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The Muckrake Political Podcast

Are Flat Earthers A Threat To Democracy?

The Muckrake Political Podcast

CLNS Media Network

News, Politics

4.6530 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman welcome to the show Kelly Weill, a reporter for The Daily Beast and author of the upcoming book "OFF THE EDGE: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, And Why People Will Believe Anything" To support the show and access additional content, including the weekly Weekender episode, become a patron at http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast

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Barbie really wants this dream house.

0:05.0

It's got stunning views and a slide.

0:07.0

Barbie's ready for fun.

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So cool!

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And Barbie found out about this dream house with an alert from Rocket Homes.

0:14.0

She did?

0:15.0

Out of town, put it down for the bother of rap.

0:19.0

And if you happen to get cracked, shut your track. Come back, get back. That's the part of success. If you believe in the ass, you'll be relieved in your strength. Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Muckrake podcast. I'm Jared D.Sax. I'm here, as always, with Nick Houselman. We have a really special guest today. Kelly Weil from The Daily Beast, who is the author

0:38.1

of the new book Off the Edge, Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe

0:43.4

Anything, which is a fantastic book, really, really good interview. You're going to want to

0:47.0

stick around for that. Before we get into the news of the day, just a quick little programming note for everybody. This Thursday, February 17th,

0:58.4

at 7 p.m. Eastern, we're going to be doing a live show for our patrons. If you want to tune in for that

1:05.2

and be involved, all you have to do is go over to patreon.com slash muckrake podcast, become a subscriber,

1:10.7

and support this show.

1:12.7

We rely on your support. This is the reason we don't have ads. This is a reason we are

1:16.0

editorially independent. We rely on you as patreon.com slash muckrake podcast. And now, Nick,

1:22.3

we have to discuss the biggest day in the United States of America, the pinnacle of American culture,

1:32.3

that is, of course, the Super Bowl, in which I am told the best team from the NFC and the best team

1:40.8

of the AFC meet. And we all get together, most of us who don't really

1:46.3

care for the NFL anymore and talk about commercials. And let me see what the far right is up

1:52.8

to. Just absolute racist sexual panic. Oh, well, wait, you know, I want you to want you to know,

1:59.6

I got a lot more flexible during the game yesterday as they were stretching this connection between quarterbacks named Joe throughout the years. That was, you know what I'm saying? Like, I got some extra space in my vertebrae that way, you know, what they were trying to do with that. I got to tell you, and here's the thing, I don't know that we've actually talked about

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