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Podcaster and comedian Theo Von<\/strong> kicked up a bevy of mockery this week after his appearance on Joe Rogan\u2019s<\/strong> popular podcast went viral for all the wrong reasons, even being compared to a scene from the satirical comedy Arrested Development.<\/em><\/p>\n Von<\/a> stepped in it while defending the validity of conspiracy theories with Rogan. At one point during their conversation, Von told a story about a building being built near Hollywood that he claimed housed both a major talent agency and the CIA. He recalled a construction worker telling him the high-rise would have talent agency offices and as well as CIA, which he suggested was evidence they work hand in hand to deceive the public. Critics, however, were quick to point out the worker likely meant CAA \u2013 the LA-based sports and talent agency, Creative Artists Agency.<\/p>\n Rogan began the exchange by saying it really irks him \u201cwhen smart people are completely unwilling to recognize that conspiracies are not just real, but they\u2019re also not rare, they\u2019re very common.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re common, and people get away with them, especially when they\u2019re in positions of extreme power, like running intelligence agencies,\u201d Rogan<\/a> began, adding:<\/p>\n And there\u2019s a lot of things that they do that are morally reprehensible but totally legal. Like, they can do it because they\u2019re allowed to, because they are a three-letter organization and they have ultimate power to do a lot of really gross things that are in the nature or in the interest of national security. So this is the whole idea behind it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n They say, \u2018This is our decision. This is the best move for national security. This is how we compromise assets. This is how we gather information. This is how we keep America safe.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cBut are they? Why is it our FBI and CIA are working against us? That\u2019s what it feels like. They\u2019re just tricking us about it,\u201d Von replied.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re tricking some people on purpose,\u201d Rogan added.<\/p>\n \u201cBut why is that even their goal? I thought that they\u2014\u201d Von asked.<\/p>\n \u201cBecause they\u2019re trying to arrest people. So this is the problem with your career. This has been explained to me by a lot of people that are experts and people that know. John Kiriakou<\/strong> explained it this way: Your reputation is based on how successful you have been arresting people, cracking cases. And so people set up cases so they can break them. They basically set up an escape room and they\u2019re like, \u2018I don\u2019t know how to get out of here.\u2019 And they pretend that they\u2019re just like a regular wizard that stumbled into the escape room. But no, you set the whole thing up.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah. That\u2019s what it is. Well, it\u2019s the same as like a bunch of those stories. Oh, I think it\u2019s the same even with Hollywood,\u201d Von replied, launching into an anecdote:<\/p>\n And, you know, I remember one day I was walking in the Century City Mall over there. It\u2019s in Los Angeles. It\u2019s off of Santa Monica Boulevard. And there was a blue-collar guy walking by, and he was working construction. They were building something there. And I was like \u2014 he\u2019s like, \u2018Theo, what\u2019s up, man?\u2019 So we\u2019re talking for a minute. I was like, \u2018What are you all building?\u2019<\/p>\n And he\u2019s like, \u2018You\u2019re not even gonna believe this? We\u2019re building\u2019 \u2014 he\u2019s like \u2014 \u2018a 10-floor, 20-floor building. Ten floors are a talent agency, and the other 10 floors are for the CIA.\u2019 And I was like, \u2018What? Just in the same building? Just happened to be that\u2019s what you\u2019re building?\u2019 He\u2019s like, \u2018Yep, that\u2019s what we\u2019re building.\u2019 And he wasn\u2019t lying. I don\u2019t think he was lying to me. It just seemed like a\u2014it was just like\u2014<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a weird mixture,\u201d Rogan noted.<\/p>\n \u201cRight, but I think that this starts to happen. News stories get created, right? Things get\u2014whether they\u2019re fiction or whatever goes on\u2014you don\u2019t even know a lot of times what\u2019s a news story. You can send actors out to create a scene, you see a video, you believe it. And then they make movies\u2014\u201d Von insisted.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s been done before. That\u2019s been done before,\u201d Rogan agreed.<\/p>\n \u201cOh yeah, but then you see movies and stuff come out later about it. So it\u2019s like you\u2019re almost creating your own news to then make a \u2018based on a real story.\u2019 You know what I\u2019m talking about?\u201d Von declared.<\/p>\n The Atlantic\u2019s<\/em> Yair Rosenberg<\/strong> commented, \u201cTheo Von here is confusing the talent agency CAA (Creative Artists Agency) with the CIA. Don\u2019t get your news or worldview from charismatic know-nothings! Do get some laughs at their expense.\u201d<\/p>\n Podcaster Danny Gold<\/strong> added, \u201clol. he\u2019s talking about CAA, the talent agency, whose offices are across the street from the mall. Theo Von is the perfect encapsulation of a conspiracy podcaster, just a moron all the way through.\u201d<\/p>\n Below are some additional replies:<\/p>\n __<\/p>\n The post Theo Von Savagely Mocked for Flub While Defending Conspiracy Theories With Joe Rogan<\/a> first appeared on Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Podcaster and comedian Theo Von kicked up a bevy of mockery this week after his appearance on Joe Rogan\u2019s popular podcast went viral for all the wrong reasons, even being compared to a scene from the satirical comedy Arrested Development. Von stepped in it while defending the validity of conspiracy theories with Rogan. 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