Lizard People: Comedy and Conspiracy Theories

The Wine Cork Conspiracy with Billy Merritt

You might think you know what the deal is with corks, but trust. You’re about to have your little mind blown. Billy Merritt walks us through the connection between French wine, Portuguese corks, EU-hating terrorists, Long Island beef, and those…

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Michael Hastings’ Death with Kerry O’Neill

When BuzzFeed is the most reputable news source, and the government can do pretty much whatever it wants to private citizens, who can you trust? Kerry O’Neill, that’s who! The wildly talented writer and comedian and dog mom stopped by to tell us…

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Fluoridated Water with Angela Gulner

Industrial runoff. Atomic bomb test waste. Tap water. What do these all in common? THEY ALL CONTAIN WATER!!! Just kidding, they all have dreadful terrible fluoride in them. Fluoride is a controversial chemical with a shady past, and the hilarious…

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Special End Of The Year Episode

Can you believe this podcast is one year old? Feels like it’s barely been 11 months! All (hilarious) jokes aside, it’s been a pretty wild year. We’ve covered everything from yetis to Marisa Tomei to lightbulbs to the Illuminati to our Hollow Earth to…

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Marisa Tomei’s Oscar with Patrick McDonald

Okay, we gotta conspiracy theory ova heaaaaah! If you like bad Brooklyn accents and arguments about the importance of comedy in culture, this ep is for you baby. Patrick McDonald came on the podcast for a freewheelin’ conversation about classic…

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Ferris Bueller Wasn’t Real with Clara Baker

Ready for some truly dumb dad jokes? This wholesome episode tackles the theory that Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, classic 80’s teen film, is actually a dark portrait of a deeply disturbed young man who invents a cool imaginary friend with powers he can…

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Predictive Programming with George Barber

Some episodes of this podcast are silly. Some are thoughtful. And sometimes we have to just say to heck with conspiracy theories, it’s time for some good goddamn conversation. This one is that third one. The incredibly funny and borderline genius…

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Conspiracy Conspiracies with Wave Segal

Wave Segal is a very funny comedian and actor. He’s also a hardcore conspiracy theory nerd. And on this episode of Lizard People he presents the most meta, complex, shocking conspiracy theory of all – that there’s a conspiracy to spread conspiracy…

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Sylvia Plath with Julia Meltzer

Sylvia Plath was a poet, essayist, novelist, and very interesting person. Her work was luminous, and her suicide was notorious. But some people think that her husband (notorious asshole) Ted Hughes had more to do with her death than he ever admitted….

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Hollow Earth with Ben Dietzel

You might think that the earth is solid all the way through, with different layers like a delicious baklava. But what if the earth is in fact hollow, like a sphere made of poptarts that are frosted on both sides? All these desserts and more come in to…

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