Listener Mail: Fake Towns, Foster Care and: What the heck is the national debt?
Are there really entire towns created as 'decoys'? Why are parents being billed for foster care? What exactly is the national debt, and how is it different from an individual's debt? All this and more...
6 Tammi 202256min
The War on Drugs, with Ethan Nadelmann
It's no secret that the War on Drugs is controversial -- and millions of people have found themselves on the wrong side of often draconian drug laws. In today's episode, Ben and Matt are joined with E...
5 Tammi 20221h 9min
CLASSIC: Did Osama Bin Laden really die in 2011?
When US forces finally tracked down terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden -- living in Pakistan, likely with support of the ISI -- he was killed and, according to the official story, buried at sea. So why ...
4 Tammi 202255min
Strange News: Blowing Up Teslas and Posting Tweets with the Power of Thought
A disgruntled Tesla owner blows up his car rather than paying thousands of dollars for a new battery. In an equally explosive development, technology allows a paralyzed man to post a tweet... simply b...
3 Tammi 202252min
CLASSIC: Prophecy, Predictions and Prescience
Nostradamus. Edgar Cayce. Baba Vanga. Have any of history's alleged psychics successfully predicted the future? Join Ben, Matt and Noel as look at humanity's efforts to predict the future, from ancien...
31 Joulu 20211h 11min
Listener Mail: The New Silk Road, Near Death Experiences, and Strange AM Signals
What exactly is China doing on the African continent? How can we best interpret near-death experiences? Why did one listener happen to come across a ghostly episode of Stuff They Don't Want You To Kno...
30 Joulu 202159min
CLASSIC: Big Pharma: Conspiracies and Cover-ups
Big Pharma gets a bad name in the press, and the actions of multinational pharmaceutical companies are often the subject of various conspiracies – but are any of the allegations true? Learn more about...
29 Joulu 202159min
CLASSIC: Petrodollar 101
When oil is traded in US cash, the currency is called a petrodollar. It's a fundamental part of international trade -- but it's also a continual source of conspiratorial allegations. Join Matt and Ben...
28 Joulu 202150min
