A FEW LINKS

If you’d like a glimpse of where things are headed, this Festival of Dangerous Ideas presentation will offer some clues. There’s definitely some elements in there that will be in the series but I don’t think watching this will spoil the experience. (This project will be considerably less sarcastic than this presentation is.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYArdMbJ-88

Excerpts from this 99U interview with me were making the rounds recently. People seem to like it.
http://99u.com/articles/20490/talent-is-persistence-what-it-takes-to-be-an-independent-creative

Interview with Jesse Walker (and Steven Novella of NeuroLogica Blog) on You Are Not So Smart
http://youarenotsosmart.com/2014/01/16/yanss-podcast-016-steven-novella-and-jesse-walker-discuss-the-history-and-psychology-of-conspiracy-theories/
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KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST

The Twitter feed will have all the latest info plus I’ll occasionally share links. I often read and reply to mentions.
https://twitter.com/notconspiracy

The rest of these options will all have the same posts.

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6 LANGUAGES ADDED

Portuguese, French, Spanish, German, Russian and Turkish subtitles have been added. Thank you to Rui, Raphael, Miguel, Tim, Jenny, and Uğur!

Subtitles can be added or edited here:
http://amara.org/en/videos/7TkGUBHo5Ue1/info/this-is-not-a-conspiracy-theory-part-1/
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PRIZE GIVEAWAY

Iif you’d like to be entered in the United States of Paranoia giveaway, send along a question for next episode’s Q&A (see below) and request to be entered.

The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory, Jesse Walker
(Thank you to Jesse and HarperCollins)
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NEXT UPDATE: Q&A

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The Ideological Origins Of The American Revolution
Bernard Bailyn
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The Idea of America: Reflections on the Birth of the United States
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The Common Sense of Science
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The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World
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Enemies Within: The Culture of Conspiracy in Modern America
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Conspiracy Nation: The Politics of Paranoia in Postwar America
ed. Peter Knight
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Conspiracy Culture: From Kennedy to The X Files
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A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America
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(Oooo excitement — a second edition of this just came out.)

Conspiracy Theories: Secrecy and Power in American Culture
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(This was actually published in 2008, but the first edition is from 1999)

Empire of Conspiracy: The Culture of Paranoia in Postwar America Paperback, Timothy Melley
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