Conspiracy Consultants

Michelle and guest Tristan Bernays have a big task: fuse Oprah and the Titanic into a conspiracy so outlandish it practically winks at you from the depths. The result is a cheeky, free-wheeling detour where big feelings, bigger billionaires, and bottom-of-the-ocean ambitions collide.

Santa survives because we all agree to keep the magic alive. In this episode, Michelle and Jamie take that agreement seriously and start asking what would need to happen behind the scenes for Santa to actually function at scale. The North Pole quickly falls apart under scrutiny, giving way to discussions about supply chains, labour, secrecy, alternative bases, franchising models, and whether it would be easier to hide Santa in a rainforest, on a cruise ship, or in plain sight. By the time they’re done, Santa’s less a jolly loner and more a CEO with a staffing crisis and a very tight delivery window.

In today’s made-up conspiracy, Michelle is joined by guest Lucy Foster to dream up how and why Beyoncé is linked to the Eiffel Tower.

Michelle and her guest, writer/director Lucy Foster, pull apart the classic rumour that Walt Disney is cryogenically frozen under Pirates of the Caribbean and the idea that Frozen was named to bury “Walt Disney frozen” in search results. How did film about sisters accidentally became the internet’s greatest SEO distraction theory? The pair dig into what cryonics actually involves, whether living forever is even worth it if your people don’t come with you, and all of the people who have to be in on it to make it work.

Michelle and Dr. Leila Nashef attempt to stitch together a conspiracy between Albert Einstein and Coca-Cola, quickly landing on the idea that a teenage Einstein invented the drink before the recipe was stolen by an ominous early Big Soda. From there, the theory accelerates until, by the end - they’ve conjured a version of Einstein who isn’t just a physicist but a human drinks dispenser.

In this episode, Michelle and playwright Tristan Bernays pick apart the conspiracy theory of Tartaria - the super-civilisation that supposedly spanned the globe, built every great monument, harnessed free wireless electricity, lived in perfect peace, and then mysteriously vanished from history. Together they wander through its odd claims: giants, world fairs repurposed as cover-ups, and the idea that an exhausted, overstretched 20th-century world quietly decided to erase an entire utopian empire. What follows is part historical improv, part sociological musing, and part joyful chaos as they ask the only sensible question: if Tartaria was so perfect, what on earth did it do to make the whole world agree never to speak of it again?

Is that creepy little plush on your feed secretly sowing chaos? Michelle and guest-host Jamie dive into the Labubu craze. Are they designer collectibles? Demonic vessels? A marketing scheme gone too far? Possibly all of the above. Together they trace how a doll went from niche art toy to status symbol to alleged agent of supernatural chaos, with people ceremoniously burning them over a bonfire. Along the way there are existential spirals about AI, cursed objects and satanic panics - and a dive into what it means to make a deal with a demon.

The mythology of Marilyn Monroe persists - not through her voice, but through the stories we keep telling about her, long after she lost the chance to tell her own. Join Michelle and her guest, Dr. Leila Nashef, as they dive into one of Hollywood’s most enduring mysteries: was Marilyn Monroe murdered? In this episode of the Conspiracy Consultants, the pair unpack not just the tangled theories - Kennedys, cover-ups, and UFOs - but the woman behind the myth. Equal parts humour, heartbreak, and sharp feminist insight, they peel back the layers of Marilyn’s life, her image, and what it means to be the “perfect victim.”

What if the world really is flat - and we’ve just been too round-minded to see it? In the season finale, Michelle and Anna spiral through the flat-earth theory, from biblical domes and Antarctic ice walls to penguin billionaires guarding the planet’s oil. It’s a dizzying mix of bad physics, big faith, and brain-cell attrition as the consultants try to find the edge… without falling off it.