Paranoid Planet
PARANOID PLANET is a podcast about conspiracy theories, paradigm shifts, and critical thinking that offers serious and lighthearted conversations with people who believe in conspiracy theories, and with the skeptics who critique them. We also explore historical, philosophical, artistic, psychological, and scientific themes related to conspiracies and the study of knowledge. Whether you are an avid conspiracy follower or a hardened skeptic, our aim is to help you become a better critical thinker and a proponent of healthy public discourse.
Paranoid Planet
Latest Episodes
Episode 10b: "Happy (Vapor) Trails, Season 3! - Addendum"
The one where we cap off Season 3 (we really mean it this time!) with an essay on the evolution of ufology and how left-wing and right-wing ufologists (e.g., David Icke and Jim Keith) became almost indecipherable. Ins...
Episode 10: "Happy (Vapor) Trails, Season 3!", feat. The Sneezing Monkey
The one where we wave goodbye to the mothership (and to our third extended season) with a full-spoiler review of Disclosure Day, Stephen Spielberg's latest messianic alien encounter movie, and discuss the zany world of uf...
COMING SOON! Episode 10: "Happy (Vapor) Trails, Season 3!", feat. The Sneezing Monkey
The one where we wave goodbye to the mothership (and to our third extended season) with a full-spoiler review of Disclosure Day, Stephen Spielberg's latest messianic alien encounter movie, and discuss the zany world of uf...
Episode 9.6C: "INVASION: UFO" (The Final Disclosure), feat. UFO archivist Erica Lukes
The one where we discuss the Skinwalker Ranch, the relationship between ufology and the intelligence community, UFO "abductee" Travis Walton's hoax-busting nemesis, and the darker side of the UFO research community, with archivist, podcaster,&n...
Episode 9.6B: "INVASION: UFO" (The Final Disclosure), feat. UFO folklore researcher Gideon Reid
The one where we talk about the influence of science fiction and the art of Margaret Keane on UFO beliefs, and go bushwhacking for the 1994 Ariel School UFO in Zimbabwe (as well as some puppets) with UFO folklore researcher and blogger <...
