October 31, 2023

Down The Raccoon Hole (Deprogramming Conspiracies & Creepy Clown Lore)

1 hour 7 minutes

Down the Raccoon Hole (Deprogramming Conspiracies & Creepy Clown Lore)

Digby is fully lost in a conspiracy rabbit hole. Perry dreams of an earlier interview he did with Mick West about how people get wrapped-up in conspiracies which shakes loose the memory of an underground 'deprogramming' center. The gang trick Digby into a road trip to the deprogramming center by telling him that the location is actually the enemy's secret headquarters.

In This Episode:

We continue to play with our intro sequence

Perry has a dream/nightmare about conspiracy theories

Clips from Perry's interview with Mick West from a couple years ago.

Perry and Mason are creeped out by a security guard dressed as a creepy clown

Digby makes tinfoil hats

Guests (Book links are Amazon Associate links):

Mick West: Science writer, skeptical investigator, retired video game programmer. Author of Escaping the Rabbit Hole: How to Debunk Conspiracy Theories Using Facts, Logic, and Respect. (YouTube) (Twitter) (Website)

Benjamin Radford: Skeptical researcher and author of over a dozen books including Bad Clowns and America the Fearful: Media and the Marketing of National Panics. Co-host of the Squaring the Strange podcast

Brent Lee: Ex-Conspiracy Theorist of 15 yrs and host of the Some Dare Call it Conspiracy podcast. (Twitter) (Patreon)

Featuring voice acting from:

Brooke Jennett of THIRTEEN as Digby

Tucker Bettez of PodCube as Dr. Sphynkyll

Lindsey Reed of Spooky Spouses as the Desk Clerk

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