The Conspiracy Podcast

• Pearl Harbor: Part Two - EP 133

  Part 2 of our Pearl Harbor series opens in the days after the attack, when a different kind of shockwave rolled across the American mainland—one made of fear, suspicion, and the haunting belief that the next strike might come from within. Japanese immigrants and Japanese American citizens, many of whom had lived in the U.S. for generations, suddenly became targets of rumor and paranoia. Newspapers printed tales of coded signals flashing from fishing boats, imagined spy rings in farming communities, and sabotage plots that never occurred. In this atmosphere, fear didn’t just spread—it multiplied.That fear soon took legal shape. In February 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, forcing more than 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry—most of them American citizens—to leave their homes and report to inland camps surrounded by barbed wire. Families packed what they could carry and stepped into a world built on suspicion, not evidence.But the heart of this episode lies in the question that refuses to die: did the U.S. government know more about the coming attack than it ever admitted? We step into the murky realm of broken diplomatic codes, delayed warnings, and the infamous Henry Stimson diary entry about “maneuvering Japan into firing the first shot.” We examine the intelligence intercepts that suggested war was imminent, the last-minute messages that reached Hawaii too late, and the political and strategic pressures building inside Washington in 1941.Was it conspiracy? Was it incompetence? Or was it simply the fog and friction of a world sliding toward global war?www.patreon.com/theconspiracypodcast

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• Pearl Harbor: Part One - EP 132

  Pearl Harbor, the turning point in American history. Long before December 7, 1941, the collision between two Pacific powers had already begun. Manchuria had fallen to Imperial Japan in 1931, marking the start of Japan’s empire push across China. The United States, publicly neutral, watched war spread while trying to stay out of global conflict. But by 1941, diplomacy broke down. After Japan moved into French Indochina, the U.S. answered with crippling oil embargoes that threatened Japan’s military ambitions, leaving its leaders convinced war was the only path to secure resources like those in the Dutch East Indies.On November 26, 1941, a strike fleet built around six carriers under Admiral Chuichi Nagumo slipped into the Pacific Ocean under radio silence, heading toward a target few considered possible: Hawaii. In Washington, leaders knew war was imminent through broken diplomatic codes, but nothing pinpointed the exact time or place. At Pearl Harbor, defenses were relaxed, planes parked tight at airfields, and anti-aircraft crews off rotation—ready for sabotage, not annihilation.At 7:55 a.m., Commander Mitsuo Fuchida signaled the raid with “Tora! Tora! Tora!”, unleashing a two-hour nightmare. Torpedoes smashed hulls, bombs detonated steel, and Battleship Row burned. Pilots attacked at sunrise, one timing mistake putting the rising sun directly in American defenders’ view, and later claims even surfaced that the glare briefly impaired their approach. The result was devastating—and unifying. But decades later, the question remains a ghost story wrapped in cipher smoke: did the U.S. government know more than it said?Tonight, around the digital campfire, we explore the lead-up, the attack, and the theories www.patreon.com/theconspiracypodcast

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• Thanksgiving Myths - EP 131

  Turkey Day, this week the boys dive into the warm, buttery, gravy-covered fever dream known as Thanksgiving—a holiday many people think they understand… until the layers start peeling back. What begins as a friendly harvest feast quickly unravels into one of the strangest webs of mythmaking, political spin, and quiet conspiracies in American history.In this episode, the boys trace Thanksgiving from the lone surviving 1621 eyewitness note all the way to modern turkey-industry lobbying. Along the path, they explore how a simple three-day gathering between starving Pilgrims and wary Wampanoag warriors somehow morphed into the sanitized, picture-book origin story taught in every American classroom. They break down the myths: the invented outfits, the overly friendly narrative, the idea of a peaceful partnership that history doesn’t fully support, and how Victorian artists accidentally created the entire “Pilgrim look.”The journey then shifts into the political arena, as the boys examine the theory that Abraham Lincoln revived Thanksgiving during the Civil War not only for unity but as a psychological tool to stabilize a fractured nation. From there, they go straight into 1939’s “Franksgiving,” when FDR moved the holiday up a week—and half the country flat-out refused to follow. It’s economic manipulation, confusion, and chaos served with cranberry sauce.And because no Thanksgiving deep-dive is complete without the modern oddities, the boys take on Big Turkey, the cranberry cartel, the pumpkin-pie agenda, and the long-running suspicion that Plymouth Rock is just a random stone chosen to sell souvenirs.By the end, Thanksgiving looks less like a timeless tradition and more like a national myth rewritten again and again. Grab a plate—this one gets spicy.www.patreon.com/theconspiracypodcast

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• What Really is Airplane Mode? MINI 5

  Is airplane mode actually doing anything… or is it just a digital superstition we’ve all agreed to follow? Sean, Jorge, and Eric crack open FAA reports, safety filings, and decades of airline policy to figure out whether your phone has ever truly posed a threat to a Boeing 737.We break down how airplane mode started, why flight crews still insist on it, and what the data actually says about electronic interference in the cockpit. Were early studies flawed? Did airlines exaggerate the risks? Or is there real evidence that your phone’s radio signals can mess with navigation systems at 30,000 feet?The boys compare old myths to modern aircraft technology, explore the behind-the-scenes testing the FAA has done, and reveal what airlines won’t tell you about Wi-Fi in the sky, 5G signals, and why some rules never die even when the science changes.Funny, skeptical, and backed by legit documentation, this episode answers the question every traveler secretly wonders: Does airplane mode matter, or is it the biggest myth in aviation?Originally recorded in 2024 for Patreons Only as Mini episode #5www.patreon.com/theconspiracypodcast

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• The Federal Reserve: Part Two - EP 130

  In Part One, we followed the money — from ancient temples to the secret meeting at Jekyll Island, where a handful of bankers drafted a plan that would change the world. Now, in Part Two, The Conspiracy Podcast dives into what happened after that plan became law — and how it gave birth to one of the most powerful and most misunderstood institutions in history: the Federal Reserve.When the Federal Reserve Act passed in 1913, Americans had no idea how deeply it would shape their lives. A new hybrid system was born — part public, part private, run by twelve regional banks and a central board in Washington. It was designed to stop the boom-and-bust chaos that had plagued the country for decades. But to this day, people still ask the same question: Who really controls the Fed?The boys break down how this quiet institution evolved from a crisis-fighting experiment into a global financial empire. From the Great Depression to World War II, from the gold standard to the postwar boom, the Fed’s fingerprints are everywhere — printing money, rescuing markets, and rewriting the rules of capitalism. They’ll unpack how the Fed gained near-godlike power to move markets with a single announcement, and why every decision behind closed doors ripples through every dollar in your pocket.But this is The Conspiracy Podcast, and no story this big comes without shadows. Part Two dives into the darker theories — that the Fed is a private cartel of bankers pulling the strings behind the government; that the Rothschilds and Rockefellers still influence its policy; that the institution was designed not to stabilize America, but to enslave it in endless debt. From the myths of the Titanic murders to whispers about JFK’s silver-backed money, the conspiracies surrounding the Fed are as old as the Fed itself.So, what’s the truth behind the “Creature from Jekyll Island”? Is the Federal Reserve a necessary guardian of modern finance… or a hidden hand controlling the world economy?Sean, Jorge, and Eric crack open the vault and ask the question few dare to: who really runs the money machine?www.patreon.com/theconspiracypodcast

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