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19th Feb 2026

Supplementary Material 45: Mick Drops, The Weinstein Conspiracy Hour, and Lessons from History

We return to some old friends, and almost immediately, we regret the decision. Also, get ready for some heady insights from history, a new conspiracy hypothesis, and Game Theory based insights.

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Supplementary Material 45

00:00 Introduction

01:15 Mick Drop

04:44 Scott Galloway's Favourite Conservative

06:37 Konstantin Kisin: Neither Right Nor Left

11:51 Insane Ad Reads in Podcastistan

17:08 Aella's insights on history

20:30 Bret's New Conspiracy Episode

22:10 Bret on Epstein, Pizzagate, and Ritual Murder

30:58 Heather, the personification of strategic disclaimers

31:49 Bret's New Conspiracy: Epstein is Alive

36:31 The Real Culprit is Game Theory

44:25 Bret is a Force of Nature who is always vindicated

46:36 The Grand Unification of Conspiracy Theories

48:25 Cenk Uygur promotes 9/11 Conspiracies

51:42 Peter Thiel in Ghoulish Pro-Nazi Form

55:15 The Descent of the Discourse

57:47 Eric visits Triggernometry (Again): Russian Woes

01:05:20 The Eric Squid Ink Manoeuvre

01:14:49 Eric is pro-Nuclear weapons tests

01:19:27 Weinstein drives can take us multiplanetary

01:28:28 The Weinstein Function: Justifying Enlightened Centrists Everywhere

01:30:37 Drew Pavlou's latest stunt backfires

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Decoding the Gurus
A psychologist and an anthropologist try to make sense of the world's greatest self-declared Gurus.
An exiled Northern Irish anthropologist and a hitchhiking Australian psychologist take a close look at the contemporary crop of 'secular gurus', iconoclasts, and other exiles from the mainstream, offering their own brands of unique takes and special insights.

Leveraging two of the most diverse accents in modern podcasting, Chris and Matt dig deep into the claims, peek behind the psychological curtains, and try to figure out once and for all... What's it all About?

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Christopher Kavanagh

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A Northern Irish cognitive anthropologist who occasionally moonlights as a social psychologist. Chris has long standing interests in the psychology of conspiracy theorists and pseudoscience. His academic research focuses on the Cognitive Science of Religion and ritual psychology. He lives happily in Japan with his family.

Matthew Browne

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An Australian psychologist and numbers-guy. He does research on all kinds of stuff, but particularly enjoys looking into why people believe the things they do: religion, conspiracy theories, alternative medicine and stuff. He's into social media in the same way people slow down for car accidents.