The Conspiracy Skeptic

Dr. David D. Perlmutter and Julie Brannan return again to talk about Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day movie. Spoilers ahead!

Dr. David D. Perlmutter and Julie Brannan return to lend their insights into the 2025 conspiracy film Bugonia. This movie has so many references to modern day conspiracy culture, it takes the three of us to unpack!

Dr. David D. Perlmutter gets promoted to the role of acting co-host and Julie Brannan joins us to talk about Apple TV's Pluribus and its more interesting conspiracy and conspiracy adjacent aspects.

My favorite professor of Communications Dr. David D. Perlmutter returns to expand on his idea of low effort conspiracy culture and its infiltration into almost all aspects of our lives with the aid of AI!

Monster Talk's Karen Stollznow returns to talk about her latest book Bitch: The Journey of a Word. How did a word for a female dog come to have such power in North American society?

Gordon Bonnet is an author and skeptical blogger at his Skeptophilia blog. He wrote a couple intersting posts a few years ago about "guru" Carlos Castaneda. He comes on this podcast to talk about his odd and very profitable hoax.

Jerry Drake hat tricks it with a third time on to talk about his new book Hazel was a Good Girl: Solving the Murder that Inspired Twin Peaks. We explore the politics, society, and fashions of the time that led up to her murder and the conspiracy that ensured her killer was never brought to justice.

Your humble podcast host and author is interviewed by regular guest Dr. David D. Perlmutter about the process in creating his Conspiracy Skeptic's Book of Lists.

Your humble podcast host and author is interviewed by regular guest Dr. David D. Perlmutter about the process in creating his Skeptic's Book of Lists series.

Matt Crowley made a big name for himself when he debunked the claims some Bigfoot casts had dermal ridges. He's on Conspiracy Skeptic to talk about that work and ruminate on why anyone would want to cover up the existence of Bigfoot.