Strange News: Strange News: Spy Nuns, Fart Cures, Cow Tools and More

Strange News: Strange News: Spy Nuns, Fart Cures, Cow Tools and More

A scandal rocks Europe as an international group of nuns is exposed as a secret Russian spy ring. You can pay a million dollars for a hotel on the moon. Farts might save you from Alzheimer’s, and cows may be the newest confirmed non-human tool users. The Bank of England is worried about aliens. All this and more in this week’s strange news segment.

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CLASSIC: The Death of Diana: Accident or Conspiracy?

CLASSIC: The Death of Diana: Accident or Conspiracy?

When Princess Diana died as a result of a horrendous car crash in Paris, the United Kingdom was shaken to the core. As more details emerged, some people became convinced that Diana's death was not an ...

19 Sep 20241h 6min

Missing in Arizona, with Jon Walczak

Missing in Arizona, with Jon Walczak

April 10, 2001, an explosion rocked a cozy Scottsdale neighborhood. The mother of the family, along with her children, were discovered murdered inside. The father, Robert Fisher, disappeared -- and ma...

18 Sep 20241h 5min

CLASSIC: Locked Up and Lost: Healthcare in the Prison System

CLASSIC: Locked Up and Lost: Healthcare in the Prison System

While the United States is home to some of the world's most advanced medical technology, it's no secret that it has a terrible healthcare system -- millions of people are one bad diagnosis away from b...

17 Sep 202455min

Strange News: Classrooms with AI Teachers? A Mushroom-robot Hybrid, and Trouble in Millersville, TN

Strange News: Classrooms with AI Teachers? A Mushroom-robot Hybrid, and Trouble in Millersville, TN

Over in the UK, David Game College has instituted a revolutionary -- and disturbing -- pilot program: What if, they argue, we can just have AI teach students in place of human teachers? "What could go...

17 Sep 202449min

The Future of Robot “Servants”

The Future of Robot “Servants”

The human world is increasingly 'assisted' by a pantheon of automations. Yet this emergent reality brings to bear fundamental philosophical quandries about the nature of not only the mind but the soul...

13 Sep 20241h 14min

Listener Mail: Project Monarch, Skyhook, and Venezuelan Gangs (Allegedly) Overtaking Colorado Apartment buildings.

Listener Mail: Project Monarch, Skyhook, and Venezuelan Gangs (Allegedly) Overtaking Colorado Apartment buildings.

How much do we really know about MKULTRA (spoiler: not much). What about Project Monarch? What's the deal with all these viral stories about Venezuelan gangs invading apartment buildings in Colorado -...

12 Sep 202451min

The Dark Side of Adoption

The Dark Side of Adoption

Adoption is, at heart, an amazing concept. People who'd love nothing more than being part of a family come together and create their own -- no two ways about it: adoption genuinely saves lives. At lea...

11 Sep 202451min

CLASSIC: Canada's Roswell: The Shag Harbor Incident

CLASSIC: Canada's Roswell: The Shag Harbor Incident

In 1967 the tiny fishing community of Shag Harbor became ground zero for one of the most infamous UFO sightings in Canadian history. More than 50 years later, people still haven't forgotten the bizarr...

10 Sep 202445min

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