i think we have this kind of folk psychology that, you know, there's a essence to a person, and the one worst thing they ever did is how we defined them. But can't he be a petipile and also a fund aser? He he did not raise money for charities. That's a good thing. He did these bad things. You know, he can have more than one side. It loksike otherthing in addition. And i think he thought that, i think he probably did carry some sense of, it's impossible to know, but my supposition is he carried some weight of guilt about what he was doing behind the scenes. I've noticed
Shermer and Theroux discuss: how documentary films are made • religious fanaticism and why people believe • UFO cults, end-times sects, and cognitive dissonance • Scientology: religion or cult? • neo-Nazis and anti-Semitism • prisons, pornography, and prostitution • Jeffrey Epstein and Jimmy Savile • self-help movements and gurus • deception and self-deception • social proof and human conformity • are humans naturally rational, irrational, or both?
Louis Theroux is a genre-defining documentary filmmaker best known for his explorations of controversial and complex topics. Using a gentle questioning style and an informal approach, Louis has shone light on intriguing beliefs, behaviors, and institutions by getting to know the people at the heart of them — from the officers and inmates at San Quentin prison to the extreme believers of the Westboro Baptist Church; from male porn performers in California to young women with eating disorders in London.