Mission Implausible Podcast
1) The Midterm Power Grab (w/ Will Sommer)
Will Sommer (of The Bulwark) returns to unpack threats to federalize elections to renewed efforts to “prove” 2020 was stolen. We also diagnose the strange incentives and rivalries inside M...Show More
2) What Ghislaine Maxwell Knows and Why She’s Being Protected (with Tara Palmeri & Adam Davidson)
Tara breaks down what Ghislaine Maxwell’s current treatment, legal positioning, and pardon speculation actually signal. They describe the difference between the public narrative and the private ...Show More
3) The Hawaiian Cult that raised Tulsi Gabbard (with Chistine Gralow)
Our current Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was born into The Science of Identity Foundation, a secretive, authoritarian religious group led by guru Chris Butler. What are the beliefs ...Show More
4) Alex Jones and the Conspiracy Economy (with Jordan Holmes)
The co-host of the Knowledge Fight podcast knows too much about Alex Jones. How are conspiracy ecosystems built, monetized, and sustained? From cult psychology and propaganda laundering to Sandy Hook,...Show More
5) Eating Bugs, Shooting Bobby Kennedy, The Deadly Double: Conspiracy Theory Grey Areas (with Adam Tod Brown)
The host of CONSPIRACY! THE SHOW has insights on why people believe wild things and how grifters and media personalities turn paranoia into profit. With questions about his own conspiracy theori...Show More
6) The Overlooked Radicalization Crisis: How Women Become Extremists (with Leah Sottile)
Investigative journalist Leah Sottile, author of Blazing Eye Sees All, draws on years of direct reporting on anti-government movements, Christian nationalism, New Age spirituality, death cults and onl...Show More
7) From Hollywood to Human Rights: The Real Cost of Conspiracy Thinking (with Stephanie March)
Drawing on her leadership roles with Planned Parenthood Global and humanitarian organizations in Africa, actor & activist Stephanie March (ADA Alex Cabot on Law & Order: SVU) describes how ill-conceiv...Show More
8) Wellness to Weaponization: How Women Are Drawn into Conspiracy Extremism (with Noelle Cook)
From wellness culture and yoga influencers to QAnon forums and January 6, the pathways into conspiracy extremism aren’t always obvious — especially for women. Identity and meaning can quie...Show More
9) What Fresh Hell: 2025 in Conspiracy Theories and Disinformation
Our team gives their analysis of a disturbingly familiar year in power and politics, normalization and surprises. Much of it was predictable, some was worse, and some was worse that worse. Yet conspir...Show More
10) When Did We Decide the Government is Hiding Aliens? (with Garrett Graff)
We didn't always assume the government was hiding aliens. The Manhattan Project was a crash course in how to run a secret program. Some secrets were real and necessary. Some were real and needing expo...Show More