Strange News: Robots, the Louvre Heist is Hilarious, Your Grocery Store Conspires Against You, and Way More

Strange News: Robots, the Louvre Heist is Hilarious, Your Grocery Store Conspires Against You, and Way More

The great game for robots escalates; updates on Elon Musk. The Louvre heist is hilarious. Your grocery store conspires against you. All this and more in this week's strange news segment.

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CLASSIC: Wells Fargo's Imaginary Customers

CLASSIC: Wells Fargo's Imaginary Customers

Wells Fargo is one of the most popular retail banks in the United States, and its gigantic customer base uses it for everything from savings accounts to loans and more. However, a few years bank the b...

14 Okt 202558min

Strange News: Put My Face on the Money, Qatar and the US, AI Censorship in Film, and More

Strange News: Put My Face on the Money, Qatar and the US, AI Censorship in Film, and More

The United States Treasury moves to print current President Trump's face on a new coin, prompting an exploration of why the US officially doesn't put living people on the money. Qatar and the US reach...

13 Okt 20251h 6min

What Comes After Humans? Chapter Two: The Next Dominant Species

What Comes After Humans? Chapter Two: The Next Dominant Species

Let's imagine the worst scenario for civilization: humans, for one reason or another, go extinct. What will rise from the ashes of the Anthropocene to take their place? In the second part of this two-...

10 Okt 202552min

Listener Mail: Big Tobacco,  Kaikōura Lights Theories, Post-Snuff Messages and More

Listener Mail: Big Tobacco, Kaikōura Lights Theories, Post-Snuff Messages and More

The Chef calls in with a fascinating theory on the Kaikōura lights. Nemesis shares an inside look at Big Tobacco, answering Ben's earlier question about smoking inside (and much more). In the wake of ...

9 Okt 202555min

What Comes After Humans? Chapter One: A Brief, Brightly Burning Light

What Comes After Humans? Chapter One: A Brief, Brightly Burning Light

Humans! Seems like they're everywhere these days. They've also been great for our show, so thanks! Anyhow, the Age of the Anthropocene has fundamentally altered the natural world -- and, no matter wha...

8 Okt 202549min

CLASSIC: Operation Infektion: Russia's AIDS Conspiracy

CLASSIC: Operation Infektion: Russia's AIDS Conspiracy

HIV and AIDS, the syndrome the infection causes, have become the subject of numerous conspiracy theories. Over the decades people have proposed the infection was purposely designed to kill certain seg...

7 Okt 202551min

Strange News: Peter and the Antichrist, Hegseth's Stand-up Bombs, Crypto Heists and More

Strange News: Peter and the Antichrist, Hegseth's Stand-up Bombs, Crypto Heists and More

The world's largest crypto-related heists poses a bizarre dilemma for authorities in London. The perplexing meeting of US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and America's generals has everyone -- including...

6 Okt 20251h 16min

Is there a secret room inside Mount Rushmore?

Is there a secret room inside Mount Rushmore?

It's an image famous -- and controversial -- all the world round: in the Black Hills of South Dakota, the US government wrought four gigantic sculptures of past US Presidents on the face of the Six Gr...

3 Okt 202558min

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