19. (Sort of) Off Topic: △ The Bavarian Illuminati

This week, Max is going to tell us all the true history of the Bavarian Illuminati, and how what started as a bunch of rich white guys arguing about nothing somehow resulted in a bunch of people accusing Taylor Swift of being a lizard person. Enjoy!

Sources

• “Illuminati” on Wikipedia 
• “The New World Order conspiracy: Illuminati” on Wikipedia 
• “9 questions about the Illuminati you were too afraid to ask” by Phil Edwards for Vox 
• “What is the fascination with the Illuminati conspiracy?” narrated by Sophia Smith Galer for the BBC 
• “What is the Illuminati conspiracy theory?” by Fred Kelly for TheWeek.com 
• “Secrets of the Illuminati: the Top-Secret Society With Plans to Rule the World” from SPYSCAPE 
• Full free text of “Proofs of a Conspiracy against all the Religions and Governments of Europe” by John Robison 
• “The Eye of Providence: The symbol with a secret meaning?” by Matthew Wilson for the BBC