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Aug 2024
33m 53s

Sunday Nice Things: Conspiracy She Wrote

Jo Piazza
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Women play integral roles in conspiracy theories. You just have to know where to look. Grab your red string and follow along with host Cristen Conger for the unhinged women's history and Illuminati paranoia that set the stage for today's conspiracy-pilled political and pop cultures. Historian Lindsay Porter introduces us to the fascist foremothers of modern conspiracyism who were spreading disinformation about deep state plots, elite cabals and shady secret societies a century ago.

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