Strange News: Signal Leaks Worse than 23andMe, Bird Jokes, Japan Bans Moonies
Birds are fighting. A pilot loses a passport. Boeing scores a big win with a contract that will surely work out great. Let's hang out on Signal. All this and more in this week's strange news segment.T...
31 Mar 202553min
Interview: OBSCURUM, with Gabe Lenners
Beginning in 2019, locals in rural areas of Nebraska and Colorado were astonished to witness multiple mysterious lights and objects in the sky. Everyone agreed something was up there, but no one seeme...
28 Mar 20251h 7min
Listener Mail: The Piasa Bird, Bots and the Post Office, and Horoscopes for AI
The guys explore the legend of the mysterious Piasa Bird. A Conspiracy Realist at the US Post Office inspires an exploration of post-human automation. Uncle Sam writes in with thoughts on discovering ...
27 Mar 202556min
Why are so many spies getting busted?
Forget pretty much everything you've heard about James Bond. While loosely based on espionage tactics of yesteryear, actual human-based tradecraft is far less glamorous -- around the globe, intelligen...
26 Mar 20251h 9min
CLASSIC: What are "Black Sites"?
In the United States, people accused of crimes are entitled to certain well-known protections under the law. And, in the international sphere, global agreements theoretically guarantee certain rights ...
25 Mar 202557min
Strange News: "Freedom Cities" are the New Company Towns, Sackler Family Doesn't Go To Jail
A phenomenally powerful international lobbying group -- Freedom Cities -- pushes the idea of US communities run by corporations. An opioid update reveals the Sackler family will pay money rather than ...
24 Mar 20251h 2min
The Trouble With Tariffs: the Smoot-Hawley Act
Tariffs! If you're like most people in the US, you probably didn't think much about the concept until recently -- it's always been one of those historical footnotes. However, the current news about pr...
21 Mar 20251h 14min
Listener Mail: (non-human) Cognition, Diplomatic Immunity, the Cops Tell Us About The Manchester Pusher
Dognition asks for a nickname. Big Randy checks in. Multiple folks in the Greater Manchester area follow up with their opinions on murder. All this and more in this week's listener mail segment.They d...
20 Mar 202548min
