Is war an economic necessity?
Conflict has decided the course of human civilization since the dawn of recorded history, and war has evolved in step with our species. Numerous countries spend billions every year either waging war o...
9 Juni 20211h 9min
CLASSIC: Who's winning the War on Drugs?
From the Opium Wars to prohibition and the modern drug trade, human civilization has been irreversibly influenced by wars over drugs. Has it worked? Could it ever? Find out in this classic episode. L...
8 Juni 202147min
Strange News: China Monitors Uyghur Emotions with AI, Privacy Experts Break Down Social Media Stalking
It appears the government of China is testing a camera system that uses AI and facial recognition to reveal unspoken emotional states in the oppressed Uyghur population. After a creepy personal experi...
7 Juni 202151min
The World's Strangest Restricted Areas
From the "Employees Only" doors of local businesses to vast swathes of ocean and secret labs in some of the world's most remote locations, planet Earth is filled with restricted areas. In today's epis...
4 Juni 202159min
Listener Mail: The Hidden Folk, Electroconvulsive Therapy and Resistentialism
Just how many people have spotted unusual, faerie-like creatures on the frontier? Why do some medical institutions still use electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)? What if some inanimate objects are not onl...
3 Juni 20211h
The Rainbow Warrior: When France Bombed Greenpeace
In July of 1985, Greenpeace sent a ship named the Rainbow Warrior to New Zealand, then to Moruroa to monitor controversial French nuclear tests in the area. However, the Rainbow Warrior never made it ...
2 Juni 202156min
CLASSIC: Are there real devil worshippers?
Could there really be groups of people conducting Satanic rites -- not philosophical stances, but actual devil worship via ritual or even sacrifice? Where are these groups, if they exist? Find out in ...
1 Juni 202150min
Strange News: A Serial Killer in El Salvador, Cicadas and Parasites, and an Organized Crime Boss is Rocking Turkey's Government
Authorities in El Salvador are excavating a clandestine cemetery at the house of a former detective which is believed to contain as many as 40 bodies – most of them thought to be women. A fungi contai...
31 Maj 202152min
