The Trump Shooting, Conspiracies, and Calls for War

David Gilbert: But, this is simply a truly absorbing conspiracy due to the fact that it's based connected perchance the biggest conspiracy ever. The information that the Moon landing was faked.

Leah Feiger: Oh, incredible. Good.

David Gilbert: Unless, possibly you don't cognize astir it, but there's a caller movie that's retired called "Fly Me to the Moon," which stars Scarlett Johansson, and Woody Harrelson, and Channing Tatum. And it's astir the efforts to merchantability the thought of going to the Moon to the American people.

Leah Feiger: And I presume romance.

David Gilbert: I haven't seen it, I don't know. But, there's 1 portion of it wherever they determine successful the movie to conception a fake Moon landing conscionable successful lawsuit the existent Moon landing doesn't happen. Just to beryllium clear-

Leah Feiger: Oh. No.

David Gilbert: ...this did not happen, but this is the ground of immoderate of the large Moon landing conspiracies. This goes backmost to what I was talking astir past week, wherever it's predictive programming. The Moon landing conspiracy groups connected the net person exploded claiming that this is what really happened.

Leah Feiger: Oh, God.

David Gilbert: So, the Moon landing conspiracy, which they conscionable instrumentality away, they're determination each the time, it's fine. But, they've benignant of exploded into beingness successful the past week since this movie has been released. And they are perfectly convinced that NASA, oregon the U.S. government, oregon someone, oregon Nixon from beyond the sedate possibly is telling them done this movie that what they believed each on is existent and that the Moon landing is fake. But again, that's not true.

Leah Feiger: Amazing. Oh, that's specified a bully one. Wow. All right. Big fan. Makena, what bash you have?

Makena Kelly: Wow. Mine is besides centered astir a movie that conscionable came out. So, earlier everything happened implicit the weekend, I was going to... What my hubby and I do, we love, if there's thing to bash connected a Saturday, we emotion going to Chili's and past going to a movie.

Leah Feiger: Oh my gosh. Actually, I person to archer our listeners that erstwhile I called you and was like, "It appears that Trump was shot." You're like, "Okay, I'm leaving Chili's now. I'll beryllium location successful 10 minutes." Arguably, 1 of my favourite things you've ever said to me. Continue.

Makena Kelly: And so, I had to cancel my tickets and get a refund. We were going to spell spot Long Legs with Nick Cage.

Leah Feiger: Oh, fun.

Makena Kelly: And this reminded maine of an aged Nick Cage conspiracy mentation that helium was calved during the Civil War and is simply a vampire.

Leah Feiger: Oh, my God. Wait, this is not real. This is not a existent conspiracy.

Makena Kelly: No, it's 100% real. There was an antique seller 10, possibly 12 years agone oregon something, who recovered this aged Civil War representation of a feline who looks remarkably similar Nick Cage, and helium went to the press, helium was like, "Stop the presses. Nick Cage is simply a vampire." And Nick Cage was forced to respond to it and beryllium like, "I don't portion blood." And so, yeah, that's what I was reminded of this weekend.