79: I Still Dream of Orgonon

This week we are discussing right-wing paranoia about weather control and how it is being used as a comforting belief that enables one to evade accepting the reality of human influenced climate change. We go through the history of the "chemtrails" conspiracy theory, while also situating it in the earlier (and much more interesting) beliefs of Viennese Psychiatrist turned out-of-the-box thinker, Wilhelm Reich and his concept of orgone and his invention of cloudbusters. We also discuss the career of chemtrail proponent Naomi Wolf, whose career parallels Reich's in some interesting ways.

We open the episode by discussing the continuing Jeffrey Epstein revelations and postulate on where this all might lead. 

Axios on Anti-Chemtrails Legislation

Wilhelm Reich Museum in Maine

Naomi Klein's Doppelganger  

Naomi Wolf's Infamous Interview Gaffe

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Chapters

• 0:50 Jeffrey Epstein Update
• 10:14 Weather Control Intro
• 15:50 Wilhelm Reich Discussion
• 28:28 Naomi Wolf and Chemtrails
• 40:13 Why Chemtrails?
• 45:14 A Very Brief History of the Afterlife Update