keep telling about her, long after she lost the chance to tell her own. Join Michelle and her guest, Dr. Leila Nashef, as they dive into one of Hollywood’s most enduring mysteries: was Marilyn Monroe murdered? In this episode of the Conspiracy Consultants, the pair unpack not just the tangled theories - Kennedys, cover-ups, and UFOs - but the woman behind the myth. Equal parts humour, heartbreak, and sharp feminist insight, they peel back the layers of Marilyn’s life, her image, and what it means to be the “perfect victim.”

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    1 hr 10 min
  • The Earth is Flat
    What if the world really is flat - and we’ve just been too round-minded to see it? In the season finale, Michelle and Anna spiral through the flat-earth theory, from biblical domes and Antarctic ice walls to penguin billionaires guarding the planet’s oil. It’s a dizzying mix of bad physics, big faith, and brain-cell attrition as the consultants try to find the edge… without falling off it.

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    1 hr 7 min
  • The Moon Landing is Fake (Part 2)
    What starts as a fake moon landing quickly spirals into faking a trip to Mars. In part two, Michelle and Anna put the finishing touches on their DIY space hoax - from Styrofoam craters and gold spacesuits to Elon Musk’s interplanetary ego. As their 'mission' careens from cost-cutting chaos to existential dread, they ask the only question that matters: if we faked the moon landing so well, why stop there?

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    1 hr 7 min
  • The Moon Landing is Fake (Part 1)
    The moon landing: one small step for man, one giant leap for conspiracy theories. Michelle and Anna tackle the granddaddy of them all: was Apollo 11 a triumph of science or a very expensive piece of theatre? As they weigh Kubrick’s camera angles, NASA’s budget, and the odds of keeping 400,000 people quiet, the consultants get to the heart of why this story refuses to come back down to Earth.

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    56 min
  • The Internet is Dead
    What if the internet died years ago and no one told us (or invited us to the funeral)? This week, Michelle and Anna wade into Dead Internet Theory, where bots outnumber people, click farms run the show, and Jesus might be a shrimp. Between horny algorithms and zombie feeds, they ask: if the web’s gone soulless, are we just ghosts haunting it?

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    56 min
  • Elvis is Alive (Part 2)
    In part two of the great Elvis investigation, Michelle and Anna dive deep into the afterlives of the King - did you know he was a gardener, a pastor and an extra in Home Alone? What starts as a hunt for hidden identities unravels into a tale of witness protection, mob informants, and our collective refusal to let Elvis go. If Elvis really did fake his exit, was it by choice - or by necessity?

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    1 hr
  • Elvis is Alive (Part 1)
    Elvis has left the building - or has he? In the first half of this two-part Conspiracy Consultants special, Michelle and Anna tackle the king-sized theory that Elvis Presley faked his own death and spent decades living under the radar. From twin-swapping doppelgängers and wax-body rumours to a crash course in how (not) to fake your own death, they unravel how myth, money, and a touch of madness turned Elvis into the ultimate free-range celebrity. It’s all sequins, suspicion, and a healthy dose of “if he really did it, where’s he been hiding the whole time?”

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    1 hr 8 min
  • Bill Gates is Microchipping Us
    Was Bill Gates really trying to microchip us all? Michelle and Anna crack open one of the internet’s most viral pandemic conspiracies (and immediately wish they hadn’t). From Facebook posts by self-appointed experts to the logistics of cramming a chip the size of a grain of rice into a vaccine needle, they unravel how a mix of fear, science, and boredom made this theory stick. Along the way, they debate vaccine scars, pet trackers, and whether the real conspiracy is that we already bought our own tracking devices - our phones. It's not all bad though, there's some comfort in the idea that if we were microchipped, at least someone could find us when we get lost in Tesco.

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    1 hr 11 min
  • Conspiracy Consultants: Season 1 Trailer

    Introducing the Conspiracy Consultants podcast. Join Anna and Michelle as they unpick your favourite conspiracy theories and see what it would take to make them a reality. First episode available 22 April 2024.



    Co-Hosted by Michelle Barnette and Anna Ryder

    Edited and Produced by Michelle Barnette

    Concept Originated and Development Produced by Chris Harding for Whale Song Media

    Music by Nicole Johnson

    Artwork by Luke Galloway

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    2 min

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Ever heard a conspiracy theory so wild you couldn’t help but ask - who’s pulling the strings, what would it take, and could anyone actually make it happen? Michelle has, and she’s bringing her…