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0:00 The crisis of belief and the crisis of speech

4:30 Michael: Deport the criminals, leave the gardeners

10:37 Michael’s list of the biggest, craziest, and most dangerous conspiracy theories

15:47 When trust in institutions breaks down

22:06 Why well-meaning people make absurd claims

26:01 Is Trump uniquely dangerous to American institutions?

29:04 Where Michael gets his news

31:49 How liberal institutions lost the plot

36:15 The roots and appeal of QAnon

41:06 Down the Jeffrey Epstein rabbit hole

44:47 Michael’s definition of truth

51:23 The stakes of religious belief

58:47 Can we live with “I don’t know” as the answer to the big questions?

Recorded January 19, 2026

Links and Readings

Skeptic magazine

Michael’s new book, Truth: What It Is, How to Find It, and Why It Still Matters

Michael’s book, Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational

Michael’s book, Denying History: Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened and Why Do They Say It?

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