This season will be further exploring each topic, hanging out with experts and enthusiasts

of all kinds, for more strange stories, social commentary, and the myths that make America

tick.

I'm your host, Chelsea Weber-Smith.

This is the second part of our two-part interview with comedian Chris Gatherd, who hosts

the podcast, Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People, stars in a new stand-up special called

Half My Life, and is the author of Weird New York.

Make sure you listen to part one where we discuss dangerous water parks, bizarre roadside attractions,

urban legends, and what it was like to grow up in the oftentimes unsafe 1980s and 90s.

On this episode, we'll continue the conversation in a different direction, as Chris shares his

experience becoming a sudden villain in the fringe conspiratorial zeitgeist.

Then we'll move on to the value that we found in talking to strangers, him as a podcaster

who has conversations on an anonymous hotline and myself as a former hitchhiker.

Now here it is, part two.

Who's gonna argue if you really believe that?

If Q&N really believes people who are involved in that, that Tom Hanks is running a sex trafficking

ring and you believe that with all your heart, that sets you up to do a lot of really bad

things.

I think I'm a part of it.

Do they?

To the point where they actually have me running scared and I don't love talking about

it.

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