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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Dangers of the Dark Web: Kill List, with Carl Miller

Dangers of the Dark Web: Kill List, with Carl Miller

We've all heard of the Dark Web -- and it's often mischaracterized in popular media. But what happens when you find a site people genuinely think will help them pay for murder? In tonight's special in...

22 Jan 20251h 12min

Inside Scientology with Mike Rinder, Part I: An Origin Story

Inside Scientology with Mike Rinder, Part I: An Origin Story

Founded in 1953 by L. Ron Hubbard, the Church of Scientology describes itself as a religion that puts its adherents on a path toward complete and certain understanding of one's true spiritual nature. ...

21 Jan 202553min

Strange News: The California Wildfires Update, Jack the Ripper Breakthroughs, Banning Food Coloring Additives, and More

Strange News: The California Wildfires Update, Jack the Ripper Breakthroughs, Banning Food Coloring Additives, and More

As California continues to struggle with raging wildfires, the guys explore a proliferation of strange and disturbing allegations related to the ongoing disaster. Cloud-connected sex toys become a new...

20 Jan 20251h 15min

Cults and Catholicism: The Story of Sodalitium Christianae Vitae

Cults and Catholicism: The Story of Sodalitium Christianae Vitae

The Catholic Church is, by any measure, one of the largest religious forces on the planet. Throughout its long, at-times troubled history, it has weathered numerous scandals: accusations of abuse, cri...

17 Jan 20251h 2min

Listener Mail: The Shepherd's Point, Dream Communication, and the Inevitable Rise of Superpowers

Listener Mail: The Shepherd's Point, Dream Communication, and the Inevitable Rise of Superpowers

Mr. Wiggles responds to the earlier conversation with The Shepherd on the dilemma of food and monoculture. Cabeza de Vaca prompts a conversation about stunning -- alleged -- breakthroughs in dream com...

16 Jan 202556min

Is Stockholm Syndrome Real?

Is Stockholm Syndrome Real?

Doubtlessly familiar to any fan of exploitative true crime shows, the concept of "Stockholm Syndrome" argues that people victimized by kidnappers, hostage takers, or even trapped in abusive relationsh...

15 Jan 202558min

CLASSIC: Psilocybin: Fact, Fiction and Future with Robert Lamb

CLASSIC: Psilocybin: Fact, Fiction and Future with Robert Lamb

Evidence indicates human beings have been using psychedelics since ancient times, and a recent paradigm shift has launched a new renaissance in psychedelic research. Over the years psychedelics (and p...

15 Jan 202555min

Strange News: Fake AI Invades Social Media, Taliban Bans Windows, Rent Conspiracies, Airplane Stowaways and the Death of Mike Rinder

Strange News: Fake AI Invades Social Media, Taliban Bans Windows, Rent Conspiracies, Airplane Stowaways and the Death of Mike Rinder

Facebook and Instagram's parent company Meta sparks massive public outcry as their plan to inundate social media platforms with AI bots backfires -- and, at the same time, the company removes fact-che...

13 Jan 202559min

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