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For most people in the United States, the Amish are a sociological curiosity: a group of people motivated by theological imperatives that require them to exist within society, yet separate from all its secular trappings. However, as we dive into this episode, Matt, Noel and I learn there's something rotten within this community... a series of intergenerational, likely ongoing, conspiracies involving sexual abuse, crime and more. Please note this episode may not be appropriate for all audiences.

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Garrison dissociates at a Charlie Kirk x Vivek Ramaswamy rally and wonders if it's even worth it anymore.

Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/11/us/politics/elon-musk-donald-trump-pennsylvania.html 

https://www.9news.com/article/news/verify/immigration/new-york-city-free-one-way-plane-tickets-migrants-fact-check/536-c6e7168f-7f16-4bf9-97cd-33389729869c
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/23/nyregion/nyc-hotels-homeless-shelters.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/09/kamala-harris-afghanistan-withdrawal-report
https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/undocumented-immigrant-offending-rate-lower-us-born-citizen-rate
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/08/1237103158/immigrants-are-less-likely-to-commit-crimes-than-us-born-americans-studies-find

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/oct/15/byron-donalds/fact-checking-misleading-claims-about-black-wage-g/

https://www.tampabay.com/news/2024/07/02/how-did-black-americans-do-economically-under-trump-biden/

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/the-trump-administration-embraces-the-saudi-led-war-yemen

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/saudi-arabia-arms-deal-trump-what-to-know/

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/01/20/trump-the-anti-war-president-was-always-a-myth/

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/07/22/what-we-know-about-unauthorized-immigrants-living-in-the-us/

https://www.wabe.org/charlie-kirk-vivek-ramaswamy-tangle-with-georgia-state-students-at-tour-stop-in-support-of-trump/

https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/NLP-Teen-Survey-Report-2024.pdf 

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Jasper, DJ and multiple other Conspiracy Realists reach out with first-hand knowledge on the bizarre hybrid sheep conspiracy. Mystery drones swarm US airspace. Max The Unblind hips the guys to an unfolding homicide in Kentucky, and T Bone provides an alternate theory on the exploding pagers attack. All this and more in this week's listener mail segment.

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Mia and James discuss Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson's recent fake economics Nobel won for being to first economists to discover that history exists.

Sources:

https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.91.4.938

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2378023118773614
https://www.nber.org/papers/w10481
https://academic.oup.com/qje/article-abstract/117/4/1231/1875948
https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2024/10/advanced-economicsciencesprize2024.pdf
https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2024/10/advanced-economicsciencesprize2024.pdf
https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/aer.91.5.1369

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Whether you love it or hate it, there's no denying: golf is one of the world's most popular -- and most lucrative -- sports. In recent years the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has raised global eyebrows as they pour billions of dollars into their own golfing initiative: LIV. Supporters find this move par for the course (get it?), yet critics allege there's a larger conspiracy afoot. Join Ben, Matt and Noel as they dive into the strange allegations surrounding Saudi Arabia, golf, and 'sportswashing.'

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Mia, Sophie and Robert relive the horror of the Kavanaugh hearings and discover how Trump made the FBI conduct a fake "investigation" to clear him.

Sources:

https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/KavanaughReport_final.pdf

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/donald-trump-brett-kavanaugh-misogyny.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/08/kavanaugh-trump-white-house-fbi-report/

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article214604235.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/us/politics/joe-biden-anita-hill.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/08/kavanaugh-trump-white-house-fbi-report/

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While the vast majority of people identifying as Satanists don’t buy into the idea of a nefarious, evil entity opposed to the forces of good, there are a few genuine theistic Satanists out there. Join the guys as they explore the strange story of the organization known as “The Nine Angles” in tonight's Classic episode.

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Garrison is joined by Corvallis Antifa and Left Coast Right Watch to discuss the Oregon chapter of White Lives Matter and one particular nazi who is receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in government contracts via his company Whit Industries. 

Sources:
https://cvantifa.noblogs.org/post/2024/09/16/wlm/

https://leftcoastrightwatch.org/articles/your-tax-dollars-at-work-the-nazi-leader-behind-coos-bays-whit-industries/

https://info4publicuse.org/2024/09/tax-dollars-funding-a-nazi-linked-business-at-the-port-of-coos-bay/

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Conspiracy theories proliferate in the wake of hurricanes Helene and Milton, resulting in actionable threats against FEMA contractors. Mysterious goo appears on the shore. Active shooter drills terrify local institutions. An ottoman bed kills an innocent woman, scientists explore Europa; all this and more in this week's strange news segment.

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Robert sits down with Dan and Jordan, the world's top Alex Jones experts, to discuss his bankruptcy and the collapse and possible rebirth of Infowars.

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