Robots in Court: China's AI Prosecutor
Most people agree that no system of justice is, in practice, perfect -- courts are often backed up with cases, officials are overworked, and human bias all too often affects a verdict. The government ...
12 Jan 20221h
CLASSIC: What is the Highway of Tears?
For decades women have been abducted, murdered and forgotten along an isolated stretch of Canadian highway. Join the guys and special guest CarStuff's Scott Benjamin as they explore the terrifying his...
11 Jan 20221h 7min
CLASSIC: Superstars and Satan: Music and the Occult
Why have rumors of dark arts so often dogged musicians? Have any of the rock stars of yesteryear ever actually believed they contacted the underworld? Join Ben, Noel and Matt as they explore the murky...
10 Jan 20221h
Workplace Surveillance
Of course your bosses keep tabs on you -- it's an old idea, and not, in itself, a sinister thing. Yet critics allege the rise of continually connected technology, combined with a pandemic forcing mill...
7 Jan 202253min
Listener Mail: Fake Towns, Foster Care and: What the heck is the national debt?
Are there really entire towns created as 'decoys'? Why are parents being billed for foster care? What exactly is the national debt, and how is it different from an individual's debt? All this and more...
6 Jan 202256min
The War on Drugs, with Ethan Nadelmann
It's no secret that the War on Drugs is controversial -- and millions of people have found themselves on the wrong side of often draconian drug laws. In today's episode, Ben and Matt are joined with E...
5 Jan 20221h 9min
CLASSIC: Did Osama Bin Laden really die in 2011?
When US forces finally tracked down terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden -- living in Pakistan, likely with support of the ISI -- he was killed and, according to the official story, buried at sea. So why ...
4 Jan 202255min
Strange News: Blowing Up Teslas and Posting Tweets with the Power of Thought
A disgruntled Tesla owner blows up his car rather than paying thousands of dollars for a new battery. In an equally explosive development, technology allows a paralyzed man to post a tweet... simply b...
3 Jan 202252min
