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Apr 2024
1h 40m

Witch Trial Conspiracies

Blair MacMillan and Carley Thorne
About this episode

Fungal bread. Land grabs. Bored girls. And defining what the devil even is. Carley and Blair drink Wayne Gretzky's white wine and address, debunk, and occasionally embrace the biggest conspiracy theories about the Salem Witch Trials.


Also: nepo landlords, bed bugs and pest problems, shower song setlists, audition diarrhea, bull**it college projects, cancer paranoia, book recs, that Prince Andrew interview, what Carley’s afraid to say on the podcast, where the devil is, the dagger on the New York Times bestseller list, short men, boredom, and creating a new conspiracy together.


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Hosted by: Blair MacMillan and Carley Thorne

Produced by: Rob Moden

Music by: Jacob Ollivier

Cover artist: Nicola Lyttle

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