This is Sarah Stewart Holland, and this is Beth Silverz, thank you for joining us for

our Pantsuit Politics.

Hello and welcome to Pantsuit Politics where we take a different approach to the news.

Often relevance in the news spawn conspiracy theories online.

The president of Ukraine, Vladimir Selinsky, is in the US this week and we know that conflict

in particular has been fertile ground for conspiracy theories. We're getting further and further

into the campaign calendar, which also creates its own ecosystem of conspiracies online,

and so we have invited Mike Rothschild back to discuss his new book,

Jewish Space Lasers, The Rothschilds, and 200 years of conspiracy theories, and how conspiracy

theories and antisemitic tropes grow side by side and have for hundreds of years.

Before we get started, we are delighted to head to new two S states this November.

We have not done speaking events, and either of these states before, so we're really excited

to meet some of you who've never had a chance to see us in person. We'll be at

southeastern Louisiana University and Hammond Louisiana on the afternoon of Thursday, November 9th.

Then we'll speak to the Diabetes Coalition of Mississippi in Jackson the morning of November 10th.

Both events are open to the public, and there are more details in our show notes. We're so excited.

These are our last public speaking events of 2023, so if you are in or near Louisiana or Mississippi,

we would love to see you there. Now, don't worry. We are currently booking for 2024,

but we only have eight spots available. Guys, we have kids. We can't be on the road all the time, okay?

But we would love to come to your community or organization in one of those eight spots.

We would love to help you deal with a tough conversation you're having in your community or

a difficult transition you're facing in your organization. So if you work somewhere or go to

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