The premise
Facts first. Then the story.
Theories Have Birthdates investigates the true origin of stories — how easy it is to lose verified facts to misinformation, and how to pull them apart again without angry debate or condescension.
Perfect for listeners of true crime, history, and psychology podcasts, and anyone curious how a conspiracy theory is born, spreads, and calcifies into “common knowledge.”
From Don Swann II
Episodes
Ep. 01
The Motorcade Paradigm
Episode 1 is a deep-dive into the Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassination, the origins of World War One conspiracy theories, and the eerie historical parallels to the JFK assassination in Dallas — the Sarajevo timeline, Gavrilo Princip and the Black Hand, 1914 wartime propaganda, and how Proportionality Bias explains why humans reject coincidence in major historical events.
14 min