EP46 : Part 2 : A Conspiracy Does Not a Theory Make (feat. Arun Gupta) - a podcast by Giving the Mic to the Wrong Person

Part 2 of our talk with Arun Gupta(@arunindy) continues on dissecting "conspiracy" from "conspiracy theory."

We cover: Trump, conspiracy theory as campaign strategy, the Bundys in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, dealing with Trump supporters, Qanon as a source of power for the disconnected, how to handle high school reunions, explaining is not excusing, 9/11 Truthers and how Truther theories mutate, and what happens when Establishment media is compelled to do Cletus Safaris.
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Check out Part 1 here: https://soundcloud.com/givingthemic/ep46-conspiracy-just-like-a-theory-part-1-feat-corey-pein-arun-gupta
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Recs:
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-Kim Moody's _From Welfare State to Real Estate_
-The Disinformation Guides
-Lefttube (e.g. ContraPoints, HBomberguy, Philosophy Tube, Peter Coffin, Lindsay Ellis)
-Octave pedals
-Giovanni Arrighi & Beverly J Silver's _Chaos and Governance in the Modern World System_
-Giovanni Arrighi's _The Long Twentieth Century: Money, Power and the Origins of Our Times_
-Alex Rosenberg's _How History Gets Things Wrong: The Neuroscience of Our Addiction to Stories_
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-Here's Corey's Baffler essay on conspiracy theorists as shitty detectives: https://thebaffler.com/magical-thinking/protocols-moron-pein

-Arun's examination of George HW Bush's role in Iran-Contra: https://theintercept.com/2018/12/07/george-h-w-bush-iran-contra/

-Corey's book: Live Work Work Work Die: A Journey to the Savage Heart of Silicon Valley http://liveworkworkworkdie.com/

-Contribute to Corey Pein's patreon and get his podcast News From Nowhere: https://www.patreon.com/newsfromnowhere

-Support independent journalism and Arun Gupta's patreon: https://www.patreon.com/arunguptareporter
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