Strange News: The Great US Science Exodus, Exotic Support Animals, New Mexico Childcare Revolution and More
A new Brain Drain: funding cuts and political chaos cause scientists to leave the US -- and other countries love it. Wal-Mart bans an emotional support alligator. Protestors get in hot water in the UK...
22 Syys 20251h 2min
The Mystery of New Zealand's Kaikōura Lights
In December of 1978, New Zealand's Kaikōura mountain ranges gained international attention as a series of unidentified glowing objects appeared to follow multiple planes in the area. Pilots, journalis...
19 Syys 20251h 7min
Listener Mail: Barbie Power Wheels, Panama Strangeness, A Time Warner Conspiracy and More
A bizarre Power Wheels heist goes awry. TikTok loses its mind over an unidentified ...thing in Panama. A fellow Conspiracy Realist hips Ben, Matt and Noel to a massive (and massively petty) possible c...
18 Syys 202549min
The Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex
At the height of the Cold War, both the Soviets and the United States raced to hold supremacy across the globe. Over in North Dakota, you can find a strange relic of this unending conflict -- the Stan...
17 Syys 20251h 4min
CLASSIC: Betty and Barney Hill: The UFO Case that Changed Everything, with Toby Ball
In September of 1961, on an empty country road in rural New Hampshire, Barney and Betty Hill experienced the most profound, bizarre night of their lives in what would become the first widely-publicize...
16 Syys 202557min
Strange News: ICE Raids in Georgia, Swedish Teen Assassins, LSD and Mass Surveillance in China
US authorities raid a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia, detaining nearly 500 workers and sparking an international crisis with South Korea. The QAnon Queen of Canada is arrested. The rise of teenage a...
15 Syys 202551min
Governments and AI, Chapter Two: Everything Is Precedent
As human civilization hurtles headlong toward technology it still does not fully understand, your favorite world governments are in a new arms race to control large language models, generative AI, and...
12 Syys 202542min
Listener Mail: Undersea Cable Shenanigans, Anunnaki Pirates, Cat Conversations
HR prompts an exploration of the world's internet -- and what happens when it fails. Dale pitches the concept of Anunnaki Pirates. Moose shares some insight into cat conversations. All this and more i...
11 Syys 202541min
