On October 4th FEMA, in conjunction with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA). For those of us in the normie world, this is a dull bureaucratic event. But conspiracists, it’s something much more — a potentially catastrophic event. One that will spread illness and disease that may even transform people into zombies. In this episode, we dive into the conspirituality gurus who started this bonkers rumor, how it borrowed from earlier conspiracy theories, and how it took a life on its own among online conspiracists. REFERENCES FEMA and FCC Plan Nationwide Emergency Alert Test for Oct. 4, 2023 https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20230803/fema-and-fcc-plan-nationwide-emergency-alert-test-oct-4-2023 What are the ingredients of Pfizer’s covid-19 vaccine? https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/09/1013538/what-are-the-ingredients-of-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine/ Jim Bakker Is Now Using His End Times Broadcast to Warn About Zombies https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/jim-bakker-is-now-using-his-end-times-broadcast-to-warn-about-zombies/ Chromosome 1p36 deletion syndrome https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/medgen/334629 Zombie Apocalypse: Can the Undead Teach the Living How to Survive an Emergency? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4612174/ Pfizer vaccine does not contain graphene oxide https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-430816913228 If It Sounds Like a Quack...: A Journey to the Fringes of American Medicine by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling