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The sh*t that's in your group chat...just a fair bit more fact checked and a lot more explained.

Big Pharma. The deep state. The crisis actors. Alien life. Spy agencies and cover ups. Whatever it is, award winning journo Richard Baker and Dr Nick Coatsworth are your guides on the search for the kernel of truth.

Conspiracies are everywhere right now. But, we don’t peddle theories, we go to their point of origin and follow the breadcrumbs to sort the bullsh*t from the verified, while keeping an open mind to things that can’t be explained.

Rich has spent years exposing the crooked and corrupt, and Nick has copped death threats from people who thought he was one of THEM. They know what real cover-ups look like, and they also know what happens when paranoia meets the algorithm.

Sometimes the conspiracy is real. Sometimes it's designed to sell you on something. Often, it's both.

Our mission is to entertain and inform. Rather than condemn and judge.

Hear the Conspiracy Cabal every week, and contact the show at conspiracycabal@outlook.com

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#29
July 31 · 12 min
THE WEEK IN CONSPIRACY: Jacinta Allan departs, Fauci questioned
Jacinta Allan has resigned as Victorian premier. What does this mean for a building sector royal commission? As well, Anthony Fauci faces questions and gives some rogue answers. Join Rich Baker and Dr Nick Coatsworth as they suss it all out. Contact the show at conspiracycabal@outlook.com The Conspiracy Cabal doesn't promote conspiracy theories — we examine them. We search for the kernel of truth in every story, exploring how conspiracies start, why they persist, and what drives people to believe them. Contact the show at conspiracycabalpod@outlook.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S1 · E28
July 28 · 51 min
23: Where is Fred Valentich? | UFOs over Bass Strait
On the night of October 21, 1978, a 20-year-old pilot named Frederick Valentich radioed Melbourne air traffic control to report an unidentified aircraft pacing him over Bass Strait. He described a long shape with a green light, an engine that didn't sound like a normal aircraft, and then, seventeen seconds of unexplained metallic scraping. Then nothing. No wreckage. No body. No confirmed radar trace. The Department of Transport's official finding, filed years later, was "reason for disappearance: unknown." Forty-eight years on, that stretch of water between Victoria and Tasmania has become one of the most argued-over patches of sky in the southern hemisphere. So was this a young, inexperienced pilot who became spatially disoriented and flew upside down into the sea — or did Bass Strait swallow something the official transcript still can't explain? The full radio transcript, and the line investigators still can't agree on: was Valentich describing a UFO, or panicking about engine trouble he didn't have the hours to diagnose? Why no wreckage from a Cessna 182 has ever washed up, in a strait that has surrendered debris from other crashes within days The competing theory that he staged his own disappearance to fly on to a new life, and the family members who have always rejected it A 1982 photograph, taken the same night by a witness on the ground, that some analysts say shows an engine intake — and others say shows nothing at all Why the Bureau of Air Safety Investigation closed its file without ever determining a cause, an outcome almost unheard of in Australian aviation history Some of this is documented. Some is genuinely unknown. And almost none of it is as settled as the people who closed the file want you to believe. Join Rich Baker and Dr Nick Coatsworth as they suss it all out. Contact the show at conspiracycabal@outlook.com The Conspiracy Cabal doesn't promote conspiracy theories — we examine them. We search for the kernel of truth in every story, exploring how conspiracies start, why they persist, and what drives people to believe them. Contact the show at conspiracycabalpod@outlook.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#28
July 24 · 14 min
THE WEEK IN CONSPIRACY: Barnaby says SIT DOWN, US Senator isn't alive?
Barnaby goes BANG on his dog. Or maybe there wasn't a dog?? Also, a US senator dies, but then another one doesn't? Or maybe not. Who knows ffs. Join Rich Baker and Dr Nick Coatsworth as they suss it all out. Contact the show at conspiracycabal@outlook.com. The Conspiracy Cabal doesn't promote conspiracy theories — we examine them. We search for the kernel of truth in every story, exploring how conspiracies start, why they persist, and what drives people to believe them. Contact the show at conspiracycabalpod@outlook.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S1 · E27
July 21 · 39 min
22:The Gerson Diet | Curing Cancer with Coffee Enemas
Every morning at the Gerson clinic in Tijuana, patients wake up and drink juice. Then they drink more juice. Then they have a coffee enema. Then more juice. Thirteen glasses before dinner, every day, for weeks - at a cost that runs to thirty thousand dollars a month. The people doing it are not gullible. He also prescribed coffee enemas and carrot juice to cancer patients, charged them a significant amount of money, and kept his own records in a way that made independent verification essentially impossible. Both of those things are true, and the wellness industry has spent seventy years making sure you only hear about one of them. So what does it mean when a protocol this easy to debunk has this many true believers — and some of them have the scans to back it up? This week, Richard Baker and Dr. Nick Coatsworth go through what the evidence actually shows, what's been conveniently overlooked, and what the gap between those two things tells us. The Albert Schweitzer problem: why the most credentialled endorsement in alternative medicine history doesn't actually say what people think it says, and what Schweitzer was and wasn't claiming when he called Gerson a genius The biology of the protocol: what the sodium-potassium hypothesis actually proposes, where it intersects with legitimate cellular research, and where it quietly stops making sense before the brochure notices Survivorship bias and the testimonial economy: why every alternative cancer clinic in the world has a wall of thank-you letters, what that data looks like when an epidemiologist runs it, and why the people who didn't get better aren't at the reunion The peer review gap: why Gerson's results have never been independently replicated, what it would actually take to run a clean trial, and whether the absence of evidence here is as suspicious as the true believers insist Coffee enemas and the detox myth: what the liver actually does, what "detoxification" means in a clinical versus a marketing context, and why the same word is doing very different work depending on who's using it Some of this is documented. Some is genuinely unknown. And almost none of it is as settled as the people selling the protocol want you to believe. Join Rich Baker and Dr Nick Coatsworth as they suss it all out. Contact the show at conspiracycabal@outlook.com. The Conspiracy Cabal doesn't promote conspiracy theories — we examine them. We search for the kernel of truth in every story, exploring how conspiracies start, why they persist, and what drives people to believe them. Contact the show at conspiracycabalpod@outlook.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S1 · E26
July 19 · 8 min
THE WEEK IN CONSPIRACY: One Nation x Alex Jones? New Smoking Data.
One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts is in the spotlight after his chemtrails take, alrighty Malcolm go off? Plus, some more UFO gear from Trump and a whole heap of new smoking data drops. HUFF IT UP! Contact the show at conspiracycabal@outlook.com. The Conspiracy Cabal doesn't promote conspiracy theories- it examines them. We search for the kernel of truth in every story, exploring how conspiracies start, why they persist, and what drives people to believe them. Contact the show at conspiracycabalpod@outlook.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S1 · E25
July 14 · 42 min
21: The World Cup Cartel Murder | Australia's FIFA Dealings
The murder of Andres Escobar rocked Colombia. Plus, did Australia try to bribe their way to a world cup? In 1994, Colombia entered the World Cup tipped as one of the favorites to win it all. But after a shocking own-goal by beloved defender Andrés Escobar led to their early exit, the national tragedy turned fatal. Just days after returning home to Medellín, Andrés was gunned down in a nightclub parking lot. It remains one of the darkest and most scrutinized moments in sporting history, exposing a terrifying intersection of athletic passion, high-stakes gambling, and cartel violence. This week, Richard Baker and Dr. Nick Coatsworth examine the tragic death of the "Gentleman of Soccer" to separate urban legend from the grim reality of 1990s Colombia, exploring how a simple game became a matter of life and death. The rise of "Narco-Football": How the billions of drug kingpins like Pablo Escobar (no relation to Andrés) bankrolled Colombian football, transformed local clubs into international powerhouses, and deeply entangled the sport with organized crime. The fateful mistake: The high-pressure environment of the 1994 World Cup in the US, the chilling death threats sent to the team's hotel rooms, and the split-second own-goal against the United States that sealed Colombia’s elimination. The murder and the betting syndicates: The night of July 2, 1994, the confrontation outside a Medellín nightclub with figures linked to drug trafficking, and the persistent theory that Andrés was executed because his mistake cost powerful cartel gamblers millions. Why it matters: How the tragedy decimated Colombian football, the chaos that gripped Medellín after the fall of Pablo Escobar, and what the tragedy reveals about the dangerous vulnerability of sports when criminal enterprises take control. Some aspects of the tragedy have been verified by criminal investigations, while other details- including who ultimately ordered the hit- remain shrouded in cartel secrecy and decades of speculation. Throughout this episode, we distinguish between established historical facts, credible theories, and the myths that still surround the tragedy. Contact the show at conspiracycabal@outlook.com. The Conspiracy Cabal doesn't promote conspiracy theories- it examines them. We search for the kernel of truth in every story, exploring how conspiracies start, why they persist, and what drives people to believe them. Contact the show at conspiracycabalpod@outlook.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S1 · E24
July 10 · 15 min
THE WEEK IN CONSPIRACY: TELSTRA f**ck up or Chinese attack? Yes, FIFA is corrupt - we're not surprised.
Donny's on the phone, and FIFA is listening! What's the DJ? No red card? Yes sir no problem sir. Half of Australia can't pay for a flat white because Telstra went down, Beijing is just "testing the waters," right? Hosted by Rich Baker and Dr Nick Coatsworth, the Conspiracy Cabal is on the hunt for the kernel of truth. Contact the show at conspiracycabal@outlook.com. The Conspiracy Cabal doesn't promote conspiracy theories - it examines them. We search for the kernel of truth in every story, exploring how conspiracies begin, why they endure, and what drives people to believe them. Contact the show at conspiracycabalpod@outlook.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S1 · E23
July 7 · 45 min
20: Labor's BIG BUILD Corruption 'Conspiracy' | ft. Nick McKenzie (Special Guest)
Are bikies running the Labor government? And how big is the CFMEU influence? For years, the Big Build has been promoted as the largest infrastructure investment in Victorian history. But behind the billions of dollars in public spending, allegations have emerged of intimidation, organised crime infiltration, corruption, and extraordinary failures of oversight. For decades, rumours about the influence of the CFMEU circulated throughout the construction industry. This week, Richard Baker and Dr. Nick Coatsworth are joined by award-winning investigative journalist Nick McKenzie to separate political rhetoric from documented evidence as they examine the allegations surrounding the CFMEU, the Victorian Big Build, organised crime infiltration, and what Australia's biggest corruption scandal could mean for the future of the construction industry. The official history: how the CFMEU became one of Australia's most powerful unions, the rise of Victoria's Big Build, the relationship between government, unions and major construction companies, and the events that led to unprecedented government intervention. Nick McKenzie's investigation: the reporting that exposed allegations of corruption, criminal infiltration, intimidation, coercion and misconduct, the evidence uncovered during months of investigative journalism, and the impact those revelations had across Australia. The scandal: allegations involving outlaw motorcycle gangs and organised crime figures, claims of violence and threats on major projects, questions surrounding procurement and oversight, the official investigations now underway, and what has- and hasn't- been proven. Why it matters: how corruption allegations can affect taxpayers, workers, businesses and public confidence, why major infrastructure projects can become vulnerable to criminal influence, and what reforms may be needed to restore trust in one of Australia's most important industries. Some of the allegations surrounding the CFMEU have been supported by extensive investigative reporting and prompted official inquiries and government action. Other claims remain contested or are still the subject of ongoing investigations. Throughout this episode, we distinguish between established facts, credible allegations, and matters that have not been proven. This episode is sponsored by Blackmores. More health, more life. Contact the show at conspiracycabal@outlook.com. The Conspiracy Cabal doesn't promote conspiracy theories—it examines them. We search for the kernel of truth in every story, exploring how conspiracies start, why they persist, and what drives people to believe them. Contact the show at conspiracycabalpod@outlook.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#22
July 3 · 7 min
THE WEEK IN CONSPIRACY: UFOs near Geelong, World Cup Match-fixing and Russian spies in Australia
Geelong is the place to go for many things, but UFOs? Well, apparently so. Plus, more World Cup match-fixing controversy (Sepp are you there?) and some Aussies have been charged with spying on behalf of the Russians. What is this, 1979? Hosted by Rich Baker and Dr Nick Coatsworth, the Conspiracy Cabal is on the hunt for the kernel of truth. Contact the show at conspiracycabal@outlook.com. The Conspiracy Cabal doesn't promote conspiracy theories - it examines them. We search for the kernel of truth in every story, exploring how conspiracies begin, why they endure, and what drives people to believe them. Contact the show at conspiracycabalpod@outlook.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S1 · E21
June 30 · 36 min
19: The Wizard of Oz | Abuse, Tragedy and The Hanging Munchkin
Released in 1939, it transformed Judy Garland into an international star and became a defining piece of Hollywood history. But behind the Technicolor magic was a production marked by exhausting schedules, dangerous working conditions, and an industry that abused women and children. For decades, stories surrounding the film have grown into something much darker. Because when a movie is surrounded by on-set injuries, cast members who suffer extraordinary personal tragedies, urban legends that refuse to die, and one of Hollywood's greatest stars spends a lifetime battling the consequences of childhood fame, people begin to wonder whether The Wizard of Oz was simply an unlucky production, or whether it carries a curse. This week, Richard Baker and Dr. Nick Coatsworth separate Hollywood myth from historical fact as they explore the so-called Curse of The Wizard of Oz, the brutal realities of the Golden Age studio system, and the heartbreaking treatment of Judy Garland. The official history: the making of The Wizard of Oz, the gruelling production, dangerous special effects, frequent cast injuries, multiple directors, and the realities of filmmaking in 1939 that created one of cinema's greatest classics. Judy Garland's story: the pressures placed on a teenage star, the strict studio control over her appearance and weight, the widespread use of stimulants and sleeping pills, relentless working hours, and how those experiences shaped the rest of her life. The curse theory: the tragedies that befell members of the cast and crew, enduring urban legends—including the infamous "hanging Munchkin" myth—the mysterious stories that continue to circulate, and why so many people believe the film was somehow doomed. Why the legend endures: Hollywood's hidden history, our fascination with fallen stars, the blurred line between documented abuse and exaggerated myth, and whether the real tragedy is far more disturbing than any supernatural curse. Some of the stories surrounding The Wizard of Oz have been debunked. Others are firmly supported by historical evidence. And some have grown larger with every retelling, fuelled by decades of rumour, nostalgia, and Hollywood folklore. This episode is sponsored by Blackmores. More health, more life. Contact the show at conspiracycabal@outlook.com. The Conspiracy Cabal doesn't promote conspiracy theories - it examines them. We search for the kernel of truth in every story, exploring how conspiracies start, why they persist, and what drives people to believe them. Contact the show at conspiracycabalpod@outlook.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S1 · E20
June 26 · 9 min
THE WEEK IN CONSPIRACY: Bill Gates STIs, World Cup Abductions and Epstein Blackmail
Your weekly conspiracy update, tuck in folks this is a good one. This week, Bill Gates' links to Jeffrey Epstein are back in the spotlight, we look at the bizarre alleged abduction during Brazil v Scotland at the World Cup, and Richard Baker shares the story of the time he and Nick McKenzie were sued after an investigation into organised crime. Some stories are backed by evidence. Others are fuelled by speculation. We sort through the facts, the claims, and the questions that keep these conspiracies alive. Contact the show at conspiracycabal@outlook.com. The Conspiracy Cabal doesn't promote conspiracy theories - it examines them. We search for the kernel of truth in every story, exploring how conspiracies begin, why they endure, and what drives people to believe them. Contact the show at conspiracycabalpod@outlook.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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