Illustration above by Sam Gorrie

Some of the materials I checked out while researching the latest episode.

Failed End-of-the-World Predictions

The Jupiter Effect and Harmonic Convergence

The World Will Not End in 2012

InfoWars.com
Site of Alex Jones, king of the conspiracy radicals

David Icke
The lizard guy

Coast to Coast AM
Long-running syndicated radio show dealing with conspiracies, the paranormal, etc.

Institute for Human Continuity
Tongue-in-cheek viral site for the 2012 film. It’s amusing if you’re savvy about interpreting media, but alarming if you aren’t.

World to End in 2012: A Hoax Gone Too Far?
Editorial discussing the site above

The audio clip tucked away at the end of “2012 and The Conspiracy Conspiracy” is from the track “No More Stalins No More Hitlers” on William Burroughs’ album “Dead City Radio“.

In this TED Talk Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic Magazine, briefly discusses the appeal of irrational thought, including the backwards “Stairway to Heaven” meme. You can read much more about this in his book, Why People Believe Weird Things