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Labyrinths with Amanda Knox

#120 - Smoke and Mirrors (Mike Rothschild)

Labyrinths with Amanda Knox

Knox Robinson Productions

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, True Crime, Mental Health

4.41K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Investigative journalist Mike Rothschild recently lost his home in the L.A. Fires. Drawing from his personal experience, he joins us to discuss how misinformation spreads during crises, the real-world consequences of conspiracy theories and how the history of conspiracy culture has shaped society. https://www.amandaknox.com Bluesky: @amandaknox.com | @wisecracker.bsky.social IG: @amamaknox | @emceecarbon Free: My Search for Meaning Preorder Link: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/amanda-knox/free/9781538770719/ Get early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more by supporting Labyrinths on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/knoxrobinson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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There's the conspiracy theories, you know, oh, it's the space lasers. Oh, they're clearing the land so Gavin Newsom can build his smart cities. They're clearing the land so they can seize it for the Olympics. These people have no concept of how anything actually works. The only concepts they have are the way they think things work. And then, so you have the conspiracy theories, and then you have the disinformation, and it's a little

0:23.5

bit different.

0:24.4

It's very similar, but it has a more political edge to it.

0:27.7

So you have the idea that the DEI firefighters were just standing around because they

0:33.4

didn't know what to do.

0:34.4

I'll tell you, I've never seen people work harder and risk their lives more readily

0:38.8

than the firefighters who were trying to put these fires up.

0:43.6

Feeling lost?

0:44.9

Then you're in the right place.

0:46.4

I'm Amanda Knox.

0:47.6

And I'm Christopher Robinson.

0:49.7

And this is Labyrinth.

0:52.1

And this is Labyrinths. Kewanon, Gavin Newsom's smart cities and Jewish space lasers.

1:04.5

When it comes to conspiracy theories, Mike Rothschild has seen it all.

1:09.2

Once called Little Chicken Neck by Alex Jones,

1:12.2

he has become an expert on fringe beliefs,

1:14.8

authoring the first complete book on the Q&OND conspiracy movement

1:18.4

and a written testimony to the January 6th Select Committee

1:22.0

on the role of the movement in the Capitol attack.

1:25.3

However, after losing his home in the L.A. fires, Rothschild found himself

1:29.9

in the heart of conspiracy attacks he spent his life studying. Rothschild guides us through a labyrinth

1:36.1

of unsubstantiated beliefs and helps us understand why humans always need a villain.

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