Episode 29 - Myth and Conspiracy
Nov 8, 2023 ·
1h 6m 59s
CW: This episode deals with conspiracy theory, the origins of racism and whiteness, colonialism, genocide, anti-Semitism, and other related topics. Listener discrection is advised. Can myth, as it is understood...
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CW: This episode deals with conspiracy theory, the origins of racism and whiteness, colonialism, genocide, anti-Semitism, and other related topics. Listener discrection is advised.
Can myth, as it is understood in Heathenry and Paganism, help us better tackle the problem of conspiracy theory? Join your host and find out as we explore how myth can help us better understand conspiracy theories, why conspiracy theories are so appealing, and how they twist reality to reinforce themselves as shown by the history of the white genocide myth.
Sources:
Online:
https://theintercept.com/2016/06/06/in-1971-muhammad-ali-helped-undermine-the-fbis-illegal-spying-on-americans/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/exxon-knew-about-climate-change-almost-40-years-ago/
https://knowledgefight.libsyn.com/865-chatting-with-anna-merlan
https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/racist-obsession-south-african-white-genocide
https://www.adl.org/resources/report/hate-beyond-borders-internationalization-white-supremacy#canadian-influencers
https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/05/13/conservatisms-wunderkind-is-getting-swallowed-by-the-far-right/ https://theconversation.com/politiques-identitaires-et-mythe-du-grand-remplacement-117471 https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/white-supremacists-praise-rep-steve-kings-racist-tweet https://twitter.com/RepMattGaetz/status/1282320656500174848
https://www.mediamatters.org/laura-ingraham/laura-ingraham-vote-republican-or-you-will-be-replaced-immigrants https://www.mediamatters.org/jeanine-pirro/fox-host-jeanine-pirro-pushes-white-supremacist-great-replacement-conspiracy-theory https://www.businessinsider.com/tucker-carlson-endorses-white-supremacist-replacement-conspiracy-theory-2021-4
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13548565221091983
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2018/11/29/tucker-carlson-neo-nazi-favorite/ https://www.kcl.ac.uk/policy-institute/assets/conspiracy-belief-among-the-uk-public.pdf
https://www.cato.org/blog/new-research-illegal-immigration-crime-0
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2014704117
Books:
Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and Politics of Identity by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Gods of the Blood: The Pagan Revival and White Separatism by Mattias Gardell
How the Irish Became White by Noel Ignatiev
White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
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Can myth, as it is understood in Heathenry and Paganism, help us better tackle the problem of conspiracy theory? Join your host and find out as we explore how myth can help us better understand conspiracy theories, why conspiracy theories are so appealing, and how they twist reality to reinforce themselves as shown by the history of the white genocide myth.
Sources:
Online:
https://theintercept.com/2016/06/06/in-1971-muhammad-ali-helped-undermine-the-fbis-illegal-spying-on-americans/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/exxon-knew-about-climate-change-almost-40-years-ago/
https://knowledgefight.libsyn.com/865-chatting-with-anna-merlan
https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/racist-obsession-south-african-white-genocide
https://www.adl.org/resources/report/hate-beyond-borders-internationalization-white-supremacy#canadian-influencers
https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/05/13/conservatisms-wunderkind-is-getting-swallowed-by-the-far-right/ https://theconversation.com/politiques-identitaires-et-mythe-du-grand-remplacement-117471 https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/white-supremacists-praise-rep-steve-kings-racist-tweet https://twitter.com/RepMattGaetz/status/1282320656500174848
https://www.mediamatters.org/laura-ingraham/laura-ingraham-vote-republican-or-you-will-be-replaced-immigrants https://www.mediamatters.org/jeanine-pirro/fox-host-jeanine-pirro-pushes-white-supremacist-great-replacement-conspiracy-theory https://www.businessinsider.com/tucker-carlson-endorses-white-supremacist-replacement-conspiracy-theory-2021-4
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13548565221091983
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2018/11/29/tucker-carlson-neo-nazi-favorite/ https://www.kcl.ac.uk/policy-institute/assets/conspiracy-belief-among-the-uk-public.pdf
https://www.cato.org/blog/new-research-illegal-immigration-crime-0
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2014704117
Books:
Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and Politics of Identity by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Gods of the Blood: The Pagan Revival and White Separatism by Mattias Gardell
How the Irish Became White by Noel Ignatiev
White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
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