Strange News: Surviving a Kidnapping, Puppet Arrested in DC, China Aims to Censor All Social Media
A quick-thinking Florida man stops his own kidnapping, prompting a conversation about how to handle these and similar situations. Triumph the Insult Comic Dog is detained in Washington, DC. The govern...
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Messiahs, Abuse and Espionage: Adnan Oktar’s Sex Cult
If you live in the US, you may not have heard of Adnan Oktar. Yet if you live in Turkey or practice Islam, you’re almost certainly familiar with charismatic, controversial figure. Up until recently, h...
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Listener Mail: Real-life Telekinesis (Sort of), Hatchet Drones and Immunology
Jasper writes in with an excellent explanation of how cancer works -- and how cancerous cells can be stopped. Tall Pockets relays an interesting encounter with an inventor, asking for glamour shots of...
23 Kesä 202241min
Cautionary Tales, with Tim Harford
What can history teach us about the present? How can the average person use critical thinking to avoid being taken in by slick infographics and ardent pundits? In today’s interview, Ben, Matt and Noel...
22 Kesä 20221h 1min
CLASSIC: Could someone erase the world's debt?
Modern civilization relies on the concept of debt. Wars are fought over it, loves lost and revolutions launched. So what would happen if, one day, it disappeared? Is it even possible? Tune in to learn...
21 Kesä 202259min
Strange News: Is LaMDA alive? Cartel Corruption, Predatory Banking in Utah
Google employee Blake Lemoine is on leave after going public with his belief that the company's "Language Models for Dialog Applications," or LaMDA, is alive. A high-ranking member of Mexican law enfo...
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The Rare Earth Metals Gold Rush
It may sound hard to believe, but a great deal of Earth's modern electronics -- everything from jets to your smartphone -- depend on just a few substances, things called rare earth metals, or rare ear...
17 Kesä 202256min
Listener Mail: Fish in Florida are on Drugs, A Disturbing Rash of Brain Tumors in New Jersey
An instagram user hips the guys to a bizarre, frightening study of fish off the coast of Florida -- they're testing positive for pharmaceutical drugs, in huge amounts. A caller asks for more informati...
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