The Hidden History of Assassins, Part I: An Origin Story

The Hidden History of Assassins, Part I: An Origin Story

What's the difference between an assassination and a garden-variety murder? Where does the term 'assassin' actually come from, and how did an obscure sect founded almost one thousand years ago fundamentally change the course of history as we know it? Tune in for the answers to these questions and more in the first part of this special two-part series.

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CLASSIC: Wells Fargo's Imaginary Customers

CLASSIC: Wells Fargo's Imaginary Customers

Wells Fargo is one of the most popular retail banks in the United States, and its gigantic customer base uses it for everything from savings accounts to loans and more. However, a few years bank the b...

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Strange News: Put My Face on the Money, Qatar and the US, AI Censorship in Film, and More

Strange News: Put My Face on the Money, Qatar and the US, AI Censorship in Film, and More

The United States Treasury moves to print current President Trump's face on a new coin, prompting an exploration of why the US officially doesn't put living people on the money. Qatar and the US reach...

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What Comes After Humans? Chapter Two: The Next Dominant Species

What Comes After Humans? Chapter Two: The Next Dominant Species

Let's imagine the worst scenario for civilization: humans, for one reason or another, go extinct. What will rise from the ashes of the Anthropocene to take their place? In the second part of this two-...

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Listener Mail: Big Tobacco,  Kaikōura Lights Theories, Post-Snuff Messages and More

Listener Mail: Big Tobacco, Kaikōura Lights Theories, Post-Snuff Messages and More

The Chef calls in with a fascinating theory on the Kaikōura lights. Nemesis shares an inside look at Big Tobacco, answering Ben's earlier question about smoking inside (and much more). In the wake of ...

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What Comes After Humans? Chapter One: A Brief, Brightly Burning Light

What Comes After Humans? Chapter One: A Brief, Brightly Burning Light

Humans! Seems like they're everywhere these days. They've also been great for our show, so thanks! Anyhow, the Age of the Anthropocene has fundamentally altered the natural world -- and, no matter wha...

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CLASSIC: Operation Infektion: Russia's AIDS Conspiracy

CLASSIC: Operation Infektion: Russia's AIDS Conspiracy

HIV and AIDS, the syndrome the infection causes, have become the subject of numerous conspiracy theories. Over the decades people have proposed the infection was purposely designed to kill certain seg...

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Strange News: Peter and the Antichrist, Hegseth's Stand-up Bombs, Crypto Heists and More

Strange News: Peter and the Antichrist, Hegseth's Stand-up Bombs, Crypto Heists and More

The world's largest crypto-related heists poses a bizarre dilemma for authorities in London. The perplexing meeting of US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and America's generals has everyone -- including...

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Is there a secret room inside Mount Rushmore?

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It's an image famous -- and controversial -- all the world round: in the Black Hills of South Dakota, the US government wrought four gigantic sculptures of past US Presidents on the face of the Six Gr...

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