Those Conspiracy Guys is a history, comedy and true crime podcast from Ireland produced and presented by Gordon Rochford and the topics discussed are varied and wide-ranging; from the speculations on the out-there conspiracy theories like aliens, time travel, and ancient civilisations to researched discussions on the more grounded, historical and provable conspiracies like political and financial corruption, scientific chicanery and secret government agency shenanigans. In long-form group discussions; interviews with authors and experts; live stage shows and streams with an eager audience; and collaborations with other conspiracy creators; Gordo examines all the wildest notions and most unbelievable theories in the ever broadening genre of 'conspiracy'. From the high-concept topics like inter-dimensional lizard men, complicated assassination plots and potential future technologies like alternative simulated universes; to the much more tangible topics like discussing serial killers and mysterious true crime cases; exploring the history of religions and cult leaders; and historically profiling the lives and times of some of the most influential people to have lived, and died...
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SwapCast - Tin Foil Hat - George Orwell 1984
SWAPCAST - This episode will be available for the next 30 days - After this, you can find it on our Patreon page in a private and ad-free RSS feed for Patreon subscribers only On this SwapCast I chat with Sam and XG about some eerily predictive fiction from one of the most famous authors of the 20th century, George Orwell. His book Animal Farm published in 1945 was a scathing indictment of the communist political agenda and was a massive cultural palette cleanser in a world now faced with an ideological dichotomy of socialism versus capitalism. He detested the cult of personality that had grown up around Stalin during the war years and foresaw the problems that lay ahead for the world should this ideological esteem pave the way for a tyrant in absolute control. 1984 was the extension of this critique and the world that was created in this book was based on the tools and methods of totalitarian dictatorships that are now being echoed in the modern media landscape. The oppressive regime depicted in 1984 ring true today with social media deplatformings mimicking the actions of Winston Smith working for the Ministry of Truth and the Thought Police and blatant propaganda tactics shown in the actions of politically charged social media platforms. I chat with Sam and XG about the man himself, Orwell's journey to writing 1984 and some of the more important warnings Orwell writes about that are showing themselves in the modern political discourse. DoubleThink, NewSpeak, and The Memory Hole are all terms often used when talking about cultural and political debate online these days; and Orwell saw it all happening in 1949! Enjoy this chat anyway and let me know what you think. Ill be uploading this to the main podcast for the next 30 days but I will definitely be doing a George Orwell episode in the future on TCG, a big one! :) --- You can find Sam here: https://twitter.com/samtripoli and the Tin Foil Hat Podcast here: https://twitter.com/TinFoilHatCast or check out all their good stuff on their website here: https://tinfoilhatpodcast.com --- **CONTACT AND WEBSITE** Email - mailto:info@thoseconspiracyguys.com Website - http://www.thoseconspiracyguys.com **SUPPORT THE SHOW** This podcast is supported by the generous donations of the wonderful folks over at Patreon. You can get exclusive content, ad-free episodes, access to live chats and private social media like Instagram and Discord and a whole load of other stuff. Click the link here and choose your support level, and thanks :) Appreciate ya! Patreon - http://bit.ly/TCG-Patreon **SOCIAL MEDIA** Probably the most useful and well maintained social space for TCG fans is the Discord server so click the link below and join in the conversation with fellow fans. Send me a DM or post to episode specific channels yourself, share links, or join in discussions. Discord - http://bit.ly/TCG-Discord Gordo is the one replying to all of the social media below so click the links here to be brought to the apps OR just search for 'thoseconspiracyguys' in any of these websites :D Some sites in this list are obviously more active than others but I read all messages sent to me, even though I may not reply straight away. Twitter - http://bit.ly/TCG-twitter or find @tconspiracyguys Facebook - http://bit.ly/TCG-facebook Instagram - http://bit.ly/TCG-Instagram or find @thoseconspiracyguys Minds - http://bit.ly/TCG-Minds Pinterest - http://bit.ly/TCG-Pinterest Reddit - http://bit.ly/TCG-Reddit Anchor - http://bit.ly/TCG-Anchor Vero - http://get.vero.co/vero and find @thoseconspiracyguys Snapchat - http://bit.ly/TCG-Snapchat Voat - http://bit.ly/TCG-Voat Gab - http://bit.ly/TCG-Gab Tumblr - http://bit.ly/TCG-Tumblr Mix - http://bit.ly/TCG-Mix MySpace - http://bit.ly/TCG-MySpace Meetup - http://bit.ly/TCG-Meetup **MERCH** Get conspiracy themed merch designed and curated by Gordo on our TeePublic store! Top sellers include: Sasquatch - Forest Police Unit, Time to Pay the Bill, and That Sh*t is Bananas Click this link below to be brought straight to the store Teepublic - http://bit.ly/TCG-teepublic **VIDEO** For TCG video content subscribe to any of these services where you will find: LiveChats; Episode and Recording Day Vlogs; LiveStreams of Podcast Episodes; and loads more. You will also get notifications of upcoming Live events and can join in the conversation! YouTube - http://bit.ly/TCG-YouTube Bitchute - http://bit.ly/TCG-Bitchute Twitch - http://bit.ly/TCG-Twitch Vimeo - http://bit.ly/TCG-Vimeo DLive - http://bit.ly/TCG-DLive GetVokl - http://bit.ly/TCG-GetVokl