CLASSIC: What is "Laying On Hands"?
In the ancient days, when medicine and spirituality were inseparable, people often used rituals and invocations to elicit help from divine sources. This practice continues today, through a number of t...
30 Dec 202559min
CLASSIC: You're Getting A Vibe: The Strange Science of 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...
26 Dec 202553min
CLASSIC: The Dark Side of the Loom, Chapter II: Pollution, Extinction, and the Fashion Industry
Everyone loves looking sharp - and saving money in the process. But what if there's a hidden cost to all this fast fashion and these trendy cosmetics? In the second part of this series, the guys retur...
25 Dec 20251h 6min
CLASSIC: The Dark Side of the Loom, Chapter I: Hidden Costs of the Fashion Industry
If you're like the vast majority of people, you wear clothes. Clothing is one of the oldest pieces of human technology, and these days it's also a multi-billion dollar industry. People across the plan...
24 Dec 20251h 7min
CLASSIC: What is 'Antifa?'
If you've been watching the news, you've probably heard journalists and pundits throwing around the word "antifa," often in relation to protests. The phrase, a portmanteau of "anti-fascist," has been ...
23 Dec 20251h 6min
CLASSIC: What really sank the Kursk?
More than 500 feet long and carrying missiles the size of small planes, the giant, nuclear-powered Kursk submarine was an apex predator of the high seas. At least, that is, until it was destroyed in o...
22 Dec 202556min
The Elf On The Shelf Is Part of the Surveillance State!
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Ben, Matt and Noel have a special, spoiler-filled episode just for you, fellow Conspiracy Realists! You see, something strange happened over recent years: ...
19 Dec 20251h 17min
CLASSIC: The True Cost of Gasoline
For most of modern history, the world has run on oil. In the US and abroad, the price of gasoline is often the subject of intense concern, and prices at the pump vary widely. The difference of a few d...
18 Dec 20251h 1min
