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-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