Conspiracy U with Scott Shay

10/13/21 • 40 min

EPISODE 43 | Conspiracy U with Scott Shay

Guest: Scott Shay, author of Conspiracy U, In Good Faith & Getting Our Groove Back; President of Chai Mitzvah, Chairman of the Board & Co-founder of Signature Bank

The academic world is supposed to be a place to open and expand minds, but some professors actively promote conspiracy theories about Israel and the Jewish people that do the exact opposite. Scott Shay has written a book about how this is happening on both the right and left sides of the political spectrum, especially at his alma mater, Northwestern University.

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SECTIONS

02:26 - A book I didn't intend to write
04:39 - Whatsoever things are true
06:03 - Holocaust denial
09:46 - Not all professors
12:09 - Also on the left
14:37 - Oppressive hyper-whites
15:37 - A personal holocaust story
16:54 - "The Holocaust is overblown"
18:00 - Anti-Zionism is not (necessarily) Anti-Semitism
20:10 - Jewishness defined racially
22:15 - Where do we draw the historical line?
25:42 - Polarization & the demonized other
31:08 - Canary in the coalmine
34:32 - God-king pharaohs & super-authority
38:09 - Final thoughts

Music by Fanette Ronjat

MORE INFO:

Scott Shay's website
Conspiracy U on Amazon
In Good Faith: Questioning Religion and Atheism on Amazon
Getting Our Groove Back: How to Energize American Jewry on Amazon
Chai Mitzvah website
Signature Bank website

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EPISODE 43 | Conspiracy U with Scott Shay

Guest: Scott Shay, author of Conspiracy U, In Good Faith & Getting Our Groove Back; President of Chai Mitzvah, Chairman of the Board & Co-founder of Signature Bank

Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee. #ConspiracyClearinghouse #sharingiscaring #donations #support #buymeacoffee

You can also SUBSCRIBE to this podcast.

SECTIONS

02:26 - A book I didn't intend to write
04:39 - Whatsoever things are true
06:03 - Holocaust denial
09:46 - Not all professors
12:09 - Also on the left
14:37 - Oppressive hyper-whites
15:37 - A personal holocaust story
16:54 - "The Holocaust is overblown"
18:00 - Anti-Zionism is not (necessarily) Anti-Semitism
20:10 - Jewishness defined racially
22:15 - Where do we draw the historical line?
25:42 - Polarization & the demonized other
31:08 - Canary in the coalmine
34:32 - God-king pharaohs & super-authority
38:09 - Final thoughts

Music by Fanette Ronjat

MORE INFO:

Scott Shay's website
Conspiracy U on Amazon
In Good Faith: Questioning Religion and Atheism on Amazon
Getting Our Groove Back: How to Energize American Jewry on Amazon
Chai Mitzvah website
Signature Bank website

Follow us on social for extra goodies:

Facebook (including upcoming conspiracy-themed events)
Twitter
YouTube (extra videos on the topic, Old Time Radio shows, music playlists and more)

Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt

DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of 2021 AVA Digital Award Gold & 2020 Communicator Award of Excellence for Podcasts and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.
PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER.

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J.K. Rowling & the Gauntlet of Hysteria

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A secretary got an idea on a train and some years later had created an international entertainment sensation, gaining fame and fortune. A feel good story? Or is she a witch? A Satanist? A spendthrift? A TERF? A transphobe? A spendthrift Satanist TERF transphobe witch? Or maybe she doesn't really exist at all.

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SECTIONS

02:41 - The Wiccan Witch of the West - Harry Potter is evil
10:42 - Expelliarmus - Conspiracy theories about the books (WARNING: Spoilers)
17:24 - Accio Suspicion - Follow the money
18:53 - A Bit of Polyjuice Potion - She's a front
22:15 - Strike One - What's in a (pen) name?
25:34 - Pick a Little, Tweet a Little - Rowling tweets her way into trouble
33:27 - Transfiguration - Rowling stakes out her TERF
40:18 - Coda

Music by Fanette Ronjat

Follow us on social for extra goodies:

Facebook (including upcoming conspiracy-themed events)
Twitter
YouTube (extra videos on the topic, Old Time Radio shows, music playlists and more)

Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt

DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of 2021 AVA Digital Award Gold & 2020 Communicator Award of Excellence for Podcasts and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.
PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER.

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The Philadelphia Experiment & the Montauk Project - Time Tunnel Vision

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It's 78 years since one of the most storied military experiments in history, wherein a whole ship vanished and/or teleported and/or moved through time. And this dovetails with another famous military project at the tip of Long Island that's a grab bag of elements: virus labs, monster animals, Nikola Tesla, Ian Fleming, creating superhumans, teleportation, hyperspace, psychic spies, Nazi occultists, MIBs, the internet, AIDS, mind control, time travel, aliens and much more. Or so some say. Quite loudly, at times.

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SECTIONS

01:41 - Happy Easter - The Philadelphia Experiment - Carl Allen marks up Jessup, the Varo Edition
08:57 - Nothin up my sleeve! Vincent Gaddis & Charles Berlitz chime in, Einstein collides with pop culture
13:24 - Eyewitnesses tell different stories
15:17 - Project Rainbow - the U2 is too easy to see, Jacques Vallee has some thoughts on hoaxes
17:38 - The Montauk Project - Small but mighty - The town of Montauk, New York
20:53 - The Montauk Monster, Plum Island & Lab 257, Jeff Rense chirps up
24:12 - Life Imitating Art Imitating Life - Preston B. Nichols writes a book about Camp Hero, makes some startling claims, inspires movies and TV shows, writes more books
33:45 - Slav to Love - Stewart A. Swerdlow tries to get in on the action, Al Bielek travels to the future & deep space