The ladies take on the fireworks conspiracy! But first, a night message about Colorado intentional community Drop City. More commune geodesic domes and experimental theater companies. What is the most Night Call time zone? How should we return Mount Rushmore to its former sacred natural state? Then, checking out the story about the shitposting cult DayLife Army. What does it look like when a cult is extremely online, seemingly self-aware about being a cult, and dead set on exploiting people's better instincts? Then, it's the moment everyone's been waiting for: ten thousand hours of incredibly loud nonstop fireworks. We lay out the various theories about the fireworks and our own personal takes. Is it the cops? Just kids? Professional fireworks enthusiasts? Or the ghost of dead Paris Review legend, fireworks hobbyist and CIA plant George Plimpton? The big differences between the fireworks in different cities, and why this specific conspiracy feels convoluted but not far-fetched. Is it all a big psy-op? Just innocent 4th of July fun? Or something even more sinister...




FOOTNOTES

Drop City the place

Drop City the novel 

Murder Mountain

Tumple/Day Life Army

Ex-DLA member's Instagram 

Daily Dot article 

Son of Baldwin thread 

The Atlantic article on fireworks 

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The ladies take on the fireworks conspiracy! But first, a night message about Colorado intentional community Drop City. More commune geodesic domes and experimental theater companies. What is the most Night Call time zone? How should we return Mount Rushmore to its former sacred natural state? Then, checking out the story about the shitposting cult DayLife Army. What does it look like when a cult is extremely online, seemingly self-aware about being a cult, and dead set on exploiting people's better instincts? Then, it's the moment everyone's been waiting for: ten thousand hours of incredibly loud nonstop fireworks. We lay out the various theories about the fireworks and our own personal takes. Is it the cops? Just kids? Professional fireworks enthusiasts? Or the ghost of dead Paris Review legend, fireworks hobbyist and CIA plant George Plimpton? The big differences between the fireworks in different cities, and why this specific conspiracy feels convoluted but not far-fetched. Is it all a big psy-op? Just innocent 4th of July fun? Or something even more sinister...	 FOOTNOTES<a href="%20https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_City">Drop City the place</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_City_(novel)">Drop City the novel </a><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80217475">Murder Mountain</a> <a href="https://onezero.medium.com/inside-the-social-media-cult-that-convinces-young-people-to-give-up-everything-f3878fbec632">Tumple/Day Life Army</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pain.matrix/">Ex-DLA member's Instagram </a><a href="https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/online-magic-sex-cult/">Daily Dot article </a><a href="https://twitter.com/SonofBaldwin/status/1274341728959504385">Son of Baldwin thread </a><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/06/firework-summer-2020-conspiracy-theory-police/613450/">The Atlantic article on fireworks </a>TL Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>

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116: The Fireworks Conspiracy Fireworks Spectacular!

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