Nathan Radke of the Uncover Up Podcast is here to explain why a new He-Man movie is the perfect entry point into one of the most useful ideas you can carry into the news cycle right now.

In the 1980s, He-Man was accused of recruiting children into the occult. Experts testified. Documentaries were made. Cassette tapes were sold. What was actually happening is a much better story, and a much more revealing one about who benefits when a society decides it has found the thing to blame for everything going wrong. Radke connects the Satanic Panic to a double murder in his own hometown, to the West Memphis Three, to Ronald Reagan's FCC, and to the question you should be asking every time someone hands you a simple answer to a complicated problem.

The He-Man movie comes out this summer. The panic is already warming up. This conversation will change how you watch it happen.

Topics: moral panic, Satanic Panic, He-Man, conspiracy theory, children's television

GUEST: Nathan Radke | https://www.amazon.ca/Uncover-Up-Think-Clearly-Conspiracies/dp/1770418873

Originally aired on 2026-06-17

Nathan Radke of the Uncover Up Podcast is here to explain why a new He-Man movie is the perfect entry point into one of the most useful ideas you can carry into the news cycle right now.
In the 1980s, He-Man was accused of recruiting children into the occult. Experts testified. Documentaries were made. Cassette tapes were sold. What was actually happening is a much better story, and a much more revealing one about who benefits when a society decides it has found the thing to blame for everything going wrong. Radke connects the Satanic Panic to a double murder in his own hometown, to the West Memphis Three, to Ronald Reagan's FCC, and to the question you should be asking every time someone hands you a simple answer to a complicated problem.
The He-Man movie comes out this summer. The panic is already warming up. This conversation will change how you watch it happen.
Topics: moral panic, Satanic Panic, He-Man, conspiracy theory, children's television
GUEST: Nathan Radke |<a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Uncover-Up-Think-Clearly-Conspiracies/dp/1770418873"> https://www.amazon.ca/Uncover-Up-Think-Clearly-Conspiracies/dp/1770418873</a>
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-06-17

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From politics and pop culture to mental health, technology, and everyday life, this podcast is where night owls, deep thinkers, and curious minds come to connect. Featuring expert guests, passionate callers, and Shane&rsquo;s signature style&mdash;thoughtful, fearless, and refreshingly real.
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