Episode 1: She Started It
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. Cultural historian Lindsay Porter introduces us to the fascist foremothers of modern conspiracism who were spreading disinformation about deep state plots, elite cabals and shady secret societies a century ago.
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guest:
Dr. Lindsay Porter is a writer and cultural historian, specializing in rumors and conspiracy theories of the eighteenth century. She is the author of Who are the Illuminati?, Assassination: A Political History and Popular Rumour in Revolutionary Paris.
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