The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy

It's been close to 40 years, and the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie remains the deadliest act of terrorism in the UK. It's an event with many conspiratorial angles, which were discussed in a recent series as part of the BBC's "Intrigue" podcast. We take a look at the series and the events it discusses, and barely mention Highlander 2 at all. Also! M made a game! You can download it for free here: https://horansome.itch.io/prestige

It's been 25 years since the 9/11 attacks, so obviously we're going to talk about AI. Does it pass the Turing Test? Is it conscious? Are there parasitic AI personas inducting their users into the secrets of the universe? What's the correct way to pronounce "ChatGPT"? This episode contains those answers and no others. You know, we never bother to include references in our episode descriptions, like all the cool podcasts do. Here's a few: "The Rise of Parasitic AI" by Adele Lopez [https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/6ZnznCaTcbGYsCmqu/the-rise-of-parasitic-ai] "AI bots started a religion — humans immediately followed" by Hayden Field [https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/975017/ai-spiralism-chatbot-movement] "No Diggity" by Blackstreet ft. Dr. Dre, Queen Pen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KL9mRus19o]

M's desire to discuss the who, what and why of the ascended masters sees us look into Theosophy and its founder, Mme. Blavatsky, whose magnum opus is, we think you'll agree, thematically identical to the straight-to-DVD sci-fi horror film Species 3. Or Alien: Romulus if you prefer. Stay to the end for some startling revelations around what is and isn't Cake!

The mysterious Project Anchor has been a topic of conversation on social media lately, so we thought now would be a good time to look into it. What are NASA up to with $89 billion? What are they preparing for and what don't they want you to know about it? When is this all kicking off? The answers may surprise you unless you've read about it already.

Gird your loins, steel your nerves and kiss your loved ones goodbye as we stride proudly into The Confoundanatorium! First, M will attempt to confound Josh with a mini "What the Conspiracy?" segment; then Josh will do his best to confound M with a smaller-than-usual "Does M Remember?" segment! Who will be the most confounded by whom and what will be left of either of them at the end of it all? Only one thing is certain: everybody is a monkey racist.