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BONUS EPISODE PREVIEW: Reflections From The Edge of The World w/ Kelly Weill

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Religion & Spirituality

4.8566 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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This is just a sample of our Patreon exclusive bonus episode. You can hear the episode in full by becoming a member at: https://www.patreon.com/indoctrination Our returning guest for this Patreon exclusive Bonus episode is Award-winning author and journalist Kelly Weill. Kelly reports for the Daily Beast covering right-wing extremism and conspiracy culture. She has more than two decades of experience at The Wall Street Journal and other major outlets and is the author of the incredible new book "Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything " Kelly shares her thoughts from the past several years covering flat earth conferences and conspiracy culture, offering unique insights into the thinking of those who have gone off the edge into conspiracy theory. Together Rachel and Kelly reflect on how people get lost in these ideas and explain how loved ones can become their stewards back to reality. You can find Kelly's excellent work with The Daily Beast here: www.thedailybeast.com/author/kelly-weill Her Book "Off The Edge" is available here : www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/564…694-off-the-edge Keep up to date with all her work by following her on Twitter @KELLYWEILL Thanks to all our Patreon supporters for making this episode happen!! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0

Thanks for tuning in to our bonus episode preview.

0:10.2

This is just a short sample of this week's exclusive Patreon episode.

0:15.9

You can hear the episode in its entirety by becoming a member at patreon.com slash indoctrination, where you'll gain

0:24.4

access to all of our exclusive episodes and merchandise.

0:34.5

I am so excited to be able to have Kelly back on the show. I talked to you a while ago,

0:41.3

and we talked about conspiratorial thinking and the Flat Earth Society, et cetera, et cetera.

0:48.7

And you were researching it and writing about it. And I know that you have been immersed in that as well as other things,

0:56.5

too. And I wanted to check in with you and kind of have you update us on some of the new trends,

1:01.9

some of the things we should probably be watching out for, and what you've noticed, sort of the

1:06.8

twists and turns of these societies, because I always find that very interesting.

1:12.4

So if you don't mind taking a moment to just introduce yourself and then we'll start talking.

1:16.9

Thank you so much for having me. My name is Kelly Weil. I am a reporter at The Daily Beast,

1:21.9

where I cover the far right and conspiracy theories and disinformation. And I am most recently the author of Off the Edge.

1:29.4

It's a new book about the flat earth movement and conspiracy culture at large.

1:34.4

I love the name of it, the title, Off the Edge.

1:37.1

So take us wherever.

1:39.3

What have you found?

1:40.5

What have you researched?

1:41.9

We'll get cooking.

1:42.6

I'm sure you have a lot to share.

1:44.5

Sure. So I've been on the disinformation beat for a while now. It's been very active, as you might

1:51.7

imagine. There is a lot of conspiracy content around a lot of misinformation. But around

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