The New Conspiracist
Conspiracy? Unexplained Correlation? Just a Coincidence? Conspiracy theories are being discussed more than ever. BAFTA award winning comedian Jolyon Rubinstein and Pulitzer prize-winning investigative journalist James Ball are deliberating what makes conspiracy theories believable or rejectable. From who shot JFK to who replaced Melania Trump? James and Jol dive into the silly and the serious world of conspiracies theorists. Every episode joined by expert guests to help them come to a decision, throughout a somewhat unplanned discussion. But let’s face it, the truth is never the best story to tell, so might as well have some fun along the way. Once a week with us not enough? join us in the exclusive Tier 4 Platinum circle to get extra episodes every week, where we’ll be discussing new developments in the world of conspiracies, serving up extended tangents and more. Plus, subscribers get all episodes of New Conspiracist completely ad-free. Visit the New Conspiracist show page on Apple Podcasts and hit ‘try free’ at the top of the page to start your free trial. Or visit NewConspiracist.com to get access wherever you get your podcasts. A Somethin’ Else & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices’
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January 31, 2023 • 1 min
Ever wondered why Tony Soprano’s therapist stuck with him? Why Fleabag is obsessed with sex or why Walter White is always in his underpants? ‘Shrink the Box’ is where actor comedian Ben Bailey Smith and psychotherapist Sasha Bates put their favourite fictional characters such as Shiv from Succession, Omar from the Wire and Ross from Friends on the couch to analyse why their behaviour causes them so much drama. Sasha and Ben explore...
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November 29, 2022 • 1 min
If you could plan your perfect death, what would you do?
If you were getting married you’d consult a wedding planner, who takes you through everything from what music you're walking into, what flowers to buy and who you’re going to invite.
Now change the word “wedding” to “funeral”...
Kathy Burke is the host of the brand new podcast, ‘Where There’s a Will, There’s a Wake’, where she chats to her famous friends about their ...
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November 14, 2022 • 4 mins
Are these the last days of Twitter? That’s what a lot of people are suggesting online. But might Elon Musk purposefully be trying to rid Twitter of all the annoying libs in order to create an Elon utopia? Ever thought about that, annoying libs?
To hear the episode in full head over to www.newconspiracist.com and join the Tier 4 Platinum circle today, or select 'Try Free' on Apple Podcasts. Subscribers get an extra episodes, wher...
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October 31, 2022 • 64 mins
Remember when Bill Gates tried to vaccinate the world against the coronavirus in order to microchip us all? Or was the World Health Organisation trying to alter our DNA? Or make us infertile to control the global population? Whatever the explanation, misinformation and conspiracy theories around the covid vaccine was a huge part of the global pandemic.
In the last episode on the season, the boys are joined by James O’Brien, LBC ho...
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October 24, 2022 • 48 mins
With Halloween just around the corner, we here at New Con HQ are turning our attention to the world of psychic mediums. But the psychic listeners among you already knew that, didn’t you? In a way there’s no point us telling you what’s in the episode because you already know, but we’ll oblige for the non-believers.
The boys are joined by comedian and supernatural on-the-fencer Rachel Fairburn, to discuss the $2bn psychic medium ind...
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October 17, 2022 • 51 mins
In June this year one of the world’s most famous musicians headlined Glastonbury. It was hailed as a history-making set, spanned nearly three hours, and featured iconic Beatles songs, massive pyrotechnics, and guest performers. The organisers of Glastonbury will have you believe this man was Paul McCartney, but was it really?
For over 50 years there has been speculation that the real Paul McCartney died in a car crash and was repl...
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October 10, 2022 • 57 mins
It’s a *Special Topical Episode* this week, as we look at whether Kwasi Kwarteng’s recent mini-budget was done to specifically tank the British economy and make millions for the hedge funds. We know that Kwarteng sipped champagne with various hedge fund managers after his now infamous announcements, which begs the question, were the Tories in bed with the hedge funds all along?
To help unpack this fiscal dilemma, James and Jol are...
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October 3, 2022 • 55 mins
According to some of the religious right, gays want to, among other heinous things, recruit children, dismantle the institutions of family and marriage, and force the entertainment industry and courts systems to do their bidding. Not only this, but they’ve ensnared and tricked straight allies into achieving these aims. Who knew!? The gays, they knew.
To find out if there really is a gay agenda, James and Jol are this week joined b...
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September 26, 2022 • 50 mins
If witty World War II songs are to be believed (and why wouldn’t they be) then Adolf Hitler, one of the twentieth century’s most evil people, spent his entire life wandering around with only one testicle. Indeed, Heinrich Himmler suffered the same fate, Hermann Göring had the full set, but shrunken. And, as the song goes, “Poor old Goebbels had no balls at all!”
But were these high-ranking Nazis really lacking in the testicle depa...
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September 22, 2022 • 1 min
Power, greed, religion and sex: historian Dan Jones brings the drama of medieval history alive through compelling stories, larger-than-life characters and vivid scenes.
In the first season, get to know the most dysfunctional family of the Middle Ages – the Plantagenets – and find out how their scandalous betrayals and bloody politics shaped the world we live in today.
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September 20, 2022 • 51 mins
What links Adele, the Nazis, and Yorkshire theme park Lightwater Valley? That’s right, it’s hollow Earth theory! The Earth’s core is 2,900km below ground, and we humans have only ever dug 12.2km down. So beyond some scientists guessing what’s down there (and what do they know, really) we are none the wiser about what sits at the centre of our world.
James and Jol are this week joined by comedian, poet and podcaster Rob Auton, to d...
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September 12, 2022 • 49 mins
This week’s episode asks a question that over a quarter of Americans believe to be true. That’s right, 1 in 4 Americans believe that Big Pharma; a cabal of evil corporations, dodgy physicians and sneaky regulators, has actually found a cure for cancer, but is keeping schtum to make money. But is this really true?
To separate the truth from the nonsense, this week James and Jol are joined by science writer and broadcaster Kat Arney...
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September 5, 2022 • 61 mins
The British Establishment: benevolent leaders who want the very best for their subjects? Or egotistical, power-hungry maniacs who want nothing more than status and authority? This is what James and Jol are asking in this week’s episode. (No points awarded for guessing Jol’s point of view…)
And who better to join them than premier columnist Marina Hyde, who’s been more or less seeking the answer to this very question in her Guardia...
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August 29, 2022 • 49 mins
After Jimmy Savile’s death in 2011, reports began to emerge that he had sexually abused hundreds of people throughout his life. Savile had been one of the country’s best-known entertainers, a darling of the BBC, commanding audiences of millions on shows like Top of the Pops and Jim’ll Fix It. Surely his criminal activities were known by those close to him? Just how deep did the cover up run?
James and Jol are this week joined by j...
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August 22, 2022 • 51 mins
Whilst James and Jol perspire in London's second heatwave, now seems like the perfect time to revisit Prince Andrew’s infamous 2019 claim that he can’t sweat. And joining the boys this week to dispel fiction from fact is pop sensation Rebecca Lucy Taylor, AKA Self Esteem.
James, Jol and Self Esteem pick apart Prince Andrew’s claim that an overdose of adrenaline from the Falkland’s War means that he is unable to sweat. Is the Duke ...
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August 15, 2022 • 43 mins
As Alex Jones coughs up nearly $50m for defamation of the parents of Sandy Hook victim Jesse Lewes, the time is right for James, Jol and their guest Paul Chowdhry to dip their toe into the fetid waters of 'crisis actors', school shootings and the catch all conspiracy hell that is Infowars.
Expect to hear how Jones became a multi-millionaire conspiracy theorist, what happened in his trial, and Paul's really mean impression of the r...
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August 8, 2022 • 48 mins
The UK’s largest, best funded, and most sinister spy agency, GCHQ are tasked with gathering information and keeping the UK’s communications safe. So obviously Jol and James are asking… Can GCHQ see my nudes? (never shying away from the important questions - ed)
Fittingly, James and Jol are joined this week by Hannah Khalique-Brown, an actor who has played a fledgling GCHQ coder on screen AND written an essay on conspiracy theories...
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August 1, 2022 • 50 mins
Bruce Lee – legendary martial artist, actor and director died on 20 July 1973 at the age of 32 in the middle of filming. Many believe he died in mysterious circumstances.
Some believe he was killed by Chinese gangsters, others that he was assassinated by Shaolin monks and some say that he was poisoned to death.
But one popular theory is that he was killed by the One-Inch Punch (also known as Dim Mak or the Touch of Death).
What ...
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July 25, 2022 • 42 mins
Have you ever noticed how women’s clothes have very few if any pockets?
Is it the fault of ‘big handbag’? The patriarchy? Or do women simply not need to carry things?
In 1954, Christian Dior declared that “Men have pockets to keep things in, women for decoration” but what’s decorative about a pocket? And why has nothing much changed in 70 years?
Feminist campaigner, writer, and fellow podcaster Caroline Criado Perez joins ...
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July 18, 2022 • 60 mins
Did Lee Harvey Oswald act alone in killing JFK? The most widely believed conspiracy theory in America, and the one you've all been waiting for!
Actor, writer, and director David Schneider joins James and Jol to dissect the countless conspiracies surrounding the assassination of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy. You may know David from such TV classics as The Day Today and Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan P...
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