Nathan Radke

And there's always a chance maybe our wisdom catches up to our intelligence.

And maybe at some point we use our cleverness to make life better rather than weirder and scarier.

Exactly.

And so the end, I think this is actually kind of an optimistic story.

This is an optimistic segment.

So you're welcome.

Oh, yeah, because stuff brews in water.

And because of climate change, the oceans are warming up.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

I've worked at a bunch of levels.

So every new term, I ask my college students, hey, what conspiracies are you guys interested in?

Not necessarily what they believe in, but just topics they'd be curious to look into.

And it lets me tap into the zeitgeist because, of course, my students are smarter and hipper and faster and cooler and more chronically online than I am.

And this year, it's not the Illuminati, it's not the aliens.

This year, there's a high percentage of mentions having to do with the ocean.

And exactly as you say, you got your sea monsters, you got your Bermuda Triangle.

You got your Atlanteans.

Can't forget the Atlanteans.

And your Lemurians.