CLASSIC: The Truth Behind the Salem Witch Trials, with Aaron Mahnke
Join Ben and Matt as they interview Aaron Mahnke, the creator of the world-famous Lore podcast, about Unobscured, the new series where he dives deep into the true story of the Salem witch trials. How ...
3 Touko 202451min
Listener Mail: Breaking Physics? Firefighters and PFAs, Superfund Sites and Baseball.
Secret Soup Can hips the guys to the newest 'Big If True' -- aka alleged -- breakthrough in alternative propulsion. Matt the Firefighter shares a widely-unacknowledged danger of fighting fires. GP Sco...
2 Touko 202445min
What was Operation Northwoods?
How far would you go in pursuit of a Greater Good? How much evil would you permit -- how many crimes would you commit -- if you believed the result was beneficial to the world overall? These are the k...
1 Touko 202458min
CLASSIC: What the F*ck is up with Florida?
Out of all the states in the Union, it seems like Florida is home to the craziest shenanigans. Every few days another story about a weird, madcap crime in the Sunshine state makes the circuit in mass ...
30 Huhti 202438min
Strange News: Colorado Protects Brainwaves, Chechnya's Weird Music Ban, A Man Sets Himself On Fire.
Colorado moves to protect human thought. Chechnya restricts all music to a certain amount of beats per minute (spoiler: it's super weird). In protest against an alleged conspiracy, a man self-immolate...
29 Huhti 202458min
The Sirhan Sirhan Story
On June 5, 1968, Sirhan Sirhan fatally attacked Robert Kennedy -- he was tackled, disarmed and arrested immediately. Yet for decades after the murder, the arrest, and the trial, people still wonder ex...
26 Huhti 20241h 7min
Listener Mail: Dog Farts or Ghosts? The Korean 4B Movement. Growing Mini-livers.
Jace wonders whether he's haunted by a dearly-beloved, farting ghost. Skippy prompts a conversation about growing miniature organs, and the larger future of biotech. Phoebe writes in with a crucial co...
25 Huhti 202449min
Disclosure: The Epstein Files
Toward the end of 2023, a US judge decreed the public had a right to know the names of multiple people listed in court documents pertaining to the crimes of notorious financier and human trafficker Je...
24 Huhti 20241h 2min
