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10th Jun 2026

Supplementary Material 50: The String Theory Mafia, Shameless Propagandists, and The Topography of Semantic Space

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Supplementary Material 50 (Full Episode: 2hrs 23 mins)

00:24 Introduction

02:07 British People Struggling with Compliments

04:53 Matt loves SOME episode titles

08:42 Nachos Pronunciation

10:13 Brett Weinstein vs Michael Tracey

29:08 Brett pivots to his Anti-Vaxx Hits

42:32 The Hug Box World of Podcasting

45:55 When Eric met Joe (again)

47:29 Eric and Rogan re-litigate Sean Carroll's criticisms

55:55 Eric's insatiable desire to be linked with Epstein

01:14:36 Eric Weinstein is a Construct

01:16:36 When Ana met Candace

01:18:18 Useful Idiots and Shameless Propagandists

01:19:59 Ryan Grim's reaction to being in Iranian Propaganda Videos

01:26:22 Zeteo gets to the bottom of the Iranian Casualty Figures

01:30:24 Ana and Candace's Hug Session

01:36:31 A horse named shoe?

01:47:26 The Holocaust Media Industry

01:53:48 Jimmy Dore makes the Religious Pivot

02:01:39 The Brave Renegade Narrative that Never Gets Old

02:12:57 Horseshoe Populism

02:16:23 Jordan Hall x AI Instructions

02:21:46 Agent Hall infecting your Mattrix

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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.

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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.