Listener Mail: Gobekli Tepe, College Police and Disappearing Objects
Will we ever know the true purpose of the ancient, mysterious Gobekli Tepe? Are campus police using their authority to protect students -- or to protect their school's reputation? Ben and Matt reenact...
27 Mai 202152min
Conspiracies, Community and Critical Thinking: An Interview with Langston Kerman
How can we navigate conspiracies in a post-truth environment? Is it true that many conspiracy theories do, in fact, have a grain of truth at their heart? In today's episode, the guys join up with Lang...
26 Mai 20211h 11min
CLASSIC: Do intelligence agencies run cults?
Sure, cults are weird. The doomsday prophecies, claims of superpowers and tendency toward brainwashing are all strange, but what if the situation got even weirder? What if intelligence agencies were s...
25 Mai 202133min
Strange News: A Real Estate Conspiracy, Would-be Superheroes and the Pentagon's Weird Promise to Talk about UFOs
Real estate appraisers exhibit nation-wide, currently legal discrimination against homeowners based on the perceived skin color of the owners. People are dressing up in costume and attempting to "figh...
24 Mai 20211h 8min
The Strange Story of Jeffrey Alan Lash, Part II
As authorities continue to unravel the enigmatic, at-times disturbing life of Jeffrey Alan Lash, they dig into what little is known about his past, seeking to uncover answers. How did he get all those...
21 Mai 202147min
Listener Mail: Mink and COVID, Masonic Lodge Burnings, and Elon Musk is Building a Company Town
Could fur farms be responsible for COVID-19? Why are people burning down Masonic lodges? And over in Texas, in turns out Tesla may be building a real-life company town to support SpaceX -- and, by hoo...
20 Mai 202146min
The Strange Story of Jeffrey Alan Lash, Part I
In some ways, Jeffrey Alan Lash's story begins after his death, when his body was found decomposing in a parked SUV on Palisades Drive -- but as investigators looked further into the case, they learne...
19 Mai 202149min
CLASSIC: Is the middle class going extinct?
It's no secret that inequality is rising in countries around the world, but what does this mean for the future? What is the middle class, exactly -- and why do some people believe it's going extinct? ...
18 Mai 202131min
