Here are some modern references to flat earth, from a Wiki page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_flat_Earth_societiesIn popular culture
In 1984, English musician Thomas Dolby released an album called The Flat Earth, which was later adopted as the name for Dolby's fan club and subsequent website forums. Although Dolby himself does not hold a belief in the flat earth theory, he accepted the first membership of the reopened Flat Earth Society offered by society president Daniel Shenton, who has credited his discovery of the flat earth theory from having heard Dolby's album.[31]
In the 1980s, talk show host Wally George often ridiculed Flat Earth Society members on his show Hot Seat; and Australian talk show host Don Lane also had Flat Earth Society advocates on his show.
In 2016, the television show Modern Family featured a song about the flat earth.
In 2016, the television show Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt mentioned the flat earth, when a cult member claimed to recant on her beliefs and state the "Earth is Round."
California-based punk rock band Bad Religion include a song titled "Flat Earth Society", by Brett Gurewitz, on their album Against the Grain (1990). A prominent feature of the song is the refrain "lie, lie, lie," indicating a strong denunciation of the society and its theories.
Richard A. Lupoff's novel Circumpolar! describes a flat planet much like the Earth as described by Flat Earth Society, except it has a hole at the centre instead of a North Pole, and the underside contains fictional lands such as Atlantis and Lemuria.[37]
While discussing the importance of acting on climate change, President Barack Obama said there was no time for "a meeting of the flat-earth society" in reference to climate change deniers.[38]
Nick Davies wrote "Flat Earth News" in which he claims to name and expose "the national news stories which turn out to be pseudo events manufactured by the PR industry and the global news stories which prove to be fiction generated by a new machinery of international propaganda."[39]
Rapper B.o.B composed a song titled "Flatline", in which he claims the Earth is flat, and promotes other conspiracy theories.[40] Bobby Ray Simmons, Jr. accepted membership in Daniel Shenton's Flat Earth Society offered by society Secretary John Davis.[41][42]
Internet Icon Tila Tequila announced her belief that the Earth is flat in early 2016. [43]
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