UNLOCKED: Swan Song Series 4 | Michelle Remembers: Context & History

Conspirituality

Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

Philosophy, Science, Social Sciences, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 8 October 2022

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

There's no Teal Swan without the Satanic Panic. And there's no Satanic Panic without the 1980 publication of Michelle Remembers, by Lawrence Pazder and Michelle Smith.In this first of three segments on this melted book, Matthew and Julian cover its historical, cultural, and mass media context. We start with a review of a 1985 20/20 episode called “The Devil Worshippers” for a taste of how mainstream outlets hosted cranks like Pazder, giving him a hall pass on evidence, and overlooking how his Catholic fetishes and paranoias played a huge role in the fictions he spun. The post Vatican 2 context is crucial, especially as we bear witness to the current political triumphs of Trad-Cath propaganda and politics in our post-Roe, QAnon -fried world. For help, we look to an excellent essay by social historian Bernard Doherty about the genre and elements of the Catholic Horror Film, which begins with Rosemary's Baby in 1968. This reactionary genre attempted to respond to modernizing—or postmodernizing, as Jordan Peterson might say—changes in Church doctrine. Bottom line? The Satanic Panic largely begins in and is sustained by Catholic-flavoured conspirituality anxiety about secularization, sex, babies, and abortion. CORRECTIONS: My dad informs me that I've made some Pope mistakes! Pius X was the last legitimate Pope according to the sedavacantists, and John XXIII, not Paul XXIII, opened the Vatican 2 proceedings. Thx dad. MRShow NotesMichael Hobbes and Sarah Marshall cover Michelle Remembers with great skill. "20/20" the Devil Worshippers - May 16, 1985West of Memphis movie review & film summaryMel Gibson: The man without a popeThe Smoke of Satan on the Silver Screen: The Catholic Horror Film, Vatican II, and the Revival of Demonology | Journal for the Academic Study of Religion -- -- --Support us on PatreonPre-order Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat: America | Canada Follow us on Instagram | Twitter: Derek | Matthew | JulianOriginal music by EarthRise SoundSystem Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a glass box media podcast.
0:04.1	Caution.
0:06.8	The ultimate spicy meatball from Domino's is hot.
0:09.8	Just not stupid hot.
0:10.9	It won't earn you mythical status or get you a nickname like Mad Dog or Dragon's Breath.
0:15.7	It's hot.
0:16.7	Good hot.
0:17.7	The kind of hot that boosts taste nothing else.
0:19.5	The ultimate spicy meatball with Siracha Drizzle from Domino's, it will get you fired
0:23.5	up.
0:24.5	Subject to availability.
0:26.4	This isn't just midweek football.
0:28.4	It's wide-eyed, shirtless jordies on a European tour.
0:32.1	It's noisy neighbours turn trebles winners doing the post-nam.
0:35.9	It's the red devils burning with scores to settle.
0:38.7	It's the young gunners all fired up with their site set on glory.
0:42.7	It's the chance to compete with Europe's elite.
0:45.4	This isn't just football.
0:46.8	This is everything.
0:47.7	It's hot change, Mad Dog.
0:49.3	What's the way for Champions League and Europa League live an exclusive on TNT Sports?
0:57.3	Oh, is that a pumpkin spice latte?
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