ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  Why didn’t the Rothschilds gain a financial foothold in the United States?

Mike Rothschild is a journalist and conspiracy theory expert whose work has examined scams, frauds, moral panic, conspiracy theories, and how their impact has gone from the online world into everyday life. He has written two previous books, including The Storm is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything, which examines the roots and the impact of the QAnon movement. Rothschild has been interviewed by CNN, MSNBC, NPR, the BBC, the Washington Post, and the New York Times among many others, to discuss conspiracy theories. He has also testified to the U.S. Congress on the threat of election disinformation, and appeared in numerous documentaries and podcasts.

His latest book is Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories.  It discusses conspiracy theories throughout history and their relationship to antisemitism. The book goes into the historical contexts that have given people the need for a scapegoat, and explains how Jews can be placed into any historical moment and be blamed for it. The book is extremely well-researched, with numerous endnotes and references.

In this program Mike speaks with us about the book, the Rothschilds, conspiracy theories, and the timeliness of the subject.