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Conspiracy theory

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Sep 12, 2026

Bhikkhu DhammanandaHOST
32:40
Then another category of ideas may be ideas who give a very simple explanation for complex phenomena.
Bhikkhu DhammanandaHOST
32:53
One example might be certain conspiracy theories which declare that all the wars and conflicts in the world are caused and controlled by a handful of powerful people and without these without these people and without the power games of these people there would be no conflict and no wars in the world and people would live peacefully with each other This is quite, it gives you in one stroke a simple explanation for all wars and so on.
Bhikkhu DhammanandaHOST
33:33
But it is entirely ignoring the nature of human beings, the nature of the cultures.
Bhikkhu DhammanandaHOST
33:40
of groups of nations and so on just giving a simple explanation of the cause of all evils out there it's all clear nothing needs to be explained any further So this can be very attractive, having such kind of conspiracy idea can make you feel like you understand the world but it might not be the best explanation.
Bhikkhu DhammanandaHOST
34:16
And hence, I again would distinguish it from a purely truthful idea.
Bhikkhu DhammanandaHOST
34:23
What makes that idea attractive is that it has a simple explanation for complex things.
Bhikkhu DhammanandaHOST
34:33
Then you can go even further in that direction of conspiracy theories.
Bhikkhu DhammanandaHOST
34:38
There are people who proclaim and even people who are quite influential And this is a genuine conspiracy theory that those world leaders in all these top positions are actually reptile beings from outer space.
Matt TrumpHOST
77:35
But it features a jet engine falling from the sky.
Matt TrumpHOST
77:41
really heavy song okay let's um yeah we're gonna raid over to we're gonna raid over into uh only lands in a minute and then i'm gonna jump and be over there in fact let's do this now so i'm gonna play every thank you for thank you for coming tonight everybody i hope we i hope we covered some emotional ground and um any other Dude, it's called Conspiracy Theories.
Matt TrumpHOST
78:14
It's on YouTube.
Matt TrumpHOST
78:20
Willie Brown spawned Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris.
AllisonHOST
12:10
And I think I'm kind of there.
AllisonHOST
12:12
And we're going to get to it in my conspiracy theory coming up.
BeccaHOST
12:16
You mean the one I helped with?
AllisonHOST
12:18
she did okay so my two-year-old is in a sleep regression and we're dying and i knew i was onto something but my brain couldn't put it together so i i needed becca's brain i needed to borrow it because my husband has not read silver flames the man is missing out on my top two depending on the day i think it's number two um my top it's either two or three And so I couldn't yap about it because there's too many Silver Flames spoilers.

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BeccaHOST
27:23
don't know.
AllisonHOST
27:23
But
BeccaHOST
27:24
I did want to bring those up because that's not my conspiracy theory.
AllisonHOST
27:28
All right.
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3:14
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Deborah BeckerHOST
3:23
[pensive music] Okay, and we have this comment: "When it comes out that Patrick did it, all these podcasts gonna have some big lawsuits on their hands." Well, that is one of the big conspiracy theories here, that somehow, uh, Lindsay Clancy's ex-husband, Patrick, had some kind of involvement here.
Deborah BeckerHOST
3:46
This has been a main theory pushed on social media.
Deborah BeckerHOST
3:52
Patrick Clancy's attorneys are firing back.
Lily NovaGUEST
41:29
Y- you can go ahead.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
41:30
I was just gonna say, it's funny you mention Mel Gibson, 'cause I just watched that movie Conspiracy Theory the other day.
Aaron KuhnHOST
41:36
It's a good one.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
41:36
I don't even know.
Doug CaseyHOST
2:08
So anyway, my thoughts on the events of 9-1-1 are that a lot of it just doesn't make any sense to this day.
Doug CaseyHOST
2:23
And it was never allowed to be properly investigated where things that are classed as conspiracy theories could be properly explained and cleared up.
Doug CaseyHOST
2:36
It's never happened.
MattHOST
2:39
It hasn't happened.
James LileksHOST
26:40
If it wasn't born that day, it was certainly given a great shot of adrenaline.
James LileksHOST
26:45
And the second thing would be the conspiracy theories who were previously confined to yammering away on Usenet are now all of a sudden centered with books and websites and videos and the rest of it determined to tell us that this was a dastardly act perpetrated by our own government.
James LileksHOST
27:02
So the two of these things, left and right, because I think the 9-11 trutherism primarily seems right-coded.
James LileksHOST
27:09
Tell me if I'm wrong.
Steve HaywardHOST
29:19
kinds of stuff i'm
James LileksHOST
29:20
all right well let me
Steve HaywardHOST
29:21
let me summarize this way you talk about the domestic uh fractures and especially conspiracy theories which i think by the way are equal on left and right i mean i think it was rosie o'donnell who said fire can't melt steel was there something like that
James LileksHOST
29:32
right
Stephen HadleyGUEST
13:35
We were completely consumed by what needed to be done in order to help the president and the vice president in his absence manage this crisis for the country.
Danielle PletkaHOST
13:47
So there are, as I think we've all alluded to, a lot of conspiracy theories.
Danielle PletkaHOST
13:55
JD rightly labeled them crap.
Danielle PletkaHOST
13:58
But they have great purchase, not just in the United States.
Harry PriceHOST
59:42
Um, and then I was listening to free talk live.
Harry PriceHOST
59:45
Uh, so, and, uh, they kept talking about, um, and people were calling for conspiracy theories all the time.
Harry PriceHOST
59:50
Right.
Harry PriceHOST
59:51
And one thing, um, Mark edge and, uh, Ian was talking about, uh, like a lot of conspiracies don't pass this thing called the Watergate test, like research Watergate.

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Chris SpangleHOST
108:15
So
speaker_1NARRATOR
108:17
it's...
Chris SpangleHOST
108:20
You don't need conspiracy theories.
Chris SpangleHOST
108:21
Just pay attention to the news.
Eric Von HaesslerHOST
54:17
He knows about the wacky sort of internet edgy stuff.
Eric Von HaesslerHOST
54:24
Conspiracy theories.
Eric Von HaesslerHOST
54:27
And I didn't realize this, but apparently there are all kinds of rumors out there.
Eric Von HaesslerHOST
54:31
It says here they're reaching a fever pitch that Trump is going to give an alien disclosure speech.

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