CLASSIC: Banks, Drugs and Money: Part 1
In the first part of this two-episode series, the guys interview the legendary US Customs and Drug Enforcement agent Robert Mazur. Using the cover identity of Bob Musella, Mazur and his team tracked t...
28 Jun 202252min
Strange News: Surviving a Kidnapping, Puppet Arrested in DC, China Aims to Censor All Social Media
A quick-thinking Florida man stops his own kidnapping, prompting a conversation about how to handle these and similar situations. Triumph the Insult Comic Dog is detained in Washington, DC. The govern...
27 Jun 202252min
Messiahs, Abuse and Espionage: Adnan Oktar’s Sex Cult
If you live in the US, you may not have heard of Adnan Oktar. Yet if you live in Turkey or practice Islam, you’re almost certainly familiar with charismatic, controversial figure. Up until recently, h...
24 Jun 202245min
Listener Mail: Real-life Telekinesis (Sort of), Hatchet Drones and Immunology
Jasper writes in with an excellent explanation of how cancer works -- and how cancerous cells can be stopped. Tall Pockets relays an interesting encounter with an inventor, asking for glamour shots of...
23 Jun 202241min
Cautionary Tales, with Tim Harford
What can history teach us about the present? How can the average person use critical thinking to avoid being taken in by slick infographics and ardent pundits? In today’s interview, Ben, Matt and Noel...
22 Jun 20221h 1min
CLASSIC: Could someone erase the world's debt?
Modern civilization relies on the concept of debt. Wars are fought over it, loves lost and revolutions launched. So what would happen if, one day, it disappeared? Is it even possible? Tune in to learn...
21 Jun 202259min
Strange News: Is LaMDA alive? Cartel Corruption, Predatory Banking in Utah
Google employee Blake Lemoine is on leave after going public with his belief that the company's "Language Models for Dialog Applications," or LaMDA, is alive. A high-ranking member of Mexican law enfo...
20 Jun 202255min
The Rare Earth Metals Gold Rush
It may sound hard to believe, but a great deal of Earth's modern electronics -- everything from jets to your smartphone -- depend on just a few substances, things called rare earth metals, or rare ear...
17 Jun 202256min
