What is the Atlas Network?
In theory, democracy empowers the people -- a citizen's vote is the primary campaign contribution. However, theory and practice are often two very different things. In tonight's episode, Ben, Matt and...
26 Sep 20251h 5min
Listener Mail: Knife Cults, Rituals of the Nacirema, The Radioactive Horrors of Coldwater Creek
Killdeer Fake-out inspires Ben, Matt and Noel to create an episode on the radioactive scandal of Coldwater Creek. Chef Ben asks whether he crossed paths with a knife cult. Sydney prompts an anthropolo...
25 Sep 202548min
Who Really Controls Japan's Far Right?
Like so many other countries, Japan has a complex mix of political parties and activist movements -- some are gigantic, and some are small. Some are legit, and some are crazy. In the recent election, ...
24 Sep 20251h 15min
CLASSIC: What Happened to Emanuela Orlandi?
On June 22nd, 1983, 15-year-old Vatican City resident Emanuela Orlandi disappeared after attending a music lesson. Over the decades, numerous people claimed to have seen Orlandi, or reached out with l...
23 Sep 202551min
Strange News: The Great US Science Exodus, Exotic Support Animals, New Mexico Childcare Revolution and More
A new Brain Drain: funding cuts and political chaos cause scientists to leave the US -- and other countries love it. Wal-Mart bans an emotional support alligator. Protestors get in hot water in the UK...
22 Sep 20251h 2min
The Mystery of New Zealand's Kaikōura Lights
In December of 1978, New Zealand's Kaikōura mountain ranges gained international attention as a series of unidentified glowing objects appeared to follow multiple planes in the area. Pilots, journalis...
19 Sep 20251h 7min
Listener Mail: Barbie Power Wheels, Panama Strangeness, A Time Warner Conspiracy and More
A bizarre Power Wheels heist goes awry. TikTok loses its mind over an unidentified ...thing in Panama. A fellow Conspiracy Realist hips Ben, Matt and Noel to a massive (and massively petty) possible c...
18 Sep 202549min
The Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex
At the height of the Cold War, both the Soviets and the United States raced to hold supremacy across the globe. Over in North Dakota, you can find a strange relic of this unending conflict -- the Stan...
17 Sep 20251h 4min
