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The Conspiracy Tourist
- Travels Through a Strange World
- Narrated by: Dom Joly
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
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The Conspiracy Tourist
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Publisher's Summary
Dom Joly enters the strange land of conspiracies as a wide-eyed tourist, eager to investigate the origins of some of the most pervasive conspiracy theories and meet the people who believe them.
Conspiracy theories are starting to become so much more than the obsession of fringe individuals. A survey by New Science magazine found that the percentage of people believing in one or more conspiracies had risen from 15% twenty years ago to 35% per cent last year. They are shaping politics, media, the way we view life itself.
In The Conspiracy Tourist Dom Joly sets out to find out where these ideas come from and learn about the people who create and believe them. His travels take him underground with followers of QAnon, to Roswell and the sites of mass shootings, and to the ends of the earth as he tests out Flat Earth theory. Along the way he talks to psychologists and specialists who analyse indoctrination, and considers what harm these movements might do to our increasingly uncertain future.
But what if these people Joly has long dismissed as crazed loonies actually have a point? What if we are the sheeple and they do have some special insight into the great issues of our time?
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- alison
- 11-12-2023
Interesting, Funny & A Little Disconcerting....
Loved this book and Dom Joly’s narration just made it even funnier. His accents were hilarious, from the Swedish Chef to banjo playing, alligator eating Hillbillies. I listened to it in the car, looking odd as I sat laughing at the traffic lights, or even worse laughing out loud as I went for a walk or wandered round the shops! Some stories were so ludicrous that you would think he had made them up, but sadly I know people who, over the last few years, were once rational and have now gone so far down various rabbit holes that I can no longer have a conversation with them. I agree with his opening sentiments that Covid was not the thing that would destroy us or society – it is this global descent into often dangerous fantasy, and the sheer number of people who are willing to disappear down the rabbit holes.
That gloomy prospect aside, it was a great book and very funny. Thank you Dom !
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- Jonathan Corr
- 07-11-2023
A Colourful Cast of Characters! What a Journey
'The Conspiracy Tourist' is a captivating exploration of conspiracies and the characters that believe them. His unique blend of humor and insightful observations makes this book an absolute delight for anyone seeking an entertaining yet enlightening literary adventure. 'The Conspiracy Tourist' is a must-listen that keeps you hooked from start to finish. I really enjoyed 'doing my own research' on some of the characters Dom met along the way. Quite bonkers.
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