Strange News: The US Raids Reporters, the Death of von Däniken and Dilbert, Apps Want to Know if Your Loved Ones Die, and Much More
The FBI crosses an historic Rubicon by raiding the home of a journalist. Ben, Matt and Noel miss Erich von Däniken. In China, an app renames itself. All this and more in our weekly strange news segmen...
19 Jan 1h 3min
Is Your Intuition A Form Of Time Travel?
We've all experienced it: a moment of sudden, unexplained certitude: go left, not right, says a voice in your head; stay home from work today, or pause a second longer at this traffic light. For most ...
16 Jan 1h 4min
Listener Mail: Faith Healing, Christmas Conspiracies, Africville, a Letter from Malaysia, and More
It's our first listener mail segment of 2026! The Grease Weasel gives an inside look at faith healing. Bonita C. provides more context on the terrifying hidden history of Africville. Alpha Flight and ...
15 Jan 56min
The True Story of Tsantsas, or "Shrunken Heads"
Have you ever heard the story of "shrunken heads"? In the West, a ton of people sadly associate this with their own self-centric pop-culture experiences. However -- as Ben, Matt and Noel discover in t...
14 Jan 58min
CLASSIC: The Mystery of the Bronze Age Collapse
It's 2026. Fellow Conspiracy Realists, stuff is getting weird. This inspires Ben, Matt and Noel to return to a Classic episode about the last time a civilization fell: Sometime between between c. 1250...
13 Jan 1h 4min
Strange News: Venezuela, Food Conspiracies, and More
Oh, come on! We take a couple weeks off for the holidays, and the world goes nuts? Ben, Matt and Noel welcome you back to the first strange news segment of 2026. Tune in as the guys explore the unfold...
12 Jan 1h 2min
The Great US Brain Drain
Well, folks, the results are in: 2025 was a rough year for American science. Massive funding cuts to research and development aren't just slowing the pace of innovation -- they're also sending thousan...
9 Jan 1h 8min
CLASSIC: Poltergeists: Fact and Fiction
In the world of spirits and apparitions, the poltergeist is a unique type of ghost -- one known for its alleged ability to move physical objects (often in violent, unpredictable ways), to target and t...
8 Jan 1h 1min
