You know what drives me up a wall? When people call conspiracy theorists stupid or crazy.

Sure, some of them can come across as off the wall bonkers. Stage 5 clingers if you will. But truth be told?

There’s a lot of normal people that got caught up in conspiracy theory / right-wing garbage.

Case in point—my guest’s father.

Jen Senko’s father grew up a liberal. But over time we became addicted to right-wing radio (and coincidentally right-wing outrage.)

Her documentary, The Brainwashing of My Dad, is an incredible sneak-peak into how right-wing conspiracy grifters operate. This documentary goes as far as the John Birch society in the 1950’s.

The John Birch Society played heavily into the anti-communism fears in the 1950’s. As well as starting up conspiracy theories about a global one-world government, and on and on.

Here are some of the things we talk about on the podcast

• EXPOSED! How the Catholic Church forced my guest to “suffer in silence” and avoid addressing her mental health issues (this has nothing to do with child abuse) 8:35
• Echo chambers are bad, right? WRONG! Discover the unique “reverse echo chamber” in Antonio’s family that rescued him from conspiracy theories 4:32
• WARNING: Erase this from your vocabulary if you’re talking about politics—you’re helping to get right-wingers elected when you say these things (The GOP has spent BILLIONS of dollars convincing you to say them) 15:59
• The 4 words you can use to spot a conspiracy theorist in the wild 19:31
• “Extra Extra! Read all about it!” A sinister government plot to turn the world against the Jews using newspapers (and no, the NAZI’s weren’t involved) 22:18
• Plus much more!
• Guest Bio & Links

  https://www.thebrainwashingofmydad.com/

  Jen Senko’s book on Amazon:

  https://www.amazon.com/Brainwashing-My-Dad-Right-Wing-Nation_And/dp/1728239591