Is Reality a Computer Simulation?

Is Reality a Computer Simulation?

What if the world we experience isn't ...well... real? The question has haunted countless human civilizations since antiquity, and we continue to wrestle with the dilemma in the modern day. From Plato's allegory of the cave to gnosticism and the Matrix trilogy, it appears tons of people are convinced there's more to the story of reality than meets the eye. And, just a few years back, one philosopher may have cracked the code. Tune in to learn more about reality as a computer simulation.

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CLASSIC: The Hidden History of Assassins, Chapter Two: The Modern Day

CLASSIC: The Hidden History of Assassins, Chapter Two: 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...

10 Feb 53min

CLASSIC: The Hidden History of Assassins, Chapter One: An Origin Story

CLASSIC: The Hidden History of Assassins, Chapter One: 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...

9 Feb 1h

The Legacy Program, Chapter Two: How Aliens (Could) Work

The Legacy Program, Chapter Two: How Aliens (Could) Work

Could the United States really have a multi-generational, 'above-top-secret' operation to retrieve and reverse-engineer extraterrestrial technology? In the second chapter of this special two-part seri...

6 Feb 58min

CLASSIC: Plastics, Microplastics and Conspiracy

CLASSIC: Plastics, Microplastics and Conspiracy

Look around -- how many objects in your immediate vicinity contain plastic? This malleable, durable material has become ubiquitous -- you can find in the depths of the oceans, at the summits of the hi...

5 Feb 51min

The Legacy Program, Chapter One: Fact and Fiction

The Legacy Program, Chapter One: Fact and Fiction

Late last year, a documentary called The Age of Disclosure captivated the world with its claims that high-level members of America's military, intelligence, business and political circles have -- for ...

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CLASSIC: The Flordelis Cult

CLASSIC: The Flordelis Cult

Flordelis dos Santos de Souza is a politician and cultural icon in Brazil. For a time, she and her husband Anderson do Carmo were an evangelical power couple - along with their more than 50 adopted an...

3 Feb 53min

Strange News: The Deep State Wants to Stop Elections, ICE Hunts Children, Weird Shrooms, Iran and More

Strange News: The Deep State Wants to Stop Elections, ICE Hunts Children, Weird Shrooms, Iran and More

ICE hunts children.The guys warn the Deep State is aiming to halt midterm elections in the United States, weird shrooms make people see tiny figures, the guys explore events in Iran. All this and more...

3 Feb 1h

Is the Entire Credit System a Conspiracy?

Is the Entire Credit System a Conspiracy?

If you live in the US, you've probably had to work out a weird thing called "credit" -- your credit score, dictated by private organizations, determines a huge part of your life. And, as Ben, Matt and...

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