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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, cuddly beasts, audition diarrhea, period thoughts, rye, Course Hero, dramaturgy, bull**it college projects, fake Rick and Morty fandom, drugs, the Trudeau family, cancer paranoia, book recs, eat the rich, a surprising reboot, millennial fashion, Finn Wolfhard, that Prince Andrew interview, Tophers, what Carley’s afraid to say on the podcast, Blair says something that makes Rob laugh like a clown horn and turns Carley violent, “Hammer of the Witches”, the dagger on the New York Times bestseller list, sisters, leaving parties God wants us to attend, upcoming plans, witnessing the worst first dates, short men, boredom versus the algo, 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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