Paranoid Planet
PARANOID PLANET is a podcast about conspiracy theories, paradigm shifts, and critical thinking that offers serious and lighthearted conversations with people who believe in conspiracy theories, and with the skeptics who critique them. We will also explore several historical, philosophical, artistic, psychological, and scientific themes related to conspiracies and the study of knowledge. Whether you are an avid conspiracy follower or a hardened skeptic, our aim is to help you become a better critical thinker and a proponent of healthy public discourse.
Episodes
96 episodes
Episode 9.1A: "INVASION: UFO" (Part 1), feat. profs. James Jervis and Matthew Newland
The one where we kick off our third season by chewing the alien fat with our favorite interdimensional oracle and space traveler, religious studies scholar James Jervis, and review Steven Spielberg's classic sci-fi-horror-fairy-tale Close E...
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Season 3
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1:44:08
COMING SOON! Episode 9.1: "INVASION: UFO" (part 1) feat. profs. James Jervis and Matthew Newland
The one where we kick off our third season by chewing the alien fat with our favorite interdimensional oracle and space traveler, religious studies scholar James Jervis, and review Steven Spielberg's classic sci-fi-horror-fairy-tale Close E...
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Season 3
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3:56
Bonus Episode 8.5 "This Land is Whose Land?" Feat. Nations of Canada Podcast creator, Greg Koabel.
The one where we discuss Canadian history, historical theory, historical films, a couple conspiracies, and why everyone hates Toronto, with Canadian historian and podcaster Greg Koabel.Click
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Season 2
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53:27
Episode 7.9B “JFK: DOA” (part 9), feat. IT specialist Michael O'Dell
The one where we assess the credibility of the Dallas Police Dictabelt recordings that led the 1979 House Select Committee on Assassinations to conclude that President Kennedy was killed by “a probable conspiracy”.WARNING: This epis...
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Episode 7.9A “JFK: DOA” (part 9), feat. IT specialist Michael O'Dell
The one where we foreshadow our study of the JFK assassination's acoustic evidence with a review of Brian DePalma’s 1981 neo-noir conspiracy thriller Blow Out, starring John Travolta. Brought to you by a somewhat healthier...
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1:10:31
COMING SOON! Episode 7.9 “JFK: DOA” (part 9), feat. IT specialist Michael O'Dell
The one where we assess the credibility of the Dallas Police Dictabelt recordings that led the 1979 House Select Committee on Assassinations to conclude that President Kennedy was killed by “a probable conspiracy”, and review Brian DePalma’s ...
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Bonus Episode 8.4B: "You Can't Handle the Truth!" (Part 2), feat. conspiracy skeptic Fred Litwin
The one where we review the second half of "Who Killed JFK?", the widely-touted podcast by Hollywood director Rob Reiner, and expose its many factual inaccuracies, logical fallacies, and irrelevant claims, with the complicity of JFK resea...
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Season 2
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1:54:45
Bonus Episode 8.4A: "You Can't Handle the Truth!" (Part 1), feat. conspiracy skeptic Fred Litwin
The one where we review "Who Killed JFK?", the widely-touted podcast by Hollywood director Rob Reiner, and expose its many factual inaccuracies, logical fallacies, and irrelevant claims, with the complicity of JFK researcher and conspirac...
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Season 2
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2:29:43
COMING SOON! Bonus Episode 8.4: "You Can't Handle the Truth!" feat. conspiracy skeptic Fred Litwin
The one where we review "Who Killed JFK?", the widely-touted podcast by Hollywood director Rob Reiner, and expose its many factual inaccuracies, logical fallacies, and irrelevant claims, with the complicity of JFK researcher and conspirac...
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3:24
Bonus Episode 8.3: “O Canatopia!" feat. public policy analyst Mark Milke
The one where we discuss grievance narratives, cancel culture, pseudo-history, moral panics, human nature, residential school abuses, Yasser Arafat, the Rwandan genocide, British imperialism and slavery, and the severed head of John A. Macdonal...
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Season 2
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1:48:54
Bonus Episode 8.2: "Don't Let Your Mail Go To W.A.S.T.E." feat. Philosopher and writer Matthew Newland
The one where we summarize, analyze, interpret, and critique the paranoid postmodern 1966 Thomas Pynchon novel, The Crying Of Lot 49. TIMESTAMPS:1. Part 1 (0:03:27)2. A bit of shameless self-promotion (1:11:16) &n...
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Season 2
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2:07:13
Episode 8B: “Happy Trails Season 2" (Part 2), feat. teacher and filmmaker Sean Gaston
The one where we get a couple aging Presidents to sing "Happy Trails" to Season 2, discuss JFK, true crime, car crashes, Artificial Intelligence, and classic movies with teacher, documentary film-maker, and conspiracy theory critic ...
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Season 2
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1:33:32
Episode 8A: “Happy Trails Season 2" (Part 1) , feat. teacher and filmmaker Sean Gaston
The one where we get a couple aging Presidents to sing "Happy Trails" to Season 2, discuss JFK, true crime, car crashes, Artificial Intelligence, and classic movies with teacher, documentary film-maker, and conspiracy theory critic ...
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Season 2
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1:32:20
COMING SOON! Episode 8: “Happy Trails Season 2" , feat. teacher and filmmaker Sean Gaston
The one where we get a couple aging Presidents to sing "Happy Trails" to Season 2, discuss JFK, true crime, car crashes, Artificial Intelligence, and classic movies with teacher, documentary film-maker, and conspiracy theory critic ...
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Season 2
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1:58
Bonus Episode 3.6C: "Who Would Jesus Scapegoat?" feat. Australian author, programmer, and Christian evangelist Nigel Chapman
The one where we chat about Christians and Conspiracy Theories with Nigel Chapman, chief author and editor of Who To Trust? Christian Belief in Conspiracy Theories (ISCAST, 2022). Brought to you by the number of Conspiracy Theori...
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Season 2
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59:33
Episode 3.6B: "The Cultic Culture Club" (part 6B), feat. Sarah Edmondson and Anthony "Nippy" Ames
The one where we revisit the Cultiverse with four former members of high-demand groups and current members of the International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA): science writer Paul Jensen (fmr. member of the Assemblies of God), trauma therapi...
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Season 2
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2:26:19
Episode 3.6A: "The Cultic Culture Club" (Part 6A), feat. Paul Jensen and Jackie Johnson
The one where we revisit the Cultiverse with four former members of high-demand groups and current members of the International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA): science writer Paul Jensen (fmr. member of the Assemblies of God), trauma therapi...
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Season 2
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1:52:34
COMING SOON! Episode 3.6: "The Cultic Culture Club" (part 6), feat. Paul Jensen, Jackie Johnson, Sarah Edmondson and Anthony Ames
The one where we revisit the Cultiverse with four former members of high-demand groups and current members of the International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA): science writer Paul Jensen (fmr. member of the Assemblies of God), trauma therapi...
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3:34
Episode 7.8C: "JFK:DOA" (part 8) feat. former Warren Commission counsel, Judge Burt Griffin
The one where we talk about the legacy of the Warren Commission, the failures of historians and conspiracists, the problem of false memory, and about who "killed the music", with retired Ohio Judge and former Warren Commission counsel Burt Grif...
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Season 2
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1:00:24
Episode 7.8B: "JFK:DOA" (part 8), feat. former Warren Commission Counsel, Judge Burt Griffin
The one where we talk about the Warren Commission, Lee Harvey Oswald, General Edwin Walker, Jack Ruby, and Cupid's magic arrow with former junior counsel for the Warren Commission and retired Ohio Judge, Burt Griffin. Brought to you by a ...
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Season 2
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1:30:14
Episode 7.8A: “JFK: DOA” (part 8), feat. independent filmmaker James K. Lambert
SPECIAL 3-PART JFK ASSASSINATION 60th ANNIVERSARY EPISODE:The one where we talk about propaganda and conspiracism with independent filmmaker James K. Lambert, consider how honest witnesses can be totally wrong, and argue for the defense of ...
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1:12:30
COMING SOON! Episode 7.8: “JFK: DOA” (part 8), feat. former Warren Commission junior counsel Burt Griffin
The one where we talk about propaganda and conspiracism with independent filmmaker James K. Lambert, consider how honest witnesses can be totally wrong, and argue for the defense of the Warren Commission with retired judge and former Warren Com...
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Season 2
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4:50
Bonus Episode 7.7D: "The Butler Did It!" (part 2), feat. former death row attorney Andrew Hammel
The one where we talk about "true crime" media and its similarities with conspiracy theories, do a lightning review of several true crime programs, and submit our verdict on the highly publicized murder trials of Adnan Syed and Jens Soering wit...
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Season 2
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2:34:58
Bonus Episode 7.7D: "The Butler Did It!"(part 1), feat. former death row attorney Andrew Hammel
The one where we talk about "true crime" media and its similarities with conspiracy theories, do a lightning review of several true crime programs, and submit our verdict on the highly publicized murder trials of Adnan Syed and Jens Soering wit...
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Season 2
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1:08:35
COMING SOON! Bonus Episode 7.7D: "The Butler Did It!" feat. former death row attorney Andrew Hammel
The one where we talk about "true crime" media and its similarities with conspiracy theories, do a lightning review of several true crime programs, and submit our verdict on the highly publicized murder trials of Adnan Syed and Jens Soering wit...
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Season 2
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