Truther

Join the Truther team and they convene a special counsel to investigate Ted Cruz's account liking a porn video last week. Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) joins us to discuss her detective work. Edited by Elizabeth Brockway

On this week’s Truther, hosts Erin Gloria Ryan, Ben Collins and Gideon Resnick turn the conversation away from us and towards people who were on the ground in Houston as Hurricane Harvey made landfall. Stephen Paulsen (@stephentpaulsen), writer for the Houston Press, talks about being trapped by the water. Alex Hannaford (@AlHannaford), contributor for The Daily Beast, gives us a first-hand account from the ground. And St. John B. Smith (@stjbs), public safety reporter for the Houston Chronicle, tells us about making it around the city and the tragedy and humanity he saw. Recorded 8/30/2017 and 8/31/2017. Edited by Elizabeth Brockway.

If you saw a video of a extremists becoming violent in Charlottesville this weekend that was too difficult to watch, Chris Matthias probably witnessed it firsthand. On this week’s Truther, hosts Erin Gloria Ryan and Ben Collins talk to Huffington Post national reporter Chris Matthias, who has spent the last year covering white nationalists and neo-Nazis as they took over towns like Gettysburg. When they marched on Charlottesville on Friday and Saturday, Chris saw it devolve into chaos. He describes his harrowing weekend in detail, and talks about how he’s moving past it. Recorded 8/16/2017. Edited by Elizabeth Brockway.

The Truther crew (Gideon Resnick, Ben Collins and Erin Gloria Ryan) discusses the myths around secret sexual innuendo in classic Disney films as well as getting VHS tapes stuck in the VCR. Film writer for Vanity Fair, Richard Lawson (@rilaws) joins in the perverted discussion. Edited by Elizabeth Brockway

Ben Collins, Gideon Resnick and long-time editor, first-time participant Elizabeth Brockway run through the conspiracy about the leftist plot to take over ESPN. Robert Silverman (@BobSaietta), our dear friend and genius sportswriter joins to explain the nefarious scheme. Recorded July 19, 2017. Edited by Elizabeth Brockway.

Because America has the memory of a man who wakes up every morning and has a person named Dolph from a World’s Strongest Man competition drop a boulder on his head, Donald Trump Jr. is now saying a meeting with a woman described as a “Russian government lawyer” during the campaign wasn’t that big of a deal! Or it was a setup by the Democrats! Or she didn’t describe herself as a Russian lawyer! Or it was about adoption! Which is even weirder but who cares! All that matters is that Donald Trump Jr. did nothing wrong, according to the far-right, who have all embraced different and equally impossible conspiracies since proof of his collusion has been released by the president’s son himself. Erin Gloria Ryan, Gideon Resnick and Ben Collins talk about all of that in the new episode of Truther. Recorded July 12, 2017. Edited by Elizabeth Brockway.

The Truther crew delves into the President's use of the phrase "witch hunt" and discuss actual witch hunts in American history including the most famous one of all in Salem. They're joined by Salem resident and witch expert Hala O'Keeffe. Recorded June 30, 2017. Edited by Elizabeth Brockway.

The whole Truther crew is back at last. Ben Collins, Erin Gloria Ryan and Gideon Resnick talk about the anniversary of the Watergate break-in and scandals that plague American presidencies. They are joined by historian, author and Princeton professor Kevin Kruse (@kevinmkruse). His most recent book is White Flight: One Nation Under God. Recorded June 21, 2017. Edited by Elizabeth Brockway.

Hosts Erin Gloria Ryan and Gideon Resnick discuss the controversy around Shakespeare in the Park's production of "Julius Caesar" (recorded before this weekend's protests) and are joined by the legendary Ron Rosenbaum (@RonRosenbaum1), the author of "The Shakespeare Wars," "Explaining Hitler" and "How The End Begins." Recorded 6/15/2017. Edited by Elizabeth Brockway.

Hosts Ben Collins and Gideon Resnick return from a long hiatus to discuss the all important topic of true and rumored toilet deaths. They bring in Gaby Del Valle (@gabydv)j before she leaves The Daily Beast and joins The Outline. Senior toilet correspondent Andrew Kirell (@andrewkirell) also joins for the second half. They are deeply sorry about this episode and hope to do better next time. Recorded on June 7, 2017. Podcast edited by Elizabeth Brockway.

After a week's break Ben Collins and Gideon Resnick are back with Kelly Weill (@kellyweill) talking about FBI Director James Comey's firing and the #Macronleaks that preceded last week's French election. Ryan Broderick, (@broderick), Deputy Global News Director at BuzzFeed joins the Truther team to discuss 4chan's role or lack thereof in Macron's election. Recorded May 11, 2017. Edited by Elizabeth Brockway.

Ben Collins survived his run in with some nasty shrimp and has returned. Hosts Gideon Resnick and Ben have Kelly Weill (@kellyweill) join them to talk about Russiagate, posting for Putin on Twitter and the next film in the 21 Jump Street franchise. Also they talk to Jeb Lund (@Mobute) of The Guardian, Esquire and our podcast-in-arms "This Week in Atrocity". Recorded April 27, 2017. Podcast edited by Elizabeth Brockway.

Erin Gloria Ryan is still gone. Ben Collins is "dying". So Gideon Resnick called in better people for an Earth Day special episode on Bigfoot, chemtrails and the government plot to control the weather. Anna Merlan (@annamerlan), reporter for Gizmodo Media Group and Greg Howard (@greghoward88), David Carr Fellow at The New York Times, join Gideon on the show this week.

Join hosts Ben Collins and Gideon Resnick as they talk about the crazy conspiracies surrounding the infamous Charles Manson murders and the man who preached about the connections to the Illuminati and satanism. Our co-host Erin is away this week so they have a guest co-host, the angelic and wonderful Zandy Hartig (@zandywithaz). They also interview Jesse Walker (@notjessewalker), books editor of Reason magazine and the author of “The United States of Paranoia.” Recorded 4/13/2017; Edited by Elizabeth Brockway.

This week the Truther crew (Erin Gloria Ryan, Ben Collins and Gideon Resnick) tackles the conspiracy that Tupac is still alive and living in Cuba, that Kurt Cobain’s death may have not been what it seemed and we discuss our upcoming lives as Erin leaves us. Also, we’re joined by the great and incomparable Leslie Horn (@leshorn), the managing editor of Noisey. Recorded April 6, 2017. Edited by Elizabeth Brockway.