#85. Mick West

Mick West is a science writer, skeptical investigator, and retired video game programmer who co-founded Neversoft (Tony Hawk's Pro Skater). He is the creator of the websites Contrail Science and Metabunk, for which he investigates and debunks pseudoscientific claims such as chemtrails, UFOs, and conspiracy theories, and has appeared in various media as an expert analyst and science communicator. Mick hosts a podcast called 'Tales from The Rabbit Hole' and has a book out called 'Escaping the Rabbit Hole'. We discussed Covid19, the navy UFO videos, the general rise of conspiracy beliefs in 2020/2021. The capitol building insurrection, the Intellectual Dark Web's political shift, The concept of the Great Reset, Bill Gates, Social Media's Influence on conspiratorial beliefs, and more.