{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6745d0cb78f05cc6cc45ca56/6a101e82a9d3d2ec14ef51db?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Gabriel Gatehouse: How the Weird Stuff Took Over Politics","description":"<p><strong>Gabriel Gatehouse is a former BBC international correspondent, a \"Groucho Marx member\" of the British establishment, and creator of <em>The Coming Storm</em> — the podcast and book that mapped the deep roots of American conspiracy culture from the Clinton wars to QAnon (was it kind of true?).</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>We explore his view from fifteen turbulent months of Trump's second term — America as \"empire in decline,\" Britain scrambling for new alliances — his unexpected detour into the \"bonkers subject\" of UFO documentaries, and what the Epstein files tell us about how power actually works at the very top.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>On Putin's view of Trump he's happy to speculate: \"a useful idiot.\" On whether the weird stuff is still driving politics or has simply become Republican Party orthodoxy — that's where it gets complicated. </strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Please do check out my latest book, A Dead Cat On Your Table – available online and in all good book shops.</strong></p><p><strong>@peteryork.bsky.social</strong></p>","author_name":"Good Egg Productions"}