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Matt HongoltzHetling

@hh_matt

Chronologically: Stockboy to server to business owner to poker player to cabbie to social worker to Pulitzer finalist & award-winning journo.

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Intelligencer (@intelligencer) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Sarah Jones interviews Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling about his new book, The Ghost Lab, and the rise of paranormal America. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

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"The national imagination can be wild — it can also be dangerous. The MAHA movement is in power, and so is pseudoscience." Thanks to Sarah Jones Intelligencer New York Magazine for a change to talk about a critical connection no one is talking about. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

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THE GHOST LAB is called "an entertaining story of eccentric people attempting to formalize a sincerely held interest" by Science Magazine.Ā See the full review of Matt HongoltzHetling's book below ↓ science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

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So excited to see this massively ambitious feature launch from The Nation. 50 writers describe The State of "These Dis-United States." Here's my New Hampshire essay: thenation.com/article/politi…

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Firsthand testimony, from Maine to Hawaii, of a decades-long project to hollow out government at every level—and of the devastating effects of that project on our national life. thenation.com/article/societ…

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today I have a comic up on The Nation as part of These Dis-United States. I am representing my state of PA thenation.com/article/societ…

today I have a comic up on <a href="/thenation/">The Nation</a> as part of These Dis-United States. I am representing my state of PA

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Honored to be included in The Nation magazine’s 160th Anniversary Issue repping Wisconsin in their Dis-United States feature. Online now and on newsstands soon! thenation.com/article/politi…

Honored to be included in <a href="/thenation/">The Nation</a> magazine’s 160th Anniversary Issue repping Wisconsin in their Dis-United States feature.  Online now and on newsstands soon! thenation.com/article/politi…
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was honored to contribute to The Nation's 160th anniversary issue in their "dis-united states" forum, alongside a host of fantastic writers, whose perspectives you should read. i wrote about nevada (s/o inverted vibe curve: burgertown has fallen): thenation.com/article/societ…

was honored to contribute to <a href="/thenation/">The Nation</a>'s 160th anniversary issue in their "dis-united states" forum, alongside a host of fantastic writers, whose perspectives you should read. i wrote about nevada (s/o <a href="/PatBlanchfield/">inverted vibe curve: burgertown has fallen</a>): thenation.com/article/societ…
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I got to talk about the politics and profiteering of alternative medicine yesterday on WHYY in Philly. Thanks to Cherri ā€œReal Newsā€ Gregg and Avi Wolfman-Arent for their probing questions and flawless hosting! whyy.org/episodes/the-r…

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Author Matt HongoltzHetling takes me ghost-hunting in New Hampshire—alongside a psychic, a paranormal paralegal, and a man abducted by aliens (twice). But beneath the fringe lies a bigger story: a country where more Americans believe in demons than in democracy. Plus: LA protests & Newsom

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ā€œWhere the country is now, New Hampshire was 10 years ago.ā€ As trust in government erodes, belief in conspiracy and the paranormal fills the gap.Matt HongoltzHetling joins The Gist to explain how we got here—and what it means. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

PublicAffairs (@public_affairs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Author of THE GHOST LAB Matt Hongoltz-Hetling joins Mike Pesca on The Gist podcast (The Gist) to talk about the relation between paranormal beliefs and the government. Check out the full interview here ↓ youtube.com/watch?v=6-dEUs…

Big Think (@bigthink) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Why don’t Americans trust experts? For his new book, ā€œThe Ghost Lab,ā€ Matt Hongoltz-Hetling spent time with paranormal investigators to understand their relationship with science and society. Matt HongoltzHetling bigthink.com/big-think-book…

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Julian talks with Matt HongoltzHetling about The Ghost Lab, How Bigfoot Hunters, Mediums, and Alien Enthusiasts are Wrecking Science. Is failing trust in institutions fueling a burgeoning obsession with the paranormal? conspirituality.net/episodes/brief…

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怐Released on May 20怑 怌The Ghost Lab: How Bigfoot Hunters, Mediums, and Alien Enthusiasts Are Wrecking Science怍 Author:Hongoltz-Hetling, Matthew Publisher:PublicAffairs Publication date:May 20, 2025 amazon.com/dp/1541703979?…

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Why would you trust a scientist who can't even see ghosts? So amazing to talk with the great Julian Walker on the storied Conspirituality podcast about the relationship between paranormal beliefs and the incredibly urgent issue of institutional distrust. conspirituality.net/episodes/brief…