Strange News: Peruvian Aliens, the Sackler Family and Prison, Robotaxis and Newspaper Raids
Peruvian authorities attempt to calm a rural community by telling them they're not being harassed by aliens -- but by illegal gold miners who, for some reason, have jetpacks. When a newspaper in Mario...
21 Aug 20231h 1min
Does Aspartame Give You Cancer?
For decades, health-minded consumers have sought alternatives to natural sugar -- aspartame, marketed under any number of brand names, is one of the most popular artificial sweeteners in the world. Ye...
18 Aug 20231h 4min
Listener Mail: Celebrity Murders, Jewish Exorcisms, Billionaire Hobbies and Trading Card Heists
An anonymous LEO writes in to explain part of the reason public figures' murder cases seem to garner more investigation. Mosche prompts a conversation about exorcisms outside of the Catholic faith. Ca...
17 Aug 202347min
Is the US Navy Covering Up Radioactive Waste?
If you're not from the San Francisco area, you may never have heard of Hunters Point -- but, back in the day, this was a tremendously important shipyard. Over the course of recent decades, various gro...
16 Aug 20231h 2min
CLASSIC: Are frogs really changing gender?
You might have heard this one before -- for years, various fringe researchers and commentators have argued that the government or some other shadowy entity is purposefully changing the gender of amphi...
15 Aug 202346min
Strange News: 'Death Cap' Mushroom Poisoning, Criminal Bear Apprehended, Mysterious Leprosy Outbreak in Florida
Three people have died under mysterious circumstances, apparently due to ingesting 'death cap' mushrooms in Australia. Hank the Tank, a bear known for repeatedly breaking into home, has been apprehend...
14 Aug 202346min
Sad Oligarch, with Jake Hanrahan
In just nine months, a dozen prominent Russian oligarchs -- businessmen who run major industries in step with the Russian government -- died. Some deaths could be accidents. Some looked like suicides....
11 Aug 20231h 8min
Listener Mail: Skyborg, Misdiagnosis, Madlib and More
Could Skyborg be even worse than we thought? Why are some conditions so often misdiagnosed in women? A listener makes a timely complaint about madlibs. All this and more in this week's listener mail s...
10 Aug 202341min
