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Episode 58: Peter Bergen – Kirkpatrick, UFOs, and the Pentagon
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America, a professor of practice at Arizona State University, and the host ...
Episode 57: Alex Dietrich, Clouds, Critical Thinking, and UFOs
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Dietrich served a 20-year career as a Naval officer and fighter pilot with two combat deployments. She was also deployed to Afghanistan as an Inf...
Episode 56: Robert Bartholomew – Havana Syndrome and Mass Psychogenic Illness
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Bartholomew has a PhD in Medical Sociology, and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychological Medicine at the University of...
Episode 55 – Professor Avi Loeb: The Galileo Project
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is a University professor doing investigating UFOs? Professor Avi Loeb of Harvard University heads the Galileo Project, which seeks (in part) t...
Episode 54 – Mia Bloom and Sophia Moskalenko: Pastels and Pedophiles
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mia Bloom is Professor of Communication at Georgia State University with a PhD in political science from Columbia University. Sophia Moskalenko is a r...
Episode 53 – Jason Colavito – UFOs and the Invisible College, How Did We Get Here?
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Colavito is an author and journalist with a focus on “alternative archeology” and, more recently, the UFO cultural phenomenon. In May 2021, ...
Episode 52 – Luis Elizondo – UFOs, UAPs, AATIP, and TTSA
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Luis Elizondo is a former senior intelligence official, a disclosure advocate, a national security expert, and the former director of the Pentagon’...
Episode 51 – Michael: Post Inauguration QAnon Catchup
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Michael is a “follower” of Q, in what is commonly known as the QAnon conspiracy theory. I first talked to him one year ago, February 2020. We met ...
Episode 50 – Alex: Raised by Conspiracy Theorists
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alex was raised by conspiracy theorists. This makes him different from most people who end up down the rabbit hole in that assuming nefarious plots we...
Episode 49 – Georgina: A QAnon Friend in the UK
07 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
QAnon is a very American conspiracy theory, focussing upon a supposed plan by a mysterious entity named ‘Q’ who was working with Donald Trump to r...
Episode 48 – Accidentally Dating a Conspiracy Theorist
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week thought all was well when she started dating a handsome intelligent man. But then a few things he said, particularly about “the J...
Episode 47: Sarah – Conspiracy Casualty
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah’s ex-partner seemed like a normal person, but a few years ago he discovered conspiracy theory videos. Starting with claims that the Moon Landi...
Episode 46: Ryan – Growing Out Of 9/11
29 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan became a conspiracy theorist at age 15. He spent five years solidly down the 9/11 conspiracy rabbit hole, believing that the World Trade Center b...
Episode 45: Brandon Fugal: The Owner of Skinwalker Ranch
30 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Brandon Fugal is a prominent business leader based in Utah and is the current owner of the mysterious Skinwalker Ranch, which is the focus of a wide v...
Episode 44: Steven Hassan – Cults and Conspiracies
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Steven Hassan is an expert on cults. A former high ranking member of the Unification Church, aka the “Moonies”, he’s been helping people escape ...
Episode 43 – Tim McMillan: The Challenges of UFO Investigations
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Investigating UFOs presents a number of challenges, many of which are not immediately obvious, but swiftly rear up to impede progress. There are strai...
Episode 42 – Flat Earth and Coronavirus
19 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Does a Flat Earther react to world events differently to other people? When you think the world is flat, then you think that the mainstream view of th...
Episode 41 – Johnny Orbital: Former Flat Earther, Now a Science Advocate
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Johnny Orbital is a rare breed – a former genuine believer in the Flat Earth theory who is willing to talk about his experience. When I was writing ...
Episode 40 – Jeremy Rys: Alien Science and 9/11 Conspiracy Theories
22 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jeremy Rys has gone by “Alien Scientist” for over ten years. His primary interest is in independently researching exotic technology like anti-grav...
Episode 39 – DJ Thermal Detonator: 9/11 History and Change
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
DJ Thermal Detonator was heavily involved in the Los Angeles 9/11 Truth scene in the late 2000s. At that time, local activism centered around the We A...
Episode 38 – Michael: Part 2: QAnon and Predictions
09 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this second part of my chat with UFO experiencer Michael, we talk about his interest in the QAnon theory. He firmly believes we are on the verge of...
Episode 37 – Michael: Part 1: UFOs and Alien Encounters
09 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Michael posts on Twitter as “UFO Today”. For most of his life, he’s had experiences that seem to him to be some kind of alien visitors. We talk ...
Episode 36 – Gary Voorhis: Tic-Tac UFO Witness
21 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Voorhis was a computer technician on the USS Princeton during the 2004 "Tic-Tac" UFO incident (commonly referred to as the "Nimitz Incident" afte...
Episode 35 – Mike Santangelo: 9/11 Truth vs. B.S.
18 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mike is a member of the 9/11 Truth community. He thinks there might have been explosives used on 9/11 to cause the collapse of the World Trade Center ...
Episode 34 – Stian Arnesen: Debunking, Censorship, 9/11, and UFOs
11 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stian is someone who has been quite deeply involved in the 9/11 Truth community and the UFO community. He also just read my book: Escaping the Rabbit ...
Episode 33 – Anthony Magnabosco: Street Epistemology and Conspiracy Theories
04 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony Magnabosco is the most well-known practitioner of the craft of “Street Epistemology”, which he defines as: “a dialog where you use quest...
Episode 31: Professor Elizabeth Loftus – Memory and Conspiracy
18 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Loftus is an expert on memory. We discuss how that sometimes relates to the world of conspiracy theories.
Episode 30: Tom – 9/11 Why We Believe and Change
14 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tom has dabbled in a few conspiracy theories over the years, and still thinks there are some significant questions that have never been answered about...
Episode 29: Geoff – Everything is a Hoax, The Earth Might Be Flat
08 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Geoff says that six years ago he was “as normal as everyone else,” but when he was caught up in the manhunt for the Boston Marathon bomber (Dzhokh...
Episode 28 – Brian Dunning: Skeptoid, Conspiracies Declassified, and Science Friction
02 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Dunning is a prolific skeptical podcaster with his award-winning show "Skeptoid" coming up on its 700th episode.
Episode 27 – Michael Shermer: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories — The Great Courses
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Michael Shermer is founder of The Skeptics Society, and editor-in-chief of its magazine Skeptic. He's written several books on science and skeptici...
Episode 26: UFO Jesus – Disclosure, the Nimitz Tic-Tac, and UFO Evidence
03 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
UFO Jesus is a popular advocate of UFO “disclosure”, the belief that the US Government is close to revealing that it knows that some UFOs actually...
Episode 25 – Jason Bermas: Producer of Loose Change, Shade, Invisible Empire
28 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Bermas is a producer, writer, and YouTuber, best known for conspiracy documentaries such as Loose Change, Fabled Enemies, Shade, and Invisible E...
Episode 24: Nick Pope – Area 51, UFOs and UFOlogy
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Pope is a journalist and media commentator who writes and talks a lot about the UFO phenomenon. He is perhaps best known for a role he undertook ...
Episode 23 – Ian/TheoryQED: UFOs, Government Cover-ups, and Alien Visitors.
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ian goes by the name TheoryQED on Metabunk and his YouTube Channel, where he posts about UFOs. Unlike me, and definitely unlike my last guest (Seth Sh...
Episode 22 – Seth Shostak: SETI Senior Astronomer on the Search for ETs, UFO “Disclosure”, and Storming Area 51.
14 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Seth Shostak is the Senior Astronomer for the SETI Institute and former Director of Center for SETI Research. A popular science communicator, Seth has...
Episode 21: Donald Friedman – Engineer at the World Trade Center After 9/11
10 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Friedman, P.E., F.ASCE, is a professional engineer with more than 25 years of experience in the investigation, analysis, and restoration of lan...
Episode 20 – JM Talboo: Debunker of 9/11 Debunkers
08 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
JM Talboo runs the web site http://911debunkers.blogspot.com subtitled "Debunking the Debunkers of the 9/11 Truth Movement". His focus is on debunking...
Episode 19 – Mike Rothschild: Decline of QAnon, Death of Epstein, and other Conspiracies.
01 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Rothschild is a writer who is an expert on a variety of conspiracy theories, in particular QAnon. We discuss the drawn-out decline of the QAnon t...
Episode 18 – Paradigm Shift – A Student With Questions about 9/11 and the Possibility of Explosives
25 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Paradigm Shift had made many posts about 9/11, and the need, as he sees it, for a new investigation to look into the possibility of explosives being u...
Episode 17: Willie – Rabbit Hole Escapee (ETRH – Preface)
10 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Willie was one of the first people that I interviewed for my book Escaping The Rabbit Hole. He’s a former believer in theories from 9/11 being an ...
Episode 16: Adam Taylor – Retired 9/11 Truth Activist
04 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Taylor was very active in the 9/11 truth movement for ten years from 2007 to 2017. He's still very much in favor of a new investigation and thi...
Episode 15: Brad – Mathematics vs. Conspiracy Theories
28 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Brad is an electrical engineer and an expert in mathematics. He also likes to consider that an idea might be true before rejecting it, no matter how e...
Episode 14: Rory – Flat Earth Debunking and Spiritual Journeys
21 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rory has an extensive series of videos on YouTube debunking Flat Earth, focusing on simple ways of demonstrating that there’s a curve. But he’s al...
Episode 13 – Professor David Keith – Geoengineering Research and the Chemtrails Conspiracy Theory
14 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Professor David Keith is a well-known expert in the largely theoretical field of geoengineering (deliberately modifying the Earth's climate) who has b...
Episode 12: Paul – Escape from Planet X
06 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Paul is a former promoter of the Planet X conspiracy theory. Planet X (or Nibiru) is a supposed rogue planet that some people claim they can observe n...
Episode 11: Jim Lee – Chemtrails, Geoengineering, Conspiracies, and Semantics
30 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Lee used to be a fairly hardcore conspiracy theorist, deep into things like Chemtrails and doomsday comets. Now he’s less deep down the rabbit h...
Episode 10: Jen Senko – Director of “The Brainwashing of my Dad”
24 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Senko is the director of the documentary film The Brainwashing of my Dad, released in 2016. The film tells the story of how her father had a dras...
Episode 9: Joe – Former Chemtrail Conspiracist, Current New World Order Conspiracist
17 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Joe is someone I’ve known online for nearly ten years, back when he was a believer in the chemtrails conspiracy theory. Over a few years, I managed ...
Episode 8: Sasha: Chatting with a Flat Earther
11 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I met Sasha at the Flat Earth conference a couple of weeks ago. During the debate she asked an interesting question about the moment that made us comm...
Episode 7: Flat Earth Exit the Matrix Expo
01 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I report back from my trip to the "Exit the Matrix" Flat Earth Expo in Las Vegas, where I gave a presentation, had a debate, and talk...
Episode 6: Tim Osman, Debunker and Conspiracist
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I first became aware of “Tim Osman” from his work debunking the Flat Earth theory. He’s done some amazing work there with highly visual demonstr...
Episode 5: Dan, Former Apocalyptic Prepper
20 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dan used to be convinced that some kind of drastic collapse of society was just around the corner. But then he stopped.
Episode 4: Stian Arnesen, the 9/11 Alaska Report and the Science of 9/11
15 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this second part of my extended conversation with Stian Arnesen (first part here) we delve deeper into 9/11. Firstly we discuss the Alaska report o...
Episode 3: Stian Arnesen, 9/11, Crop Circles, and Debunkers
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Stian Arensen has been involved in the 9/11 Truth community for a number of years, and in the last year or so has been questioning some of the underpi...
Episode 2: Mike Rothschild, discussing QAnon
03 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Rothschild is a journalist, researcher, debunker of conspiracy theories and fringe beliefs, and an expert on the QAnon theory.
Episode 1: Introduction & The Ex Conspiracy Theorist
20 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of Tales from the Rabbit Hole, I give a brief introduction and then talk to my first guest, Jon, an ex-conspiracy theorist