Conspiracy theories and cults special part 2

This is the second part of our discussion with our good friend Bence Szlamka about the murky grey area between cults and conspiracy theories. Those of you on our Discord server will know Bence as TRNSHMN, one of our moderators. While Bence is clear that he is not a scholar, he has spent a great deal of time studying conspiracy theories.

Our last episode largely focused on QAnon, which dominates the modern conspiracy landscape. In this instalment, Scott talks to Bence about some of the weirder aspects of modern conspiracies, including, mole children, flat Earth adherents, and the role of Jesus in network security.

While we try to keep the tone relatively light, some of these conspiracy theories involve unpleasant ideas. QAnon, especially, embraces various beliefs about the abuse, trafficking and sacrifice of children. We avoid going into too much detail, but be warned that we at least touch upon these subjects. In the end, however, this is an RPG podcast, and our focus is to find inspiration for our games.

We will be back next week with a regular episode: the second part of our journey into the weird west.

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One comment on “Special: Conspiracy Theories and Cults part 2

  1. Thanks for these special episodes!

    By the by, your discussion in this episode about Charismatic Christianity brought to mind an article in The Washington Post last week about about People of Praise, a cult that the soon-to-be U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Amy Coney Barrett, was raised in by her parents and in which she subsequently rose up to the position of “Handmaid” within the cult’s hierarchy (which, ironically, is mostly devoted to insuring that women are subordinate to men).

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