Premium Episode 7: Psychology feat. Karen Geier
Added 2019-01-16 04:28:43 +0000 UTCWe explore the psychology of QAnon, conspiracies, and cults — including a lengthy interview with writer and journalist Karen Geier who is currently studying cults & blood libel myths. We also experiment on Jake, only to find out we've been coddling his sanity and he's become dangerously well adjusted.
Karen's twitter: twitter.com/karengeier
Comments
Three of four of Philip’s sisters married nazis. He participated in nazi parades and more. Elizabeth’s mom and sister are also giving the salute. These lines aren’t hard to read behind despite being in the British navy later on.
Rebecca
2023-12-04 23:47:51 +0000 UTCThis was interesting but, “you know.”
Rebecca
2023-12-04 23:44:26 +0000 UTCPrince Philip being a Nazi would have been news to his commanding officer when he was serving in the British Navy during WW2. Karen Geier might have been thinking of his sister. The then-Princess Elizabeth was a small child when she was filmed doing the Nazi salute, and could not reasonably be accused of understanding the implications. Most people outside of Germany didn't see the problem, and Hitler was popular across all levels of society. Anti-Semitism was widespread, fascism was an intriguing new idea for many, and a lot of people liked "that nice Mr. Hitler". Most of them changed their minds, thankfully. That's an interesting topic, thinking about it. How did the British government change the minds of the population from "What this country needs is a Hitler" to outright antagonism?
Elizabeth Maddison
2023-09-07 22:52:04 +0000 UTCI once randomly came across the movie Haxan playing on the channel TCM (Turner Classic Movies). I didn’t know anything about the movie. It was a weird experience & most of the time I was just like “WHAT the heck am I watching…?” 😂 But then I’m like “Weird but intrigued. What is this…? When is it on again… I need to record this to watch in full!!” lol
Jamie the Crab
2022-01-29 20:53:10 +0000 UTCI really enjoyed this episode. Belief systems are always something that has fascinated me, & that includes conspiracy theories. (To the point that I’ve probably believed some conspiracies myself that I’d embarrassed to admit now.) My heart goes out to Julian & to Jake for describing about loved ones, friends who they witnessed in the grips of mental illness. That is so tough.
Jamie the Crab
2022-01-29 20:49:40 +0000 UTCI love Haxan! Great movie
unmorality
2022-01-25 07:29:34 +0000 UTCUh, there are people who are literally worshipping Poseidon-Neopaganism and Polytheism is a thing (both growing the past few decades), and Pop Culture religious movements do exist, but most have nothing to do with cults. This isn’t to say the Metaphysical communities are free from Cult problems, far from it, Kemetic Orthodoxy is one one of many, but I am surprised the guest is ignorant about this much less seems to think Atheism is the solution or default.
Fixed Star Energy
2020-02-10 05:45:05 +0000 UTCjan 2019: we want to throw fredrick brennan in a bag with rocks into a river jan 2020: have had fredrick on the show, jake wrote and performed a wonderful fantasy audio adventure all about him. time is a healer lol
skaffen_amtiskaw
2020-02-02 19:18:35 +0000 UTCAMAZING interview.
Sarah Mays
2019-10-22 19:09:50 +0000 UTCJulian and Jake may wish to try their luck at David Lynch’s self-devised system of divination, which is centered around license plates. License Plate Game: <a href="https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/3991/twin-peaks-special-david-lynch-on-the-license-plate-game" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/3991/twin-peaks-special-david-lynch-on-the-license-plate-game</a>
Andrew
2019-04-21 22:49:58 +0000 UTCSecond time through -- this is a very absorbing episode. The experiment on Jake may or may not be ethical, but it was funny.
William Scott Scherk
2019-02-11 02:04:57 +0000 UTCEnjoyed it a lot
Josiah Daniel
2019-01-22 04:07:07 +0000 UTC
