05 - The Devil Made Me Do It: Guy and James Explore the Satanic Panic

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In this episode, Guy and James discuss Guy's recently accepted paper on the Satanic Panic. The panic was a moral panic that extended from the 1970's to the early 1990's. During this conversation, Guy explains what moral panics are, how they emerge, and how motivated reasoning contributes to them.

They then look at the Satanic Panic in particular - something both have direct experience with (yes they're that old!). Whether it was backwards masking, satanic ritual abuse, or secretly satanic corporate logos, Satan seemed to be everywhere and causing mass mayhem. But what was really going on, and why were people's fears driving them to believe some truly outlandish things? Guy helps walk us through those questions.

Along the way, we find out how Guy figured out a life in ministry was not for him and why he isn't a political activist.

To learn more about the Satanic Panic you can click here: https://www.cbc.ca/arts/satan-wants-you-filmmakers-q-a-sean-horlor-steve-j-adams-1.6822213

and here: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/us/satanic-panic.html

and here: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3270557

To learn more about Guy Crain, click here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/humanities-department/crain-guy/

To learn more about James Davenport, click here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/davenport-james/

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