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...
14 Loka 202558min
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...
13 Loka 20251h 6min
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-...
10 Loka 202552min
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 ...
9 Loka 202555min
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...
8 Loka 202549min
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...
7 Loka 202551min
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...
6 Loka 20251h 16min
Is there a secret room inside Mount Rushmore?
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...
3 Loka 202558min
