How Did You Interview Camfingers?

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Michael camfingers was in town on a lect toor book tour or something, and he had just been in the news. I think it was the day before the world was supposed to end, so i think they were houled up somewhere in waiting for the chariots to come down. Cause hes, he's dead now, but he predicted at he predicted the end twice, once in 94 and once, i think, in two thousand and 11. And he was even more serious about that time. He was like, tono, this time and there's no mistake. But he, you know, i know you're a psychologist, michael, he's a great

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.