The Hidden History of Assassins, Part I: An Origin Story

The Hidden History of Assassins, Part I: An Origin Story

What's the difference between an assassination and a garden-variety murder? Where does the term 'assassin' actually come from, and how did an obscure sect founded almost one thousand years ago fundamentally change the course of history as we know it? Tune in for the answers to these questions and more in the first part of this special two-part series.

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China Hacked The US Treasury -- And This Is Only The Beginning

China Hacked The US Treasury -- And This Is Only The Beginning

With global impact and domestic dissent, the U.S. Treasury remains one of the world's most impactful institutions. What happens when this institution is compromised? In tonight's episode, the guys exp...

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CLASSIC: Film Conspiracies -- an Interview with Chuck Bryant, From Earlier

CLASSIC: Film Conspiracies -- an Interview with Chuck Bryant, From Earlier

Did someone really hang themselves on camera in the Wizard of Oz? Did Stanley Kubrick hide a secret message in Eyes Wide Shut? It's no secret that the world of film is fraught with conspiracy -- both ...

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Strange News: Love on the Train, Space Updates, AI as G-d, Pre-crime Targeting of Protestors, and More

Strange News: Love on the Train, Space Updates, AI as G-d, Pre-crime Targeting of Protestors, and More

Updates on space exploration. A seemingly-symbolic quarrel between an eagle and a goose. Large language models try out religion and pre-crime, all as a recent graduate gets deported for his political ...

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Astrology and the Government, Chapter Two: Fortune-telling in the White House

Astrology and the Government, Chapter Two: Fortune-telling in the White House

While astrology is often portrayed as a belief system of ancient empires and ages past, the popular assumption could not be further from the truth. In the second episode of this series, Ben, Matt and ...

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Listener Mail: The Prophecy of the Popes, Canada vs. the US, Sovereign Wealth Funds and More

Listener Mail: The Prophecy of the Popes, Canada vs. the US, Sovereign Wealth Funds and More

Is the world genuinely witnessing the unfolding Prophecy of the Popes? The Wondering Wizard wants to know. Alpha Flight comments on the growing tension between the United States and Canada. Aaron A Aa...

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Astrology and the Government, Chapter One: The Myanmar Move

Astrology and the Government, Chapter One: The Myanmar Move

Astrology! To true believers, this genre of divination provides deep inside to the secret mechanicisms of the Heavens and the Earth. To skeptics, it's bunk -- another mistaken set of beliefs best left...

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CLASSIC: Can weather make you "crazy"?

CLASSIC: Can weather make you "crazy"?

For thousands of years, people have been convinced that the weather and the position of the moon can wreak profound havoc on human behavior. This belief continues in the modern day, with numerous law ...

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Strange News: Wooly Mice, Severed Hands, and Space Updates (Spacedates?)

Strange News: Wooly Mice, Severed Hands, and Space Updates (Spacedates?)

The race toward de-extincting mammoths (and other creatures) continues apace, here at what Ben calls "the end of history." The newest step toward this furry resurrection? WOOLY MICE. An unidentified b...

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