
CLASSIC: Could a solar flare destroy civilization?
What would you do if you woke up one day and found yourself in a world without electricity, cellphones or the internet? It sounds like the plot of a science fiction film, but if a powerful enough sola...
13 Okt 202021min

Strange News: The US President Has COVID-19
Recently the US -- and the world at large -- learned that the President of the United States tested positive for COVID-19. As reporters and the public scrambled for more information, conspiracy theori...
12 Okt 20201h 10min

The Hidden History of Assassins, Part II: The Modern Day
Almost a thousand years after the reign of the original Order of Assassins, you might think assassination tactics would be universally illegal -- however, that's not the case. Assassination is a valua...
9 Okt 202052min

Listener Mail: A Mysterious Website, LEGO Bricks in the Ocean, and Warnings From Anonymous Plastics Scientists
The guys dive into a bizarre website that may be an art project, the ramblings of a lunatic, or something more sinister. For years, LEGO bricks have been washing up along the coast of the UK. Multiple...
8 Okt 202055min

The Hidden History of Assassins, Part I: An Origin Story
What's the difference between an assassination and a garden-variety murder? Where does the term 'assassin' actually come from, and how did an obscure sect founded almost one thousand years ago fundame...
7 Okt 202057min

CLASSIC: Soviet Psychotronics
It's true - the Soviet government really did have its own parapsychological research program. And, unlike MKULTRA and other US operations, the Soviet version continued until 2003, when it officially e...
6 Okt 202023min

Strange News: Building Material on Mars, Sharks and COVID-19, Crows Wage Unending War on Owls
Have scientists discovered a new building material for future Martian colonies? Why might a vaccine for COVID-19 lead to the deaths of thousands of deep-sea sharks? Is it true that crows can think abo...
5 Okt 20201h 8min

The Mystery of the Bronze Age Collapse
Sometime between between c. 1250 - c. 1150 BCE, civilization as we knew it simply... collapsed. Once-thriving empires fell one after another. Trade routes disintegrated. Literacy plummeted. Mysterious...
2 Okt 20201h 3min





















