What is Exercise Flintlock?

What is Exercise Flintlock?

Since 2005 -- officially -- the United States has conducted a training program known as Exercise Flintlock. This program, which has multiple partners in various roles, aims to educate and prepare forces in Africa's Sahel region against the growing threat of non-state actors and terrorists. Proponents argue it saves lives. Critics allege it's another School of the Americas... and that the US may well be creating the same villains it claims to fight.

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CLASSIC: What happened to Rebecca Coriam?

CLASSIC: What happened to Rebecca Coriam?

In tonight's Classic episode, Ben, Matt and Noel return to a case that still haunts them: at just 24 years old, Rebecca Coriam had her whole life ahead of her. Her love of physical fitness and knack f...

23 Huhti 1h 7min

Appalachian Horror: Voices in the Woods

Appalachian Horror: Voices in the Woods

Are you an outdoorsy type? If so, you know the wilderness is beautiful and dangerous. Slippery terrain, lack of water, poisonous plants, wild animals and other humans can all be a threat... but out in...

22 Huhti 1h 8min

CLASSIC: Secrets of the Founding Fathers, Chapter Two: Seriously, Weird Dudes

CLASSIC: Secrets of the Founding Fathers, Chapter Two: Seriously, Weird Dudes

It's true that the founders of the United States all too often failed to live up to the values they espoused in the Constitution and other related documents -- but it appears they were up to even stra...

22 Huhti 59min

Strange News: Stop Meowing On Planes, Maine vs. Data Centers, Spy News, Mexico Goes Socialist, and Much More

Strange News: Stop Meowing On Planes, Maine vs. Data Centers, Spy News, Mexico Goes Socialist, and Much More

The world's trade system is cartoonishly complex, and it depends on multiple factors: one of the most important being trucks. Without semis and truckers, the global economy will immediately collapse -...

20 Huhti 49min

Trucking is in Trouble.

Trucking is in Trouble.

The world's trade system is cartoonishly complex, and it depends on multiple factors: one of the most important being trucks. Without semis and truckers, the global economy will immediately collapse -...

17 Huhti 1h 8min

Listener Mail: Raccoon Penis Toothpicks, FNU LNU, Rigid Airships

Listener Mail: Raccoon Penis Toothpicks, FNU LNU, Rigid Airships

In this week's listener mail segment: Xevious Wrecks hips Ben and Noel to 'hillbilly toothpicks', a euphemism for raccoon penises, inspiring the guys to never see the internet again. Uncle Bosco explo...

17 Huhti 37min

Did Lead Exposure Create Serial Killers?

Did Lead Exposure Create Serial Killers?

Nowadays, everyone knows lead is toxic. Yet for thousands of years, it was treated as a miracle substance. Ancient Romans used it in everything from water pipes to wine sweetener -- an ubiquity that m...

15 Huhti 56min

CLASSIC: Secrets of the Founding Fathers, Chapter One: Some Very Weird Dudes

CLASSIC: Secrets of the Founding Fathers, Chapter One: Some Very Weird Dudes

In this week's Classic episode, Ben, Matt and Noel explore some extremely weird dudes known as the Founding Fathers of the United States. They're memorialized in monuments, museums, currency, holidays...

14 Huhti 57min

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