# White House Conspiracy Dinner Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tpm-social-club-7798132/white-house-conspiracy-dinner Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tpm-social-club-7798132/white-house-conspiracy-dinner.md Podcast: [The TPM Social Club](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tpm-social-club-7798132) Published: 2026-05-01T15:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/dc7c9464-1ad4-49de-9aa8-7ee41a10bb18.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Audio file: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/dc7c9464-1ad4-49de-9aa8-7ee41a10bb18.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-tpm-social-club-7798132/episodes/white-house-conspiracy-dinner Duration seconds: 3864 ## Resource Josh Kovensky and Joe Ragazzo are joined by TPM contributor and conspiracy theory expert Mike Rothschild (No, not those Rothschilds) to break down the strange reaction to the WHCD assassination attempt and discuss the current state of conspiracy theorizing. And then, believe it or not, we wrap up with some surprising developments from.....Summer House? Mike Rothschild writes Rough Edges for TPM, covering fringe groups, conspiracy theories, and how the Internet broke our brains. He is a journalist and expert in the growth and impact of conspiracy theories. He is the author of the first complete book on the QAnon conspiracy movement, 2021’s The Storm is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything; as well as Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories in 2023. https://www.patreon.com/cw/MikeRothschild What’s Really Underpinning the ‘Missing Scientists’ Conspiracy Theory What the Difference Between Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories Tells Us About American History—and About Now How the Epstein Files Reveal the Final Failure of QAnon Donald Trump Became President By Appealing to Conspiracy Theorists — Now He’s Driving Them Away TPM's Annual Membership Drive is underway! If you're not a member, now's the perfect time to join! For a limited time, you can get  25% off an annual Prime or Prime Ad Free membership ! To watch this episode on video, go to our  YouTube page . We also have newsletters:  subscribe here ! Follow us on: Bluesky:  https://bsky.app/profile/talkingpointsmemo.com Facebook:  https://facebook.com/talkingpointsmemo Twitter:  https://twitter.com/tpm Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/talkingpointsmemo/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Ca… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-tpm-social-club-7798132/episodes/white-house-conspiracy-dinner/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tpm-social-club-7798132/white-house-conspiracy-dinner.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.