On the Trail of Delusion, Episode 33, with Ernest Kearney

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS3aen2tfUM

Playwright Ernest Kearney stopped by to discuss conspiracy theories, and the influence of two books, Virtues of the Mind by Linda Zagzebski and The True Believer by Eric Hoffer, on his worldview.

Others topics discussed are a critique of the documentary The Assassination and Mrs. Paine, The Jim Garrison/Clay Shaw case, and the books Rush to Judgement by Mark Lane and Vincent Bugliosi's Reclaiming History.

This episode also contains never before seen footage of Fred Litwin's appearance at the 2024 LANCER conference in Dallas, Texas, and an in-person examination of the infamous storm drain in Dealey Plaza.

Previous Episodes of On the Trail of Delusion:

Episode 1

My first guest was Robert Reynolds who is an expert on the JFK assassination files.

Episode 2

Robert A. Wagner discusses his new book, JFK Assassinated.

Episode 3

Gerald Posner discusses the JFK assassination and conspiracy theories.

Episode 4

Dr. Martin J. Kelly, Jr. discusses conspiracy theories and the medical evidence in the JFK assassination.

Episode 5

Steve Roe discusses the life of General Edwin Walker and Oswald's attempt to kill him.

Episode 6

Gus Russo discusses his participation in the PBS Frontline documentary on Lee Harvey Oswald.

Episode 7

Dave Perry tells some great stories about debunking JFK conspiracy nonsense.

Episode 8

Nick Nalli explains some of the science behind the assassination.

Episode 9

Alecia Long discusses Jim Garrison and his non-existent case against Clay Shaw.

Episode 10

Don Carpenter discusses the life of Clay Shaw.

Episode 11

Bill Brown discusses the murder of Officer J. D. Tippit.

Episode 12

Eric Dezenhall discusses the relationship between the mob and JFK.

Episode 13

Nick Nalli discusses the acoustics evidence and the Zapruder Film.

Episode 14

Scott Maudsley discusses Lee Harvey Oswald's antisocial personality disorder.

Episode 15

Document expert Robert Reynolds discusses what to expect in the upcoming JFK assassination file releases.

Episode 16

A panel discussion on the document releases with Fred Litwin, Gus Russo, Robert Reynolds, Larry Haapanen, Mark Allen, and Steve Roe.

Episode 17

An interview with author Michel Gagné about conspiracy theories.

Episode 18

An interview with Phil Tinline about his book, Ghosts of Iron Mountain.

Episode 19

An interview with Janet Banister, grand-niece of Guy Banister.

Episode 20

The Marina Oswald Tapes.

Episode 21

Dr. Chad Zimmerman discusses JFK's autopsy X-rays and photographs.

Episode 22

Tour guide Daniel Evans talks about his years of researching the JFK assassination.

Episode 23

Adam Gorightly discusses Fred Crisman, Thomas Beckham, Raymond Broshears and Kerry Thornley.

Episode 24

A fun interview with Larry Haapanen who discusses the Garrison investigation, and his involvement with Project Blue Book.

Episode 25

Dale Myers discusses the Tippit shooting and shows us some nifty animation.

Episode 26

Brian Roselle discusses the timing of the first shot.

Episode 27

Dr. Martin J. Kelly, Jr. talks about the psychology of Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby.

Episode 28

Gus Russo talks about what happened to Lee Harvey Oswald in Mexico City.

Episode 29

John-Paul Pagano discusses conspiracy theories, conspiracism and antisemitism.

Episode 30

Dr. Robert Vitt talks about conspiracy theories, the early JFK researchers, and how to evaluate evidence.

Episode 31

Josh Sundloff discusses conspiracy theories and his TikTok channel.

Episode 32

A panel discussion of the single-bullet theory with Dr. Martin Kelly, Dr. Nick Nalli, Fred James and Scott Maudsley.