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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Listener Mail: ICE and Hysterectomy, Eternal Blue, the End of the World on YouTube

Listener Mail: ICE and Hysterectomy, Eternal Blue, the End of the World on YouTube

As recent allegations of forced hysterectomies surface in the US, Ben alleges genocide. An anonymous caller asks Matt for more information about Eternal Blue. All this and more in this week's listener...

24 Sep 202052min

Plastics, Microplastics and Conspiracy

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...

23 Sep 202050min

CLASSIC: Cicadas, Ciphers and Codes: The Weird World of Cryptography

CLASSIC: Cicadas, Ciphers and Codes: The Weird World of Cryptography

For much of recorded history, humans beings have been trying to devise unbreakable codes (and break the codes of their rivals). But is there any truly unbreakable code? And what exactly is Cicada 3301...

22 Sep 202016min

Strange News: Orcas Attack, AI Writes Op-eds, and Portland Bans All Facial Recognition

Strange News: Orcas Attack, AI Writes Op-eds, and Portland Bans All Facial Recognition

A pod of Orcas is attacking ships. An 'artificial intelligence' writes an op-ed. Portland, Oregon, bans facial recognition. All this and more in this week's Strange News. Learn more about your ad-cho...

21 Sep 202055min

Auras

Auras

For millennia, people in civilizations across the planet have claimed to perceive intangible energy emanating from people, animals, plants -- and even inanimate objects. And, in recent centuries, scie...

18 Sep 202050min

Listener Mail: Reiki, Cruise Ships and Iron Mountain

Listener Mail: Reiki, Cruise Ships and Iron Mountain

What is life like for the actual staff of a cruise ship? Could Reiki function as physical healing? What exactly is Iron Mountain? All this and more in this week's edition of listener mail. Learn more...

17 Sep 202043min

The Flordelis Cult

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...

16 Sep 202052min

CLASSIC: Operation Snow White

CLASSIC: Operation Snow White

What was the most widespread infiltration of the US government? According to some sources, it came from within. Tune in to learn more about the story of Operation Snow White -- and why the Church of S...

15 Sep 202020min

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