Episodes
Bonus 2018
Bonus 2018 Earlier this summer at a listener meet up in Vancouver your host learned the difference between Listeners and Fans. Find out why this distinction matters. And if...
Victory is ours
Victory is Ours Mark Galeotti takes us into the Soviet Gulag to tell us the brutal history of the Bitch War, ToE’s Andrew Callaway checks in on the war...
Fake it till you make it (False Alarm! part xv)
Fake it till you make it (False Alarm! part xv) The grand finale of False Alarm! This one has it all, the little boy who cried wolf, your host’s...
Night Wolves (False Alarm! part xiv)
Night Wolves (False Alarm! part xiv) The Night Wolves are a Russian biker gang. Their rallies and bike shows run on state TV and Putin gave members medals for...
JK After The Fact (False Alarm! part xiii)
JK After The Fact (False Alarm! part xiii) A handful of tech barons now own the news but only one can rule the fake news. A chat with the...
Wolfgang (False Alarm! part xii)
Wolfgang (False Alarm! part xii) The Hoaxers took over the Conspiracy Theory Championship Title from the Truthers in December of 2012 in response to the shootings at Sandy Hook...
Mistakes Were Made
Mistakes were made We’re taking a short break from False Alarm! because your host made a big big mistake. More on that when we return to False Alarm next...
True Lessons (False Alarm! part xi)
True Lessons (False Alarm! part xi) I set out on this False Alarm! journey with a quest to figure out how to better deal with this blurry line between...
Second Time as Fake (False Alarm! part x)
Second time as fake (False Alarm! part x) The Nazis believed the secret to turning a lie into a truth was repetition, for the Spiritualists it was denial, have...
Heavenly Truths (False Alarm! part ix)
Heavenly Truths (False Alarm! part ix) A prehistory of post-truth and an alternative history of the Civil War. Our exploration of the Nazi Supernatural concludes with Werewolves and Mass...
pseudoscience (False Alarm! part viii)
Pseudoscience (False Alarm! part viii) As the border between border science and science dissolves we continue our examination of two other time periods when science tried to account for...
The Power of Magical Thinking (False Alarm! part vii)
The Power of Magical Thinking (False Alarm! part vii) Magic! That’s what alt-right face-punchee Richard Spencer claims brought Trump to the White House. Esoteric historian Gary Lachman investigates and...
It is happening again (False Alarm! part vi)
It is happening again (False Alarm! part vi) Little girls who can talk to ghosts! The Nazi Supernatural! The legacy of artist Iris Häussler’s first fictional character Joseph Wagenbach....
Real costs extra (False Alarm! part v)
A Fake in the Crowd (False Alarm! part iv) Many of us are struggling with the real and the fake – but if you’re willing to pay enough, you...
A Fake in the Crowd (False Alarm! part iv)
A Fake in the Crowd (False Alarm! part iv) The power of the fake person, multiplied! Curator Karen Patterson puts a fake artist in the museum and artist David...
S-Coin (False Alarm! part iii)
S*Coin ( False Alarm! part iii) Our investigation of the real and the fake continues as your host hunts for a way to monetize it! We ask Alex Goldmark...
Fake Nudes (False Alarm! part ii)
Fake Nudes (False Alarm! part ii) The future of face-swapping! The REAL deepfakes speaks! Artist Lynn Hershman Leeson tells us how technology has transformed the way she plays with fact...
This Is Not A Drill (False Alarm! part i)
This Is Not A Drill (False Alarm! part i) Our New ToE series on the battle between the real and the fake begins with a text alert sent out...
Utopia (part v)
Utopia (part v) Our search for Utopia comes to an end at Christiania, an Anarchist haven in the heart of Copenhagen. In 2012 this Utopia went legit, the squatters...
Utopia (part iv)
Utopia (part iv) Our search for Utopia takes Andrew far from Mundania to the magickal Den of Iniquity in a pagan community called The Valley of The Dragons. Plus,...
Time Travelin’ Trump
Time Travelin’ Trump Donald Trump says all his ‘nuclear knowledge’ comes from his favorite uncle John G Trump. According to ToE special correspondent Chris, Uncle Johnny also gave Donald...
Utopia (part iii)
Utopia (part iii) Artist and Filmmaker Ruth Dusseault tells us about how the internet has changed the American Commune. Plus ToE’s Andrew Callaway lets us in on an internet...
False Flags
False Flags Underneath a giant American Flag in a Midwest Airport Your host takes a knee in order to tie his shoe. Trouble. Big Trouble. Plus False Flag meets Dictionary.com...
Failure (prelude)
Failure (prelude) After Meghan Daum’s marriage falls apart she meets some new friends on YouTube. Also, reporter Paris Martineau tells us about a new game changing online harassment tool:...