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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