
Matt HongoltzHetling
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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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"The national imagination can be wild ā 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/ā¦

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 ā“ science.org/doi/10.1126/scā¦


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/politiā¦


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/societā¦


Honored to be included in The Nation magazineās 160th Anniversary Issue repping Wisconsin in their Dis-United States feature. Online now and on newsstands soon! thenation.com/article/politiā¦


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/societā¦


I got to talk about the politics and profiteering of alternative medicine yesterday on WHYY in Philly. Thanks to Cherri āReal Newsā Gregg and Avi Wolfman-Arent for their probing questions and flawless hosting! whyy.org/episodes/the-rā¦

Author Matt HongoltzHetling takes me ghost-hunting in New Hampshireāalongside 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

āWhere 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 hereāand what it means. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/theā¦

Thanks to the great Mike Pesca for his as-always great insights, this time about my book, The Ghost Lab. We need more like him.


Why donāt Americans trust experts? For his new book, āThe 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-bookā¦

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/briefā¦


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/briefā¦
