You can also watch this podcast about right wing brainwashing tactics leaving the cult behind on youtube.
You know what drives me up a wall? When people call conspiracy theorists stupid or crazy.
Sure, some of them can come across as off the wall bonkers. Stage 5 clingers if you will. But truth be told?
There’s a lot of normal people that got caught up in conspiracy theory / right-wing garbage.
Case in point—my guest’s father.
Jen Senko’s father grew up a liberal. But over time we became addicted to right-wing radio (and coincidentally right-wing outrage.)
Her documentary, The Brainwashing of My Dad, is an incredible sneak-peak into how right-wing conspiracy grifters operate. This documentary goes as far as the John Birch society in the 1950’s.
The John Birch Society played heavily into the anti-communism fears in the 1950’s. As well as starting up conspiracy theories about a global one-world government, and on and on.
Here are some of the things we talk about on the podcast
Guest Bio & Links
https://www.thebrainwashingofmydad.com/
Jen Senko’s book on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Brainwashing-My-Dad-Right-Wing-Nation_And/dp/1728239591
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