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	Podcast:		Decoding the Gurus
	Episode:		Supplementary Material 36: Comedy Cults, Toxic Mould, and WW2 Revisionism
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:45:37
	Publish Date:		2025-08-29 10:30:00
	Description:		We risk contamination with toxic mould, endure distressing initiation rituals to a comedy cult, and ponder if the narratives we have received about the Nazis have enough nuance. The full episode is available to Patreon subscribers (2 hours, 21 minutes). Join us at: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingTheGurus Supplementary Material 36 00:00 Introduction and an Intervention 01:59 Tomatoes, Holidays, and Hollywood Remakes 06:15 AI x Indulgent People 06:41 AI Chatbots and Delusional Gurus 10:46 Sir Robert Edward Grant and the Architect 12:26 Critiquing the Critics 13:31 Eric Weinstein engages with Dialogos with his silicon friend Grok 22:25 Tim Nguyen details the Distributed Weinstein Suppression Complex 24:20 Sabine Hossenfelder's Google Doc 27:10 2+2 Discourse and a surprise appearance from Kareem Carr 29:34 Chris's 10 Tips for Sabine 34:39 Coffeezilla does more Anomaly Hunting on Epstein Videos 37:50 Conspiracy Chat 39:58 Ghislaine Maxwell's potential deal 42:29 Thoughts on the Elephant Graveyard's Video on the Joe Rogan Comedy Cult 49:45 Details vs Vibes 52:46 Rogan's Fact-Checking and Comedian Dynamics 54:54 The Rogan Anti-Human Tech Elite Conspiracy Theory 59:40 Master Geniuses vs. a bunch of dickheads who like the same stuff 01:03:55 Lex Friedman and the Role of Softball Interviews 01:06:28 Conspiracy Theories vs. Real Conspiracies 01:15:51 Overall thoughts on the Elephant Graveyard Video Essay 01:19:18 Ana Kasparian thinks the Jews knew about 9/11 01:22:21 Jordan Peterson's Health and Mould Toxicity 01:24:24 Good Fungus vs Bad Mould 01:26:08 Bespoke Medicine and American Individualism 01:29:57 Streamers saying Stupid Things: Taylor Lorenz on DSA Nazis 01:33:08 Populist anti-vaccine rhetoric in Japan! 01:35:58 Bill Maher and Andrew Huberman discuss the problems with medicine 01:38:40 Chris Rufo and Right Wing Outrage over the Cracker Barrel logo 01:42:31 The War on Christmas in Australia 01:44:35 Jonathan Pageau's revisionist World War II symbolism 01:48:29 Pageau's Postmodern Narratives 02:03:32 Finding the Balance between Nazism and Liberalism 02:14:02 Random Shoutout 02:15:45 Matt's Cognitive Decline and Professor Archetypes Sources Article on Sir Robert Edward Grant and The Architect Eric talking with his silicon friend @grok Eric waxing lyrical about Grok and praising Elon for his unique insights Tim Nguyen — Physics Grifters: Eric Weinstein, Sabine Hossenfelder, and a Crisis of Credibility Sabine vindicates herself in a Google Doc Kareem Carr thinks Sabine’s document is great! Chris’s Top 10 tips for Sabine on how to be a science skeptic YouTuber BBC — Ghislaine Maxwell denies seeing ‘inappropriate’ conduct by Trump The Guardian — Ghislaine Maxwell transcripts: what we know at a glance Voidzilla — Top 5 Lies in Epstein Footage Lewandowsky, Lloyd & Brophy (2018) When THUNCing Trumps thinking — Argumenta (PDF) Transcripts from Interview with Ghislaine Maxwell (Justice.gov) How Comedy Was Destroyed by an Anti-Reality Doomsday Cult The Loving Trap (Parody of Adam Curtis) — Ben Woodhams Ana Kasparian spreading anti-semitic 9/11 Truther conspiracies Mikhaila Peterson’s update on Jordan Peterson’s health problems Taylor Lorenz explaining how the DSA are the real fascists Huberman & Bill Maher discuss medicine BBC article on Sanseito Party Independent article on the Cracker Barrel ‘Controversy’ Jonathan Pageau — Symbolism Explained: The Fundamental WWII Duality That Still Haunts Us Today
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