The Paranoid Strain
By Fearful Jesuit
The podcast that explains why so many people believe ridiculous conspiracy theories.
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Latest episode
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New! Unidentified--Close Encounters of the X-Files Kind
How the way we look at abductions changed between the 1970s and the 1990s -
New! Unidentified--What Barney and Betty Hill actually saw (it wasn't a UFO)
Barney and Betty Hill, part 5 -
New! Unidentified--The aliens attempt to kidnap Darth Vader
Barney and Betty Hill, part 4 -
New! Unidentified--Interracial relationships and alien abduction in 1960s America
Barney and Betty Hill, part 3 -
New! Unidentified--Dreams, hypnosis, and the first American alien abduction
Barney and Betty Hill, part 2 -
New! Unidentified--Barney, Betty, and the UFO they saw
Barney and Betty Hill, part 1 -
New! Unidentified--No ETs for Christmas
We're back for 2025. This episode, we wrap up the story of The Seekers, the failure of their 1950s UFO prophecy, and the book that made them famous. We also dive into the ways cognitive dissonance theory interacts with other prophetic movements, i… -
Encore: Upon a Red Horse, Part V
The last part of our encore presentation. hope you enjoyed it--see you next week.In which Fletcher slowly loses what matters most to him, secures his legend, and goes down, senselessly, in a hail of bullets.Full lyrics, credi… -
Encore: Upon a Red Horse, Part IV
Part IV of our re-post of the best thing we've done.In which Fletcher finally gets on the radio, tells us what 2001: A Space Odyssey is really about, and sees his life begin to fall apart.theparanoidstrain.com -
Encore: Upon a Red Horse, Part III
In part 3, we discuss our hero's magnum opus.theparanoidstrain.comfacebook.com/groups/theparanoidstrainListen to the music as an album on Soundcloud: