Jewish Space Lasers, QAnon, and Two Centuries of Conspiracy Theories with Mike Rothschild

The Preamble

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Joining Sharon today is Mike Rothschild: journalist, author, and conspiracy theorist expert who dives deep into the history of conspiracy theories over the last two centuries. In his new book, Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories, Mike Rothschild – who is of no relation to the Rothschilds family referred to in the book – shows how many conspiracy theories today are directly connected to the same antisemitic rhetoric, myths, and accusations reaching back decades. So how did these conspiracy theories originate? What do modern QAnon beliefs have to do with this? And why do the same tropes reemerge again and again?

Special thanks to our guest, Mike Rothschild, for joining us today.

Host/Executive Producer: Sharon McMahon

Guest: Mike Rothschild

Audio Producer: Jenny Snyder

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome.
0:06.4	Delighted to have you with me today.
0:07.8	My guest is Mike Rothschild, who has written an absolutely must read book called Jewish
0:13.8	Space Lasers.
0:15.4	And if you have ever wondered, where does anti-Semitism even come from?
0:20.0	Like, why are people are the way that they are?
0:24.3	You are going to want to stick around for this conversation.
0:27.0	So let's dive in.
0:30.1	I'm Sharon McMahon, and here's where it gets interesting.
0:35.0	I am really excited to be chatting with Mike Rothschild today.
0:39.4	Thank you for being here.
0:40.6	Thank you for having me.
0:41.6	I added Jewish Space Lasers your new book immediately to cart, as soon as I saw it on pre-order,
0:49.6	in part because I read your previous book about QAnon.
0:54.0	And I think we have a lot of shared interests.
0:56.8	Good things that are happening in the world today.
1:01.8	This book, though, I learned a lot from because this is like a history of Rothschild conspiracies
1:09.4	that have been plaguing humanity for many, many, many hundreds of years.
1:15.0	First of all, I'm sorry you have to put in your bio that you are not related to any
1:22.6	no relation, no relation, no, they're in the asterisk.
1:28.6	Okay, first of all, a lot of people who are just like average ordinary Americans may not
1:35.8	even be aware of what we're talking about.
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