Podcast
Conspiracy, She Wrote
Hosted by Unladylike Media · EN
Ever wonder why women get caught up in conspiracies, how anti-vax attracts moms, or where tradwives came from? Host Cristen Conger (Unladylike) untangles the wildest webs of conspiracy theories spun by and about women—from the lady fascists who spread Illuminati conspiracies a century ago to Beyoncé Illuminati rumors today. With expert guests and unexpected angles, each episode unravels the cultural currents that fuel these gendered narratives, connecting the dots between memes, misogyny and misinformation gone wild. Grab your red string and follow along.
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A Guru’s Puppet? Tulsi Gabbard’s Strange Journey to Power
2w ago00:31:51Tap to summarizeTulsi Gabbard’s profile has been defined by two things: political shape-shifting – social conservative to Democratic darling to Bernie booster to MAGA makeover – and accusations of being a puppet for strongmen leaders like Putin, Modi and Trump. Cristen unravels why the only throughline that makes sense of her improbable path is Chris Butler, the cultish founder of Science of Identity Foundation (SIF), an offbeat Hare Krishna sect Gabbard grew up in. Because based on recent reporting from the Washington Post, it appears that the man Gabbard has called her guru dev, or divine teacher, was secretly steering Gabbard as a proxy for his own political power. Recommended reading:Tulsi Gabbard, her guru and the mysterious messages that helped shape her political career (WaPo)Recommended listening: Episode 211: Tulsi Gabbard P1 (The Cult) feat Mike Prysner (QAA Podcast)Episode 212: Tulsi Gabbard P2 (The Fascist Turn) feat Mike Prysner (QAA Podcast)Tulsi Gabbard’s Krishna Consciousness w/ Nitai Joseph (Conspirituality)Sources: conspiracyshewrote.com/episodesInbox: conspiracyshewrote@gmail.comInstagram: @unladylikemediaWebsite: conspiracyshewrote.comPatreon: The CabalConspiracy, She Wrote is an Unladylike Media production created, hosted and written by Cristen Conger. Music is from Blue Dot Sessions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Camp Mystic, Chemtrails and the Weather Control Conspiracy Boom
Jun 2600:35:00Tap to summarizeWhen deadly floods hit Texas Hill Country in 2025, chemtrails believers and cloud-seeding conspiracists baselessly blamed it on scapegoats “playing God” with the weather. Cristen unravels the post-pandemic mainstreaming of weather control conspiracism, from fringe theories about jet contrails to politicians like Marjorie Taylor Greene legitimizing the misinformation with congressional hearings, and states outlawing geoengineering. With an incoming El Niño forecasting extreme weather ahead, prepare for more conspiracies and climate denial.Sources: conspiracyshewrote.com/episodesInbox: conspiracyshewrote@gmail.comInstagram: @unladylikemediaWebsite: conspiracyshewrote.comPatreon: The CabalConspiracy, She Wrote is an Unladylike Media production created, hosted and written by Cristen Conger. Music is from Blue Dot Sessions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →The Conspiracist Cure for What Ails Middle-Aged White Women with Noelle Cook
May 3000:44:12Tap to summarizeAfter unknowingly showing up at a Capitol insurrection, ethnographer Noelle Cook spent years embedded with the women arrested for January 6th — not grifters and influencers, the true believers. Her new book, The Conspiracists: Women, Extremism and the Lure of Belonging, follows two: Yvonne, a self-proclaimed starseed and sovereign citizen who considers the J6 pardons divine vindication, and Tammy, who showed up for the community and never really left. As Noelle details to Cristen, the paths that led them there map the pandemic’s alt-health tipping point, conspirituality’s empowerment trap, and how conspiracy functions as a coping mechanism and connection machine for middle-aged women that culture makes invisible.Sources: conspiracyshewrote.com/episodesInbox: conspiracyshewrote@gmail.comInstagram: @unladylikemediaWebsite: conspiracyshewrote.comPatreon: The CabalConspiracy, She Wrote is an Unladylike Media production created, hosted and written by Cristen Conger. Music is from Blue Dot Sessions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Everyone’s Named, Now What? ft. The Epstein Files Book Club
May 1500:37:17Tap to summarizeThe DOJ’s Epstein files named names. Lots of them. But can a network of powerful elites really be held accountable? The Epstein Files Book Club cohosts comedian Jena Friedman (@jenafriedman) and journalist Elise Hu (@elisewho) join Cristen to sort real conspiracy from distracting theories, confront the messy lines between victims and perpetrators, and figure out what we non-elites can actually do about it. Sources: conspiracyshewrote.com/episodesInbox: conspiracyshewrote@gmail.comInstagram: @unladylikemediaWebsite: conspiracyshewrote.comPatreon: The CabalConspiracy, She Wrote is an Unladylike Media production created, hosted and written by Cristen Conger. Music is from Blue Dot Sessions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →How Modeling Agencies Built Epstein's Pipeline
May 100:34:15Tap to summarizeJeffrey Epstein didn't invent his victim pipeline from scratch. Modeling agencies had already built one. For decades, agencies like Elite Model Management legally controlled girls' money, housing, and immigration status while conditioning them to smile through whatever came next. Cristen unravels the modeling agency system’s role in Epstein's operation, from the executives who normalized access to underage girls to accomplices like Jean-Luc Brunel whose MC2 agency Epstein personally bankrolled, to the loyalists who kept the referral pipeline open until weeks before his death. But don't count out the survivors and models who are fighting back, even if the justice system won't.Sources: conspiracyshewrote.com/episodesInbox: conspiracyshewrote@gmail.comInstagram: @unladylikemediaWebsite: conspiracyshewrote.comPatreon: The CabalConspiracy, She Wrote is an Unladylike Media production created, hosted and written by Cristen Conger. Music is from Blue Dot Sessions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Melania, Epstein and the Model Who Knows Too Much
Apr 2400:31:53Tap to summarizeThe First Lady’s surprise April press conference about Jeffrey Epstein raised an obvious question: WHY? Brazilian model Amanda Ungaro might be the answer. She spent nearly 20 years inside the orbit of former modeling executive Paolo Zampolli who brought Melania to America, introduced her to Donald Trump and now enjoys a role in the White House administration that allowed him to get Ungaro deported. Regardless of why Melania made her unusual Epstein statement, Ungaro’s story is one thread of the Epstein victim pipeline hiding in plain sight. Sources: conspiracyshewrote.com/episodesInbox: conspiracyshewrote@gmail.comInstagram: @unladylikemediaWebsite: conspiracyshewrote.comPatreon: The CabalConspiracy, She Wrote is an Unladylike Media production created, hosted and written by Cristen Conger. Music is from Blue Dot Sessions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Did the Epstein Files Prove Satanic Elites Were Eating Babies??
Mar 2000:39:25Tap to summarizeYes, the Epstein files contain real, documented horrors. No, there is no confirmed baby-eating. Cristen mines the Epstein vault to answer a listener question about why QAnon moms think so anyway. Did the Justice Department's document dump actually contain evidence of satanic ritual abuse and casual cannibalism? And why all the mentions of JERKY? Cristen unravels the claims and ends up just asking questions about whether the DOJ's decision to release uncredible information alongside verified evidence is breadcrumbing all of us, distracting from the accountability that victims and public deserve.Sources: conspiracyshewrote.com/episodesInbox: conspiracyshewrote@gmail.comInstagram: @unladylikemediaWebsite: conspiracyshewrote.comPatreon: The CabalConspiracy, She Wrote is an Unladylike Media production created, hosted and written by Cristen Conger. Music is from Blue Dot Sessions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →How Candace Owens Happened, pt. 3: Going Max
Mar 500:48:53Tap to summarizeCandace Owens didn’t invent the conspiracy that France’s First Lady Brigitte Macron is secretly transgender. Instead, she scaled it into a sprawling narrative about elite corruption, satanic power structures, intelligence-state mind control — and the assassination of Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk. In the miniseries finale, Cristen traces three moves that define Candace Owens’ independent era: globalize debunked disinformation, monetize the blowback, and internalize the framework until even her own allies become part of the plot. But with a $10M media brand, an army of loyal followers protecting their truth-teller, and platforms profiting off the performance, is Candace Owens too big to fail? Sources: conspiracyshewrote.com/episodesInbox: conspiracyshewrote@gmail.comInstagram: @unladylikemediaWebsite: conspiracyshewrote.comPatreon: The CabalConspiracy, She Wrote is an Unladylike Media production created, hosted and written by Cristen Conger. Music is from Blue Dot Sessions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →How Candace Owens Happened, pt. 2.5: Team God vs Team Satan
Feb 1900:28:16Tap to summarizePost Daily Wire firing, Candace Owens didn’t just go independent—she went cosmic. Converting to traditionalist Catholicism, she reframed culture war as holy war, casting politics as “team God vs. team Satan.” In part 2.5 of the miniseries, Cristen unravels how Owens’ alignment with a rising far-right tradCath movement gave her conspiracism a theological framework, baiting “Christ is King” controversy, spiritualizing persecution narratives and resurrecting medieval disinformation. Plus: the influence of her husband, George Farmer, and what his tradCath worldview signals about Candace’s post-institutional era.Sources: conspiracyshewrote.com/episodesInbox: conspiracyshewrote@gmail.comInstagram: @unladylikemediaWebsite: conspiracyshewrote.comPatreon: The CabalConspiracy, She Wrote is an Unladylike Media production created, hosted and written by Cristen Conger. Music is from Blue Dot Sessions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →How Candace Owens Happened, pt. 2: The Persecution Feedback Loop
Feb 700:51:42Tap to summarizeFrom fringe YouTuber to “the new face of Black conservatism,” Candace Owens’ rise wasn’t inevitable, but the system that rewarded it was. In part 2 of the miniseries, Cristen traces how Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA, The Daily Wire and a billionaire-backed right-wing media ecosystem legitimized Candace as a reactionary culture warrior—while Kanye West supercharged her celebrity. But as Candace pushed further, testing the limits of “free speech” and anti-woke conspiracism, the same institutions disavowed her. It's the story of how she became too powerful for them to control.Sources: conspiracyshewrote.com/episodesInbox: conspiracyshewrote@gmail.comInstagram: @unladylikemediaWebsite: conspiracyshewrote.comPatreon: The CabalConspiracy, She Wrote is an Unladylike Media production created, hosted and written by Cristen Conger. Music is from Blue Dot Sessions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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