Strange News: Strange News: Spy Nuns, Fart Cures, Cow Tools and More

Strange News: Strange News: Spy Nuns, Fart Cures, Cow Tools and More

A scandal rocks Europe as an international group of nuns is exposed as a secret Russian spy ring. You can pay a million dollars for a hotel on the moon. Farts might save you from Alzheimer’s, and cows may be the newest confirmed non-human tool users. The Bank of England is worried about aliens. All this and more in this week’s strange news segment.

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The Luigi Mangione Story, Chapter Two: The Larger Context

The Luigi Mangione Story, Chapter Two: The Larger Context

As we record, Luigi Mangione is currently in police custody on suspicion of murdering former UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. In the second chapter of this ongoing investigation, Ben, Matt and Noe...

10 Tammi 20251h 9min

CLASSIC: Animals At War: Fact vs. Fiction

CLASSIC: Animals At War: Fact vs. Fiction

Whether as beasts of burden, scouts, sentries or attack dogs, animals have been conscripted into human conflict since the dawn of recorded history. This practice hasn't changed in the modern day -- it...

9 Tammi 202559min

The Luigi Mangione Story, Chapter One: A Murder in Manhattan

The Luigi Mangione Story, Chapter One: A Murder in Manhattan

In the early hours of December 4, 2024, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot in New York City as he walked toward the annual investor's meeting of his parent company, UnitedHealth Grou...

8 Tammi 202541min

CLASSIC: A Long Shadow: Life and Times of David Koch

CLASSIC: A Long Shadow: Life and Times of David Koch

When philanthropist, business magnate and political activist David Koch passed away, the media scrambled to address his legacy - but what is that legacy, exactly? Join Ben and Matt as they explore the...

8 Tammi 202553min

CLASSIC: Conspiracies and Crime: The World's Biggest Heists

CLASSIC: Conspiracies and Crime: The World's Biggest Heists

Everyone loves a good heist film -- but how accurate are they? Join Ben and Matt as they delve into the stories of modern history's biggest heists, actual criminal conspiracies carried out across the ...

6 Tammi 20251h 4min

CLASSIC: Can memories be erased?

CLASSIC: Can memories be erased?

It sounds like a quandry straight out of science fiction -- given the opportunity, would you erase your own painful or traumatic memories? Join Ben and Matt as they separate science fiction from scien...

3 Tammi 20251h 3min

CLASSIC: The Rise of the Chimera

CLASSIC: The Rise of the Chimera

From ancient stories of shapeshifters to works of fiction like "The Island of Dr. Moreau", humanity has always been fascinating with the line between people and non-human animals -- but modern technol...

2 Tammi 20251h 4min

CLASSIC: Church Burning, Metal, and Scandinavian ‘Satanists’

CLASSIC: Church Burning, Metal, and Scandinavian ‘Satanists’

In the 1990s international media was captivated by a bizarre epidemic of church arsons in Norway, often attributing these crimes to so-called Satanic groups and individuals in Norway's black metal sce...

1 Tammi 202543min

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