CLASSIC: Slaves to the Sun: Solar Activity and Mass Excitability
We all know weather can affect a person's mood, but just how far does it go? Could the activity of the sun be driving widespread human conflicts throughout history? In tonight's Classic episode, Ben, ...
15 Heinä 20251h 6min
Strange News: The Epstein Client List, Human Skin Phones, Click-to-Cancel, Akon, Grok Goes Nazi
Despite numerous earlier statements, the US Department of Justice and FBI officially concludes that notorious human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein had no client list -- spoiler, chaos ensues. Akon's plann...
14 Heinä 20251h 9min
ScienceStuff, with Jorge Cham
Are we living in a simulation? What's the future of AI? How can humans understand the past, present, and future of the universe -- assuming, of course, that time exists? In this interview segment, Ben...
11 Heinä 20251h 4min
Listener Mail: Bird Deaths, Gas Station Bars, The Battle of Blair Mountain and More
Sloth inspires a round-up of recent news stories from the world of birds. Fae shares a story of real-life bars inside gas stations. Kevin prompts an exploration of hidden history -- the earth shaking ...
10 Heinä 202554min
The Raymond Allen Davis Incident
It's an open secret that not everything is as it seems in the world of diplomacy -- a great many individuals operate with some degree of subterfuge and invisibility. So what happens when things go wro...
9 Heinä 20251h 16min
CLASSIC: The Surprisingly Unboring Story of Farm Subsidies
Make no mistake -- being a farmer is hard work. Farming outfits often have to carry a huge amount of risk from one season to the next, and any number of things may ruin their prospects, from unexpecte...
8 Heinä 20251h 3min
Strange News: Tuvalu is Drowning, Chinese EVs, Eating Cheese and More
Australia is astonished as a full one-third of all residents of Tuvalu apply for the new, limited 'climate visa,' sparking concerns about the future of islands nations amid the global sea level rising...
7 Heinä 202552min
The Terrifying Tale of Aum Shinrikyo, Chapter Two: "Save The World By Ending It"
As the Aum Shinrikyo movements gains national, then global, attention, the founder Shoko Asahara begins to move his followers in a darker direction. Convinced that the world can only truly be saved th...
4 Heinä 202558min
