1766: Conspiracy Theories, Religion, and Mormonism - w/ Michael Shermer
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2023
⏱️ 129 minutes
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Join John, Rebecca and Michael Shermer to discuss his book, Conspiracy: Why People Believe the Irrational.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories podcast. I'm your host for today John Delin |
| 0:05.0 | It is May 19th |
| 0:07.5 | 2023 and we are super excited to have with us a very very special guest |
| 0:13.9 | world-renowned author |
| 0:16.4 | Michael Schirmer founder. I believe an editor of skeptic magazine, but also author of a new book |
| 0:23.4 | Which we're so excited to be covering today as a part of the Mormon Stories book club Rebecca |
| 0:28.7 | Do you mind holding that book up? The book is called conspiracy by Michael Schirmer. There it is and |
| 0:35.9 | We are joined. I am joined today by Rebecca Biblioteca who is the host of Mormonish podcast and |
| 0:43.9 | A person that makes this book club happen. Hey Rebecca. Hey John. Hey Michael. How are you guys today? |
| 0:49.9 | Very good. Yeah, Michael. We're so honored to have you Michael before we jump in |
| 0:55.0 | We have just a tiny bit of housekeeping to do Rebecca |
| 0:58.7 | Do you mind taking it away and doing our announcements for this morning? |
| 1:03.4 | Yes, let's talk about this |
| 1:05.0 | So today we're very excited to be talking about Michael Schirmer's book conspiracy |
| 1:09.4 | But I wanted to quickly go through what is coming up next in the Mormon Stories book club |
| 1:14.5 | So the next book that we're going to be reading is called |
| 1:17.8 | Unexpected and it is by Chris Thomas |
| 1:21.1 | Chris Thomas was the |
| 1:23.9 | Sort of accidental family spokesperson for the smart family in the early 2000s during the entire Elizabeth smart or deal |
| 1:33.0 | This is an absolutely amazing book. I have already read it |
| 1:36.3 | It talks about his role as being the media liaison |
| 1:40.5 | It talks about the politics everything behind the scenes |
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