WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Episode 1449 - The United States of Conspiracy w/ Robert Guffey

Jul 3, 2023

01:50:05

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Age of Radicalization

3min

The Problem With Radicalization

2min

The Jerusalem Syndrome

2min

The Role of Facts in a Conspiracy Theory

2min

The Apocalypse Culture

2min

The Prescience of Military Phenomenon

4min

The Evolution of the Conspiracy Theory Organism

2min

The Mystical Toponomy

2min

10.

Secret Societies and Psychological Warfare

4min

11.

The Origins of the Illuminati

2min

12.

The Secret Society of the Illuminati

2min

13.

The Freemasons and the Illuminati

3min

14.

The Purpose of Freemasonry

2min

15.

The Importance of Ritual and Freemasonry

2min

16.

Wise Hop: A Jew

2min

17.

The Importance of Truth in Disinformation Campaigns

5min

18.

The Curse of Baphamay

2min

19.

The Man Who Would Be King

2min

20.

The Masonic Assassination of Michael Hoffman

2min

21.

The Importance of Perception in History

2min

22.

The Hoaxing Flipping Phenomenon

2min

23.

The Anti-Semitic Trope

2min

24.

The Origin Myth of American Fascism

2min

25.

The Masters of the World

2min

26.

The Rise and Fall of Ron Hubbard

2min

27.

The Importance of Ego

2min

28.

The Idle Warriors

2min

29.

Robert Anton Wilson and the Illuminati

2min

30.

The Illuminati and the Unseen Hand

2min

31.

The Importance of Conspiracy Theory

2min

32.

The Problem With Ceremonial Magic

2min

33.

The Origins of Q and On

3min

34.

The Importance of Adrenochrome in Fear and Loneliness

2min

35.

The Dark Side of Ayahuasca

2min

36.

The Myth of Trump

3min

37.

The Paradox of Anti-Semitism in the Christian World

1min

38.

The Origins of QAnon

3min

39.

Anton LaVey and the Temple of Set

2min

40.

Aquino's Mind War

3min

41.

The QAnon Community Goes Wild in Mind War

2min

42.

The Rear Raken America Tour

2min

43.

The Origin Myth of Modern American Fascism

2min

44.

The Deep State and the QTubers

3min

45.

QAnon: The Anti-Vaxx Movement

2min

46.

The MAGA, QAnon, and Mike Pence Coup

2min

47.

The Silent Civil War

2min

48.

The Strength of QAnons

2min

49.

The Impossible Foods: Making Meat History

3min

50.

The Design of Social Media

5min

Marc admits to a certain amount of conspiracy-driven paranoia when he was younger, which gives him a unique vantage point to observe the conspiracy theories shaking our culture. Conspiracy scholar Robert Guffey joins Marc to talk about the origins of modern conspiracy theories. What is the Illuminati? Why is Freemasonry central to so many conspiracies? How do cultural icons like Rudyard Kipling, John Huston and Steven Spielberg factor into the spread of conspiracy thinking? And how did Qanon grab hold of the fevered conspiratorial mind?

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