The Paranoid Strain

The Paranoid Strain

The podcast that explains why so many people believe ridiculous conspiracy theories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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April 23, 2024 37 mins
Somehow, we're still talking about Ancient Aliens, This time, we're continuing with our examination of Philip Coppens' work in this area. We consider his best arguments for the idea, find them wanting, and then tear apart the crystal skull and metal library nonsense. Come on along. It's a good time. See you in two weeks.

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Don't let our title fool you. We haven't gone soft on the horsefeathers that is Ancient Aliens theory. But in this episode, we do find the best, most rigorous book on the topic written by an enthusiast, try to give him the benefit of the doubt, and then realize that his worldview is still fatally flawed. Plus, we talk strawmen versus steelmen arguments. Fun is had by all!

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Episode 4 is all up in that Basque. Ok, so that joke deson't work. But the episode does! Learn why von Daniken acolyte Nick Redfern is pretty sure the Basque people of Northern Spain and Southern France are totes aliens, you guys. Oh, and if you have a "negative" instead of a "positive" blood type--guess what? You're an ET, too. Come explore this very dumb idea with us.

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We're still digging down into the Erich von Daniken rabbit hole, touching on some other authors who have followed EvD's lead in speculating about the extrarrestrial origins of the stories underpinning Judaism and Christianity. In other words, you're about to learn why Jesus isn't just your co-pilot--he's in charge of the whole goddanged UFO. Also, we'll learn why a trained Christian minister has spent the past fifty years or so exp...

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Introductions done, we dive into our first subject in this grand UFO series--that is, Ancient Aliens and the man most responsible for bringing them to us, Erich Von Daniken. In addition to being a hilariously self-regarding fabulist, EVD is also just a very weird dude with quite a checkered legal past. We get into all of that, as well von Daniken's extremely weird inter-stellar sex orgy theory of space exploration. It's nice to be ...

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Seems like we've been promising this for ages, but it's finally here. Welcome to our next (very) long series, which we've called "Unidentified", because we think it's a cool name, but also because if we just called it "UFOs", or something, we'd be selling our ambition short. Yes, we're going to cover all of the standard "are aliens visiting us" stuff--abductions, ancient aliens, Roswell, and seemingly a million other topics. But we...

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January 30, 2024 34 mins
And here's the second part of our rundown of the Paul is Dead musical conspiracy theory. In this episode, we consider the long-term implications of this brief mania, as well as the modern conspiracists who just won't let it go. UFOs start in two weeks.

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January 16, 2024 31 mins
We're back! But we're not doing UFOs yet. First, we're doing a two-parter on one of the most famous music-related conspiracies in modern history--that is, the sudden mania that gripped The Beatles fandom, who for very confusing reasons in 1969 started thinking that Paul McCartney had secretly died and been replaced with a doppelganger, whose voice also somehow was a dead ringer for the tragically dead young genius. This whole thing...

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January 2, 2024 44 mins

To keep you company while we work on new content, we're breaking apart one of our classic episodes into digestible chunks. Enjoy one of our personal favorite episodes, and we'll be back with you in the new year with great new stuff.


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December 26, 2023 40 mins

To keep you company while we work on new content, we're breaking apart one of our classic episodes into digestible chunks. Enjoy one of our personal favorite episodes, and we'll be back with you in the new year with great new stuff.


www.theparanoidstrain

facebook.com/groups/theparanoidstrain

theparanoidstrain at gmail

patreon.com/theparanoidstrain



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December 19, 2023 33 mins

To keep you company while we work on new content, we're breaking apart one of our classic episodes into digestible chunks. Enjoy one of our personal favorite episodes, and we'll be back with you in the new year with great new stuff.


www.theparanoidstrain

facebook.com/groups/theparanoidstrain

theparanoidstrain at gmail

patreon.com/theparanoidstrain



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December 12, 2023 25 mins

To keep you company while we work on new content, we're breaking apart one of our classic episodes into digestible chunks. Enjoy one of our personal favorite episodes, and we'll be back with you in the new year with great new stuff.


www.theparanoidstrain

facebook.com/groups/theparanoidstrain

theparanoidstrain at gmail

patreon.com/theparanoidstrain



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December 5, 2023 28 mins

To keep you company while we work on new content, we're breaking apart one of our classic episodes into digestible chunks. Enjoy one of our personal favorite episodes, and we'll be back with you in the new year with great new stuff.


www.theparanoidstrain

facebook.com/groups/theparanoidstrain

theparanoidstrain at gmail

patreon.com/theparanoidstrain



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November 28, 2023 36 mins

To keep you company while we work on new content, we're breaking apart one of our classic episodes into digestible chunks. Enjoy one of our personal favorite episodes, and we'll be back with you in the new year with great new stuff.


www.theparanoidstrain

facebook.com/groups/theparanoidstrain

theparanoidstrain at gmail

patreon.com/theparanoidstrain




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November 16, 2023 111 mins

They're finally here! The big, huge files that taken together make up the full Qanon series. There are seven in total, Collect them all!


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November 15, 2023 137 mins

They're finally here! The big, huge files that taken together make up the full Qanon series. There are seven in total, Collect them all!


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November 14, 2023 162 mins

They're finally here! The big, huge files that taken together make up the full Qanon series. There are seven in total, Collect them all!


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November 10, 2023 150 mins

They're finally here! The big, huge files that taken together make up the full Qanon series. There are seven in total, Collect them all!


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November 9, 2023 185 mins

They're finally here! The big, huge files that taken together make up the full Qanon series. There are seven in total, Collect them all!


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November 8, 2023 152 mins

They're finally here! The big, huge files that taken together make up the full Qanon series. There are seven in total, Collect them all!


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