{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Reality Goes Viral","description":"1999 was a year of viral memes, even though we didn\u2019t know what those were yet. \u201cI see dead people.\u201d \u201cOne time at band camp.\u201d The Budweiser Wassup commercial.   In the late \u201890s, the Texas-based radio show host Alex Jones looked around and saw \u201cThe X-Files,\u201d \u201cThe Blair Witch Project,\u201d \u201cEyes Wide Shut,\u201d \u201cThe Matrix,\u201d and the barrage of \u201890s pop culture about government cover-ups, and started a radio show about conspiracy theories. He called it InfoWars. By 1999, it was being carried on 50 small stations and Jones took his show online, to an even bigger audience.    1999 FOREVER\u2019S theme song is \u201cIn the Freezer\u201d by Sophie Strauss To support 1999 FOREVER, you can subscribe, leave a rating and a review, and tell all your friends how much you like it. To see episode moodboards, behind-the-scenes photos, videos, and more, follow me on Instagram @dahliabalcazar.    SOURCES Elizabeth Williamson, \u201cSandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth,\u201d 2022. ","author_name":"1999 FOREVER","author_url":"https:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/442833","html":"