Episode 29 - Myth and Conspiracy

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-merlanhttps://www.adl.org/resources/blog/racist-obsession-south-african-white-genocide https://www.adl.org/resources/report/hate-beyond-borders-internationalization-white-supremacy#canadian-influencershttps://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/1282320656500174848https://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-2021-4https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13548565221091983https://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.pdfhttps://www.cato.org/blog/new-research-illegal-immigration-crime-0https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2014704117Books:Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and Politics of Identity by Nicholas Goodrick-ClarkeAn Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-OrtizGods of the Blood: The Pagan Revival and White Separatism by Mattias GardellHow the Irish Became White by Noel IgnatievWhite Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy IsenbergStamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi