267. Louis Theroux on Neo-Nazis, Jimmy Savile, UFO Cults, and Scientology
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Shermer and Theroux discuss: how documentary films are made \\u2022 religious fanaticism and why people believe \\u2022 UFO cults, end-times sects, and cognitive dissonance \\u2022 Scientology: religion or cult? \\u2022 neo-Nazis and anti-Semitism \\u2022 prisons, pornography, and prostitution \\u2022 Jeffrey Epstein and Jimmy Savile \\u2022 self-help movements and gurus \\u2022 deception and self-deception \\u2022 social proof and human conformity \\u2022 are humans naturally rational, irrational, or both?
Louis Theroux is a genre-defining documentary filmmaker best known for his explorations of controversial and complex topics. Using a gentle questioning style and an informal approach, Louis has shone light on intriguing beliefs, behaviors, and institutions by getting to know the people at the heart of them \\u2014 from the officers and inmates at San Quentin prison to the extreme believers of the Westboro Baptist Church; from male porn performers in California to young women with eating disorders in London.
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