553: Killer Patents & Secret Science Vol. 2 | Forbidden Medical Cures

553: Killer Patents & Secret Science Vol. 2 | Forbidden Medical Cures

The history of medicine goes back to the dawn of mankind when ancient healers used special herbs to treat illnesses.Hippocrates, the father of medicine, laid the foundation for modern medical practice: observation, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. His work set the stage for centuries of medical progress.In the 19th century, Edward Jenner created a smallpox vaccine, and Louis Pasteur proved microorganisms caused disease. The 20th century brought antibiotics, medical imaging, and organ transplants. In the past 400 years, the human lifespan has doubled.But something happened to medicine along the way. It became an industry. A profitable one.President Eisenhower warned against creating a "military-industrial complex" because if you make war profitable, you'll always have war. He was right.So, here's a cynical question: If you make illness profitable, will you always have illness?In recent years, trillions have been spent on cancer research and therapies. That's a lot of people getting rich from a disease that's already been cured. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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55: Another Carrington Event? You Are NOT Prepared for the Coming Solar Storms

55: Another Carrington Event? You Are NOT Prepared for the Coming Solar Storms

WE'RE DUE FOR ANOTHER CARRINGTON EVENT  On September 1, 1859, astronomer Richard Carrington was observing a huge sunspot. Suddenly, a flash of intense white light burst from the sun's surface.  He had...

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49: Alien Bases On The Moon | The Amazing True Story of Ingo Swann

49: Alien Bases On The Moon | The Amazing True Story of Ingo Swann

THE MAN WHO SAW ALIEN BASES ON THE MOON   Ingo Swann claimed to be a psychic who was employed by the CIA to remote-view the dark side of the moon. Specifically to look for an alien presence.  It sound...

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45: It's All FAKE | The Dead Internet Theory

45: It's All FAKE | The Dead Internet Theory

What if all of our online existence is fake?   You, me, everyone; we're living in a real-life Matrix. Designed to distract us from the truth: that we're just drones in a digital ant-hill. We live, wor...

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47: Legend of the Moon Eyed People | Before Christopher Columbus?

47: Legend of the Moon Eyed People | Before Christopher Columbus?

LEGEND OF THE MOON-EYED PEOPLE   Across the Southern Appalachian mountains, from Georgia up through North Carolina, hundreds of unusual stone structures have been discovered.   Some date back hundreds...

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42: MIT Computer Predicts the World Will End in 2040 - First Signs Appear in 2020

42: MIT Computer Predicts the World Will End in 2040 - First Signs Appear in 2020

COMPUTER PREDICTS WORLD WILL END IN 2040   In 1704, using a series of calculations, Isaac Newton predicted the world would end sometime around the year 2060.   Almost 300 years later, in 1973, a compu...

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46: Messages Through Time - A Time Travel Story

46: Messages Through Time - A Time Travel Story

THE COMPUTER THAT PROVED TIME TRAVEL | THE DODLESTON MESSAGES   In December 1984, Ken Webster, a high-school teacher, was living with his friend Nic and girlfriend Debbie in the small village of Dodle...

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43: Civilization Before Humans? Silurian Hypothesis

43: Civilization Before Humans? Silurian Hypothesis

There are over 7 billion people living on the earth right now. Tens of millions are born and die each year. Every single one of us leaves signs of our existence in the air, water, soil -- even space. ...

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41: Paul Amadeus Dienach spent a year in 3906. He wrote down everything he saw.

41: Paul Amadeus Dienach spent a year in 3906. He wrote down everything he saw.

In 1924, Paul Amadeus Dienach had been teaching the German language in Greece. Dying of tuberculosis, he wanted to return home to Switzerland. Before he left, he gave hundreds of pages of handwritten ...

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